Blaster1

1 The Hulk $62,641,000
2 Finding Nemo $20,515,000
3 2 Fast 2 Furious $10,346,000
4 Bruce Almighty $9,960,000
5 The Italian Job $7,225,000
6 Rugrats Go Wild $6,660,000
7 Alex and Emma $6,240,000
8 Hollywood Homicide $5,800,000
9 Dumb and Dumberer $4,280,000
10 The Matrix Reloaded $4,040,000


I predicted 65 million for Hulk in the other thread and I was pretty close

mee2

It's like, 1:00pm here in California and they're already predicting weekend box office results?

theneobez

I think Hulk will have a good bit of longevity at the theatres though, more so than other Comic Adaptation that's for sure.

Groucho

I just found a portrait of a certain forum member:

rushmore223

I think the real story here is the unbeleivable business Nemo is doing. 20 million in it's fourth weekend, thats almost unheard of!

Gotta say that I really did like HULK though, wish it would do better. While it was a bit too long, I felt it had the maturity and intelligence that most of the comics to movie adaptations lack.

Somebody asked me if they should take their kids to see Hulk, I had to say no way, I figured the scene between Nolte, his wife and little Bruce Banner at the end would be way too much for most any child, probably terrify the holy hell out of em. (if you saw it I am sure you know what I mean)

chanster

Like I said earlier, Hulk does not have the same built in fanbase as Spiderman. I don't think this movie is going to do more than $110 million domestically.

movieking

What did From Justin To Kelly make?

jarofclay73

I think the expectations on the Hulk were too enormous. Especially when Nemo was the #1 movie last week with only $28m. And 2 Fast opened with $50m. So, I don't consider $62m to be too bad, especially with the mix of summer movies this year. Nemo is doing considerably well and it still tripled their fourth week take. We'll see if the Angels have enough to overtake the Hulk next weekend.

jarofclay73

11. From Justin to Kelly - $2,875,000

It actually beat out the Matrix on Friday but I guess it didn't have enough legs to beat it for the weekend.

Matthew Chmiel

Not really. But this summer it is a shock as most films make over $50 million their opening weekend, and drop over 50% their second weekend. Hulk should make around $30 million next weekend as Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle takes first place.

harosa

Lets face it, Hulk's lack of business and eventual dimished grosses are due to the fact they made a bad movie.

PJsig08

Never underestimate Disney/Pixar movies. They're gold.

Daytripper

This is nothing new. Boxofficemojo.com posts the estimated Top 10 for the weekend sometimes as early as 1:00 p.m. EST on Sundays.

Also, "Hulk" will probably make more than 110 million before it's run ends. I predict in the neighborhood of 150 million. Although it will drop a good 40% next weekend, you still have Monday - Thursday. And school is out.

Patman

Those Pixar movies are a good way to babysit the kids for a few hours.

Jackskeleton

I dont see why people are surprised about NEMO.. it is a summer, kids are out there. Family film that everyone can enjoy =$$$ besides, kids films don't suffer from the whole % drop regualr films usually do

Sessa17

These kind of commments make me so pissed off. So according to you, box office gross is what makes a good movie? Or since you didn't like Hulk, that means it must be a bad movie? So movies like Memento, City of God, etc. etc. etc. are are bad movies because they didn't do well at the box office. The bottom line is Hulk didn't do spider-man business b/c 1: it's not for kids, 2: The panel structure of story-telling was different, & for most people different + bad & confusing & 3: Comments like yours, & the others whining about hulk show that the average movie goer more & more just needs brainless, ,mind-numbing action throughout an entire movie to hold their attention span. And spare me the special effects weren't good, when movies like Die Another Day which had the single worste blue screen I've ever seen are huge successes.

sinister

It will do over $150 million. Ang Lee made it like it should've been made, aimed toward an adult audience because that's the only way to tell the story of how banner becomes the hulk. and yes it was a very good film that actually wasn't a usual summer popcorn movie that had tons of action but no story. I hope Lee does the sequel because now the next movie will start with Hulk smashing things. it deserved to make more this weekend but great movies don't always need to make $300 million plus.

jfoobar

61% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It would seem that the nation's film critics, by a modest majority anyway, disagree with you. The only two critics I pay much attention to gave it 3 stars and 3 1/2 stars respectively.

jfoobar

It made...alot of people nauseous.

GmoneyOwnsYou

How is $62 million a dissapointment?! It'll definatly make its budget back and then some.

GmoneyOwnsYou

And harosa, the box office does not determine rather a movie is good or not. Just because a movie doesnt make as much as expected doesnt mean it was a bad movie. Same goes for a movie that did make alot, that doesnt make it good either. Look at Armageddon for example, retarded plot that relied on over paid actors to make alot of money. Very unrealistic movie with countless flaws....made over 200 mill. Again, Box office has nothing to do with how good a movie is.

jfoobar

It has to make three times its budget, on average, to turn an overall profit.

I don't think there is too much risk of it not doing that, however, with overseas sales and DVD.

ipkevin

Where are you pulling that out of? It's well known that the opening weekend of big movies like this has very little to do with reviews or the public's reaction to the quality of the film (how can they have a reaction when they haven't seen it yet??). It has almost everything to do with the advertising, competiton, and general interest in the actors/visuals/premise.

By week 3 you'll know how people are really reacting to this movie, and even then that only tells you how the film works at connecting to a WIDE audience. That doesn't really say anything about the quality of the film except how well it works as a crowd pleaser.

the aftermath

I think harosa's comment is based on the fact that Hulk didn't live up to the hype (according to some, not me, havent seen it yet) and seems to have had mixed word of mouth.

ipkevin

Yeah, but he seems to believe that this "disappointing" opening is due to that bad word of mouth, when the reality is that word of mouth won't have much effect until later on.