Box Office Report...

[Craig Th]

1 N Sex and the City NL $55,740,000 - 3,285 - $16,968 $55,740,000 $65 1

2 1 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par. $46,000,000 -54.1% 4,264 +4 $10,787 $216,881,000 $185 2

3 N The Strangers Rog. $20,707,000 - 2,467 - $8,393 $20,707,000 $9 1

4 3 Iron Man Par. $14,000,000 -31.5% 3,650 -265 $3,835 $276,625,000 $140 5

5 2 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian BV $13,016,000 -42.9% 3,801 -128 $3,424 $115,674,000 $200 3

6 4 What Happens in Vegas Fox $6,850,000 -24.9% 3,086 -102 $2,219 $66,074,000 $35 4

7 6 Baby Mama Uni. $2,221,000 -33.8% 1,784 -374 $1,244 $56,145,000 $30 6

8 5 Speed Racer WB $2,140,000 -45.7% 2,070 -1,042 $1,033 $40,558,000 $120 4

9 7 Made of Honor Sony $2,000,000 -40.3% 1,905 -488 $1,049 $42,965,000 $40 5

10 8 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Uni. $1,044,000 -41.0% 768 -305 $1,359 $60,471,000 $30 7

11 10 The Visitor Over. $603,000 -16.7% 270 - $2,233 $5,372,000 - 8

12 9 Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay NL $475,000 -48.8% 474 -276 $1,002 $36,955,000 $12 6

13 11 Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! Fox $385,000 -19.4% 433 -55 $889 $152,589,000 $85 12

14 39 The Fall RAtt. $361,000 +628.9% 108 +88 $3,342 $662,000 - 4

15 13 Then She Found Me Think $272,000 -31.8% 150 - $1,813 $2,546,000 - 6

16 12 The Forbidden Kingdom LGF $247,000 -41.0% 262 -225 $942 $51,730,000 - 7

17 17 Nim's Island Fox $242,000 -18.7% 350 -76 $691 $46,120,000 $37 9

18 14 Young@Heart FoxS $222,000 -31.0% 197 -15 $1,126 $2,842,000 - 8

19 18 Son of Rambow ParV $171,000 -29.1% 139 -13 $1,230 $1,181,000 - 5

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins]

I read somewhere that they were expecting a $30 million opening for Sex and the City. The fact that they nearly doubled that is pretty amazing.

[RepoMan]

Well, every female between the ages of 15-55 wants to see it.

[fazzle]

Sex and The City was a fuckin wildcard to me. It could have opened to $10 million or it could have opened to $75 million, and neither one would have surprised me. I fully expect SATC to retain a lot of its audience next weekend too, because I don't see the SATC crowd being lured away by Kung fu Panda or Zohan, and the fact that the SATC audience is the type that would gladly go see the movie multiple times (assuming the movie didn't completely rape what the show was about.)

 

I am, however, shocked at how well The Strangers did. I had it pegged at $15 million, tops.

 

Iron Man is now the top non-Spiderman comic movie of all time, impressive.

 

 

Oh, and because it just can't be said enough: LOLSpeed Racer.

[Atticus Chaos]

Maybe movie executives will start to feel more confident about putting older actresses in movies now. Its a shame someone like Susan Sarandon is stuck in supporting roles now. Michelle Pfeiffer too.

[Gary Floyd]

"The Strangers" did better than I thought it would. Good horror movie too.

[Pegasus Kid]

I fully expect SATC to retain a lot of its audience next weekend too

I'd beg to differ. I think that the audience that wanted to see this did so already (and in droves no less). All of my girl friends were pumped for this movie and made sure to see it the opening weekend out of fear their other girl friends would spoil it. I expect a massive drop next weekend (60%). They'll make a ton of money when the DVD/Blu-Ray hits but the bulk of it's done for now.

 

[Youth N Asia]

I think most of the people that wanted to see Sex and the City saw it right away. Expecting a huge drop off.

 

Good for The Strangers. I am seeing it this week

[bob_barron]

SATC fell 33% from Friday to Saturday. This movie has no legs

[MarvinisaLunatic]

SATC will end up exactly like X Files 2, huge opening weekend and then falls off the cliff.

 

 

[2GOLD]

 

Reading the spoilers was boring and my female friends who saw it looked like someone killed their dog. I almost feel bad for them since it was always a harmless little show.

[kkktookmybabyaway]

SATC fell 33% from Friday to Saturday. This movie has no legs

 

But it has boobs and vaginas. Sorry.

 

So I don't accuse of totally derailing this thread, is there some way to find out how much movies years and years ago would have fared at the box office today, what with increased ticket prices and inflation?

[bob_barron]

SATC fell 33% from Friday to Saturday. This movie has no legs

 

But it has boobs and vaginas. Sorry.

 

So I don't accuse of totally derailing this thread, is there some way to find out how much movies years and years ago would have fared at the box office today, what with increased ticket prices and inflation?

 

I've figured it out before.

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

 

That lists the average ticket price for each a movie. For any movie: Divide it's gross by the average ticket price the year it came out, and then multiply that by the current average ticket price ($6.88)