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Old 06-12-04, 11:13 AM
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Friday Box Office (6/11)

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# Screens // Friday Est // % Diff from Thurs / Avg. per Theater // Total Gross / # Days in Release

1 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
3,855 $11,210,000 64.3% / $2,908 $134,275,000 / 8

2 THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
2,757 $10,600,000 -- / $3,845 $10,600,000 / 1

3 GARFIELD: THE MOVIE
3,094 $8,000,000 -- / $2,586 $8,000,000 / 1

4 THE STEPFORD WIVES
3,057 $7,900,000 -- / $2,584 $7,900,000 / 1

5 SHREK 2
3,843 $7,645,000 79.9% / $1,989 $337,661,000 / 24

6 THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
3,210 $4,634,000 85% / $1,444 $143,241,000 / 15

7 RAISING HELEN
2,103 $1,231,000 28.6% / $585 $28,810,000 / 15

8 TROY
2,003 $1,055,000 42.9% / $527 $123,242,000 / 29

9 SAVED!
589 $962,000 1246.5% / $1,633 $2,144,000 / 15

10 MEAN GIRLS
944 $550,000 18% / $583 $80,368,000 / 43


Amazed Potter took such a big plunge (70% from last friday, I was expecting maybe 60% and about 45% for Saturday and Sunday). Amazed Chronicles is doing that well...same goes for Stepford and Garfield.

As of Saturday, Shrek 2 will have Finding Nemo's "Highest Grossing Animated Feature" record beat.

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I'm surprised that Riddick had such a low screen count, considering everywhere I go I see marketing for it.
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Considering the odd drop potter had last weekend in itself, I'm not surprised it took such a hit this week.
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But on a side note, Prisoner of Azkaban is still outpacing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. (On a daily basis, including this friday, I don't mean gross (which is evident with the superior opening)).

Shrek 2 is currently en route to beating Star Wars: The Phantom Menance's $431m gross. (and if nothing else, Spider-man's $400m)

And to top that all off.. Mean Girls has had one hell of a run and Saved! is doing pretty impressively for a smaller flick.

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Does anyone know what the production budget of Garfield was?

I'm really surprised at its $8M Friday haul... I'm scared for its weekend total.

Needless to say, I spent $15 on Shrek 2 yesterday and $6 on Riddick... and I ain't spending one red cent on that fat cat!
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Nice to see Riddick do well!
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I'll be helping out Harry on Sunday.
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Wonder if Harry will have another Saturday collapse and watch Riddick go by it for the weekend? Also agree that's it surprising to see such a low screen count on Riddick since it was thought to be the top earner of the three new movies this week. Hell, DAT, HP, and Shrek all have more screens than any of the new releases.
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I'm suprised to see Riddick at 2nd. I personally thought it would bomb.
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So will this be the first weekend where the top five films will all have made $20 million plus?
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That is a good amount, for some reason, Riddick is playing on like 2600 screens, while Potter is playing on 3600 screens, so for fewer screens, Potter was just a million ahead on Friday, Riddick's Friday was decent.
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Originally posted by Jericho
Wonder if Harry will have another Saturday collapse and watch Riddick go by it for the weekend? Also agree that's it surprising to see such a low screen count on Riddick since it was thought to be the top earner of the three new movies this week. Hell, DAT, HP, and Shrek all have more screens than any of the new releases.
It won't, it's pretty common for a drop from Friday to Saturday on opening weekend for hyped up movies that open on Fridays. It should make about $16m on Saturday, I think Riddick will make about $10m on Saturday.

I'm usually wrong about this stuff though so what do I know.
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Originally posted by SeanValen
That is a good amount, for some reason, Riddick is playing on like 2600 screens, while Potter is playing on 3600 screens, so for fewer screens, Potter was just a million ahead on Friday, Riddick's Friday was decent.
Nice cut and paste job there SeanValen.
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Originally posted by Goldberg74
Nice cut and paste job there SeanValen.
I think it is an old Jackbot trick to save time while posting


I am so glad to see Garfield doing well
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Shrek 2: rocking the box office world. I wouldn't be surprised to see it end up at #2 or 3 for the weekend.
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I would not be surprised to see Shrek 2 move up to number 4. I think stepford wives will drop down on Sat and Sun.

I do think Garfield will have higher numbers on Sat and maybe even Sunday due to the kids factor.
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Originally posted by RichC2
It won't, it's pretty common for a drop from Friday to Saturday on opening weekend for hyped up movies that open on Fridays. It should make about $16m on Saturday, I think Riddick will make about $10m on Saturday.

I'm usually wrong about this stuff though so what do I know.
Well Van Helsing, Troy, Shrek 2, and Day After Tommorow all did better on Saturday than on Friday in their opening weekends, so I'm not sure where you get the idea that a Saturday drop is common (Harry Potter 1 and 2 also went up on Saturday in their opening weekends)
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A Saturday drop is not common at all, its most certainly uncommon. So uncommon that when it happens everybody sits up and ways WTF happened there.

Even crappy movies have a better Saturday than Sunday.


Is it just me, or did this who "this movie was sooo hyped up that it was bound to have a better first day than second day" theory just pop up to explain what happened to Potter last week?
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Originally posted by gcribbs
I think it is an old Jackbot trick to save time while posting


I am so glad to see Garfield doing well
Jackbots were not created to rip off others post.
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and yes, a saturday drop is uncommon. Typically because of the logic that people have more time to see it on saturday then they did on friday. they have the usual morning hours when they would be at work or school on friday free to view it. So it's fridays nice numbers, saturdays larger figures and sundays slightly lower then saturdays numbers.

The front load reasoning was one very easy to look to as a cause here.
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Originally posted by Jackskeleton
Jackbots were not created to rip off others post.
It was the same person making the same post in two threads.

Thus the jackbot comment
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Update for Saturday (Estimates):

1 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
3,855 $13,274,000 18.4% / $3,443 $147,549,000 / 9

2 SHREK 2
3,843 $9,238,000 20.8% / $2,404 $346,899,000 / 25

3 THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
2,757 $8,855,000 -16.5% / $3,212 $19,455,000 / 2

4 GARFIELD: THE MOVIE
3,094 $8,230,000 2.9% / $2,660 $16,230,000 / 2

5 THE STEPFORD WIVES
3,057 $8,125,000 2.8% / $2,658 $16,025,000 / 2

6 THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
3,210 $5,868,000 26.6% / $1,828 $149,109,000 / 16

7 RAISING HELEN
2,103 $1,122,000 -23.6% / $534 $31,400,000 / 17

8 TROY
2,003 $1,419,000 34.5% / $708 $124,661,000 / 30

9 SAVED!
589 $922,000 -4.2% / $1,565 $3,066,000 / 16

10 MEAN GIRLS
944 $602,000 9.5% / $638 $80,970,000 / 44

Shrek 2 has got some splendid legs. Riddick dropped about what was expected. It looks like all 3 new releases, will make over $20m. As well as Potter and Shrek 2 which means 5 movies above $20m, I'm sure the moguls are happy this weekend (how often do you get a movie that opens in #5 and is considered to have a "successful opening") Potter did worse this weekend than its predecessors but had a much better week than CoS.

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Harry Potter's new darker tone was not a success based on the huge drops weekend to weekend.
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Originally posted by gcribbs
Harry Potter's new darker tone was not a success based on the huge drops weekend to weekend.
I don't follow. The movie made more during the week than the previous potter and less on the weekend (It's Summer), seems to me people went and saw it more during the week than during the weekend.

The weekend drop for more family oriented/school-age oriented flick is more-or-less meaningless unless it completely tanks.
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Originally posted by RichC2
I don't follow. The movie made more during the week than the previous potter and less on the weekend (It's Summer), seems to me people went and saw it more during the week than during the weekend.

The weekend drop for more family oriented/school-age oriented flick is more-or-less meaningless unless it completely tanks.
Just a feeling I am having. It will drop to number 2 by next weekend and start going lower and losing theaters. I just sense it it will end up with less money than the second movie in the end.

Based on the opening weekend it looked like it was going to beat the first movie and now that is not going to happen.

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