Weekend Box Office-9/14-9/16/2007-"Jodie's Got a Gun" edition

[misterchimpy]

Didn't see anyone start a thread, so....

Predictions from boxofficeguru.com

The Brave One $22 million(hmmm...that seems waaaaaaaay too high, given friday)
Mr. Woodcock $6 million
Dragon Wars $4 million


Friday numbers:

1. BRAVE ONE, THE WARNER BROS. 2,755 4,571,000 1,659 n/a 4,571,000
2. MR. WOODCOCK NEW LINE 2,231 2,850,000 1,277 n/a 2,850,000
3. 3:10 TO YUMA LIONS GATE 2,667 2,655,000 996 -41% 22,075,000
4. SUPERBAD SONY 2,910 1,664,000 572 -29% 107,794,000
5. DRAGON WARS: D-WAR FREESTYLE RELEASING 2,275 1,584,000 696 n/a 1,584,000
6. HALLOWEEN MGM 3,051 1,510,000 495 -49% 47,820,000
7. BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE UNIVERSAL 2,610 1,261,000 483 -23% 213,316,000
8. BALLS OF FURY FOCUS FEATURES 2,758 990,000 359 -40% 26,450,000
9. RUSH HOUR 3 NEW LINE 2,208 923,000 418 -44% 130,881,000
10. SHOOT 'EM UP NEW LINE 2,108 847,000 402 -57% 8,634,000

[KillerCannibal]

Wow, Halloween is sinking like a stone. A large stone. In a shallow pool. Not that it's unexpected given the horrific word of mouth. Oh well, it's already got enough bank to warrant a sequel. Pretty dismal weekend overall.

[onebyone]

Great thread title! :clap:

I wish The Brave One had done much better, I really liked it and may go back and see it again tomorrow. The audience seemed really in to it, but I got to say I havent seen that many REALLY old guys at a movie theater in ages. It was.. odd.

The rest of the movies all basically did just as expected. September sucks for movies. It always makes me miss summer.

The was rated R horror has gone over this year, I bet they are very happy with Halloween's box office.

[Drop]

Wow, Halloween is sinking like a stone. A large stone. In a shallow pool. Not that it's unexpected given the horrific word of mouth. Oh well, it's already got enough bank to warrant a sequel. Pretty dismal weekend overall.

While I'm sure that factors in (although IMDb has it at 6.1, whatever that indicates), I think it's also that time of the year, none of them or doing that good this weekend. It's already made 47 million (on a 15 million budget), plus factor in DVD sales and rentals, international, and a sequel would be pretty easy to give the go ahead. Of course Zombie said he won't do it, so who knows?

I wonder if the box office will be better next weekend.

[PopcornTreeCt]

I'm sad to see Shoot 'Em Up sink Clive Owen needs better roles.

[Seantn]

I wonder if the box office will be better next weekend.


The first 2 Resident Evil films made between 18-20 million on their opening weekend, so i'm expecting the 3rd one to have a similar opening.

[Trevor]

Seems like a big drop for 3:10. Shame, great film.

[chris_sc77]

^Actually 3:10 to Yuma held up quite well considering that it is competing with the same audience for The Brave One. IT Should only end up with about a 40% drop from last weekend which is not too bad. I am still pissed it never came to the theatre in the town i live in but they still have Daddy Day Care(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and they got D-WAR, and Woodcock.

[scott1598]

Wow, Halloween is sinking like a stone. A large stone. In a shallow pool.
wouldn't have been more dramatic sinking in a deep ocean? a shallow pool means it really isn't sinking too far... :sarcasm:

[wewantflair]

Bourne is holding up nicely.

[Peep]

Predictions from boxofficeguru.com

The Brave One $22 million(hmmm...that seems waaaaaaaay too high, given friday)

I agree. I was predicting 15 million a couple of days ago and I thought that Friday put it right on track to hit it. Maybe they are factoring in some amazing Saturday numbers.

[nateman]

I’m glad The Brave One is doing well at the Box Office & I can’t wait ti’ll it comes on DVD (don’t go to theatres anymore). 3:10 to Yuma held up decently, all things considered.

Although, Zombie said that he won’t do anymore Halloween films, there is no doubt in my mind that they’re will be more Halloween movies, with or without Zombie.

I think the Halloween franchise wins the award for, ‘Horror franchise that jumped the shark so long ago but keeps on going’. I thought Halloween ‘Jumped the Shark’ with, Halloween III: Season of the Witch but 6 more Halloween films we’re maid after that & Zombie’s “re-imagining”.

[Trevor]

I think the Halloween franchise wins the award for, ‘Horror franchise that jumped the shark so long ago but keeps on going’. I thought Halloween ‘Jumped the Shark’ with, Halloween III: Season of the Witch but 6 more Halloween films we’re maid after that & Zombie’s “re-imagining”.
Michael stalking a bevy of French maids, I'd watch that sequel.

[Dusty Bottoms]

wouldn't have been more dramatic sinking in a deep ocean? a shallow pool means it really isn't sinking too far... :sarcasm:
Yeah, but it also means it's getting to the bottom a lot faster. :)

[rexinnih]

Not pretty for Dragon Wars.

[Peep]

I’m glad The Brave One is doing well at the Box Office & I can’t wait ti’ll it comes on DVD (don’t go to theatres anymore).

The Brave One is not doing "well", just better than the others.

[Numanoid]

Umm, what exactly would a sequel to a remake of Halloween be? A remake of Halloween II?

[RyoHazuki]

Yikes. Shoot Em Up is gonna make less than 13mil in its theatrical run. Thats gotta hurt. I saw lots and lots of ads for that.

[chris_sc77]

^New Line can't be happy with the perfomances of their films this year.

[Seantn]

Hairspray has held up extremely well for them, and Rush Hour 3 did ok I suppose, but other than that...you're right, I just looked at a list of their movies for the year and there aren't any big ones among them.

[anyanka323]

New Line still has The Golden Compass coming out in December. It's going to be a much harder sell to the general public than HP, Narnia, and LOTR because the books appeal to a more niche audience than the others. It's also a very expensive film $205 million due to being in development since 2002 and the special effects, plus marketing costs. It's going to have to make at least $250 million in the US to justify New Line's investment and for the rest of the trilogy to be made.

Rush Hour 3 is a BO disappointment. Hopefully there won't be Rush Hour 4.

[eiker_ir]

Umm, what exactly would a sequel to a remake of Halloween be? A remake of Halloween II?


there was a sequel to the TCM remake

[Goldberg74]

1 N The Brave One WB $14,015,000 - 2,755 - $5,087 $14,015,000 - 1
2 1 3:10 to Yuma (2007) LGF $9,150,000 -34.8% 2,667 +15 $3,430 $28,549,000 $55 2
3 N Mr. Woodcock NL $9,100,000 - 2,231 - $4,078 $9,100,000 - 1
4 N Dragon Wars Free $5,376,000 - 2,275 - $2,363 $5,376,000 - 1
5 3 Superbad Sony $5,200,000 -31.1% 2,910 -159 $1,786 $111,336,000 $20 5
6 2 Halloween (2007) MGM/W $5,011,000 -47.3% 3,051 -424 $1,642 $51,264,000 - 3
7 5 The Bourne Ultimatum Uni. $4,151,000 -26.8% 2,611 -399 $1,589 $216,193,000 $110 7
8 6 Balls of Fury Rog. $3,340,000 -40.9% 2,758 -323 $1,211 $28,875,000 - 3
9 7 Rush Hour 3 NL $3,325,000 -31.9% 2,208 -482 $1,505 $133,181,000 $140 6
10 8 Mr. Bean's Holiday Uni. $2,655,000 -22.2% 1,770 -8 $1,500 $28,474,000 - 4

[fumanstan]

So only a 34% drop for 3:10. Nice!

[Perkinsun Dzees]

Nice to MR. WOODCOCK doing much better than expected. Hopefully this means that Billy Bob will be doing more comedy roles instead of all the dramatic serious stuff he always does.

[Seantn]

Billy Bob's "School for Scoundrels" opened up last summer with a very similar gross (almost 9 million) and it only made about 17 million overall.

[Daytripper]

Rush Hour 3 is a BO disappointment. Hopefully there won't be Rush Hour 4.

"RH3" is just 7 million shy of what the first "RH" grossed. Sure, that only had a 33 million budget. "RH2" grossed 226M with a 90 million budget. So in terms of box-office, it's no "RH2". But it also probably won't earn it's money back with a 140 million budget (!!) What the hell cost so much?

[misterchimpy]

"RH3" is just 7 million shy of what the first "RH" grossed. Sure, that only had a 33 million budget. "RH2" grossed 226M with a 90 million budget. So in terms of box-office, it's no "RH2". But it also probably won't earn it's money back with a 140 million budget (!!) What the hell cost so much?

Didn't Chris Tucker get $20 million, I thought I read that somewhere. And I'm sure Ratner and Chan got a lot of money too, maybe another $20 plus between them.

According to Boxofficemojo, it's done $62 million internationally so far(still hasn't opened in Taiwan, I would assume that would be a big market), so $195 total. When all is said and done, probably $225 million or so, so I would guess they would make a little bit of money, especially with dvd sales factored in. But given the big drop from RH2, I doubt there will be another sequel unless Tucker's asking price comes down big time.

[RayChuang]

New Line still has The Golden Compass coming out in December. It's going to be a much harder sell to the general public than HP, Narnia, and LOTR because the books appeal to a more niche audience than the others. It's also a very expensive film $205 million due to being in development since 2002 and the special effects, plus marketing costs. It's going to have to make at least $250 million in the US to justify New Line's investment and for the rest of the trilogy to be made.


Another problem for The Golden Compass is that the author of the original novel, Philip Pullman, is a known atheist and uses the books in the Dark Materials trilogy (of which The Golden Compass is the first book) to rail against Catholicism and Christianity in general. That right there will cause all kinds of problems in much of the USA.

[chris_sc77]

Nice to MR. WOODCOCK doing much better than expected. Hopefully this means that Billy Bob will be doing more comedy roles instead of all the dramatic serious stuff he always does.

You are joking right.

[Peep]

You are joking right.

Joking on two counts, I hope. The gross was pretty lame and he mainly seems to be focusing on comedies these days.

[chris_sc77]

^Yeah.... "Quit makin oscar Winnin' shit like Sling Blade and Monster's Ball and make more movies like School For Scoundrels and Mr. Woodcock!"

[Joe Molotov]

I can see the TV spots for next week...

"Mr. Woodcock, it's the #1 movie in America with 'cock' in the title! 'Billy Bob Thorton's best comedic role since School For Scoundrels' says Entertainment Weekly! 'Barely passable' says Roger Ebert! See it today before it gets released on DVD next month!"

[chris_sc77]

TV Spot #2 :
"America Loves (Wood)COCK! Come see the film that FINALLY came to theatres after being delayed numerous times over the past few years and barely avoided The Fate of DTV."

Just kidding and i actually prob. will end up seeing this (on DVD which will prob. be sooner rather than later actually) cause I actually do enjoy him even though i do wish he'd start to do some stuff with a bit more substance.

[anyanka323]

Another problem for The Golden Compass is that the author of the original novel, Philip Pullman, is a known atheist and uses the books in the Dark Materials trilogy (of which The Golden Compass is the first book) to rail against Catholicism and Christianity in general. That right there will cause all kinds of problems in much of the USA.

That element sounds like it may have been toned down based on interviews with Nicole Kidman who said she wouldn't have done the film if the script could be perceived as anti-Catholic.

[Matthew Chmiel]

Hairspray has held up extremely well for them, and Rush Hour 3 did ok I suppose, but other than that...you're right, I just looked at a list of their movies for the year and there aren't any big ones among them.
Bob Shaye is a fucking moron and doesn't know how to run a movie studio properly.

They've had lots of films that actually might've been able to pull in some money in theaters if released through their independent division (Picturehouse, previously Fine Line) if Shaye could pull his dick out of his ass and not sit on them for years and not sending them directly to DVD. Havoc, Cheats, Normal Adolescent Behavior, 11:14, and the list goes on and on. How can shit like Code Name: The Cleaner, The Last Mimzy, Son of the Mask, and Dumb and Dumberer get full blown theatrical releases YET their better films either go right to DVD or piss poor theatrical releases (Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle comes to mind).

I'm still waiting for a Final Destination 4 to be greenlit (why it hasn't yet is beyond me as the last one was a fucking cash cow for the studio).

[RayChuang]

That element sounds like it may have been toned down based on interviews with Nicole Kidman who said she wouldn't have done the film if the script could be perceived as anti-Catholic.

However, even in the toned-down form a lot of Christians still know well about the anti-Christian tone of Pullman's work, and that won't fly with the Catholics and evangelicals in much of the USA, sad to say.

[Seantn]

How can shit like......... The Last Mimzy......get full blown theatrical releases


Well....you know who directed it, right?

[nateman]

Michael stalking a bevy of French maids, I'd watch that sequel.
Oops. Can’t spell worth sh*t.

That actually would make a good plot for a new Halloween movie. I’m sad that they haven’t blasted Michael off into space yet.

I’m waiting for Jason, Myers, Freddy, Chucky, Nosferatu & the Creature from the Black Lagoon too team up for a comedy/drama film about 6 ‘past their prime’ horror villains who have trouble finding work. Talk about Academy Award Winning material!

[xage]

Not pretty for Dragon Wars.

Not pretty for Korea.. after spending $70 million dollars, marketing in North American shore and years of shooting only to come up with a very poor CGI film and a very poor boxoffice result...

[matome]

there was a sequel to the TCM remake

As well as The Hills Have Eyes remake, which was entitled...The Hills Have Eyes II (no relation to the original's original same-named remake) :)

[Seantn]

Not pretty for Korea.. after spending $70 million dollars, marketing in North American shore and years of shooting only to come up with a very poor CGI film and a very poor boxoffice result...

It's worldwide box office take is over 60 million and counting, it's not as big of a disaster as it may seem.

[JaxComet]

Wow, Halloween is sinking like a stone. A large stone. In a shallow pool. Not that it's unexpected given the horrific word of mouth. Oh well, it's already got enough bank to warrant a sequel. Pretty dismal weekend overall.


This flick will make a killing on DVD.............

[Giles]

It's worldwide box office take is over 60 million and counting, it's not as big of a disaster as it may seem.

I guess American's in general don't like dragon movies - this and Eragon do well internationally, but fail in the states.

[RichC2]

Effects movies do better overseas where the fatigue hasn't set in quite as much. Both Eragon and D-War deserve to tank as they're terrible films.

D-Wars is better if you aren't particularly good at English as the acting likely wouldn't seem so awful.

[nateman]

This flick will make a killing on DVD.............
No Kidding, They’ll probably be like 5,000 copies at each store when it’s released.