Weekend Box Office Report: 6/18/04 - 6/20/04

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

Box Office Top 10:

 

1 - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - $30,000,000/$30,000,000

 

2 - The Terminal - $18,700,000/$18,700,000

 

3 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - $17,410,000/$190,308,000

 

4 - Shrek 2 - $13,600,000/$378,300,000

 

5 - Garfield - $11,000,000/$42,016,766

 

6 - The Stepford Wives - $9,200,000/$39,454,000

 

7 - The Chronicles of Riddick - $8,300,000/$41,400,000

 

8 - The Day After Tomorrow - $7,550,000/$166,756,167

 

9 - Around the World in 80 Days - $6,833,000/$9,619,000

 

10 - Troy - $1,710,000/$128,963,000

 

 

Ben Stiller in 2004 (So far):

 

4 Movies - (Along Came Polly, Starsky and Hutch, Envy, Dodgeball)

3 Hits

1 Bomb

1 Potential Hit (Meet The Fockers in December)

[Guest Choken One]

Wow.

 

That's two straight low openings for Hanks now...

 

I guess it's a slump.

 

His next movie is "The Polar Express"...I don't know if that will end it...I know alot of people know the story and Hanks, Animation history is very strong so yeah...

 

 

 

Dodgeball being #1 isn't a surprise as that Frat Pack Crew (Stiller, Owens, Vaugh, Black, Ferrel) has had great success lately.

 

80 days was a complete bomb and It proves people only care about Chan if he is with a Annoying Black Guy.

[Guest MikeSC]

Wow.

 

That's two straight low openings for Hanks now...

 

I guess it's a slump.

 

His next movie is "The Polar Express"...I don't know if that will end it...I know alot of people know the story and Hanks, Animation history is very strong so yeah...

 

 

 

Dodgeball being #1 isn't a surprise as that Frat Pack Crew (Stiller, Owens, Vaugh, Black, Ferrel) has had great success lately.

 

80 days was a complete bomb and It proves people only care about Chan if he is with a Annoying Black Guy.

Thing with Hanks, though, is that the film will likely have legs. Unlike the films that tend to have huge openings, I don't see "The Terminal's" numbers plummeting.

-=Mike

[Vyce 0]

I'd disagree - I'm COMPLETELY surprised that Dodgeball was #1. I thought it looked funny, and it's something that I'd like to see eventually, but it didn't look like the kind of film that I thought would garner enough mainstream appeal to be the top movie.

 

Riddick dropped by a lot.

 

And I'm worried about Harry Potter - it's such a fantastic film, but I'm afraid that this may be the first of the Potter films that doesn't hit 300 million domestic.

[Guest Choken One]

Wow.

 

That's two straight low openings for Hanks now...

 

I guess it's a slump.

 

His next movie is "The Polar Express"...I don't know if that will end it...I know alot of people know the story and Hanks, Animation history is very strong so yeah...

 

 

 

Dodgeball being #1 isn't a surprise as that Frat Pack Crew (Stiller, Owens, Vaugh, Black, Ferrel) has had great success lately.

 

80 days was a complete bomb and It proves people only care about Chan if he is with a Annoying Black Guy.

Thing with Hanks, though, is that the film will likely have legs. Unlike the films that tend to have huge openings, I don't see "The Terminal's" numbers plummeting.

-=Mike

no question, The movie will wind up making a respectable return but the fact still remains is that, Hanks, the last two movies haven't been the standard big Box Office Hit that we come to expect from him...

 

Either it's a sign that People aren't interested as much in Hanks anymore or just that he choose two straight bad roles or that those two movies were just victims of bad timing.

[2GOLD 0]

"Riddick" is a bomb, "Garfield" looks to be headed towards a sequel although I don't know how and America seems to love Ben Stiller when he's acting like a completely insane evil moron.

[Mole 0]

Wow.

 

That's two straight low openings for Hanks now...

 

I guess it's a slump.

 

His next movie is "The Polar Express"...I don't know if that will end it...I know alot of people know the story and Hanks, Animation history is very strong so yeah...

 

 

 

Dodgeball being #1 isn't a surprise as that Frat Pack Crew (Stiller, Owens, Vaugh, Black, Ferrel) has had great success lately.

 

80 days was a complete bomb and It proves people only care about Chan if he is with a Annoying Black Guy.

Thing with Hanks, though, is that the film will likely have legs. Unlike the films that tend to have huge openings, I don't see "The Terminal's" numbers plummeting.

-=Mike

The reviews it is getting aren't helping though.

 

Dodgeball will make around $90 million or so.

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

It's gotten fairly good reviews.

 

Damn...

 

Around The World In 80 Days

Domestic Total as of Jun. 20, 2004: $9,619,000 (Estimate)

Production Budget: $110 million

Est. Marketing Costs: $30 million

 

By next week, it'll be gone from the top 10.

[jesse_ewiak 0]

Well, with The LAdykillers, that wasn't supposed to be a hit. It was a "cred" movie for Hanks, like any Coen Brothers movie is. If you think bad reviews will hurt a movie like Dodgeball, it isn't likely. After all, bad reviews didn't exactly kill Old School, right? As far as HP, it was a mistake to go in the summer when there's a new 'blockbuster' every week it seems.

[Hogan Made Wrestling 0]

I'd disagree - I'm COMPLETELY surprised that Dodgeball was #1. I thought it looked funny, and it's something that I'd like to see eventually, but it didn't look like the kind of film that I thought would garner enough mainstream appeal to be the top movie.

 

Riddick dropped by a lot.

 

And I'm worried about Harry Potter - it's such a fantastic film, but I'm afraid that this may be the first of the Potter films that doesn't hit 300 million domestic.

The second Harry Potter only had a domestic gross of 260 million.

[Mole 0]

It's gotten fairly good reviews.

Really?

 

The average grade I have seen is a C.

[razazteca 0]

It's gotten fairly good reviews.

 

Damn...

 

Around The World In 80 Days

Domestic Total as of Jun. 20, 2004: $9,619,000 (Estimate)

Production Budget: $110 million

Est. Marketing Costs: $30 million

 

By next week, it'll be gone from the top 10.

Poor Jackie Chan. Finely he gets a movie with an actual plot and nobody wants to pay to see it. Why could'nt they wait until the end of summer to release the movie, I'm sure it would of made more money there then the present.

[2GOLD 0]

It's gotten fairly good reviews.

 

Damn...

 

Around The World In 80 Days

Domestic Total as of Jun. 20, 2004: $9,619,000 (Estimate)

Production Budget: $110 million

Est. Marketing Costs: $30 million

 

By next week, it'll be gone from the top 10.

Poor Jackie Chan. Finely he gets a movie with an actual plot and nobody wants to pay to see it. Why could'nt they wait until the end of summer to release the movie, I'm sure it would of made more money there then the present.

 

Well, they released it against a movie about dodgeball and a Tom Hanks hunt for Oscar film...I don't think they could have aimed lower even in the summer.

 

It just looked like a really bad film.

[razazteca 0]

Most Jackie Chan movies are bad films.....

[Guest Vitamin X]

Well, with The LAdykillers, that wasn't supposed to be a hit. It was a "cred" movie for Hanks, like any Coen Brothers movie is. If you think bad reviews will hurt a movie like Dodgeball, it isn't likely. After all, bad reviews didn't exactly kill Old School, right? As far as HP, it was a mistake to go in the summer when there's a new 'blockbuster' every week it seems.

What's more, one of the best and most innovative marketing techniques was the marketing team behind Old School took all the NEGATIVE reviews and put that in the commercials, which was absolutely hilarious.

[Mole 0]

Well, with The LAdykillers, that wasn't supposed to be a hit. It was a "cred" movie for Hanks, like any Coen Brothers movie is. If you think bad reviews will hurt a movie like Dodgeball, it isn't likely. After all, bad reviews didn't exactly kill Old School, right? As far as HP, it was a mistake to go in the summer when there's a new 'blockbuster' every week it seems.

Well, it is a Tom and Steven movie. I expect a good movie out of those two, so when there isn't good reviews then I won't see it in the cinemas.

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

It's gotten fairly good reviews.

Really?

 

The average grade I have seen is a C.

Where ?

 

The average grade i've seen is B.

[MrRant 0]

Well I guess my money contributed to the Stepford Wives total.

 

Twas actually pretty good.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

America seems to love Ben Stiller when he's acting like a completely insane evil moron.

Like in this film

[Mole 0]

It's gotten fairly good reviews.

Really?

 

The average grade I have seen is a C.

Where ?

 

The average grade i've seen is B.

BoxOfficeMojo

 

Entertainment Weeky's Owen Gleiberman

 

IMDB

[Karnage 0]

Most Jackie Chan movies are bad films.....

Almost everything he did after Who Am I? is bad.

[jesse_ewiak 0]

Well, basically, as far as I can see, The Terminal will be the only non-family, non-explodey movie people will actually see, so it should have good legs. I mean, Road to Peridition only opened up with 22 million and still ended up over 100 in the summer.

[Youth N Asia 0]

The Terminal just hasn't gotten near as much advertising as his last bunch of movies. I've only seen a few ads for it.

 

Around the World just doesn't look good...I am not suprised by those numbers

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

It's gotten fairly good reviews.

Really?

 

The average grade I have seen is a C.

Where ?

 

The average grade i've seen is B.

BoxOfficeMojo

 

Entertainment Weeky's Owen Gleiberman

 

IMDB

IMDB gave it a 7.3/10., which is very good.

 

USA Today

 

The Chicago Sun Times

 

Rotten Tomatoes

[Mole 0]

It's gotten fairly good reviews.

Really?

 

The average grade I have seen is a C.

Where ?

 

The average grade i've seen is B.

BoxOfficeMojo

 

Entertainment Weeky's Owen Gleiberman

 

IMDB

IMDB gave it a 7.3/10., which is very good.

 

USA Today

 

The Chicago Sun Times

 

Rotten Tomatoes

Okay, mix reviews then.

[Guest Retro Rob]

IMDB gave it a 7.3/10., which is very good.

Only the first batch of votes have been counted. You need to give it a couple of weeks before an accurate rating comes up.

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

So...

 

How about them White Chicks, eh ?

[razazteca 0]

So...

 

How about them White Chicks, eh ?

Was that movie released yet?

[Boner Kawanger 0]

White Chicks will be bombing Wednesday.

 

I mean, opening Wednesday.

[Guest Astro]

So...

 

How about them White Chicks, eh ?

Was that movie released yet?

no