Weekend Box Office Report

[bob_barron]

1 1 Batman Begins WB $26,770,000 -45.1% $121,697,000

2 N Bewitched Sony $20,200,000 -

3 2 Mr. and Mrs. Smith Fox $16,750,000 -35.7% $125,438,000 $110

4 N Herbie: Fully Loaded BV $12,750,000 - $17,787,000

5 N George A. Romero's Land of the Dead Uni. $10,233,000 -

6 3 Madagascar DW $7,300,000 -32.0% $160,056,000

7 4 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $6,250,000 -37.7%$358,606,000

8 5 The Longest Yard Par. $5,475,000 -33.6% $141,895,000

9 6 The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl (3D) Dim. $3,425,000 -48.8% $30,469,000

10 7 Cinderella Man Uni. $3,270,000 -41.3% $49,592,000

11 8 The Perfect Man Uni. $2,498,000 -52.9% $10,783,000

12 N Rize Lions $1,600,000 -

[Youth N Asia]

I was hoping for Land of the Dead to do better. But it's at least kicking Hillary Duff's ass

[bob_barron]

It had a PSA of about $4,550 which is pretty good.

 

It did almost $1,000 more per screen then Herbie.

[razazteca]

I'm surprised RIZE did not make more money.

[Youth N Asia]

Rize looked like it'd be on a really low screen count

[bob_barron]

Yea, but I don't think the PSA was that great.

 

BOM is down currently, or else I'd look it up.

 

Star Wars is now the 10th highest grossing film of all time, passing Jurassic Park, and now behind Passion of the Christ.

 

EDIT: Rize had a PSA of $4,545. Not bad, but I think they expected more.

[Gary Floyd]

At least "Land" made more money in it's opening weekend than any of Heorge's other zombie movies.

[Youth N Asia]

Yeah, but $10 million opening for a summer movie is not good

[bob_barron]

It did about what it was expected to do, and the budget was very low.

[razazteca]

I wonder if Rize will make more money than "U Got Served"? I guess the general public does not like documentaries even if the subject matter is about the 'hood.

[bob_barron]

I wonder if Rize will make more money than "U Got Served"?  I guess the general public does not like documentaries not matter what the subject is.

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Well except for Fahrenheit 9/11. And Super Size Me did better then expected as well.

 

You Got Served ended up making 40 million, so I'm willing to bet it will make more then Rize.

[Gary Floyd]

It did about what it was expected to do, and the budget was very low.

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It was made for about $15 Million. Not exactly a low budget, but definately less than the average summer movie.

[Guest BrokenWings]

Nothing's ever going to come close to touching Titantic, is it?

[Boner Kawanger]

No.

 

 

And thanks for those constant updates on The Perfect Man, there, Bob.

[Guest SP-1]

I'll note 2 things:

 

1. Batman is number one again.

2. Wasn't the budget 120 mil? It's officially turning profit in its second week of release, then. if I'm wrong on that, let me know. I'm sure I remember the officialy budget being 120.

[Guest *KNK*]

Nothing's ever going to come close to touching Titantic, is it?

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Not for a long time. Not unless ticket prices dramatically increase to the point it could match Titanic's #'s.

 

Alot of people think movies like Star Wars or LOTR or Spiderman will break Titanic's record but they fail to realize those movies lose momentum after about 3-4 weeks and just float around and that those movies aren't getting a crucial fanbase (teenaged girls) and are being released in the summer(Something LOTR was smart to counter by having winter releases).

 

If you plan on beating Titanic, you need a epic love story, a good looking pair of leads, a historic event, lack of competition at the BO and amazing repeat business.

[bob_barron]

Everyone is saying the budget is 150 mil, not 120.

 

And Perfect Man has now passed RYV. So yay for that.

[bob_barron]

If you plan on beating Titanic, you need a epic love story, a good looking pair of leads, a historic event, lack of competition at the BO and amazing repeat business.

 

No summer movie will beat it. Titantic was released in December, and got to enjoy no competition for two straight months.

[Slayer]

Not to mention it was the chick flick to end all chick flicks

[bobobrazil1984]

I'll note 2 things:

 

1.  Batman is number one again.

2.  Wasn't the budget 120 mil?  It's officially turning profit in its second week of release, then.  if I'm wrong on that, let me know.  I'm sure I remember the officialy budget being 120.

 

i think its actually 140 or 150. However, it has already made a profit as far as worldwide BO gross goes, which is 162 ish.

[Placebo Effect]

Too bad about Land of the Dead. It didn't do bad, but the Dawn of the Dead remake did something like 25 million its first weekend.

[cabbageboy]

Land of the Dead will turn a nice little profit though, budget was only 15 million or so. It is cool in its own right but I don't think it is shall we say...mainstream. Dawn of the Dead followed the new trends of fast zombies and also had little competition (wasn't it released after Passion of the Christ, hardly the same audience). LOTD would have been better served to come out around Halloween.

[Guest DaGoodz]

is this considered a bad opening for bewitched?

[Guest *KNK*]

I doubt it's considered a failure when I didn't even know it came out, hadn't seen a single preview and it starred Nicole Kidman, whom isnt box office gold herself.

 

I think making $20 million is just "well it didn't tank so that's good"

 

RT idictates it was largely panned so it didnt get good reviews which only made it worst.

[cabbageboy]

Kidman does a lot of movies people just flat out wouldn't think of paying money to see. Stuff like Birth, Dogville, The Hours....art pictures, not really commercial.

 

Some of her movies have done fairly well, like The Others (which did 96 million in the US), Cold Mountain made 95 million, The Interpretor made 71 million. Interesting that she hasn't been the star of a single movie to make 100 million in North America though.

[SuperJerk]

If you plan on beating Titanic, you need a epic love story, a good looking pair of leads, a historic event, lack of competition at the BO and amazing repeat business.

 

No summer movie will beat it. Titantic was released in December, and got to enjoy no competition for two straight months.

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I think it was finally beaten by "Lost in Space", wasn't it?

[AndrewTS]

Nothing's ever going to come close to touching Titantic, is it?

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DVDs seem to have putting a big dent in the movie market that are irreparable right now.

[SuperJerk]

Nothing's ever going to come close to touching Titantic, is it?

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DVDs seem to have putting a big dent in the movie market that are irreparable right now.

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Watching movies on a big screen TV on your own couch > having to tell spoiled teenagers to shut up every five minutes and getting charged $6 for popcorn.

[Guest JMA]

This is good news for Batman Begins. This could be like another Pirates of the Caribbean with a modest opening weekend, but still making a large amount of money by staying in the top ten for a while. There's a good article on the success of the movie here.

 

Take THAT half-baked remakes!

[bob_barron]

Averaging a mild $3,621 over three days, the Lindsay Lohan film has taken in $17.8M since its Wednesday debut. The Friday-to-Sunday performance marks the worst opening ever for a film launching in over 3,500 theaters.

 

Now that's funny