Box Office report 1/18-1/20

[Gary Floyd 0]

1 - Cloverfield Paramount Pictures $41,000,000 $41,000,000 1 3411

 

2 - 27 Dresses 20th Century Fox Distribution $22,427,000 $22,427,000 1 3057

 

3 1 The Bucket List Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $15,150,000 $42,709,000 4 2915

 

4 3 Juno Fox Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Fox International $10,250,000 $85,377,000 7 2534

 

5 4 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Buena Vista Pictures Distribution $8,148,000 $198,030,000 5 2963

 

6 2 First Sunday Sony Pictures Releasing $7,800,000 $28,466,000 2 2213

 

7 - Mad Money Overture Films $7,700,000 $7,700,000 1 2470

 

8 5 Alvin and the Chipmunks 20th Century Fox Distribution $7,000,000 $196,380,000 6 2962

 

9 6 I Am Legend Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $5,105,000 $247,682,000 6 2525

 

10 10 Atonement Focus Features, Universal Pictures International $4,759,000 $31,884,000 7 1291

 

11 17 There Will Be Blood Paramount Vantage, Miramax International $3,121,000 $8,155,000 4 389

 

12 7 One Missed Call Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $2,830,000 $24,431,000 3 1925

 

[Cowboy Battlenuts 0]

Yay no one saw Meet the Spartans. America deserves a pat on the back.

[Vigo 0]

Yay no one saw Meet the Spartans. America deserves a pat on the back.

 

That opens on January 25.

[Cowboy Battlenuts 0]

[Mik 0]

Any of you movie guys know Cloverfield's budget?

[Gary Floyd 0]

Any of you movie guys know Cloverfield's budget?

Apparently, about $25-30 Million.

[Craig Th 0]

Nice too see Juno holding on.

[The Niggardly King 0]

I expect The Bucket List to have a major dropoff once more people learn that it's not this great comedy that they're marketing it as. It's a good movie, funny in parts... but it's pretty fucking heavy.

 

Though, I could watch Jack Nicholson yell at Morgan Freeman, "I GOT DA MONEY!!!" everyday.

[Craig Th 0]

It's not a comedy?

 

I HATE when they do that shit.

[haws bah gawd 0]

Any of you movie guys know Cloverfield's budget?

Apparently, about $25-30 Million.

 

Cloverfield looks like it's this huge-budget sci-fi movie, but due to the cast being unknowns, they were able to make it for a modest budget. I think more studios should do this. You don't necessarily need a $20 million-a-film actor attached to a project as long as the script is good, and the actors are able to convincingly play their roles.

 

Count me in though on being surprised that the Bucket List isn't a comedy.

[AntiLeaf33 0]

I was kind of surprised that they made Cloverfield so cheap, but I guess when your not blowing your budget on the actors, then you can make a great movie for a decent price.

[bob_barron 0]

The Bucket List is a comedy, though. It's a comedy, with the obvious sentimental dramatic moments that accompanies a plot like this.

 

It was a lot better than I expected it to be though. Roger Ebert hated it.

[2GOLD 0]

It's a movie about two old guys wanting to do everything before they die. I'm not sure where the marketing was all that confusing or misleading. The whole "things to do before we kick the bucket" should have been the first clue it wasn't going to be all happy.

 

The second clue? Morgan Freeman was in it.

 

It didn't pull a Wicker Park or nothing.

[Ripper 0]

Movies with advertising misleading the viewer should now be called "The Jacket"-ing or "Georgia Rule" -ing.

 

 

[bob_barron 0]

I didn't see it, but didn't Georgia Rule have a whole subplot about Lohan being sexually abused. The marketing campaign was about her being a slut.

 

I also don't see how Bucket List was mismarketed. It's a movie about two people about to die, of course it's not a laugh riot.

[Craig Th 0]

Death can be funny. Look at Bill and Ted's Bonus Journey.

[King Kamala 0]

The only way I'd see The Bucket List is if Nicholson and Morgan Freeman played Battleship with The Grim Reaper and gave him an an Atomic Wedgie.