Box Office Report...

[Craig Th]

1 N The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian BV $56,573,000 - 3,929 - $14,398 $56,573,000 - 1

2 1 Iron Man Par. $31,200,000 -39.1% 4,154 +43 $7,510 $222,485,000 $140 3

3 2 What Happens in Vegas Fox $13,850,000 -31.3% 3,255 +40 $4,254 $40,308,000 $35 2

4 3 Speed Racer WB $7,645,000 -58.8% 3,606 - $2,120 $24,367,000 $120 2

5 5 Baby Mama Uni. $4,593,000 -26.2% 2,503 -124 $1,834 $47,256,000 $30 4

6 4 Made of Honor Sony $4,500,000 -44.6% 2,816 +82 $1,598 $33,701,000 $40 3

7 6 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Uni. $2,538,000 -33.9% 1,601 -775 $1,585 $55,065,000 $30 5

8 7 Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay NL $1,800,000 -42.1% 1,403 -861 $1,282 $33,901,000 $12 4

9 8 The Forbidden Kingdom LGF $1,000,000 -53.9% 997 -727 $1,003 $50,295,000 - 5

10 13 The Visitor Over. $687,000 -5.8% 224 +7 $3,066 $3,403,000 - 6

11 9 Nim's Island Fox $580,000 -60.4% 894 -707 $648 $45,248,000 $37 7

12 17 Then She Found Me Think $528,000 +12.9% 148 -5 $3,567 $1,578,000 - 4

13 10 Prom Night (2008) SGem $455,000 -55.1% 567 -898 $802 $43,473,000 $20 6

14 11 Redbelt SPC $401,000 -60.4% 932 -447 $430 $2,007,000 - 3

15 18 Young@Heart FoxS $340,000 -12.6% 170 +25 $2,000 $1,935,000 - 6

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin]

Iron Man STILL pulling in over $30 million is amazing. That's what great word of mouth does.

[bob_barron]

I never thought a $56 million opening would be a disappointment, but ouch for Chronicles of Narnia

[Youth N Asia]

Ironman is fucking up the boxoffice. Way to go.

 

And yeah, that looks like an ouch for Narnia. Might not get to see number 3 at that rate

[cabbageboy]

I was sorta worried that Narnia would do some crazy business and end up the #1 movie of the year ahead of Iron Man, Indy, Dark Knight, etc. The first one wasn't anything special really and I guess other people feel the same way. Iron Man took away from Narnia this week and Indy will basically bury it next week.

[Craig Th]

They should have put it in the fall/winter.

[Ripper]

Yeah, they shouldn't have put that movie as a summer release.

[Black Lushus]

and then next week is Indy 4, right? Narnia is going to nose dive HARD.

[SamoaRowe]

That's too bad for Narnia. I still want to see it, especially since the word of mouth says that it's darker and more intense than the first one.

[Guest Smues]

Too bad for Prince Caspian, I found it a really good movie, probably better than the first one. (Other than the first one had all the snow and I love teh snows.) I hope its poor performance doesn't put the Voyage of the Dawn Treader in jeopardy.

[bob_barron]

The third one is pretty much all set to go, as filming starts in a few months. The movie will still make a big profit, it just won't do nearly as well as the first one.

 

I don't think Narnia will fall that hard, Memorial Day weekend will help cushion the blow

[fazzle]

Not at all surprised by Narnia myself. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe "only" pulled in $65 million opening weekend, and it's EASILY the most famous of all the Narnia books. What were people expecting Prince Caspian to do?

[Black Lushus]

Not at all surprised by Narnia myself. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe "only" pulled in $65 million opening weekend, and it's EASILY the most famous of all the Narnia books. What were people expecting Prince Caspian to do?

 

I gotta be honest here, I know nothing about Narnia beyond that cartoon that came out in the early 80s.

[fazzle]

Not at all surprised by Narnia myself. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe "only" pulled in $65 million opening weekend, and it's EASILY the most famous of all the Narnia books. What were people expecting Prince Caspian to do?

 

I gotta be honest here, I know nothing about Narnia beyond that cartoon that came out in the early 80s.

 

 

Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe was basically REQUIRED reading for all children in my generation.

 

Seriously, if you were an early 80's kid and didn't read LW&W, you didn't have a complete childhood.

 

 

Edit: Hell, for the longest time, I had no idea that LW&W was part of a series. Almost everyone I knew read that book, and just that book from the series.

[Dandy]

At the local theater, they had a pre-sale on Prince Caspian tickets for at least 3 weeks, and probably closer to a month. There was promotion for it everywhere around the theater. I was expecting it to do huge numbers if they were doing a pre-sale for a theater that would have it on 6 screens or so.

[Kurt Angle Mark]

Not at all surprised by Narnia myself. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe "only" pulled in $65 million opening weekend, and it's EASILY the most famous of all the Narnia books. What were people expecting Prince Caspian to do?

 

I gotta be honest here, I know nothing about Narnia beyond that cartoon that came out in the early 80s.

 

 

Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe was basically REQUIRED reading for all children in my generation.

 

Seriously, if you were an early 80's kid and didn't read LW&W, you didn't have a complete childhood.

 

 

Edit: Hell, for the longest time, I had no idea that LW&W was part of a series. Almost everyone I knew read that book, and just that book from the series.

 

Same experience here. I had no idea it was part of a series until the movie came out

[Youth N Asia]

Not to mention other than Speed Racer there aren't many tween movies out there right now. I expected Narnia to do better

[Craig Th]

The first one did over $400 million overseas, so I think that PC will do about $300 million overseas. Which gives Disney a good reason to go ahead with the third.

[BUTT]

I had never heard of Narnia before the movie came out. Is that unusual?

 

As far as I remember the first one opened around Nov/Dec '05. If the first one opens in the fall, the second one opens in the fall! You don't change a thing! I guess Harry Potter can get away with opening some in the fall and some in the spring/summer. But Narnia is NO Harry Potter.

[Richard]

The next Potter movie's coming out in November, so perhaps they want to keep the release date as far apart as possible.

[Jingus]

Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe was basically REQUIRED reading for all children in my generation.

 

Seriously, if you were an early 80's kid and didn't read LW&W, you didn't have a complete childhood.

I read the book as a kid. And saw a stage play production of it for a school field trip. And read the rest of the series because I was bored and the school library didn't stock much fantasy-type stuff. And I was... mildly entertained. I mostly just didn't care. In hindsight, I wish I'd read The Hobbit instead back then. TLTWATW isn't any kind of required reading... unless you got to a school where they require you to read it, of course.

 

I had never heard of Narnia before the movie came out. Is that unusual?

Did you grow up in a household which could be categorized as non-conservative or non-Christian? If so, then no, not unusual. The Narnia series tends to be pushed on kids by parents who don't want them reading pagan fantasy stuff like Harry Potter or LOTR.

[The Niggardly King]

I had never heard of Narnia before the movie came out.

 

[Richard]

Anyone else see the BBC tv miniseries version? I watched it in elementary school more than once.

[Mecha Mummy]

Anyone else see the BBC tv miniseries version? I watched it in elementary school more than once.

 

Yeah, I recall watching it, though I can't remember WHERE exactly.

[Guest Smues]

I remember watching them on PBS one day I got to stay home from school because it was a teacher planning day or something. I seem to recall enjoying them well enough.