Weekend Box Office Report: 10/17/03 - 10/19/03...

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

Once again, on the title... I tried.

 

New Releases:

 

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (Jessica Biel, R. Lee Ermey)

 

"Runaway Jury" (John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman)

 

Box Office Top 10:

 

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre -

$29,100,000/$29,100,000

 

2. Kill Bill Volume 1 -

$12,500,000/$43,311,000

 

3. Runaway Jury -

$12,100,000/$12,100,000

 

4. The School of Rock -

$11,300,000/$55,192,000

 

5. Mystic River -

$10,350,000/$13,440,000

 

6. Good Boy! -

$9,000,000/$25,781,000

 

7. Intolerable Cruelty -

$6,888,000/$23,093,000

 

8. Out of Time -

$4,100,000/$35,329,000

 

9. Under the Tuscan Sun -

$3,400,000/$33,678,000

 

10. The Rundown -

$2,844,000/$44,582,000

 

 

Next Week's New Releases:

 

"Scary Movie 3" (Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen)

 

"Radio" (Cuba Gooding Jr, Ed Harris)

 

"Beyond Borders" (Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen)

[Guest Choken One]

well, TCM out drew Kill Bill AND the Rundown...amazing.

[Mecha Mummy]

I have officially lost my faith in mankind.

[Guest Choken One]

Shame a good movie from what I hear, Mystic River did weak...

[Downhome]

Holy.Shit.

 

I didn't think TCM would do even CLOSE to that. I mean, I thought maybe 20Mil TOPS, but not almost 30, that's just an insanely good pull for that film on opening weekend, especially with the other films that are out right now.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin]

Fuck I was hoping Mystic River did well. Thought it would too, theatre I was in was packed.

[ISportsFan]

Holy.Shit.

 

I didn't think TCM would do even CLOSE to that. I mean, I thought maybe 20Mil TOPS, but not almost 30, that's just an insanely good pull for that film on opening weekend, especially with the other films that are out right now.

I had no intention of seeing the movie, but a ton of my friends back home all IMed me and told me about their experiences with TCM... so I guess it was more heavily desired than I thought.

 

Jason

[Youth N Asia]

Damn, I thought it would be #1 over how much advertising went into it...but $29 million? I didn't see that coming. It wasn't great, but it wasn't awful.

[Tawren]

I hope Kill Bill rebounds or has great staying power, because 12 mil in its second week is terrible for such a great movie.

[Youth N Asia]

Well this time of year nothing seems to do well. The in between movies for Summer and Christmas are always like this

[Guest Choken One]

Dont Horror/scary movies do well pre halloween?

[Lightning Flik]

Dont Horror/scary movies do well pre halloween?

Actually, yes they do.

 

But still, that's just silly. I mean, come on. Three BETTER movies got scuffed for this (or so I've heard)? Yikes.

[Guest JumpinJackFlash]

If they(stupid teenagers) wanted to see TCM, why didn't the original TCM make 29 million in rental and sales this week? That movie is way better than the remake. And I don't even have to see it. The original is that good. I don't think half of the people who saw the remake have heard about the original. Also noting Psycho, which has a story similar to this. Also, the houses in the original TCM and original Psycho look identical from the outside and inside.

[BlackFlagg]

If they(stupid teenagers) wanted to see TCM, why didn't the original TCM make 29 million in rental and sales this week? That movie is way better than the remake. And I don't even have to see it. The original is that good. I don't think half of the people who saw the remake have heard about the original. Also noting Psycho, which has a story similar to this. Also, the houses in the original TCM and original Psycho look identical from the outside and inside.

Probably because both Leatherface and Norman Bates were based on Ed Gein.

 

 

 

Damn, that's alot of money for TCM....never expected that, maybe having the teaser/trailer not show very much worked for them.

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

Showing the trailer before Freddy Vs Jason was a smart move.

[Guest El Satanico]

Heavily hyped horror movie + a widely known horror icon + being released two weeks before Halloween = This isn't brain surgery folks.

 

I mean hell Ghost Ship did like 14 mill last year.

[Ravenbomb]

fuck TCM, that movie made me want to rinse my eyes out with lye

 

KB on the other hand is at least the second best movie out all year, I'm not sure if I liked Identity better or not

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Damn, I thought it would be #1 over how much advertising went into it...but $29 million? I didn't see that coming. It wasn't great, but it wasn't awful.

"All the advertising?" I didn't even know the movie was coming out until yesterday.

[Lil' Bitch]

At least The Rundown lasted in the top 10 for a month. Damn shame it didn't have much staying power though.

[Youth N Asia]

Damn, I thought it would be #1 over how much advertising went into it...but $29 million? I didn't see that coming. It wasn't great, but it wasn't awful.

"All the advertising?" I didn't even know the movie was coming out until yesterday.

We must watch different shows. I've seen a ton of previews for it the last few weeks

[Red Baron]

TCM did a good job. Its not a complete remake, its not a sequal. The movie was done well, and 30 million was easily achieved. It'll do good next week, but then drop heavily.

 

Mystic River pulled in 10 million this weekend alone, which is pretty damn good.

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Damn, I thought it would be #1 over how much advertising went into it...but $29 million? I didn't see that coming. It wasn't great, but it wasn't awful.

"All the advertising?" I didn't even know the movie was coming out until yesterday.

We must watch different shows. I've seen a ton of previews for it the last few weeks

Shows I watch:

 

Navy NCIS

Frasier

Scrubs

ER

JAG

 

I've never seen a single commercial for TCM.

[Guest El Satanico]

Maybe you don't pay attention during commercial breaks or you record everything you watch and use fast forward.

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Yes, I do. And no, I don't.

[Guest Urine Sane]

That movie is way better than the remake. And I don't even have to see it. The original is that good.

 

So you know it's way worse then the original, yet you haven't seen it? That's ignorant.

 

Anyway, I'm not shocked at all that TCM was #1 and that it made so much. I think it'll easily be in the top 5 next week, just due to word of mouth.

 

I may get a lot of flack from the TCM marks, but the remake* is a good film, brings horror back to it's roots, where your're not cheering for the badguy.

 

*It's not really a remake, more of a different telling of the story, but with the same name.

[Guest El Satanico]

I've always cheered the bad guys.

 

Fuck a bunch of kids, I'm cheering for leatherface.

[Guest Urine Sane]

well at least the fucker isnt super human like most killers.

[Youth N Asia]

OTHER NOTABLES

 

11 (10) Lost in Translation FOCUS $1,903,194 /$20,964,443

 

12 (9) Secondhand Lions NL $1,884,995 /$38,406,515

 

13 (6) House of the Dead ART $1,763,212/ $8,811,768

-Doesn't look good for this one...but it didn't look good anyway.

 

14 (12) The Fighting Temptations PARA $1,034,764/$28,773,229

 

15 (11) Underworld SONY $900,869/$50,503,172

 

16 (15) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl BV $653,715 $300,557,571

-$300 million and counting

 

18 (19) Finding Nemo DISNEY/PIXAR $511,514/$338,163,456

-Coming soon on DVD and still in the top 20

 

25 (37) Freddy vs. Jason NL $190,248 $82,163,317

-$82 million and counting...it jumped up 12 spots this week.

 

28 (21) Cabin Fever LIONS $149,684 $20,820,830

-Probably only still around cause it's this close to Halloween

 

31 (18) Duplex M'MAX $127,541 $9,517,362

-31st place after 4 weeks...ouch

 

41 (28) Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star PARA $60,448/$22,523,270

-Good opening, quick fall.

 

63 (54) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines WB $19,814/$150,350,192

 

80 (70) The Order FOX $6,734/$7,653,763

-This one fell fast...looked like crap though. Safe to say "bomb"

[Corey_Lazarus]

I think TCM's success might also be based slightly off of the fact that this year was pretty good for horror. 28 Days Later, Freddy vs. Jason, and now the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

 

What? Jeepers Creepers 2? Never heard of it...

[Guest Dmann2000]

Kill Bill will do fine- probably top out around 70 million- the 2nd volume will pull in around 50 million- add maybe another 20-30 from overseas and that's 150 million for a pair of flicks that cost less than 60 million.

 

And we haven't got to video/cable rights.