Friday Box Office: Shrek 2, $28.5m - $50m since Wednesday
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They're still trying to figure that one out, it appears a lot of people did NOT know it came out Wednesday, or perhaps they just couldn't get there.
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Originally posted by fumanstan
Wow, i didn't even know it opened on Wednesday.
Wow, i didn't even know it opened on Wednesday.
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1 Shrek 2 $104,300,000 NEW $125,300,000
2 Troy $23,800,000 -49% $85,835,000
3 Van Helsing $10,185,000 -51% $100,150,000
4 Mean Girls $6,900,000 -32% $64,699,000
5 Man on Fire $3,500,000 -31% $69,281,000
6 Breakin' All the Rules $2,800,000 -45% $9,008,000
7 13 Going on 30 $2,500,000 -39% $52,068,000
8 New York Minute $1,180,000 -69% $12,205,000
9 Kill Bill Vol. 2 $1,072,000 -34% $62,705,000
10 Super Size Me $975,000 +28% $2,943,000
Holy crap for Shrek! And it opened on Wednesday too. Second $100 million 3-day weekend ever, though SM2 will probably hit it as well as HP3.
2 Troy $23,800,000 -49% $85,835,000
3 Van Helsing $10,185,000 -51% $100,150,000
4 Mean Girls $6,900,000 -32% $64,699,000
5 Man on Fire $3,500,000 -31% $69,281,000
6 Breakin' All the Rules $2,800,000 -45% $9,008,000
7 13 Going on 30 $2,500,000 -39% $52,068,000
8 New York Minute $1,180,000 -69% $12,205,000
9 Kill Bill Vol. 2 $1,072,000 -34% $62,705,000
10 Super Size Me $975,000 +28% $2,943,000
Holy crap for Shrek! And it opened on Wednesday too. Second $100 million 3-day weekend ever, though SM2 will probably hit it as well as HP3.
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It was to pricey as it was already in the 200's.. so unless you were well off you wouldn't be able to afford much.. but god damn, that's going to be a 300+ adjust.
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I sold everything that I had and bought Shrek stock. Granted, I didn't even have 10,000 shares in it, but what I had will go through the ceiling. I knew that it was going to blow the roof off the joint!
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Just read the box office report -- $125 million for 5 days!! That's incredible! Next movie that might come close or beat the Ogre is: Spiderman 2! I don't see anything else will come close to these movies. Bring on Shrek 3 and 4 now...
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Originally posted by isamu
Huh? Isn't Pixar a subsidary of Disney?
Huh? Isn't Pixar a subsidary of Disney?
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Originally posted by Deftones, Esq
No. They were a separate company that Disney had an agreement with to make flicks. That deal has since dissolved.
No. They were a separate company that Disney had an agreement with to make flicks. That deal has since dissolved.
... after the next two films
Disney will still be able to make movies based on the characters of the films covered under their original agreement I think.
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I think the wednesday release was not very successful because it is a primarily a family film. At least in this area kids were still in school until Friday so you lost a lot there. Also I think a lot of people questioned whether or not it would actually be a good film or not. Usually Wednesday openings are reserved for films with a real cult following ie Matrix, LotR, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Spiderman etc.
I don't know but I don't think any animated film opened on a Wednesday.
(insert Ep. II joke here) beat you to it
I don't know but I don't think any animated film opened on a Wednesday.
(insert Ep. II joke here) beat you to it
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Wonder how good Spidey 2 will do(it also opens on a Wed - if i'm correct). 125mil is insane(i thought it would do 70-80 mil. for Wed-Sun. We don't have long to wait.
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What can help spidey pass that number is if they make damn sure everyone knows that it's being released on a WEDNESDAY! There was some confuse with Shreks release date....that 125mil number could have been higher possibly.
lets see what spidey does...
lets see what spidey does...
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Originally posted by tanman
I think the wednesday release was not very successful because it is a primarily a family film. At least in this area kids were still in school until Friday so you lost a lot there. Also I think a lot of people questioned whether or not it would actually be a good film or not. Usually Wednesday openings are reserved for films with a real cult following ie Matrix, LotR, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Spiderman etc.
I don't know but I don't think any animated film opened on a Wednesday.
(insert Ep. II joke here) beat you to it
I think the wednesday release was not very successful because it is a primarily a family film. At least in this area kids were still in school until Friday so you lost a lot there. Also I think a lot of people questioned whether or not it would actually be a good film or not. Usually Wednesday openings are reserved for films with a real cult following ie Matrix, LotR, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Spiderman etc.
I don't know but I don't think any animated film opened on a Wednesday.
(insert Ep. II joke here) beat you to it
Summer is kicking in. Kids may or may not have it start yet, but a few of them already are on it so they can cash in on that select market. simple as that.
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The actuals just came in and Shrek 2 was under-estimated by $4 mil to put it's opening weekend at $108 mil. Thta's only around $5 mil away from Spidey's 3-day record! It also has the biggest single day total ever with Saturday's $44.8 mil as well as biggest Sunday ($34.9m).
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Final Figures for Weekend May 21 - 23, 2004 | |||||||||||
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TW | LW | Title | Studio | Weekend Gross | % Change | Theater Count | Change | Average | Total Gross | Cost* | Week # |
1 | N | Shrek 2 | DW | $108,037,878 | - | 4,163 | - | $25,951 | $128,983,060 | $70 / $50 | 1 |
2 | 1 | Troy | WB | $23,925,330 | -48.90% | 3,411 | - | $7,014 | $85,960,779 | $150 / $50 | 2 |
3 | 2 | Van Helsing | Uni. | $10,561,655 | -49% | 3,418 | -162 | $3,090 | $100,526,335 | $160 / $50 | 3 |
4 | 3 | Mean Girls | Par. | $6,907,627 | -32.20% | 3,054 | 39 | $2,261 | $64,706,896 | $17 / $25 | 4 |
5 | 4 | Man on Fire | Fox | $3,680,522 | -27.80% | 2,104 | -546 | $1,749 | $69,461,524 | $70 / $30 | 5 |
6 | 5 | Breakin' All the Rules | SGem | $2,845,368 | -44.10% | 1,318 | - | $2,158 | $9,053,501 | $10 / - | 2 |
7 | 6 | 13 Going on 30 | SonR | $2,512,234 | -38.80% | 2,028 | -628 | $1,238 | $52,080,216 | $37 / $35 | 5 |
8 | 7 | New York Minute | WB | $1,302,152 | -65.90% | 2,360 | -646 | $551 | $12,622,044 | $30 / $20 | 3 |
9 | 9 | Kill Bill Vol. 2 | Mira. | $1,078,811 | -33.80% | 854 | -547 | $1,263 | $62,711,658 | $30 / $30 | 6 |
10 | 12 | Super Size Me | IDP | $973,644 | 28.20% | 148 | 35 | $6,578 | $2,941,709 | - / - | 3 |
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It looks like Shrek made it's money back in just 1 week of showings, if 2x costs is to be believed. From now on the rest is just icing on the cake. I saw the movie, but did not like it. It was not as funny as the first and it seemed to drag on quite a lot. But the audiences have spoken and I'm in the minority it seems!
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