Lord Voldemoo wrote:Chairman Kaga wrote:Lord Voldemoo wrote: The relative disappointment of Wall-E (financially)?
Keep in mind that still hasn't opened in some major international markets.
Yup, understood, but I'm focusing primarily on the domestic gross anyway. I'm actually really surprised that Wall-E didn't do better here.
RogueScribner wrote:Lord Voldemoo wrote:Chairman Kaga wrote:Lord Voldemoo wrote: The relative disappointment of Wall-E (financially)?
Keep in mind that still hasn't opened in some major international markets.
Yup, understood, but I'm focusing primarily on the domestic gross anyway. I'm actually really surprised that Wall-E didn't do better here.
It wasn't full of fart and Britney Spears jokes. It didn't stand a chance.
Vegeta wrote:I would say that the biggest suprise to me is Wall-E cost so farking much. It's not like they are paying anyone but the programmers. There isn't even any voice talent (or much need for it). Regardless it will make a killing on DVD.
Ribbons wrote:Quantum of Solace is coming out this fall? Ah snap!
buster00 wrote:BUMP because it ain't been BUMPED in awhile.
It's troubling. Beverly Hills Chihuaua is sill atop the box office tallies.
1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua -- $17,511,000
2. Quarantine -- $14,200,000
3. Body of Lies -- $13,120,000
4. Eagle Eye -- $11,015,000
5. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist -- $6,500,000
Leckomaniac wrote:buster00 wrote:BUMP because it ain't been BUMPED in awhile.
It's troubling. Beverly Hills Chihuaua is sill atop the box office tallies.
1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua -- $17,511,000
2. Quarantine -- $14,200,000
3. Body of Lies -- $13,120,000
4. Eagle Eye -- $11,015,000
5. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist -- $6,500,000
It is enough to send me searching for the nearest fall out shelter. This has to be the end, right? Right???!?!?!?!
Lord Voldemoo wrote:Quarantine came in second and is probably already profitable since it likely cost about $4.75 to make. I saw it this weekend, it's not worth much more than that.
Brilliant, I waant to make lame horror flicks for a living.
Leckomaniac wrote:W. just barely took second place Friday with $3.8 compared to the $3.6 pulled in by The Secret Life of Bees. The theatre I saw W. in was absolutely packed and it was a 4:50 show. I am surprised it didn't make a little more.
Complete Friday estimates here.
DerLanghaarige wrote:Beverly Hills Chihuahua made STILL over 11 million Dollar this weekend? Wow, I hope Conan has to say something about this.
Leckomaniac wrote:
Only a 36% drop off is pretty impressive. I just don't get it. Kids must be so chatty. One kids sees it and tells all his/her friends who then pester their parents and BAM! money is made.
buster00 wrote:Leckomaniac wrote:W. just barely took second place Friday with $3.8 compared to the $3.6 pulled in by The Secret Life of Bees. The theatre I saw W. in was absolutely packed and it was a 4:50 show. I am surprised it didn't make a little more.
Complete Friday estimates here.
I really thought that W. was going to be this weekend's champ. It does look pretty interesting.
TheBaxter wrote:buster00 wrote:Leckomaniac wrote:W. just barely took second place Friday with $3.8 compared to the $3.6 pulled in by The Secret Life of Bees. The theatre I saw W. in was absolutely packed and it was a 4:50 show. I am surprised it didn't make a little more.
Complete Friday estimates here.
I really thought that W. was going to be this weekend's champ. It does look pretty interesting.
i, for one, and completely unsurprised. when this film was first announced, my first thought was, who the hell wants to watch a film about george w bush right now? and no matter how good the trailers or ads might have looked, they couldn't possibly make me or a lot of other people want to spend 2 hours in a theater watching the guy's story. bush's presidency was a disaster, and this is a disaster movie, except it's being released while the disaster is still happening. who would've wanted to see a 9/11 film on 9/12? or a katrina film while people were still dying in the superdome? or all those iraq war films that keep tanking at the box office while that war drags on? people see all that crap every day on the news, they don't want to spend $10 or $12 to see 2 more hours of it in a theater, no matter how "funny" or "insightful" it may look. and with bush still around to fuck up the economy and piss away $700+ billion dollars on bailing out rich wall st banks, it's just, for lack of a better term, TOO SOON.
maybe in a few years from now, this film could've succeeded, with more distance and time to recover. or maybe a few years ago, when anger at bush was at a fever pitch. but right now, people are just tired of him and want him to go away. and they don't want to go watch a movie that will remind them of just how horrible his presidency and the last 8 years in this country under his "leadership" have been.
Lord Voldemoo wrote:Quarantine came in second and is probably already profitable since it likely cost about $4.75 to make. I saw it this weekend, it's not worth much more than that.
Lord Voldemoo wrote:Quarantine came in second and is probably already profitable since it likely cost about $4.75 to make. I saw it this weekend, it's not worth much more than that.
Brilliant, I waant to make lame horror flicks for a living.
Pacino86845 wrote:And James Bond still hasn't made back its enormous budget, is this worrisome?
buster00 wrote:Pacino86845 wrote:And James Bond still hasn't made back its enormous budget, is this worrisome?
No, because the worldwide figures are running a healthy $482,818,690 on that $200,000,000 budget. Bond will be just fine.
Spandau Belly wrote:Where did that budget go? I saw the movie and unless Olga's tanning bed cost one hundred million dollars, I can't say I saw anything that looked really expensive other than that weird power cell building at the end. That is if it wasn't computer genereated.
For the most part the movie was just Craig rolling around on the ground with one other dude at a time. I always figured shakeycam fights were cheap seeing as they appear in every DTV movie I rent.
buster00 wrote:Friday's numbers foretell an easy victory for TDTESS, as expected.
Bloo wrote:I figured Marley and Me, Valkyire, Button and Bedtime stories would top things off, but I kinda figured The Spirit would be a LITTLE higher
Boxofficeguru.com wrote:Studios offered up a wave of new titles in wide release on Friday and moviegoers responded by turning out in massive numbers. Clint Eastwood's latest effort Gran Torino expanded from limited release and powered its way to number one with an impressive estimate of $9.5M. For the entire weekend period, the Warner Bros. release could score $28-31M proving once again how bankable the legendary actor and director is.
Debuting in second place on Friday was Universal's horror flick The Unborn with an estimated $8.2M. Also opening stronger than expected, the PG-13 thriller should scare its way to $19-21M for the three-day period.
Fox's wedding comedy Bride Wars represented the third new film to post a powerful Friday gross taking in an estimated $8M. The Kate Hudson-Anne Hathaway pic slightly exceeded the $7.8M opening day take of last January's 27 Dresses. For the weekend period, Bride should finish in second place and collect $22-24M.
The marital drama Not Easily Broken posted a winning bow of its own grossing an estimated $2M from only 724 theaters on Friday. Look for Sony to take in $5-6M in three days for a sturdy average of more than $7,000. In fact, all four of these new films may end up averaging over $7,000 this weekend.
With all the new options filling up multiplexes, holdover films suffered large drops. Friday-to-Friday declines included 67% for Marley & Me, 73% for Bedtime Stories, 59% for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and 61% for Valkyrie.
The overall North American box office was incredibly robust with the top ten films grossing an estimated $41M on Friday which should lead to a three-day tally in the vicinity of $125M which would represent a strong 26% increase over a year ago when senior citizens also topped the charts with The Bucket List expanding wide at number one with $19.4M.
Leckomaniac wrote:Can we just contemplate this for a while.
Friday the 13th made $42.2 million dollars opening weekend. That is, a slasher film about Jason Voorhees. Made $42.2 million dollars.
Really.
Find the rest of the weekend estimates here.
Is it just me or does this first quarter seem to be enormous?
boxofficeguru wrote:Overall, the Top 20 hauled in a stunning $185M in ticket sales over the Friday-to-Sunday period making for the biggest Presidents' Day session on record. And just like last month's record Martin Luther King holiday frame, this weekend saw more business at theaters than last year's Thanksgiving and Memorial Day holiday frame.
boxofficeguru wrote:The box office has been churning out hits consistently in 2009. Every weekend this year has been up versus the corresponding frame from 2008 with the exception of Super Bowl weekend which was just a hair behind last year's. Seven wide openers from 2009 have crossed the $50M mark compared to just four last year at this point. The top five films so far this year have collectively grossed an eye-popping $435M which is well ahead of the $329M from last year's five-pack at this same point in time.
Bloo wrote:Recession depression?
like people spending money on entertainment to escape their "woes" or what, who knows
interesting though
havocSchultz wrote:Bloo wrote:Recession depression?
like people spending money on entertainment to escape their "woes" or what, who knows
interesting though
Movies usually seem to do quite well in times of woe and depression and lack of monies...
Cause everybody feels the need to escape their own personal hell...
Why do you think Gone With the Wind played for so long and did so well back in the day...?
Jason Voorhees is the new Rhett Butler...
And frankly my dear, he don't give a fuck...
I'm hoping to get a chance to check this out tonight...
And send my depression into a recession...
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