Weekend Box Office :7/18-7/20-"It's not about money. It's about sending a message"
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Weekend Box Office :7/18-7/20-"It's not about money. It's about sending a message"
Well, the Dark Knight is of course opening to huge feakin' numbers. Not much surprise there.
$66+ million Friday opening and should end up with Over $150 million for the weekend.
Hellboy II looks to have a huge 70+% drop.
Mamma Mia turned out to be quite a successful counter-programming technique against Bats.
Friday numbers:
1. THE DARK KNIGHT $66,400,000
2.MAMMA MIA! $9,627,000
3. HANCOCK $4,550,000
4. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH $3,590,000
5. HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY $3,164,000
6. WALL-E $3,000,000
7. SPACE CHIMPS $2,450,000
8. WANTED $1,569,000
9. GET SMART $1,230,000
10. MEET DAVE $555,000
$66+ million Friday opening and should end up with Over $150 million for the weekend.
Hellboy II looks to have a huge 70+% drop.
Mamma Mia turned out to be quite a successful counter-programming technique against Bats.
Friday numbers:
1. THE DARK KNIGHT $66,400,000
2.MAMMA MIA! $9,627,000
3. HANCOCK $4,550,000
4. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH $3,590,000
5. HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY $3,164,000
6. WALL-E $3,000,000
7. SPACE CHIMPS $2,450,000
8. WANTED $1,569,000
9. GET SMART $1,230,000
10. MEET DAVE $555,000
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I had a good feeling it would beat Spidey's record despite it's dark tone and long running time. What's more impressive it did this against a lot of competition. Imagine if it was the first summer movie released this year, it could have passed 70 mill opening day.
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I would just like to thank Bale, Nolan, Damon, Liman, Greengrass, Craig, Apatow, etc... for making amazing, profitable adult audience oriented movies again.
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I would just like to thank Bale, Nolan, Damon, Liman, Greengrass, Craig, Apatow, etc... for making amazing, profitable adult audience oriented movies again.
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Originally Posted by thelwig14
I would just like to thank Bale, Nolan, Damon, Liman, Greengrass, Craig, Apatow, etc... for making amazing, profitable adult audience oriented movies again.
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Liman? Seriously?
I totally agree with you, he is awful and has proven to be a 2 trick pony (imo), but I won't ever discredit what he did to usher in the era of Bourne and a serious, R rated action/adventure/etc... movie for adults that made a profit. He set the table for Greengrass to deliver the steak. I don't think anyone can dispute his contributions to the Bourne franchise and to adult oriented movies being wanted again.
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^The Bourne movies are PG-13 affairs, not R rated action flicks. I don't hate Liman, but I thought the first Bourne flick was average at best and it was Greengrass who really brought something new and fresh to the plate.
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Originally Posted by mdc3000
^The Bourne movies are PG-13 affairs, not R rated action flicks. I don't hate Liman, but I thought the first Bourne flick was average at best and it was Greengrass who really brought something new and fresh to the plate.
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Too bad for Hellboy, Why did they release it now? Batman attracts the same audience that would see Hellboy. They made a mistake releasing it the week before Batman
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Back to the box-office news, I'm disgusted that a piece of shit like "Hancock" (and yes, I saw it) continues to make money, and the gazillion times better and more imaginative "Hellboy II" fails to find an audience.
EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY 3-DAY ESTIMATES
1. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros) - $157M, $35,960 PTA, $157M cume
2. Mamma Mia (Universal) - $28M, $9,409 PTA, $28M cume
3. Hancock (Sony) - $14.3M, $3,787 PTA, $191.8M cume
4. Journey To the Center of the Earth (Warner Bros) - $11.15M, $3,940 PTA, $42.31M cume
5. WALL-E (Disney) - $11M, $3,325 PTA, $183.66M cume
6. Hellboy II (Universal) - $9M, $2,802 PTA, $55.4M cume
7. Space Chimps (Fox) - $8M, $3,186 PTA, $8M cume
8. Wanted (Universal) - $6.68M, $2,749 PTA, $124.93M cume
9. Get Smart (Warner Bros) - $3.8M, $1,780 PTA, $119.28M cume
10. Meet Dave (Fox) - $2.31M, $770 PTA, $10.05M cume
EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY 3-DAY ESTIMATES
1. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros) - $157M, $35,960 PTA, $157M cume
2. Mamma Mia (Universal) - $28M, $9,409 PTA, $28M cume
3. Hancock (Sony) - $14.3M, $3,787 PTA, $191.8M cume
4. Journey To the Center of the Earth (Warner Bros) - $11.15M, $3,940 PTA, $42.31M cume
5. WALL-E (Disney) - $11M, $3,325 PTA, $183.66M cume
6. Hellboy II (Universal) - $9M, $2,802 PTA, $55.4M cume
7. Space Chimps (Fox) - $8M, $3,186 PTA, $8M cume
8. Wanted (Universal) - $6.68M, $2,749 PTA, $124.93M cume
9. Get Smart (Warner Bros) - $3.8M, $1,780 PTA, $119.28M cume
10. Meet Dave (Fox) - $2.31M, $770 PTA, $10.05M cume
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I knew HB2 didn't open big enough last wk... talk about a movie being given a free pass (both in reviews and declared BO success) In the end, it'll only end up with the same adjusted gross as the first, hardly worth a third movie imo.
Even if TDK falls fast, I think 350+ million is a lock. Awesome!
Even if TDK falls fast, I think 350+ million is a lock. Awesome!
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I would just like to thank Bale, Nolan, Damon, Liman, Greengrass, Craig, Apatow, etc... for making amazing, profitable adult audience oriented movies again.
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I am so glad this movie is kicking ass, and I hope TDK finishes #1 this year. I hope this changes the summer blockbuster, especially comic book movies, so in the future they stop making these cheesy paint by numbers movies that try to appeal to the kiddies. You can make a good, exciting movie in this genre that kids can enjoy, but you don't have to cater to them. You think Studios would have realized this after the successes of Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Raiders, Superman I, and Back to the Future all finishing #1 in their respective release years, but lately the studios have worried about whether the little kiddies were going to be able to see these summer movies.
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Originally Posted by thelwig14
Rating is irrelevant, the tone is more important.
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Originally Posted by maingon
Too bad for Hellboy, Why did they release it now? Batman attracts the same audience that would see Hellboy. They made a mistake releasing it the week before Batman
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Originally Posted by chris_sc77
Fox sure is hurting this month. Maybe X-files will change that next week but with that films advertising I dont know.
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Originally Posted by Artman
I knew HB2 didn't open big enough last wk... talk about a movie being given a free pass (both in reviews and declared BO success) In the end, it'll only end up with the same adjusted gross as the first, hardly worth a third movie imo.
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Originally Posted by clemente
I don't want to pee in anyone's Kool-Aid - but HB2 was given a pretty sizeable marketing push (maybe more so than the first) and had the Del Toro halo - maybe that's the peak of Hellboy's B.O. appeal?