Tom Campbell

From boxofficemojo:

Rank* Title
(Click to view chart) Friday
10/24
(Estimates) Saturday
10/25 Sunday
10/26
(Estimates) Monday
10/27
1 SCARY MOVIE 3

3,503 $18,500,000

-- / $5,281
$18,500,000 / 1
N/A
N/A
N/A

2 THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

3,018 $4,950,000

165.1% / $1,640
$41,401,000 / 8
N/A
N/A
N/A

3 RADIO

3,074 $4,350,000

-- / $1,415
$4,350,000 / 1
N/A
N/A
N/A

4 RUNAWAY JURY

2,815 $2,655,000

189.1% / $943
$18,266,000 / 8
N/A
N/A
N/A

5 MYSTIC RIVER

1,493 $2,290,000

183.6% / $1,534
$19,236,000 / 17
N/A
N/A
N/A

6 KILL BILL VOLUME 1

2,633 $2,175,000

118.6% / $826
$49,857,000 / 15
N/A
N/A
N/A

7 SCHOOL OF ROCK

2,951 $1,990,000

272.2% / $674
$58,862,000 / 22
N/A
N/A
N/A

8 GOOD BOY!

2,762 $1,190,000

224.4% / $431
$28,230,000 / 15
N/A
N/A
N/A

9 INTOLERABLE CRUELTY

2,290 $1,150,000

141.9% / $502
$25,773,000 / 15
N/A
N/A
N/A

10 BEYOND BORDERS

1,798 $692,000

-- / $385
$692,000 / 1
N/A
N/A
N/A

11 UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN

1,224 $690,000

106.4% / $564
$35,652,000 / 29
N/A
N/A
N/A

12 OUT OF TIME

1,565 $473,000

92.3% / $302
$36,715,000 / 22
N/A
N/A
N/A

- BROTHER BEAR

2 $81,362

-- / $40,681
$81,362 / 1
N/A
N/A
N/A

- PIECES OF APRIL

35 $53,000

956.8% / $1,514
$122,000 / 8
N/A
N/A
N/A

- ELEPHANT

6 $30,800

-- / $5,133
$30,800 / 1
N/A
N/A
N/A

- IN THE CUT

6 $29,400

84% / $4,900
$63,000 / 3
N/A
N/A
N/A

- THE SINGING DETECTIVE

5 $8,200

-- / $1,640
$8,200 / 1
N/A
N/A
N/A

Looks like we'll be getting that Scary Movie 4 at this rate. And not as massive a dropoff for Texas Chainsaw Massacre as I suspected. It may actually have some legs.

Matthew Chmiel

I'm shocked that Scary Movie 3 made $18 million in it's opening day. More than the $16 million opening day for the first film, and almost as much as the opening weekend for the second film. At this rate it'll have an opening weekend of $45 - 50 million.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre looks like it'll make $12 million this weekend, looks like it'll gross around $70 - 80 million total when all is said and done.

Nice PSA for Elephant. Looks like it already grossed more than Gerry. (Which is a film myself and only six others saw.)

jaeufraser

18 million on friday. That's gotta break some records for october. Very impressive take, but is it funny?

John Spartan

Sweet zombie jesus! So that's a ~$50 million opening weekend for Scary Movie 3?!

(Wayans Bros: "SHIT!")

Sunday Morning

ugh.

RyoHazuki

Nice job for Beyond Borders.

clemente

Holy crap! After what I felt was a pretty bad sequel, I didn't think that this one would open so big.

I was thinking of strolling over and catching a show pretty soon, but with those numbers, its probably sold out.

Alyoshka

I wouldn't have ever guessed it would open that big. Anybody here contribute to the Friday opening?

matome

Wow, that's damn impressive for SM3! Probably beat the original's $45m+ take

Rypro 525

I think its the pg13 that helped it. The 4 pm showing I went to was packed solid.

raven56706

I believe it. In Elizabeth, NJ-Loews Jersey Gardens- Solid shows through midnight. Packed lines... it was a mad house.

Corvin

Hey, another person who say Gerry! Incredible!

...but I didn't pay for it. Saw it at a press screening.

Anyway, I'm kind of surprised that Mystic River has larger numbers than Kill Bill.

the aftermath

I honestly didn't expect it to surpass 30 million after the horrible sequel.

The Antipodean

Weekend estimates from www.boxofficemojo.com

1 Scary Movie 3 $49,705,000
2 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre $14,725,000/ total $51,176,000
3 Radio $14,000,000
4 Runaway Jury $8,425,000/$24,036,000
5 Mystic River $7,600,000/$24,500,000
6 School of Rock $6,500,000/$63,372,000
7 Kill Bill Volume 1 $5,978,000/$53,661,000
8 Good Boy! $4,850,000/$31,889,000
9 Intolerable Cruelty $3,572,000/$28,195,000
10 Under the Tuscan Sun $2,217,000/37,179,000
11 Beyond Borders $2,000,000


at Scary Movie 3 -- I don't think ANYONE predicted it making that much. Ye gods.

Simpson Purist

Wow, Scary Movie 3 grossed huge. Kill Bill seems to have dropped bigger than I expected, but at least it'll make some decent dough before its time is up.

Ouch at the Beyond Borders gross, and the Oscar curse continues for Angelina Jolie.

Sessa17

This marks some kind of official change in society for me where at my age of 23, I now must be old. B/c I found nothing even slightly funny with the first movie, never saw the second & thought the trailers for the 3rd looked embarrasing they were so stupid & felt finally this franchise would end b/c of it. Yet, the movie goes on to open HUGE. I just don't get kids these days.

Sunday Morning

Modern american cinema is dead after all!

Corvin

Please. As if movies like this didn't make tons of cash a decade ago.

DRG

I think it's the PG-13 combined with the Halloween timing that made that Scary Movie opening so huge. I imagine it'll take a HUGE plunge next week, though... under $20 mil possibly.

New Line is having a great second half of the year... Chainsaw will probably end up with over $70 mil. Combine that with Freddy vs Jason's take, the inevitable Lord of the Rings cash cow, and a possible sleeper hit with Elf. Takes some of the sting out of the early year flops like A Man Apart, Real Cancun, and Willard (which was an unfortunate failure).

Michael T Hudson

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movi...eut/index.html


Looks like part 4 is a go. I am shocked how much money this made as well.

Sunday Morning

Let's see what was big 10 years ago...


1 Jurassic Park Uni. $357,067,947 2,566 $47,026,828 2,404 6/11
2 Mrs. Doubtfire Fox $219,195,243 2,354 $20,468,847 1,605 11/24
3 The Fugitive WB $183,875,760 2,425 $23,758,855 2,340 8/06
4 The Firm Par. $158,348,367 2,393 $32,476,785 2,393 7/02
5 Sleepless in Seattle TriS $126,680,884 1,657 $17,253,733 1,579 6/25
6 Indecent Proposal Par. $106,614,059 1,922 $18,387,632 1,694 4/09
7 In the Line of Fire Col. $102,314,823 2,129 $15,269,388 1,903 7/09
8 The Pelican Brief WB $100,768,056 2,022 $16,864,404 1,993 12/17
9 Schindler's List Uni. $96,065,768 1,389 $656,636 25 12/17
10 Cliffhanger TriS $84,049,211 2,431 $16,176,967 2,333 5/28
11 Free Willy WB $77,698,625 1,937 $7,868,829 1,476 7/16
12 Philadelphia TriS $77,446,440 1,604 $143,433 4 12/24
13 Groundhog Day Col. $70,906,973 1,742 $14,652,108 1,640 2/12
14 Grumpy Old Men WB $70,172,621 1,725 $3,874,911 1,244 12/24
15 Cool Runnings Dis. $68,856,263 1,832 $7,046,648 1,387 10/01
16 Dave WB $63,270,710 1,916 $7,306,755 1,155 5/07
17 Rising Sun Fox $63,179,523 1,722 $15,195,941 1,510 7/30
18 Demolition Man WB $58,055,768 2,258 $14,262,432 2,246 10/08
19 Sister Act 2 Dis. $57,319,029 2,178 $7,569,219 2,132 12/10
20 Tombstone Dis. $56,505,065 1,955 $6,454,752 1,504 12/24


Hot shots part deux that year made 38 mill.
10 years ago people were flocking to more quality films.

Inverse

Like Sister Act 2!

Sunday Morning

And demolition man and cool runnings and a few others.
There hasn't been a year on record where the top 20 box office draws were 20 good films.
I am pointing out that 10 years ago, people flocked to films that were a bit more, let's say, respectable.

Deftones

wow, after Scary Movie 2, I thought the franchise was dead. Impressive take. I think getting rid of the Wayans and having a ton of cameos helped.

shill66

I know that I wasn't remotely interested in seeing it...until I found out that Zucker directed. Maybe others felt the same way. (I haven't seen it, by the way.)