Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Breaks...

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

At least until June 30...

 

 

With Spidey's top single day and second weekend records having already fallen to "Shrek 2," ComingSoon.net reports that the third "Harry Potter" also has broken Spidey's opening day record...

 

Warner Bros. Pictures' Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban broke the opening day record set by Spider-Man on May 3, 2002. The third installment in the popular "Harry Potter" franchise pulled in an estimated $41.2 million from 3,855 theaters on Friday, surpassing Spidey's take of $39.4 million from 3,615 theaters. It is also on its way to beat Spidey's opening weekend figure of $114.8 million. "Prisoner of Azkaban" carried a production budget of $130 million.

[tbondrage99]

Thats freckin nuts. Its pretty crazy what movies are making these days. It just makes me wonder just how much Spider-Man 2 will rake in the first day.

[Guest Choken One]

Idont think it'll reach the levels of Shrek 2 did...simply because ive heard TONS of bad things about this movie...while shrek had amazing word of mouth

[Guest El Satanico]

And where are you getting "bad" from. All the critics seem to love it, so I'd say the "it sucked" crowd are the minority.

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

I was iffy about someone else taking over from Chris Columbus as director, but it seems as though Alfonso Cuaron did a damn good job.

 

The first film opened pretty big, so did this one moreso, but what about the second one? Did it have a huge opening gross?

[Guest Choken One]

And where are you getting "bad" from. All the critics seem to love it, so I'd say the "it sucked" crowd are the minority.

well...from the people i talked to about it personally...and these were die hard Potter fans too...

[Guest Brian]

Cuaron's a much better director than Columbus. Seven days a week, and twice on Sundays.

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

Cuaron's a much better director than Columbus. Seven days a week, and twice on Sundays.

Is that his jerking off schedule? (Canned laughter)

 

Seriously, Over $40 mil. in ONE DAY? Good Lord that's a lot of money!

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

I wonder how this is all looking to Chris Columbus?

[Guest croweater]

Is that number only relevent in America? Because the Harry Potter market is much bigger overseas.

[bob_barron]

Idont think it'll reach the levels of Shrek 2 did...simply because ive heard TONS of bad things about this movie...while shrek had amazing word of mouth

It has an 89% rating at rotten tomatoes and many people are calling it one of the best films of the year.

 

Shrek 2 was so far below Harry Potter in terms of quality it's not even funny.

 

The plot of Shrek 2 was the one thing I hated about Shrek 1 (Waaaah Fiona may not like me boo-hoo) and the fact that Shrek 2 never made you attempt to care about the characters made me bored throughout most of the movie. At times the movie was very very funny but it just didnt try to be funny enough.

 

Whereseas like Harry Potter which scared the crap out of me and is so well done that it had me caring for the welfare of the characters which Shrek 2 was incapable of doing. I left the theatre out of breath. Harry Potter was also smart in that whenever the movie got a bit too scary they made sure to inject some humour into it and lighten the mood just a bit.

 

The fact that Shrek 2 is making all this money is kind of sad since it is very far below the level of the first one.

[bob_barron]

I wonder how this is all looking to Chris Columbus?

Considering he's one of the producers and Harry Potter 1 and 2 both opened to 85+ levels- I don't think he's too upset.

[Guest Crazy Dan]

Columbus was getting burnt out, so it was his choice to not direct the third one. I just saw this movie, and it was good. The new director added a lot more darkness, which I think is what the third book contained more of. The actors are begininning to show their age, as all the boy's voices have deepen, and the blond hair kid is now taller than everyone. But, a good job. I liked it, definately worth checking out if you read and loved the books, or if you liked the first two. There were some nice twists here and there, and I thought that the new director was a good choice.

[Kahran Ramsus]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the third highest grossing film of all time. Columbus has nothing to be ashamed of. This one had the advantage of being based off of a better book, and being released in the summer.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

Whereseas like Harry Potter which scared the crap out of me

[Guest Urine Sane]

Whereseas like Harry Potter which scared the crap out of me

 

That's gotta be the pussy quote of the year.

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

1 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban WB $92,645,000 $92,645,000 1 3855

 

2 1 Shrek 2 D'WORKS $37,000,000 $313,600,000 3 4131

 

3 2 The Day After Tomorrow FOX $28,150,000 $128,759,179 2 3444

 

4 4 Raising Helen BV $6,675,000 $24,189,000 2 2721

 

5 3 Troy WB $5,740,000 $119,053,000 4 2750

 

6 7 Mean Girls PARA $2,900,000 $78,130,000 6 1817

 

7 5 Soul Plane MGM $2,850,000 $11,080,000 2 1566

 

8 6 Van Helsing UNIV $2,347,000 $114,509,000 5 2059

 

9 8 Man on Fire FOX $1,025,000 $75,354,556 7 683

 

10 10 Super Size Me IDP $835,170 $6,200,931 5 205

 

Opening Friday:

 

"The Chronicles of Riddick" (Vin Diesel, Colm Feore)

 

"Garfield" (Voice of Bill Murray, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt)

 

"The Stepford Wives" (Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken)

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

Thats freckin nuts. Its pretty crazy what movies are making these days. It just makes me wonder just how much Spider-Man 2 will rake in the first day.

It's also pretty crazy how much tickets cost these days too.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

You think ticket prices are insane? A 16OZ bottle of water costs $3.75 at the theater here.

[Tawren]

1 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban WB $92,645,000 $92,645,000 1 3855

I don't know if I'd call that disappointing, but you'd assume that Potter would make more than Day After Tomorrow.

 

As for next week: The Chronicles of Riddick has to be the worst name I have ever heard. That is just terrible.

[Guest El Satanico]

1 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban WB $92,645,000 $92,645,000 1 3855

I don't know if I'd call that disappointing, but you'd assume that Potter would make more than Day After Tomorrow.

uh...it did make more than The Day after Tomorrow

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

Next Week:

 

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

 

2. The Chronicles Of Riddick

 

3. Garfield

 

4. Shrek 2

 

5. The Stepford Wives / The Day After Tomorrow

[Tawren]

1 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban WB $92,645,000 $92,645,000 1 3855

I don't know if I'd call that disappointing, but you'd assume that Potter would make more than Day After Tomorrow.

uh...it did make more than The Day after Tomorrow

I meant opening weekend.

[Edwin MacPhisto]

It did. Day After Tomorrow only made 70 million over the 3-day. It made more if you include Memorial Day, but of course it would; that's a whole extra day.

[bob_barron]

Whereseas like Harry Potter which scared the crap out of me

Yea- I admit it. I was scared for much of the movie. It was very dark and I have no idea how it got a PG rating.

 

And the first Harry Potter is not the third highest grossing film of all time. Internationally may be but def not domestic

[Corey_Lazarus]

Potter 3 rocked ass. It deserves to be a huge moneymaker...but I think adjustments to movie prices need to be made so that "record breaking" actually matters.

[Art Sandusky]

Yes, because the US is the only country where people go to see movies...

 

I'm glad Columbus was replaced anyway, I've never seen him make anything resembling a dark film.

[Tawren]

It did. Day After Tomorrow only made 70 million over the 3-day. It made more if you include Memorial Day, but of course it would; that's a whole extra day.

Ah. I forgot about that and seemed to remember 100 mil over the weekend.

 

Nevermind that then.

[Edwin MacPhisto]

Whereseas like Harry Potter which scared the crap out of me

Yea- I admit it. I was scared for much of the movie. It was very dark and I have no idea how it got a PG rating.

It was dark, but think about the content - a little bit of fantasy violence, no profanity, no sex. Scary stuff, yeah, but that's the rating to go with. No shame in being a bit freaked out, though. The dementors were handled really well and would have fit well into any sci-fi/horror movie. Great touches with everything getting icy, too. The little kids in the theater I was in were flipping out.

[NoCalMike]

Spiderman 2 shall break Potter's new record. More theaters, more screens. It is bound to happen. Theater records will continue to be broken, for multiple reasons.