Weekend Box Office Report

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1 N Charlie and the Chocolate Factory WB $55,380,000 PSA- $14,689 $55,380,000 - 1

2 N Wedding Crashers NL $32,225,000 PSA- $11,017 $32,225,000 - 1

3 1 Fantastic Four Fox $22,725,000 -59.5% PSA- $6,279 $100,137,000 2

4 2 War of the Worlds Par. $15,000,000 -50.8% PSA- $4,027 $192,191,000 3

5 3 Batman Begins WB $5,620,000 -43.9% PSA- $2,000 $182,726,000 5

6 5 Mr. and Mrs. Smith Fox $5,050,000 -35.9% PSA- $2,130 $168,092,000 6

7 4 Dark Water BV $4,409,000 -55.6% PSA- $1,659 $18,685,000 - 2

8 6 Herbie: Fully Loaded BV $3,355,000 -44.6% PSA- $1,352 $55,702,000 4

9 7 Bewitched Sony $2,400,000 -57.0% PSA- $1,048 $56,870,000 4

10 8 Madagascar DW $2,100,000 -47.6% PSA- $1,180 $183,875,000 - 8

11 10 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $1,625,000 -37.5% PSA- $1,644 $373,848,000 9

12 13 March of the Penguins WIP $1,344,000 +31.8% PSA- $10,181 $3,840,000 - 4

[Guest JMA]

That's a pretty big drop-off for Fantastic Four.

[bob_barron 0]

It's the 194th steepest drop of all time

[Ted the Poster 0]

I think FF should get a sequel; it showed a lot of promise IMO. What was FF's budget?

 

Good for Wedding Crashers too. That movie was funnier than it had any right to be.

[Guest JMA]

It's the 194th steepest drop of all time

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Yep. You are correct there. Right below Constantine and right above The Day After Tomorrow.

[bob_barron 0]

I think FF should get a sequel; it showed a lot of promise IMO. What was FF's budget?

 

Good for Wedding Crashers too. That movie was funnier than it had any right to be.

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About 100 million

[Ted the Poster 0]

Oh, good.

 

194th doesn't sound that bad as say, 9th steepest. I suspect I'm reading that the wrnong way though.

[bob_barron 0]

It's not a horrible drop considering it's a comic book movie. Most comic book films have steep drops like that

[Guest JMA]

It's not a horrible drop considering it's a comic book movie. Most comic book films have steep drops like that

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It's certainly not as bad a drop as Hulk had. And even that movie could be getting a sequel...

[SuperJerk 0]

The Friday it came out, it seemed like all the internet hacks and professional reviewers were so down on it, and many were sure it was going to bomb. Now we see that its made its money back in 2 weeks.

 

Any chance of a Fanastic Four sequel?

[AndrewTS 0]

"5 3 Batman Begins WB $5,620,000"

 

Still chugging along admirably.

 

No big surprise for #1, but Wedding Crashers doing so well seems surprising. I guess the slump is really over.

[Guest BrokenWings]

What was the steepest drop of all time?

[bob_barron 0]

Gigli dropped like 81 percent

[Guest JMA]

The Friday it came out, it seemed like all the internet hacks and professional reviewers were so down on it, and many were sure it was going to bomb.  Now we see that its made its money back in 2 weeks. 

 

Any chance of a Fanastic Four sequel?

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Well, the people who did predict its failure can point to the big drop-off. It certainly isn't a bomb by any measure, though.

 

Anyway, I suspect that FF will get a sequel. I believe it'll make enough money to warrant one.

[SuperJerk 0]

It's the 194th steepest drop of all time

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Bob, I really hope you were trying to be ironic when you posted that.

[Guest JMA]

It's the 194th steepest drop of all time

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Bob, I really hope you were trying to be ironic when you posted that.

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The number itself is accurate.

[SuperJerk 0]

It's the 194th steepest drop of all time

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Bob, I really hope you were trying to be ironic when you posted that.

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The number itself is accurate.

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Not my point.

[Guest JMA]

It's the 194th steepest drop of all time

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Bob, I really hope you were trying to be ironic when you posted that.

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The number itself is accurate.

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Not my point.

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I know.

[Youth N Asia 0]

I'm glad to see War of the Worlds and Batman still doing well. I liked both of those a lot

[Guest Brian]

Gigli dropped like 81 percent

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That's some funny shit.

[cabbageboy 0]

Yeah but most of those big drops were nothing movies anyway...like something opened at 2 million and then made zilch the next week. I mean Gigli opened at about 6 million and made maybe 1 million the next week.

 

Wedding Crashers will be a bigger overall success than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory I think. Charlie had a crazy 150 million budget, which it might struggle to make back. Crashers had a 40 million budget and should easily make a big profit.