MOVIES: THE BOX OFFICE THREAD

[Virus]

no no, i said a re-remake. That means it would be the 3rd time it was made. The Stepford Wifes has only been done twice.


I was just thinking, whats the point of even going to the movies today? On HBO tonight, I'm watching Terminator 3. Can you believe this is on cable tv already? How sad is that? Not even 12 months out of its theater debut and its on tv. Hell, why bother going to the movies when you can rent the DVD that will be out 4-5, at most 6 months after its in the theaters. Only reason to see a movie in the theater is for a massive screen and surround sound. But I have surround sound at my place and I'll be getting a nice 61'' DLP projection tv that will have a better picture than a nice theater.

[K-Man]

The Day After Tommorow was probably the biggest flop.

It was just cliched, and dire in so many aspects.

Could've been amazing, but the writing prevented that.

[RollaFett]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>Personally, I don't think a summer movie CAN flop.[/b][/quote]

Uhhh...'Battlefield Earth'?

More recently, however.....

Lara Croft:Tomb Raider- The Cradle of Life- $65 million
The League of Extradinary Gentlemen- $66 million
Hollywood Homicide- $30 million
Dumb and Dumberer- $26 million
Showtime- $38 million
K-19: The Widowmaker- $35 million

...just to name a few from the past couple of years.

[Virus]

Originally posted by GollaFett@Jun 17 2004, 09:46 PM
Lara Croft:Tomb Raider- The Cradle of Life- $65 million
The League of Extradinary Gentlemen- $66 million
Hollywood Homicide- $30 million
Dumb and Dumberer- $26 million
Showtime- $38 million
K-19: The Widowmaker- $35 million

The only one of those that was meant to be a huge blockbuster was LXG. Lara Croft 2 was sorta, but it practically broke even

[Mann]

Originally posted by Virus@Jun 18 2004, 12:43 AM
no no, i said a re-remake. That means it would be the 3rd time it was made. The Stepford Wifes has only been done twice.
I wasn't answering your question then I was answering the question of what movie will flop.

Love Affair- done three times.

Godzilla counts as being done three times (original, 1985, 1997)

Mutiny on the Bounty was done three times.

[Mann]

Originally posted by K-Man@Jun 18 2004, 01:21 AM
The Day After Tommorow was probably the biggest flop.

It was just cliched, and dire in so many aspects.

Could've been amazing, but the writing prevented that.
its hardly flopped dude. It made HUGE BO.

[Justin]

It had huge BO? Gross.

[Virus]

oh yea, Mann is right. (can't believe I'm agreeing with him) but go on www.boxofficemojo.com and check it out. Its well past what it cost to make, therefore it is a success. Then you have to add in how much it makes worldwide plus dvd/rental sales.

and Mann, those 3 movies you mentioned barely count as re-remakes. Only one most know about and just about everyone hates it (godzilla), cough King Kong, cough.....thats another thread

[Mann]

only one counts cause everyone knows about it? Have you ever heard of Mutiny on the Bounty? the remake, and then the second remake "THE BOUNTY" with Mel Gibson?

Love affair counts as well. they made 2 int he thirties, one to remake the older version which was flawed and the newest was with Warren Beatty in 1994.

[Virus]

trust me, I've heard of both of those movies but most people haven't. They know of Mel Gibson obviously, but The Bounty was before he was a huge US hit. Even though it was after Mad Max 2 or Road Warrior.

Looks like we got off on a tangent here. haha, might as well go with it. I just hate how movies only rely on remakes and sequels. Just look at the summer lineup this year. There's barely any original movies out there or non-sequels. Only movie that isn't is Day After Tomorrow (sorta), i guess Troy, and Mean Girls/Saved!/Raising Helen. But comedies rarely get remade. I guess action movies just can't have their own ideas anymore....damn, we need James Cameron back!

[Mann]

Mel Gibson was a US star before Bounty and such. Sure he has become the biggest star in history, but he was pretty big back then. Don't say "most people" here, that will be villified.

James Cameron gave us a crap movie last time, hopefully this long delay means he's looking for a better script.

[RollaFett]

It's guessing time again....

1- Harry Potter- $32 million
2- The Terminal- $31 million
3- Shrek- $26 million
4- Dodgeball- $24 million
5- Garfield- $21 million

Hell, I really have no clue this weekend.

[Siamese Sith]

Ouch you're not even including CoR?

[Mann]

1. Dodgeball-32 mil
2. The Terminal-28 mil
3. Harry POtter-25 mil
4. Shrek 2-18 mil
5. Chronicles of Riddick-15 mil

[Virus]

Originally posted by Mann+Jun 17 2004, 07:37 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mann @ Jun 17 2004, 07:37 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Virus@Jun 17 2004, 11:27 PM
I was just thinking..........this is a question for everyone here:

What do you think will be the biggest flop this summer?

Personally, I don't think a summer movie CAN flop. Their over-marketed and with ticket sales being so high, they can't lose. Sad world we live in when movie producers only care about the $$$ and less about the story. *tear*
as of now...Stepford Wives. [/b][/quote]
HA! yea right. Stepford Wifes has made about the same as Riddick. Both are flops in my book.

Wow, Mann got banned. Anyone know why? PM me

[Virus]

Sorry I'm late...

Dodgeball: 25 mil
Terminal: 24 mil
Harry Potter: 17 mil
Shrek 2: 11 mil
Stepford Wifes: 7 mil

I think I'm too high on all

[RollaFett]

Estimates for Friday.....

1 DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY- $11.6 million


2 THE TERMINAL- $6.2 million


3 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN- $5.2 million


4 SHREK 2- $4.1 million


5 GARFIELD: THE MOVIE- $3.3 million

[Virus]

wow, aweful weekend for movies. You got a racist movie and a movie based on falsities. White Chicks is totally racist. You would never see a movie today called Black Chicks with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson dressed in black face. And F 911, well I don't even need to explain myself on this one.

[Jjm3233]

I would guess:

Dodgeball: 20 mil
Harry Potter: 15 mil
Terminal: 12 mil
White Chicks: 10 mil
The Notebook: 9 mil

[RollaFett]

My guesses:

1- White Chicks- $26 million
2- Dodgeball- $18 million
3- The Terminal- $13 million
4- Harry Potter- $10 million'
5- Fharenheit 9/11- $8 million

[Javen]

1- White Chicks- $10 million
2- Dodgeball- $12 million
3- The Terminal- $9 million
4- Harry Potter- $15 million'
5- Fharenheit 9/11- $2 million

[RollaFett]

Hey, you big dope, the money made should go along with the rankings. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

[Javen]

Originally posted by GollaFett@Jun 25 2004, 07:57 PM
Hey, you big dope, the money made should go along with the rankings. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif
No

[Justin]

Originally posted by Virus@Jun 24 2004, 08:02 PM
You would never see a movie today called Black Chicks with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson dressed in black face.
LOL!!

That's a good point.

[RollaFett]

Wow! Friday estimates are in:

1- Fharenheit 9/11- $8.2 million
2- White Chicks- $6.7 million
3- Dodgeball- $6.4 million
4- The Notebook- $5.2 million
5- The Terminal- $4.1 million

Very surprised by Fharenheit 9/11! I thought it would crack the top 5, but it made what I thought it would for the entire weekend in one day! Considering how many fewer screens it's playing on, that is an absolute monster opening, espaecially for a documentary!

[Justin]

People want to see what the controversy is about.

How do you guys think Spidey 2 will do on it's opening weekend? I'm betting on $100 million.

[Jjm3233]

I think 100 million is a good bet for Friday to Sunday, but will it break its own opening day record? I would guess 175 million from Wednesday to Sunday.

[RollaFett]

I think that people are ready to get back to some good old summertime blockbuster flick and Spidey will be enormous!
Wednesday to Sunday prediction- $110 million.

[Javen]

Spiderman 2 will rake in 120 million wednesday through sunday. And if my brother goes to see it with me it will make 120 million and $20.00 counting popcorn and soda.

[RollaFett]

Weekend's top 5:

1- Fahrenheit 9/11- $23.9 million
2- White Chicks- $19.6 million
3- Dodgeball- $18.7 million
4- The Notebook- $13.4 million
5- The Terminal- $13.1 million

My top 5:
1- White Chicks- $26 million
2- Dodgeball- $18 million
3- The Terminal- $13 million
4- Harry Potter- $10 million'
5- Fharenheit 9/11- $8 million


My dollar figures weren't too far off, it was just what dollars went with what films that I was way off with. :dunce:

[Justin]

I bought my Spidey tickets a few hours ago.

[Jjm3233]

Very cool. With Spidey opening up midweek, how do you go about your weekend guesses? Just curious.

[Virus]

yep, EVERYONE, place your bets as to how Spiderman 2 will do on its first 5 days. We won't count monday even though most people have off and the movie will probably pull in another 20 mil that day

I'm guessing for 5 days..... $180 mil.

[Jjm3233]

I'll stick with $175 mil, at least until I see it tomorrow. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

[RollaFett]

Ok,
1- Spider-Man 2- $113 million
2- Fahrenheit 9/11- $21 million
3- Dodgeball- $9 million
4- The Notebook- $7.5 million
5- The Terminal- $6 million

[RollaFett]

Damn...early estimates for Spider-Man's Wednesday opening are $38.6 million. I said...DAMN!!!

[Obi-Wan]

I actually read that Sony stated it made 40.5 Million on it's first opening day.

[Jjm3233]

For what its worth, Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com) gives it at 40.4 or 1 mil more than Spidey 1 did. Wow.

[RollaFett]

After Friday, the estimates have Spidey at $96 million!
Makes my idiotic guess of $113 million look ten times more idiotic.

[Vibroblade]

Around 150 million after the 3 day weekend ( Fri-Sun )

[Jjm3233]

Yeah maybe as much 155, can any movie opening this week knock Spidey 2 off its perch?

[Vibroblade]

no

[Vibroblade]

180 million thru Sunday

[Justin]

Holy crap.

[RollaFett]

Ok, top five (including Spidey's 5 day weekend):

1- Spider-Man 2- $180 million
2- Fahrenheit 9/11- $16.4 million
3- White Chicks- $9 million
4- Dodgeball- $8 million
5- The Terminal- $7.9 million


And, my guesses....

1- Spider-Man 2- $113 million
2- Fahrenheit 9/11- $21 million
3- Dodgeball- $9 million
4- The Notebook- $7.5 million
5- The Terminal- $6 million

Man, besides being way off on Spidey, I was pretty good with everything else, eh? Oh, and having The Notebook in my top 5 instead of White Chicks, as well. Hmmm, maybe I wasn't so good after all.

[Jjm3233]

Looks like Virus won the Spidey sweepstakes with 180 mil. How big a drop off will it take this weekend? Even it takes a 50% drop off this weekend you would still be looking at 57 mil or so . . .

This week we have King Arthur, Sleepover and Anchorman opening. While I have seen the trailers for these three movies, but no one I know seems really interested in either King Arthur or Sleepover.

Thoughts anyone?

[RollaFett]

I think that Anchorman and King Authur are cursing their opening week dates. Sure, it's better than going up against Spidey in it's first week, but it's still not good.

[Vibroblade]

Sorry GF:

The weekend Top 5 was actually as follows ( you have Spidey's total gross posted not the weekend numbers )

For July 2-5:
1 Spider-Man 2 Sony $116,750,
2 Fahrenheit 9/11 Lions $22,400,000
3 White Chicks Sony $12,000,000
4 DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story Fox $10,450,000
5 The Notebook NL $10,325,000

[Vibroblade]

^ the above is the estimates only the final numbers will come in later today.

[RollaFett]

Ok, what I posted was the 5 day tally for Spidey and the regular 3-day weekend numbers for the remaining four films. That was how I predicted the weekend, so that's how I went with the actuals. Of course, some numbers may still be off as I posted estimates from Monday morning.

[Jjm3233]

My guesses for this weekend:

1. Spiderman 2 - 60 Mil
2. Anchorman - 30 Mil
3. King Arthur - 27 Mil
4. Fahrenheit 9/11 - 12 Mil
5. Sleepover - 9 Mil

[Jjm3233]

It's Friday - what's everyone's guesses?

[T-bone]

all i know is shrek 2 better stall soon, it's creeping up on TPM and i don't wanna imagine the crap i'm gonna hear from cheering disgruntled fanboys...ugh.

[Vibroblade]

TPM will be passed unless Shrek II loses 1500 screens in the next two weeks, even then it will probably pass TPM and ET to move into 3rd all-time. I think ANH is relatively safe though.

[RollaFett]

The estimates for the weekend are here:

1- Spider-Man 2- $46 million
2- Anchorman- $28 million
3- King Arthur- $15.1 million
4- Farhenheit 9/11- $11 million
5- The Notebook- $6.5 million

My guesses....oh, that's right, no guesses for me this week.

Anyway, that's quite a drop off for Spidey 2 if those estimates hold true. I guess everybody saw it opening week, eh?

[Jjm3233]

Everyone must have GF, but the weekend seemed much smaller overall.

[RollaFett]

Ahhh, the cobwebs were starting to gather on this thread. Back to business....

Weekend estimates for the top 5:

1- The Bourne Supremacy- $53.5 million
2- I, Robot- $20 million
3- Catwoman- $17.1 million
4- Spider-Man 2- $15 million
5- A Cindarella Story- $8 million

While not surprised that 'Bourne' was number 1, I was a little taken back by $53 mil! Catwoman was disappointing as I thought it would be.

[Vibroblade]

I've been a bit surprised by the speed of the decline of Spidey. Granted it made a mint the first week of release but the depreciation has been huge since. This is strange given the extremely positive reviews and word of mouth of the movie.

My guess is that Spidey II is suffering a bit from the fact that the first one was a bit overrated. I mean, Spidey II is really a great movie. One of the best big-budget summer movies in quite a while. On the other hand, Spidey I was good but not great but seemed to get more praise than it deserved ( a fact I believe is tied to the media wanting ANY movie to beat AOTC at the BO that year ).

Any opinions?

[RollaFett]

My take is that the first one opened during the first week of May and had virtually no competition for the first 2 weeks of its release, then AOTC came out and did well, but Spidey kept doing well because of the strong following it had already established in the previous 2 weeks.
As far as the second film goes, as you pointed out, it had made a ton of loot in the first week, and is doing quite well. The depreciation is more becasue of the release date. I saw that coming when I heard what the date was. Sure, opening on July 4th weekend is going to guarentee a huge opening, but the very next week, the competition is there, then the follpwing week, and so on. There's a blockbuster planned for every friggin' week of the summer. It's simply too much competition to have a long, consistent run, y'know?
That's why Titantic did so well for so long. It opened in the winter, turned out to be a blockbuster with no competition and it was smooth sailing (pardon the pun) for months.
I think if Spidey 2 opened in May, it would have more money right now.

[Justin]

Spider-Man 2 has already made 300 million bucks in its first three weeks, right? That's ridiculously good. Most movies don't make that much at all, so it only makes sense that there is a huge decline in Spider-Man 2's numbers because most people who were going to see it have already gone to see it, instead of waiting.

[Vibroblade]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>Spider-Man 2 has already made 300 million bucks in its first three weeks, right? That's ridiculously good. Most movies don't make that much at all, so it only makes sense that there is a huge decline in Spider-Man 2's numbers because most people who were going to see it have already gone to see it, instead of waiting. [/b][/quote]

It's still in a serious decline despite what it's made to this point. The first SM made 403 mill, this one won't approach that but it's a far better movie ( both review wise and by fan voting ). Granted most sequels don't make as much as the original but it is a bit odd to me that this movie will fall 25-30 million short of the original.

[Tovor]

Originally posted by T'bone@Jul 9 2004, 09:39 AM
all i know is shrek 2 better stall soon, it's creeping up on TPM and i don't wanna imagine the crap i'm gonna hear from cheering disgruntled fanboys...ugh.
I didn't see Shrek 1 and don't have any interest in seeing Shrek 2, so I'm one less ticket buyer you need to worry about.

[Vibroblade]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>I didn't see Shrek 1 and don't have any interest in seeing Shrek 2, so I'm one less ticket buyer you need to worry about. [/b][/quote]

It's pretty much a done deal. Shrek II will pass TPM by the end of weekend ( next week ) for sure.

[JKRich]

i myself cant believe that Shrek 2 is even a statistic.What does that say about fandom style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

[Josie Danger]

It means that the promotions for Shrek 2 worked to get the general populace to see it. Let's see... Dairy Queen, Toaster Stroodles, Burger King, Cereal, Soft Drinks, Clothing, Previews, Action Figures, Media push... Almost anything you can think of, I'm sure there is a "Shrek"-itized version of it. The push to promote this movie, and the means to go about doing it just amazed me. It's amazing just how much the media can sway people, mainly children. :confused:

[Javen]

I predict The Village will top the box office this weekend with 40 million.

[RollaFett]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'> Tovor Posted on Jul 25 2004, 05:36 PM
I didn't see Shrek 1 and don't have any interest in seeing Shrek 2, so I'm one less ticket buyer you need to worry about. [/b][/quote]

Really? That's surprising. They're movies I would think you'd like. What don't you like about the premise?

[Tovor]

Originally posted by GollaFett@Jul 26 2004, 08:38 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'> Tovor* Posted on Jul 25 2004, 05:36 PM* * *
I didn't see Shrek 1 and don't have any interest in seeing Shrek 2, so I'm one less ticket buyer you need to worry about.*

Really? That's surprising. They're movies I would think you'd like. What don't you like about the premise? [/b][/quote]
There is not a specific reason that I can pinpoint. I haven't had much urge to see any films lately, nothing really entertains me past how I've been feeling. And I guess I'm not really a big fan of comedies. I must be getting too old to laugh. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thud.gif

[Ripley the Warmaster]

<span style="color:blue">Hey box office watchers, I got a question for ya. Can any of you guys link me to a site that gives the listing of how well movies did in the box office?</span>

[Justin]

Tovor, Shrek would be right up your alley.

[Vibroblade]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com

Excellent site for anything pertaining to BO stats.

[RollaFett]

Beat me to it, Vibes.

[RollaFett]

Hmmm, a tricky week for predictions as several new films are slated to debut, but here I go.....

1- The Village- $43 million
2- The Manchurian Canidate- $28 million
3- The Bourne Identity- $19 million
4- Harold and Kumar go to White Castle- $16 million
5- Catwoman- $11 million


That's right, I'm picking the Potheads to break into the top 5! Why not?

[RollaFett]

Estimates from this past weekend:

1- The Village- $50.8 million
2- The Bourne Identity- $23.4 million
3- The Manchurian Candidate- $20.2 million
4- I, Robot- $10 million
5- Spider-Man 2- $8.5 million


Kinda' happy to see Catwoman dropping out of the top 5 already. That's what you get for straying away from the source material, B**CH!

[Jjm3233]

I agree GF anything to drive the thought of Catwoman 2, from some poor exec's mind.

Is Collateral the only big release this weekend?

[JKRich]

i cant believe that Shrek beat The Phantom Menace. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif

[Justin]

I wouldn't even call Collateral "big," even though it does star Tom Cruise. It will probably do ok but won't be a major hit.

I wonder when or if The Village will have a huge drop-off. I hear a lot of people don't lke the twist, and that means bad word-of-mouth.

Too bad, it's a good movie.

[RollaFett]

Estimates for this past weekend:

1- Collateral- $24.4 million
2- The Village- $16.5 million
3- The Bourne Supremacy- $14.1 million
4- The Manchurian Candidate- $10.8 million
5- Little Black Book- $7 million


Good call on 'Collateral', Justin. While it was #1, it didn't have a huge weekend. Overall, it seems as though the box office was down, across the board. Although I did notice a strange occurance, there were at least 16 films to break the million dollar mark for the weekend. I dunno, it seemed high to me.

[RollaFett]

Early estimates for Friday:

1- Alien vs. Predator- $16.7 million
2- The Princess Diaries: Royal Engagement- $7.8 million
3- Collateral- $4.6 million
4- Yu-Gi-Oh- The Movie- $4.3 million
5- The Bourne Supremacy- $2.5 million

[RollaFett]

Man, this used to be a busy thread. Not any longer, it seems. Oh well.
Anyway, estimates for this weekend:

1- Exorcist: The Beginning- $18.1 million
2- Without a Paddle- $13.7 million
3- The Princess Diaries: Royal Engagement- $13.1 million
4- Alien vs. Predator- $12.5 million
5- Open Water- $11.7 million

[Jjm3233]

Yes, but now that I am all moved in, at least there will be two of us to discuss it GF. I have been a little surprised at how little the #1 movie has taken in the last couple of weekends.

[RollaFett]

Well, you do realize that the list I posted with Alien vs. Predator as #1 was just a list for that Friday, not the whole weekend. Overall, Alien vs. Predator pulled down $38 million for that weekend.
That said, this past weekend was really low. Summer is winding down and people want to take advantage of the nice weather before it's gone, I suppose. Hmmph! Who needs waether?!

[Jjm3233]

Yeah, but I thought AVP would open bigger, last big Sci-Fi movie of the summer. I know Hero finally opens this week, and so does Anacondas; is there anything else of note?

[jadeskywalker]

I really liked Without a Paddle. I hope it goes up more in the Box Office. It was really funny.

[RollaFett]

Estimates for this weekend-
1 Hero $8,805,000
2 Without a Paddle $7,050,000
3 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid $6,400,000
4 Paparazzi $6,250,000
5 The Cookout $5,600,000

Wow, labor day weekend was not kind.

[Streen]

Wicker Park was a good flick. It was kinda dry at the beginning though. Check it out if you wish.

[Jjm3233]

Very weak, but nothing interesting was hyped either.

[Virus]

I was gonna start a new thread but I finally found this oldie.

Since its now officially the summer for the Box Office, I think this thread is great for everyone to predict and put in their two cents.

I'll have to think about this weekend but I don't think Kingdom is gonna do very well. Plus with this past weekend bombing, its not looking good until Revenge of the Sith.

[Soontir Solo]

I'd say Kingdom will get over 20 million, maybe more. I'd say minimum 20 million and maximum 40 million.

[RollaFett]

Predictions for this weekend:

1- "Kingdom of Heaven"- $37 million
2- "The Hitchiker;s Guide to the Galaxy" -$14 million
3- "House of Wax" - $12 million
4- "XXX- Sate of the Union"- $8.5 million
5- "The Intrepeter"- $7 million

[Mann]

I say...

1. Kingdom of Heaven- 30 million
2. House of Wax- 15 million
3. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-11 million.
4. The Interpreter- 7 million
5. XXX- State of the Union- 6 million

[Justin]

I'm sure Elisha Cuthbert's boobs will bring in a bigger audience than that.

[Jjm3233]

^ I'm not!
1. Kingdom of Heaven - 35 Million
2. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - 11 Million
3. House of Wax - 9 Million
4. The Interpreter - 6 Million
5. Kung Fu Hustle - 5 Million

[Soontir Solo]

House of Wax will be a huge flop. I'd say it will be lucky if it brings in $15 million.

[Virus]

Originally posted by Justin@May 3 2005, 05:57 PM
I'm sure Elisha Cuthbert's boobs will bring in a bigger audience than that.
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i don't believe shes gonna show em, and its a good thing too. Not my type

[Virus]

1) Kingdom of Heaven - 25 mil
2) Hitchhiker - 15 mil
3) The Interpreter - 8 mil
4) House of Crap (err Wax) - 7 mil
5) XXX 2: 5 mil

[Justin]

Originally posted by Virus+May 3 2005, 08:04 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Virus @ May 3 2005, 08:04 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Justin@May 3 2005, 05:57 PM
I'm sure Elisha Cuthbert's boobs will bring in a bigger audience than that.
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i don't believe shes gonna show em, and its a good thing too. Not my type
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[/b][/quote]
What, girls?

[Vibroblade]

^ROTFLMAO!

[Mann]

Originally posted by Justin@May 3 2005, 10:57 PM
I'm sure Elisha Cuthbert's boobs will bring in a bigger audience than that.
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...and the movie stars PARIS HILTON. And the only people that like Paris HIlton are like 8 years old and can't see the film.

[Mann]

Originally posted by Justin+May 4 2005, 04:02 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Justin @ May 4 2005, 04:02 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by Virus@May 3 2005, 08:04 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Justin@May 3 2005, 05:57 PM
I'm sure Elisha Cuthbert's boobs will bring in a bigger audience than that.
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i don't believe shes gonna show em, and its a good thing too. Not my type
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What, girls?
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[Virus]

Originally posted by Justin+May 3 2005, 11:02 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Justin @ May 3 2005, 11:02 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by Virus@May 3 2005, 08:04 PM
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I'm sure Elisha Cuthbert's boobs will bring in a bigger audience than that.
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i don't believe shes gonna show em, and its a good thing too. Not my type
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What, girls?
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wow, lamest joke EVER. If I smoked crack for a year straight I could have come up with a better one liner than that. Try again sucka! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue2.gif

Anyway I was saying shes not my type. Too tiny and young looking. There's way hotter girls in Hollywood than that dog.

[Virus]

Originally posted by Mann+May 4 2005, 01:38 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mann @ May 4 2005, 01:38 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Justin@May 3 2005, 10:57 PM
I'm sure Elisha Cuthbert's boobs will bring in a bigger audience than that.
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...and the movie stars PARIS HILTON. And the only people that like Paris HIlton are like 8 years old and can't see the film.
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Maybe you don't but I think shes a total hottie. But even if she got naked in the film, it has nothing new to offer me style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif and then some

[Mann]

Virus...you just called THE GIRL NEXT DOOR a dog...and then you said Paris Hilton was a hottie....A HOTTIE?! She's PAINTED, not real.

Justin still had a great zinger. You walked right into it. And I think Crackheads make pretty damn good jokes.

[Javen]

1. Kingdom of Heaven - 27 Million
2. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - 15 Million
3. The Interpreter - 8 Million
4. Kung Fu Hustle - 5 Million
5.House of Wax - 3 Million

[RollaFett]

YAY! I'm so glad the box office game is back. Of course, there is no way I'll ever actually keep track of everyone's guesses to see who comes closest, but it's still fun.

[Virus]

Originally posted by Mann@May 5 2005, 01:02 AM
Virus...you just called THE GIRL NEXT DOOR a dog...and then you said Paris Hilton was a hottie....A HOTTIE?! She's PAINTED, not real.

Justin still had a great zinger. You walked right into it. And I think Crackheads make pretty damn good jokes.
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Painted? Not real? Shes all natural and very perfect. Girl Next Door, meh. I've seen better and know better.

Great zinger? Please.....its a 5 year old joke and I let him have it. Its a freebie! And I didn't know you knew crackheads, interesting....

[Virus]

Originally posted by GollaFett@May 5 2005, 05:09 PM
YAY! I'm so glad the box office game is back. Of course, there is no way I'll ever actually keep track of everyone's guesses to see who comes closest, but it's still fun.
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awesome! Thanks for keeping track of everyone's picks. I love this game too. Anyone ever bet money on it on a website?

[Soontir Solo]

Well I think Paris Hilton is really hot. I don't care if she is rich and spoiled, doesn't change the fact that she is hot.

[Virus]

Originally posted by Soontir Solo@May 5 2005, 10:02 PM
Well I think Paris Hilton is really hot. I don't care if she is rich and spoiled, doesn't change the fact that she is hot.
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exactly, just check out A Night In Paris, the girl has some skills. haha style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

But having her in the movie won't sell tickets.

My predictions for the summers biggest flop is Mr and Mrs Smith. Same goes for Fantastic Four

[Mann]

Originally posted by Virus+May 6 2005, 02:20 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Virus @ May 6 2005, 02:20 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Mann@May 5 2005, 01:02 AM
Virus...you just called THE GIRL NEXT DOOR a dog...and then you said Paris Hilton was a hottie....A HOTTIE?! She's PAINTED, not real.

Justin still had a great zinger. You walked right into it. And I think Crackheads make pretty damn good jokes.
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Painted? Not real? Shes all natural and very perfect. Girl Next Door, meh. I've seen better and know better.

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Natural? OMG, can you not tell that she is COMPLETELY covered in make up?

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If you had let him have it, you wouldn't have walked into it.

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I live in LA.

[Virus]

Originally posted by Mann+May 5 2005, 11:50 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mann @ May 5 2005, 11:50 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by Virus@May 6 2005, 02:20 AM
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Virus...you just called THE GIRL NEXT DOOR a dog...and then you said Paris Hilton was a hottie....A HOTTIE?! She's PAINTED, not real.

Justin still had a great zinger. You walked right into it. And I think Crackheads make pretty damn good jokes.
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Painted? Not real? Shes all natural and very perfect. Girl Next Door, meh. I've seen better and know better.



Natural? OMG, can you not tell that she is COMPLETELY covered in make up?

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If you had let him have it, you wouldn't have walked into it.

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I live in LA.
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1) News flash mann, almost every girl is covered in makeup.

2) Walked into it.....there wasn't anything to walk into. Grow up dude

3) Ummm, LA.....yea nuff said

[RollaFett]

I must be seeing things, you guys are not still talking about that joke, right? Good lord, all of you, MOVE ON!

[Mann]

Friday Estimates. (http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?view=1day&sortdate=2005-05-06&p=.htm)

[Justin]

I'm sad Sahara isn't doing better because it is an awesome movie. I don't think people are really aware of it, the marketing is almost nonexistent (and kind of off the mark, too).

[Virus]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

Wow, everything really bombed. So far movies have not been pulling in the audiences. I think everyone is saving their $9 for Star Wars and not wasting it on the crap that is out there now.

[Soontir Solo]

I think Star Wars and War of teh Worlds are the only movies this summer that are really going to be huge.

[Mann]

Star Wars, War of the World and Batman.

[Jjm3233]

I have to agree with Virus and Soontir - I had several conversations with friends who normally see at least one movie a weekend. The last couple of weeks they have been mildly interested in Hitchhikers and Kingdom of Heaven.

But not enough to go; instead the topic of conversation ROTS. . .

[Soontir Solo]

Originally posted by Jjm3233@May 9 2005, 08:49 AM
I have to agree with Virus and Soontir - I had several conversations with friends who normally see at least one movie a weekend. The last couple of weeks they have been mildly interested in Hitchhikers and Kingdom of Heaven.

But not enough to go; instead the topic of conversation ROTS. . .
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I love watching movies so I personally will go see alot of movies this summer, but you can just tell that for most people there summer will be about Star Wars and War of teh Worlds. The other movies won't do anything spectacular.

[Virus]

Complete agree. There are only two movies that stick out this summer. Even July is weak as hell. Fantasic Four has the chance to pull in similar numbers has Hulk two years ago, same goes for Batman. People are getting tired of comic book movies as they are with reality tv.

[Justin]

Virus, do you have numbers to support that statement?

[Virus]

Originally posted by Justin@May 10 2005, 01:31 AM
Virus, do you have numbers to support that statement?
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Justin, I'm guessing you mean these numbers for Hulk: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hulk.htm

As for Batman and Fantasic Four doing mediocre, that is an opinion as is people getting sick of comic book movies. But let me dig up some numbers (or you can do it too) as how some comic book movies get average reviews and are getting average numbers. Now there is always the opposite side of the spectrum, such as Sin City or last years Spiderman 2. Some blunders that come to my mind are Punisher, Hulk, Hell Boy, Daredevil, Electra, etc etc.

[Justin]

Hulk actually did pretty well (anything that makes over a hundred million dollars did well) it just didn't quite make its money back in the US. Having a $60 million opening weekend also indicates that people were excited to see it, but the bad word of mouth (because the movie sucked) caused the numbers to drop. If it had been a better movie it would have made a killing.

And the "blunders" you are mentioning all sucked (except for Punisher, that movie wasn't bad) so of course a sucky movie is not going to do well. Daredevil actually did pretty well, especially for a February release. Again, it was hampered by being a not-so-good movie.

I think Batman Begins will make a ton of money because a lot of people like Batman and the new one is supposedly pretty good.

I personally really enjoy (good) comic book movies and am looking forward to seeing more. I don't think I'm alone. Plus think of all the kids who love these movies.

[Mann]

Spiderman 2 was the #2 movie of last year...people are not tired of Comicbook films.

[Vibroblade]

I think comic book movies can still do well, but I would argue that Batman movies are getting kinda tiresome....

I think the movie will do well only if it gets pretty good word of mouth. People will be detered by the last few Batman movies which were not that well recieved.

[Mann]

Batman Forever was a big success, but Batman and Robin was plagued by just being horrible.

This film has a few things that make it btter:

1) Its more closer to Burton's vision (dark, not Neon)
2) Its helmed by one of the best directors out there.
3) Its not helmed by Shumacher and not written By Akiva Goldsman

[Virus]

Originally posted by Mann@May 10 2005, 07:05 PM
Batman Forever was a big success, but Batman and Robin was plagued by just being horrible.

This film has a few things that make it btter:

1) Its more closer to Burton's vision (dark, not Neon)
2) Its helmed by one of the best directors out there.
3) Its not helmed by Shumacher and not written By Akiva Goldsman
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The first 3 of the 4 Batman movies were successes but many people did not like them. The first is the best and always will be. The problem with the new one is that most people don't recognize the villian(s). Also, people still remember how bad Batman and Robin was. I still can't get George Clooney and his fake voice saying "hi, I'm batman". Terrible! Whereas with Superman most people can't remember wasting their money on Superman IV.

1) This is a step in the right direction
2) Majority of "normal" movie goers don't care
3) Again, most people don't know this nor care.

I don't mean to bash 2 of these 3 statements but its the truth. I for one DO care though and hated, no....despised Schumachers films.

[Virus]

Originally posted by Mann@May 10 2005, 02:39 AM
Spiderman 2 was the #2 movie of last year...people are not tired of Comicbook films.
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I know, I mentioned this one. Spiderman did well out the door cause tons of people recognize the name. People are getting sick and tired of comic books that are being dug up that were moderately popular or ones that are being reused or comics that most people didn't collect but know the name.

[Virus]

Sorry for 3 posts in a row....but Batman and Fantastic 4 and some other crap (hehe) don't come out for a while. This weekend we got even more bad movies debuting. Any predictions? I will post mine later but I don't think one movie will crack 20 million. I think its gonna be about 3 movies at 15 mil. Weird season so far for the Box Office.

[Jjm3233]

Yeah, I agree about this week Virus. My guess:

1. Kicking and Screaming - 16 Million
2. Unleashed - 15.5 Million
3. Kingdom of Heaven - 15 Million
4. Monster-in Law - 10 Million
5. House of Wax - 8 Million

[Justin]

Originally posted by Vibroblade@May 10 2005, 02:11 PM
I think comic book movies can still do well, but I would argue that Batman movies are getting kinda tiresome....

I think the movie will do well only if it gets pretty good word of mouth. People will be detered by the last few Batman movies which were not that well recieved.
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Most people I hear from are pretty excited about it.

[RollaFett]

My guesses from last week:
1- "Kingdom of Heaven"- $37 million
2- "The Hitchiker;s Guide to the Galaxy" -$14 million
3- "House of Wax" - $12 million
4- "XXX- Sate of the Union"- $8.5 million
5- "The Intrepeter"- $7 million

Actual #'s:
1 N Kingdom of Heaven $19,635,996
2 N House of Wax $12,077,236
3 1 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy $9,792,648
4 N Crash $9,107,071
5 2 The Interpreter $7,822,950

Wow, I didn't expcet "Kingdom" to bomb like that. There is no way it will come close to making it's money back, unless international box office numbers are extraordinary. And while I didn't get the many of my guesses correct, the overall numbers weren't too far off.

Anyway, onto this week...
1- "Kicking and Screaming" - $21 million
2- "Monster in Law" - $16 million
3- "Kingdom of Heaven" - $11 million
4- "Crash"- $10 million
5- "House of Wax" - $7 million

[Javen]

1- "Kicking and Screaming" - $18 million
2- "Monster in Law" - $14 million
3- "Kingdom of Heaven" - $10 million
4- "Crash"- $7 million
5- "House of Wax" - $5 million

[Virus]

yea I didn't think Kingdom of Heaven would bomb this badly.

1) Kicking n Screaming - 19 mil
2) Crash - 12 mil
3) Monster in Law - 10 mil
4) House of Wax - 9 mil
5) Hitchhiker - 6 mil

[Justin]

Anyone think Revenge of the Sith will do a $100 million opening weekend?

[RollaFett]

Yeah, I would definately think so.

[Jjm3233]

Originally posted by Justin@May 11 2005, 11:11 PM
Anyone think Revenge of the Sith will do a $100 million opening weekend?
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I hope so . . .

[Bretsch]

Originally posted by Justin@May 12 2005, 01:11 AM
Anyone think Revenge of the Sith will do a $100 million opening weekend?
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I belive it will

[Javen]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>BOX OFFICE MOJO
THEATER COUNTS REPORT
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MAY 19

Title (Distributor) / Theater Count (Change) / Week #

Revenge of the Sith (Fox) / 3,700

- Should the estimate hold, it would be the 10th widest release
ever.

- Attack of the Clones / 3,161 theaters
Opening Day: $30,141,471 (on a Thurs.)
Four-day bow: $110,169,231

- The Phantom Menace / 2,970 theaters
Opening Day: $28,542,349 (on a Wed.)
Five-day bow: $105,661,237

Revenge of the Sith will have a global launch next weekend, playing
everywhere except Japan and South Korea.

The complete Overseas Breakdown:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=...d=starwars3.htm (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=starwars3.htm)


The full list of theater counts:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/[/b][/quote]

[Jjm3233]

Thanks Javen! So by adding about 540 theaters, what's the guess for how much this adds to the box office?

[Virus]

Originally posted by Justin@May 12 2005, 01:11 AM
Anyone think Revenge of the Sith will do a $100 million opening weekend?
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I think it will for the 4 days but not for Friday-Sunday

[RollaFett]

I agree., but withhold my prediction until next week.

[RollaFett]

Estimates for the past weekend.

1. Monster-in-Law $24,025,000
2. Kicking and Screaming $20,851,000
3. Unleashed $10,587,000
4. Kingdom of Heaven $9,625,000
5. Crash $7,200,000

Hmm...a little more than I expected for the top of the list.

I'm gonna be away for the week starting tomorrow, so here are my very early guesses at this week:

1- Revenge of the Sith (duh!)- $117 million
2- Monster in Law- $18 million
3- Kicking and Screaming- $14 million
4- Kingdom of Heaven- $7 million
5- Crash- $5.5 million

[Javen]

1- Revenge of the Sith - $110 million
2- Monster in Law- $13 million
3- Kicking and Screaming- $10 million
4- Kingdom of Heaven- $5 million
5- Crash- $4 million

[Jjm3233]

1. Revenge of the Sith - $125 Million
2. Monster in Law - $15 million
3. Kicking and Screaming - $12 Million
4. Unleashed - $9 Million
5. Kingdom of Heaven - $5 Million

[Jjm3233]

$16.5 million in midnight shows alone. . .

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1823&p=.htm

[Vibroblade]

New Single day record and opening day record: 50 million and change....

[DarthAnakin]

So let's just say it did ok style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[empire21]

ok style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[Jjm3233]

$85.5 Million estimated for Thursday/Friday

[James T. Skywalker]

Originally posted by Jjm3233@May 21 2005, 08:42 PM
$85.5 Million estimated for Thursday/Friday
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Hmmm... can it reach $115 mil by tonight's end?

~JTS

[Dutch]

Estimated 108 million for the weekend

158 milllion total so far.

[JKRich]

^ So by those numbers does it mean it broke the open weekend record?What was the old record?

[Jjm3233]

No, check out this report for the details.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1826&p=.htm

[Javen]

Originally posted by Javen@May 16 2005, 08:58 PM
1- Revenge of the Sith - $110 million<----I was very close. It made 108 mil for weekend.
2- Monster in Law- $13 million
3- Kicking and Screaming- $10 million
4- Kingdom of Heaven- $5 million
5- Crash- $4 million
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[James T. Skywalker]

I read an article from AP wires that said that Episode III earned $124 million during the three-day Thursday-Saturday period, but only $108 for the Friday-Sunday period, which means they still beat both the three-day weekend and the four-day weekend records.

~JTS

[Bretsch]

Its over 158 million for the whole 4 day run. AMAZING! I knew it would do well, but not that well, specially after AOTC performance in the box office.

[James T. Skywalker]

Originally posted by Bretsch@May 23 2005, 09:42 AM
Its over 158 million for the whole 4 day run. AMAZING! I knew it would do well, but not that well, specially after AOTC performance in the box office.
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Well, it's a better film than Episode II...

~JTS

[Vibroblade]

Will be over 250 million by the end of memorial weekend.

It will definately top AOTC and is very unlikely to come in less than 350 million. 400 million seems to be a pretty fair possibility.

[Javen]

I looked to see what it made monday. BUt it doesn't show anything.

[Vibroblade]

^Monday isn't up yet.

Do you realize ROTS was 111 on the all-time domestic charts after just 4 days? It will be in the top 100 after 5 days. Will cross 200 million in 8 days. These are staggering numbers.

Of course, true evaluation of rankings on the all time charts should be done by looking at inflation adjusted numbers. ROTS seems likely to cross 400 million and move into the top 50 all-time adjusted. Not bad for the 6th movie in a series.

[DarthAnakin]

Originally posted by James T. Skywalker@May 24 2005, 09:02 AM
Well, it's a better film than Episode II...

~JTS
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There's an understatement style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[Horse_Head]

Next up in the "series" ...

<span style="font-size:36pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:red">"Vader and Palpy's Bogus Journey!!"</span></span>

Sure to be box office gold! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[Vibroblade]

Followed By:

<span style="color:red">Weekend At Vader's</span>

[Javen]

It made 14.0 mil for monday.

[Jjm3233]

Not bad for a Monday, heck the last few weeks not bad for a weekend. So that brings it to $172 million after 5 days?

[RollaFett]

I contributed to that $14 million Monday. Dragged the wife to ROTS, I did. Like it, she did not. Feel bad about that, I do not, for I enjoyed the hell out of my 3rd viewing.

[Vibroblade]

Sorry Golla. My wife LOVED ROTS. Made my life easier it did. Insured viewings 3,4&5 it did;)

[Vibroblade]

14 million is GREAT. Better than TPM by around 4 million or roughly 40%.

[Jjm3233]

Yes, and $20 million more than Spidey 2 for 5 days.

[Vibroblade]

tough call on the 7 day total. Spidey 2 was helped by the 4th of July and reached 192 million in 7 days....It will be close. ROTS should fall somewhere between 189 and 195 depending on how well it holds ( Of course, that is without a holiday to help but still ).

[James T. Skywalker]

Ghent reported today (from what he picked up from Box Office Mojo) that Episode III pulled in the largest non-holiday Monday totals today, around $14 million. That pushes the figure for 5 days up to around $172 million. With two days to go before the 7 day total figures...

~JTS

[BobPalpatine]

I figure it will be the fastest movie to get to $200 million. I'd be very suprised if it didn't. Although I'm still very intrigued to see where it will finally end up.

[Vibroblade]

Spider Man 2 made it in 8 days...ROTS should tie that and make 200 million on next Friday. Keep in mind Spider Man 2 had the 4th of July holiday in it's opening weekend ( Monday was the 5th and served as the holiday ). That makes ROTS more impressive.

300 million is also pretty likely as ROTS should be around 270 million after Memorial Day the 31st. Meaning that on Friday the 4th of June it could cross 300 million on its 15 day of release ( or the 5th in its 16 day ). The current record is 18 days ( held by Shrek 2 ). This depends on ROTS not depreciating more than AOTCs did 3 years ago and scores at least 70-80 million 4 day weekend over Memorial day.

[Vibroblade]

Total 182.7 mill

9.9 million Tues....Slightly dissapointing with a 31% decline from Monday and meaning that tieing Spider Man 2 for largest 7 day gross is now a bit of longshot. It will have to hold better tomorrow to do that as it will take 9.4 million tommorrow to best SP2.

[Virus]

no way, Weds will be even less....probably 7 or so mil. But I think ROTS will be #1 again (not by much) this weekend.

[Vibroblade]

^That's possible although history would tell us that Wednesday doesn't drop that much from Tues. I'm guessing around 8.5 million for the 25th.

[RollaFett]

Okay, predictions for this weekend:

1- Revenge of the Sith- $77 million
2- The Longest Yard- $23 million
3- Madasgar- $14 million
4- Monster in Law- $6 million
5- Kicking and Screaming- $5.5 million

I feel as though I'm completely misjudging this weekend.

[Vibroblade]

I made an error in my earlier reporting...Sith is unlikely to match the 200 million 8 day pace of SP2. ROTS should make 200 mill on day 9. However, if ROTS makes my predicted 80 million 4-day haul this weekend, it will certainly claim the fastest to 300 mill crown.

[Vibroblade]

Golla,

Is that 3 day or 4 day?

So far my only guess is ROTS: 65/80 (3day/4day)

[Virus]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

Well I was right that it would drop but not as much as I though.

[Jjm3233]

3 Day guesses:

1. Revenge of the Sith - $50 Million
2. Madagascar - $22 Million
3. Longest Yard - $20 Million
4. Monster in Law - $13 Million
5. Kicking and Screaming - $10 Million

[Vibroblade]

Sith rose greater than expected and matched SP2 for fastest to 200 mill.

9.1 Thursday around a 5% increase.

[Horse_Head]

^ Nice style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[Virus]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

Fridays results. ROTS isn't doing as well as I thought but it will probably end its run at 325-350 mil

[Vibroblade]

Well, those are estimates and the marketplace was flooded this weekend with two high profile releases. Still looks to get at least 265 million by Monday with likelihood of 270 mill. It should be a mortal lock for 350 with getting 300 mill by the end of next weekend.

[Virus]

It has ROTS and Longest Yawn (Yard) and Madagascar at about 14 or 15 million each. Those are estimates but they aren't very far off from the averages. So say 15 mil for Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Thats about 60 mil per movie. Like you said, 265 or 270. I'm also thinking that ROTS will have some longer legs over the next few weeks cause there really isn't a sci-fi/adventure movie coming out until Batman

[Virus]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/...e.ap/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/30/box.office.ap/index.html)

Good work ROTS. I even wonder if it will be #1 next weekend since most people aren't interested in a boxing flick.

Interesting how less and less people are going to the movies these days. Perhaps they should cut back on the prices

[Soontir Solo]

^I personally plan on seeing Cindarella Man, but I agree that Star Wars will probably be number 1 again next week.

[Virus]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1828&p=.htm

Love this guys articles. He makes a good point that CG movies are dying in ratings and box office numbers. I feel the same about some comic book movies. We'll definitely see with Batman and Fantastic 4 this summer

[Jjm3233]

^Right, the Incredibles made what $261 Million? Shrek 2, $441 Million? Polar Express, $162 Million? Shark Tale, $160 Million?

And Madagascar had a $60 million opening weekend . . . not bad numbers for a dying genre . . .

I think the problem is substandard movies (ie Robots and Madagascar), not a problem with CG movies in general.

[Virus]

Besides Shrek 2, the others are just average numbers for what they were pulling in. Remember a key word here....inflation. They are overflooding the market with CG movies and comic to big screen movies.

[Virus]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif haha.

Anyway.........

anyone read that article I posted about how they are flooding the market and how this is the 14th straight weekend with box office numbers being down? Thats crazy.

[RollaFett]

Yeah, it's definately been a down year. But I don't know, I feel as though this summer slate will make up for a horrid winter and spring.

[Mann]

Originally posted by Virus@Jun 1 2005, 06:11 AM
Besides Shrek 2, the others are just average numbers for what they were pulling in. Remember a key word here....inflation. They are overflooding the market with CG movies and comic to big screen movies.
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You you are saying that CGI films are pulling in less than they should...than most films fail every year by comparison.

[Virus]

See you are looking at it somewhat wrong. Its not the movie with the top number but its the "gross" of the movie. Why else do movies such as "Cheaper by the Dozen" for example get a sequel? Producers look at how much it costs and how much it can make. Sure Spiderman 2 made over 400 mil, but it cost half that. Same goes for something like Troy. Now take a movie like Blair Witch Project or Star Wars or Napolean Dynamite, those cost so little but earned so much. Thats more money in everyone's pockets and earns a sequel. Do the math.

[Justin]

Originally posted by Virus@May 31 2005, 02:21 AM
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1828&p=.htm

Love this guys articles. He makes a good point that CG movies are dying in ratings and box office numbers. I feel the same about some comic book movies. We'll definitely see with Batman and Fantastic 4 this summer
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LOL! Batman Begins is going to be huge. I guarantee it will open at number one, probably with at least $60-70 million, and will go on to do at least $200 million. FF will probably do all right.

[Justin]

Originally posted by Virus@Jun 6 2005, 11:40 PM
See you are looking at it somewhat wrong. Its not the movie with the top number but its the "gross" of the movie. Why else do movies such as "Cheaper by the Dozen" for example get a sequel? Producers look at how much it costs and how much it can make. Sure Spiderman 2 made over 400 mil, but it cost half that. Same goes for something like Troy. Now take a movie like Blair Witch Project or Star Wars or Napolean Dynamite, those cost so little but earned so much. Thats more money in everyone's pockets and earns a sequel. Do the math.
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So in your mind if a movie cost $150 million to make and brings in $160 million it is a failure?

[Mann]

Originally posted by Virus@Jun 7 2005, 03:40 AM
Now take a movie like Blair Witch Project or Star Wars or Napolean Dynamite, those cost so little but earned so much. Thats more money in everyone's pockets and earns a sequel. Do the math.
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You are under the impression that Star Wars costs...little?

[ROR_JagFel_20]

Last weekend was a sad day for me and other Star Wars fans. Star Wars went from number 1 with 71million down to 21million. I mean come on! Madagacasar(i spelt wrong didn't i) beat it and so did the Longest Yard! Sadest moment in my life!

[Justin]

Originally posted by Mann+Jun 7 2005, 01:36 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mann @ Jun 7 2005, 01:36 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Virus@Jun 7 2005, 03:40 AM
Now take a movie like Blair Witch Project or Star Wars or Napolean Dynamite, those cost so little but earned so much.* Thats more money in everyone's pockets and earns a sequel.* Do the math.
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You are under the impression that Star Wars costs...little?
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I think he meant the original Star Wars in 1977. You have to remember that back then movies were really inexpensive by today's standards. Nowadays everyone wants a big piece of the pie, so they are charging a lot more for things that really should not be so expensive, like actors' trailers and catering and stuff.

And many many more people work on movies nowadays then they did in the past, or on the tiny independent movies that come out.

[Justin]

Originally posted by ROR_JagFel_20@Jun 7 2005, 01:53 AM
Last weekend was a sad day for me and other Star Wars fans. Star Wars went from number 1 with 71million down to 21million. I mean come on! Madagacasar(i spelt wrong didn't i) beat it and so did the Longest Yard! Sadest moment in my life!
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Both of them each opened on over 1,000 screens more than ROTS did.

[Mann]

Originally posted by Justin+Jun 7 2005, 06:35 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Justin @ Jun 7 2005, 06:35 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by Mann@Jun 7 2005, 01:36 AM
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Now take a movie like Blair Witch Project or Star Wars or Napolean Dynamite, those cost so little but earned so much.* Thats more money in everyone's pockets and earns a sequel.* Do the math.
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You are under the impression that Star Wars costs...little?
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I think he meant the original Star Wars in 1977. You have to remember that back then movies were really inexpensive by today's standards. Nowadays everyone wants a big piece of the pie, so they are charging a lot more for things that really should not be so expensive, like actors' trailers and catering and stuff.

And many many more people work on movies nowadays then they did in the past, or on the tiny independent movies that come out.
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What cost 10 million in 1977 was about 32 milllion today. still Not in the same league as Napoleon Dynamite's 400,000 or Blair Witches 30,000. Star Wars' crew was also huge in comparison to most productions that year.

[Vibroblade]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>So in your mind if a movie cost $150 million to make and brings in $160 million it is a failure? [/b][/quote]

Yes it would be. To earn back the production cost of 150 million it would have to earn far more than 160 million. I don't know the numbers ( perhaps Mann does ) but only a fraction of the total gross actually goes to the movie producers.

Of course, with DVD sales, promotions and such a movie could break even after release despite poor BO performance.

[RollaFett]

I have no clue how to predict this weekend. There are so many new releases!
Oh well, here I go anyway:

1- Madagascar- $23 million
2- The Longest Yard- $21 million
3- Mr. and Mrs. Smith- $20.5 million
4- Revenge of the Sith- $18 million
5- The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl- $16 million

[Vibroblade]

Might want to rethink the ROTS prediction GF. Looks like 15 million at most is more likely.

[RollaFett]

It's certainly possible. It's virtually impossible to really guess right over these few weeks. So many movies coming out. Mr. and Mrs. Smith could easily be a monster this weekend, or as I think, a disappointment.
As far as ROTS goes, well, $15 or $18 million? I'll go with the higher figure.

[Mann]

Actually I think more people will see ROTS than the Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl...

I'm saying 18 sounds alright. Its not falling THAT far.

[RollaFett]

Yeah, it was hard to even type that Shark Lava crap, but it's about the time the kids start getting to the theaters as evident with Madagascar, that's why I even put in the top 5.

[Mann]

Madagascar is animated though...Spy Kids 3D is beneficial to the other Spy Kids films...which this film looks ALOT like...I can't see it doing that well Its just too ridiculous.

[RollaFett]

I'm not gonna argue with you on any of that. I'll just say that I wouldn't be stunned if it did moderately well. But if it completely bombed, well, that wouldn't stun me either. I simply cannot get a feel for any numbers lately.

[Virus]

Originally posted by Justin+Jun 6 2005, 10:43 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Justin @ Jun 6 2005, 10:43 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Virus@Jun 6 2005, 11:40 PM
See you are looking at it somewhat wrong. Its not the movie with the top number but its the "gross" of the movie. Why else do movies such as "Cheaper by the Dozen" for example get a sequel? Producers look at how much it costs and how much it can make. Sure Spiderman 2 made over 400 mil, but it cost half that. Same goes for something like Troy. Now take a movie like Blair Witch Project or Star Wars or Napolean Dynamite, those cost so little but earned so much. Thats more money in everyone's pockets and earns a sequel. Do the math.
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So in your mind if a movie cost $150 million to make and brings in $160 million it is a failure?
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Somewhat. Very few movies these days actually lose money but when you only break 10 million more in profit, thats not very good at all. Read what I wrote and you'll understand. Most costs 10 mil and makes 20 mil vs 150 mil and makes 160 mil. Hmmmm, tough call.

[Virus]

^I agree. This weekend is a big toss up but as bad as it looks, I'd say Mr and Mrs Smith will easily be #1 but every other spot is up for grabs. I doubt ROTS will have a bigger weekend than last, not too many movies gain in profit as the weekends go on. I would agree that 15 mil for it is about right. As for the box office numbers being down once again, that you can bet on.

[Vibroblade]

15 million for ROTS would be a 40% drop that is pretty reasonable and maybe even somewhat optimistic since it's fallen over 50% the last two weeks.

18 million would be a 28% drop. Although I would be quite pleased by such a drop, I can't see it happening in the face of around 5 new movies. Please ROTS prove me wrong!

[Justin]

Originally posted by GollaFett@Jun 7 2005, 06:45 PM
It's certainly possible. It's virtually impossible to really guess right over these few weeks. So many movies coming out. Mr. and Mrs. Smith could easily be a monster this weekend, or as I think, a disappointment.
As far as ROTS goes, well, $15 or $18 million? I'll go with the higher figure.
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith looks like it might be an entertaining movie and I'd like to see it but I won't go to the theater for it. I'll rent it on DVD. I bet a lot of people will feel this way, although I am only basing that on my personal opinion of the movie. Other people may and surely will feel differently.

And the whole Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt "scandal" could cause some people to go see it, or it may turn people off.

[Justin]

Originally posted by Mann@Jun 7 2005, 07:06 PM
Madagascar is animated though...Spy Kids 3D is beneficial to the other Spy Kids films...which this film looks ALOT like...I can't see it doing that well Its just too ridiculous.
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Yeah, I think Shark Boy and Lava Girl is a strictly "kids" movie and there will be little to know crossover appeal, although I think it's neat that Rodriguez is making a movie based on his son's characters and play adventures. Plus there is like zero marketing out there (that I've seen) so a lot of kids will probably not even be aware of it.

[Soontir Solo]

I think I'll go see Mr. and Mrs. Smith at the theater. I love action movies and teh preview of this movie shows to me that it will have plenty of action in it so I think I will see it. I definitely expect it to be number 1 this week I think.

[Mann]

This thursday I am seeing Crash...and will chime in on my thoughts...

In fact New rule for the recharged Star Wars fan Mann (yes I do Love Episode III) siggie is not top ten list!

[Vibroblade]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>1 N Mr. and Mrs. Smith Fox $51,050,000 - 3,424 - $14,909 $51,050,000 $110 / - 1
2 1 Madagascar DW $17,100,000 -39.2% 3,929 -213 $4,352 $128,334,000 - / - 3
3 3 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $14,850,000 -40.8% 3,322 -328 $4,470 $332,108,000 $113 / - 4
4 2 The Longest Yard Par. $13,500,000 -48.2% 3,654 +20 $3,694 $118,106,000 $82 / - 3
5 N The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl (3D) Dim. $12,505,000 - 2,655 - $4,709 $12,505,000 - / - 1
6 4 Cinderella Man Uni. $9,546,000 -47.9% 2,820 +8 $3,385 $34,459,000 $88 / - 2
7 N The Honeymooners Par. $5,800,000 - 1,912 - $3,033 $5,800,000 $25 / - 1
8 5 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants WB $5,680,000 -42.2% 2,583 - $2,198 $23,691,000 $25 / - 2
9 6 Monster-in-Law NL $2,625,000 -56.4% 1,949 -1,076 $1,346 $76,475,000 $43 / - 5
10 8 Crash Lions $1,900,000 -41.8% 908 -411 $2,092 $44,323,000 $6.50 / - 6[/b][/quote]

[RollaFett]

Thanks for the list, Vibes, but I suspect that mine may be a little easier to read. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif These are, of course, the estimates for the weekend:

1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith $51,050,000
2. Madagascar $17,100,000
3. Revenge of the Sith $14,850,000
4. The Longest Yard $13,500,000
5. The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl (3D) $12,505,000

And these were my predictions:

1- Madagascar- $23 million
2- The Longest Yard- $21 million
3- Mr. and Mrs. Smith- $20.5 million
4- Revenge of the Sith- $18 million
5- The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl- $16 million

Off? Yes. But not as off as I feared. That is, of course, without my complete whiff at 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith'. Even if it had done well, I didn't think a $50+ million opening was possible for that.

[Mann]

Brangelina has offically saved the box office...wow.

[Virus]

saved? I wouldn't go that far but they did better than last weekend. Sad summer for movies and box office numbers

[Mann]

Originally posted by Virus@Jun 13 2005, 06:15 AM
saved? I wouldn't go that far but they did better than last weekend. Sad summer for movies and box office numbers
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No dude, they saved it. they brought it out of the slump.

Good job tabloid media! You have officially gotten people to go to a movie!

[Virus]

Originally posted by Mann+Jun 13 2005, 02:01 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mann @ Jun 13 2005, 02:01 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Virus@Jun 13 2005, 06:15 AM
saved? I wouldn't go that far but they did better than last weekend. Sad summer for movies and box office numbers
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No dude, they saved it. they brought it out of the slump.

Good job tabloid media! You have officially gotten people to go to a movie!
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50 million isn't that much for a summer movie. It's actually VERY VERY low compared to other summers. I'm not sayings its bad but its just average. However, for a romance comedy, this is huge. Read this great article about this movie's weekend success: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1836&p=.htm Most of the time when the tabloids hype a movie, it bombs. But controversy sometimes can't hurt.

Damn I love Angelina style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[BobPalpatine]

Box Office Mojo says that box office is down 10% from comparable weekend last year. So the slump goes on...

Week 15.

[P-Ray]

Originally posted by BobPalpatine@Jun 13 2005, 07:31 PM
Box Office Mojo says that box office is down 10% from comparable weekend last year. So the slump goes on...

Week 15.
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Does anyone know why that is?

[Mann]

Originally posted by Virus+Jun 13 2005, 11:49 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Virus @ Jun 13 2005, 11:49 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by Mann@Jun 13 2005, 02:01 AM
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saved?* I wouldn't go that far but they did better than last weekend.* Sad summer for movies and box office numbers
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No dude, they saved it. they brought it out of the slump.

Good job tabloid media! You have officially gotten people to go to a movie!
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50 million isn't that much for a summer movie. It's actually VERY VERY low compared to other summers. I'm not sayings its bad but its just average.
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Wow you have high standards for summer movie openings then dude...only like 7 films opened higheer than this did last year, and three of them were not even in the summer. Its a pretty big opening if you asked me.

[RollaFett]

It's funny because when Troy opened to something like $40 million last year, I declared that it was a disappointing opening and it would struggle to brek even. Well, it did struggle to break even, but you could easily say it was a hit. That said, it was designed for a huge opening, y'know, omething like $60-$80 million, so the $40 million was disappointing.
Now, with Mr. and Mrs. Smith, that $50 million opening is very good. It's easily going to make it's money back and then some. A romantic comedy action flick is a rare flick, to be sure, and the tabloids almost certainly spell doom, but somehow this flick avoided that curse.

[Virus]

Originally posted by Mann+Jun 14 2005, 01:22 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mann @ Jun 14 2005, 01:22 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by Virus@Jun 13 2005, 11:49 PM
Originally posted by Mann@Jun 13 2005, 02:01 AM
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saved? I wouldn't go that far but they did better than last weekend. Sad summer for movies and box office numbers
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No dude, they saved it. they brought it out of the slump.

Good job tabloid media! You have officially gotten people to go to a movie!
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50 million isn't that much for a summer movie. It's actually VERY VERY low compared to other summers. I'm not sayings its bad but its just average.
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Wow you have high standards for summer movie openings then dude...only like 7 films opened higheer than this did last year, and three of them were not even in the summer. Its a pretty big opening if you asked me.
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You just justified my position. Thank you. 7 films is a decent amount. And read what I wrote, I said it was slightly above average just not big. You are giving it too much credit.

Curious how Batman will do and if the public has forgotten 1997's version.

[Mann]

"You just justified my position. Thank you. 7 films is a decent amount. And read what I wrote, I said it was slightly above average just not big. You are giving it too much credit."

Seven films out of 300 films? not really if you think about it, and I said 3 of them were not summer films, so four.

A Film in which the biggest draw is two of the most popular actors inthe world making 50 million is pretty big if you ask me. I mean let's look at some of those great historic pairings:

http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=...reencouples.htm (http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=offscreencouples.htm)

Wow! only Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze had a box office opening that toped this...and they weren't the movie's biggest pull.

trust me, this is huge. It also affirms that Doug Liman can make money.

and how much credit shouldn't I give it? Its one of the biggest openings of the year so far! Second only to Star Wars! And the seventh biggest opening in June.

[Mann]

15 million+ for Batman's opening day.

[Virus]

Jolie and Pitt are NOT a couple. The cheesy tabloids only want you to think they are.

I wasn't talking about all 300 movies of the summer, I'm talking about the big ones each weekend. This will rank around the middle once its done making loot. I don't see it having legs in the next few weeks. But I could be wrong and so could you and you and .....you style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif But it has proven to be a success since it will definitely break even in the US, plus foriegn sales and dvds. I just think its given too much credit and some bigger movies are about to hit soon. I pray they don't do a sequel. Barf

15 mil is impressive for Batman.

[Mann]

" Jolie and Pitt are NOT a couple. The cheesy tabloids only want you to think they are."

Yeah and he's JUST visiting her across the world...please they have had sex and Jennifer aniston is going to have an interview saying that Brad Pitt did cheat on her...hence Affair with Angelina.

"I just think its given too much credit and some bigger movies are about to hit soon."

But it was huge for the kind of movie it was.

[Virus]

"Yeah and he's JUST visiting her across the world...please they have had sex and Jennifer aniston is going to have an interview saying that Brad Pitt did cheat on her...hence Affair with Angelina."

Didn't know you had the inside scoop? Thanks style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif haha

"But it was huge for the kind of movie it was."

Agree. Most movies of this type (Gigli for example) bomb so hard. Controvesy is a hard game to play. Sometimes it works so well and other times it bombs.

[Mark Skywalker]

Originally posted by Mann@Jun 16 2005, 12:01 PM
15 million+ for Batman's opening day.
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WHAT THE HELL, It can't be, I don't believe it, It's not true, spidey 2 made more money than that, How could The Best BATMAN movie ever make 15 million on opening day? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/censored.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banghead.gif

[Virus]

increase in ticket prices helped that out

[P-Ray]

Originally posted by Mark Skywalker+Jun 17 2005, 03:18 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mark Skywalker @ Jun 17 2005, 03:18 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Mann@Jun 16 2005, 12:01 PM
15 million+ for Batman's opening day.
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WHAT THE HELL, It can't be, I don't believe it, It's not true, spidey 2 made more money than that, How could The Best BATMAN movie ever make 15 million on opening day? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/censored.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banghead.gif
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It should do well this weekend. I would imagine!

[BobPalpatine]

Originally posted by Mark Skywalker+Jun 17 2005, 02:18 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mark Skywalker @ Jun 17 2005, 02:18 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Mann@Jun 16 2005, 12:01 PM
15 million+ for Batman's opening day.
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WHAT THE HELL, It can't be, I don't believe it, It's not true, spidey 2 made more money than that, How could The Best BATMAN movie ever make 15 million on opening day? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/censored.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banghead.gif
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Its the first in a new series. This one will get better through word of mouth. Expect a sequel of it to do more what Spidey 2 did. You have to understand some people are wary of the Bat franchise after the marketing machine put out the crap it did in the 90s.

[Mann]

Originally posted by Mark Skywalker+Jun 17 2005, 08:18 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mark Skywalker @ Jun 17 2005, 08:18 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Mann@Jun 16 2005, 12:01 PM
15 million+ for Batman's opening day.
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WHAT THE HELL, It can't be, I don't believe it, It's not true, spidey 2 made more money than that, How could The Best BATMAN movie ever make 15 million on opening day? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/censored.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banghead.gif
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Honestly, because alot of people ddn't know about its opening on Wednesday.

[Justin]

15 million on it's opening day is a lot of money. I just saw the 12:30 AM show and it was nearly sold out. Not bad for a Thursday night.

BTW Virus it was great and I didn't feel ripped off at all.

[Virus]

^Good for you. I'm sticking to my guns but with all of the decent (non-fan boy) reviews, I may go see this movie. But I'll probably wait a few months for it to be released on DVD.

I'm sure we'll be arguing the same about next summer's Superman. Where is that thread style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[Mann]

I wonder why you say the movie is a rip off like its a bad thing...this is a STAR WARS SITE...the king of ripping off movies!

[P-Ray]

Originally posted by Virus@Jun 18 2005, 01:13 PM
I'm sticking to my guns but with all of the decent (non-fan boy) reviews, I may go see this movie. But I'll probably wait a few months for it to be released on DVD.
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I'm curious! Why wait? Not that big of a fan? No $?

Trust us, it'll be worth it!

[Justin]

Originally posted by Virus@Jun 18 2005, 02:13 PM
^Good for you. I'm sticking to my guns but with all of the decent (non-fan boy) reviews, I may go see this movie. But I'll probably wait a few months for it to be released on DVD.

I'm sure we'll be arguing the same about next summer's Superman. Where is that thread style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
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Batman Begins is actually a great film in it's own right, forget about it being part of the Batman mythos. It's just a really good film, and it happens to be about Batman.

If I was not a Batman fan I still would have really enjoyed this movie and appreciated the skilled filmmaking.

[Bretsch]

Too much Batman talk.

How's ROTS actually doing this weekend?

[P-Ray]

I'm excited!

My mom just saw it with her fiance and they both loved it. They said now they want to watch the originals.

And BTW, they never saw the first 2 in the PT.

[Darth Octavious]

Originally posted by Mann@Jun 16 2005, 03:01 PM
15 million+ for Batman's opening day.

Not bad, but what was the stats on opening day for ROTS, stats for the MidNight showing of ROTS?

[Virus]

Originally posted by P-Ray+Jun 18 2005, 02:00 PM--&