Weekend Box Office Report - 1/9/03 - 1/11/03

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

New Releases:

 

"Chasing Liberty" (Mandy Moore)

 

"My Baby's Daddy" (Anthony Anderson, Eddie Griffin)

 

Box Office Top 10:

 

1 - Big Fish - $14,500,000/$24,076,000

 

2 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - $14,125,000/ $312,237,000

3 - Cheaper by the Dozen - $12,000,000/$101,397,000

4 - Something's Gotta Give - $8,200,000/$92,988,000

5 - Cold Mountain - $7,913,908/$55,372,624

6 - My Baby's Daddy - $7,838,811/$7,838,811

7 - Chasing Liberty - $6,015,000/$6,015,000

8 - Paycheck - $5,200,000/$46,497,000

9 - The Last Samurai - $4,530,000/$97,161,100

10 -Mona Lisa Smile -$4,500,000/$57,000,000

 

 

Opening Friday:

 

"Torque" (Ice Cube, Martin Henderson)

 

"Along Came Polly" (Ben Stiller, Jennifer Anniston)

 

"Teacher's Pet"

[Mole 0]

Wow, My Baby's Daddy didn't do shit.

[Guest El Satanico]

Big Fish is #1? I'm happy to see that.

 

My Baby's Daddy didn't do that bad. Middle of the pack isn't too bad, unless it drops alot next week.

[Tawren 0]

"Teacher's Pet"

I cannot wait...I'm a mark for this show.

 

And I'm glad that Chasing Liberty shit failed and Big Fish got #1. Hopefully word of mouth and strong advertising will keep Big Fish going for a while.

[Guest OctoberBlood]

Deservingly so. Yay @ Big Fish.

[Youth N Asia 0]

My Baby's Daddy looked like ass...I hope it's completly out of the top 10 next week.

 

And Torque looks awful. They already bombed Biker Boyz, and this looks even worse. And I've always thought Ice Cube was so-so in acting...but him trying to sound so hard in the previews just sounds funny.

[Youth N Asia 0]

11 and 12

 

11 Peter Pan $4,076,000/$39,904,000

12 Calendar Girls $3,600,000/$12,300,000

 

NOTE:

 

Peter Pan cost $100+ million to make, so you can call this a huge bomb.

 

Big Fish was on only 2406 screens. ROTK was on 3532. My Baby's Daddy wasn't on very many (1447), which was 1000 less then Cold Moutain, which only beat it by $80,000.

[Downhome 0]

Woohoo, a deserving film (and a much better film in my view) dethrones ROtK. I'm so happy about this, great news to me.

[2GOLD 0]

It hasn't dethroned it yet, seems the studio may have inflated their numbers.

 

ROTK could still end up #1 when the final numbers come in on Monday.

[Mole 0]

Did anyone actually see Big Fish?

 

Some of the reviews I read made it out to be a regular ol' Burton film.

[Downhome 0]

It hasn't dethroned it yet, seems the studio may have inflated their numbers.

 

ROTK could still end up #1 when the final numbers come in on Monday.

According to these numbers it has, and it's all we have to go by right now. We'll see on Monday though, but either way, I'm glad that Big Fish made as much as it did.

 

And MoleSlayer, I saw Big Fish and I loved it...one of my favorite films of all time. For the first time in my life, the people I was in the theater with (which was PACKED), actually clapped and cheered at certain things. It was just awesome, one of my favorite filmgoing experiances ever.

[2GOLD 0]

I hope it does stand

 

Cause god knows I don't want TORQUE to be the movie that does it.

 

Man, that movie....could that be any stupider to look at?

[Downhome 0]

I hope it does stand

 

Cause god knows I don't want TORQUE to be the movie that does it.

 

Man, that movie....could that be any stupider to look at?

Hey, don't bitch about Torque!

 

Well, that is unless you do it MORE intense, ugh. I hate movies like that, HATE em.

[razazteca 0]

Ice Cube is a bigger draw than Anthony Anderson so I do believe Torque will do about 9 Million.

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

My problem with Torque is that, from the previews, the bike stunts are CGI and BADLY at that.

[Guest El Satanico]

Some of the reviews I read made it out to be a regular ol' Burton film.

You say that like it would be a bad thing.

[Guest OctoberBlood]

Peter Pan may be a "bomb" in the makers eyes, but it's a fantastic movie and they should be proud.

[Ravenbomb 0]

I mark for Billy Crudup, so I'm glad it's doing well.

[Mole 0]

And MoleSlayer, I saw Big Fish and I loved it...one of my favorite films of all time. For the first time in my life, the people I was in the theater with (which was PACKED), actually clapped and cheered at certain things. It was just awesome, one of my favorite filmgoing experiances ever.

That happened during RoTK.

 

I hate it when people clap at the end of the movie, it feels wrong.

[C Dubya 04 0]

Did anyone actually see Big Fish?

 

Some of the reviews I read made it out to be a regular ol' Burton film.

I saw Big Fish Friday night and thought it was wonderful. It was a great story and told the right way.

 

As a side, I don't like when people clap at the end of movies either. There was scattered applause at the end of Big Fish and it just feels weird to me.

[fazzle 0]

Well, the actuals are out now, and ROTK ended up at #1. $14.2 to $13.8 for Big Fish.

[Mole 0]

Big Fish got a great review from Premiere, so far only Ebert didn't like it.

[Guest OctoberBlood]

Did anyone actually see Big Fish?

Uh, yes.

 

http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...ST&f=12&t=47941

[Mik 0]

Don't mind him, he's not the brightest bulb in the pack.

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

Well, the actuals are out now, and ROTK ended up at #1. $14.2 to $13.8 for Big Fish

 

Could we edit in the real numbers then?? Or start a "Real Box Office Thread" so there is no confusion?

[Lord of The Curry 0]

*Points and mocks DH and his Big Fish followers*

 

YOU CANNOT KILL THE KING~!

 

Seriously though, after Mystic River, Big Fish is #2 on my list to see. I'm really hyped on seeing it, as every review both fan and critic I've read has been great.