Weekend Boxoffice Report June 11-13

[Youth N Asia 0]

1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban $35,070,000/$158,135,000

 

2 The Chronicles of Riddick $24,600,000/$24,600,000

 

3 Shrek 2 $24,000,000/$354,000,000

 

4 The Stepford Wives $22,200,000/$22,200,000

 

5 Garfield $21,675,000/$21,675,000

 

6 The Day After Tomorrow $14,550,000/$153,156,588

 

7 Raising Helen $3,821,000/$31,400,000

 

8 Troy $3,465,000/$125,652,000

 

9 Saved! $2,550,000/$3,732,000

 

10 Mean Girls $1,500,000/$81,318,000

 

11 Van Helsing $1,142,570/$116,938,110

 

12 Soul Plane $944,000/$13,020,000

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Blah blah, you could guess the top few easily. But Saved did $2.5 million on only 589 screens. About 1,400 less than Troy, the movie that placed one spot higher. And last week it did $340,343 on just 31 screens.

[The Mandarin 0]

Holy shit.

 

Number six gets 14 million alone. Wow.

 

I remember the days where Identity and Phone Booth would hit number one in their first weekends with just 10 million.

[Guest El Satanico]

I remember the days where Identity and Phone Booth would hit number one in their first weekends with just 10 million.

But was that during the summer

[Mole 0]

That opening for Riddick has to be a disapointment.

[Guest Choken One]

wouldn't think so...I saw very little hype for it anyways.

 

I know it likely was a big budget though, so it likely won't make profit.

 

Is Garfield a Bomb or not? I mean 21 million is still 21 million but at 5th place though...

 

What comes out next week?

[nogoodnick 0]

I haven't seen Chronicles of Riddick yet, but everyone I've talked to said they loved it. I'm probably going to see it sometime this week and I'll post my thoughts.

[2GOLD 0]

wouldn't think so...I saw very little hype for it anyways.

 

I know it likely was a big budget though, so it likely won't make profit.

 

Is Garfield a Bomb or not? I mean 21 million is still 21 million but at 5th place though...

 

What comes out next week?

 

Nah, 21 million is still very strong. I doubt they expected much more considering Harry Potter was just a week old and they were opening against two films that had bigger hype behind them. Not to mention SHREK 2 still sitting on the board.

 

If it nose dives next weekend then yeah, then they will be disappointed. If it holds well, prepare for GARFIELD 2: ON THE PROWL or something.

 

The fact that RIDDICK pulled 24 million is a shock to me. The film looked like pure cheese, like a serious version of Flash Gordon.

[Youth N Asia 0]

I thought Kidman's name alone would be enough to put The Stepford Wives above Riddick.

 

Garfield just doesn't look good. I imagine that kids are the main audiance, but do they even know who Garfield is in 2004?

[The Mandarin 0]

Ouch.

 

Riddick had a budget of $120 m, so just $20 isn't too good.

[Guest El Satanico]

Ouch.

 

Riddick had a budget of $120 m, so just $20 isn't too good.

Well it's total gross vs. total budget that matters, not opening week.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Ouch.

 

Riddick had a budget of $120 m, so just $20 isn't too good.

Well it's total gross vs. total budget that matters, not opening week.

Yeah, but it is going to be hardpressed to do that with a $20 million opening weekend. A film needs roughly double their production and advertising budget worldwide to turn a profit. Domestic box office generally makes up about 50% of that total so if it makes back its budget in the US, it is probably going to be a success. There are exceptions for certain films, like Troy which do much better overseas than in the US and those like Spider-Man which don't have a big following overseas and need to make the bulk of its money in the US. Riddick certainly appears to be in trouble, and it is looking more and more like Harry Potter is going to be the top grossing movie of the summer (it is close to Shrek in the US and more popular internationally).

[Guest thebigjig]

Ouch.

 

Riddick had a budget of $120 m, so just $20 isn't too good.

Thats odd... I've heard VERY little about it... infact, I havent seen a single commercial on tv, though I did see the trailor

[2GOLD 0]

Ouch.

 

Riddick had a budget of $120 m, so just $20 isn't too good.

Thats odd... I've heard VERY little about it... infact, I havent seen a single commercial on tv, though I did see the trailor

 

You didn't see one?

 

Damn, I saw that stupid commercial about 40 times in two days. That commercial has been all over the place. I'm rather shocked.

 

Riddick doesn't have a chance of making the money back. Oh well, should have made a sequel to PITCH BLACK instead of whatever the hell they made.

[Guest Urine Sane]

Isn't riddick a sequel to pitch black?

[2GOLD 0]

Isn't riddick a sequel to pitch black?

 

They call it that but Pitch Black was an action/horror. Chronicles of Riddick is Vin Diesel finally proving to us all that he IS the next Stallone. Well, Stallone after the Rambo and good Rocky movies. Perhaps a dash of Frank mixed in for good measure.