Weekend Box Office 12/29-1/1/07: Ben Stiller is King
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Weekend Box Office 12/29-1/1/07: Ben Stiller is King
Friday estimates. Museum appears to be unstoppable and looks like it'll be a $200 million grosser. It's earned at least $11 million every day except Christmas Eve. Great to see Rocky hanging in there.
1. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,768 13,262,000 3,520 11% 92,277,000
2. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,870 6,612,000 2,304 25% 85,620,000
3. DREAMGIRLS PARAMOUNT 852 4,750,000 5,575 7,013% 27,937,000
4. CHARLOTTE'S WEB PARAMOUNT 3,745 4,533,000 1,210 47% 45,287,000
5. ROCKY BALBOA MGM 3,019 3,802,000 1,259 -23% 41,214,000
6. GOOD SHEPHERD, THE UNIVERSAL 2,218 3,579,000 1,614 2% 27,637,000
7. ERAGON 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,985 2,925,000 980 8% 51,149,000
8. HAPPY FEET WARNER BROS. 2,565 2,866,000 1,117 56% 171,188,000
9. WE ARE MARSHALL WARNER BROS. 2,606 2,860,000 1,097 8% 19,890,000
10. HOLIDAY, THE PARAMOUNT 2,698 2,388,000 885 29% 45,788,000
1. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,768 13,262,000 3,520 11% 92,277,000
2. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,870 6,612,000 2,304 25% 85,620,000
3. DREAMGIRLS PARAMOUNT 852 4,750,000 5,575 7,013% 27,937,000
4. CHARLOTTE'S WEB PARAMOUNT 3,745 4,533,000 1,210 47% 45,287,000
5. ROCKY BALBOA MGM 3,019 3,802,000 1,259 -23% 41,214,000
6. GOOD SHEPHERD, THE UNIVERSAL 2,218 3,579,000 1,614 2% 27,637,000
7. ERAGON 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,985 2,925,000 980 8% 51,149,000
8. HAPPY FEET WARNER BROS. 2,565 2,866,000 1,117 56% 171,188,000
9. WE ARE MARSHALL WARNER BROS. 2,606 2,860,000 1,097 8% 19,890,000
10. HOLIDAY, THE PARAMOUNT 2,698 2,388,000 885 29% 45,788,000
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1. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,768 13,510,000 3,585 8% 105,787,000
2. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,870 7,475,000 2,605 18% 93,095,000
3. DREAMGIRLS PARAMOUNT 852 5,699,000 6,689 5,882% 33,636,000
4. ROCKY BALBOA MGM 3,019 4,271,000 1,415 -18% 45,485,000
5. GOOD SHEPHERD, THE UNIVERSAL 2,218 4,215,000 1,900 -1% 31,852,000
6. CHARLOTTE'S WEB PARAMOUNT 3,745 4,200,000 1,121 35% 49,487,000
7. ERAGON 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,985 3,220,000 1,079 9% 54,369,000
8. WE ARE MARSHALL WARNER BROS. 2,606 3,079,000 1,182 22% 22,969,000
9. HAPPY FEET WARNER BROS. 2,565 2,847,000 1,110 29% 174,035,000
10. HOLIDAY, THE PARAMOUNT 2,698 2,587,000 959 22% 48,375,000
1. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,768 13,510,000 3,585 8% 105,787,000
2. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,870 7,475,000 2,605 18% 93,095,000
3. DREAMGIRLS PARAMOUNT 852 5,699,000 6,689 5,882% 33,636,000
4. ROCKY BALBOA MGM 3,019 4,271,000 1,415 -18% 45,485,000
5. GOOD SHEPHERD, THE UNIVERSAL 2,218 4,215,000 1,900 -1% 31,852,000
6. CHARLOTTE'S WEB PARAMOUNT 3,745 4,200,000 1,121 35% 49,487,000
7. ERAGON 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,985 3,220,000 1,079 9% 54,369,000
8. WE ARE MARSHALL WARNER BROS. 2,606 3,079,000 1,182 22% 22,969,000
9. HAPPY FEET WARNER BROS. 2,565 2,847,000 1,110 29% 174,035,000
10. HOLIDAY, THE PARAMOUNT 2,698 2,587,000 959 22% 48,375,000
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I'm disgusted at NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM's success...I really wanted it to be good but it's just god-awful. The last 30 minutes are painful and embarrassing. I agree, it's good to see ROCKY BALBOA hanging in there, but it still deserves better than what it's getting.
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Weekend Estimates:
1 1 Night at the Museum Fox $37,800,000 +24.2% 3,768 +83 $10,031 $116,855,000 - 2
2 2 The Pursuit of Happyness Sony $19,300,000 +30.3% 2,870 +7 $6,724 $98,346,000 $55 3
3 25 Dreamgirls P/DW $15,500,000 +6,709.0% 852 +849 $18,192 $38,464,000 - 4
4 5 Charlotte's Web (2006) Par. $12,000,000 +58.6% 3,745 +17 $3,204 $52,858,000 $85 3
5 3 Rocky Balboa MGM $11,350,000 -6.6% 3,019 +2 $3,759 $48,822,000 $24 2
6 4 The Good Shepherd Uni. $11,245,000 +13.4% 2,218 +3 $5,069 $35,311,000 - 2
7 6 Eragon Fox $8,475,000 +21.0% 2,985 -45 $2,839 $56,689,000 $100 3
8 7 We Are Marshall WB $8,025,000 +31.3% 2,606 - $3,079 $25,063,000 - 2
9 9 Happy Feet WB $7,835,000 +51.7% 2,565 - $3,054 $176,152,000 $100 7
10 10 The Holiday Sony $6,780,000 +40.1% 2,698 +63 $2,512 $50,011,000 $85 4
11 12 Blood Diamond WB $5,000,000 +59.9% 1,920 - $2,604 $35,831,000 $100 4
12 11 Casino Royale Sony $4,500,000 +43.1% 1,543 -45 $2,916 $153,425,000 $150 7
13 N Black Christmas MGM/W $4,120,000 - 1,544 - $2,668 $11,272,000 - 1
14 13 Apocalypto BV $3,402,000 +18.6% 2,023 -121 $1,681 $42,792,000 $40 4
1 1 Night at the Museum Fox $37,800,000 +24.2% 3,768 +83 $10,031 $116,855,000 - 2
2 2 The Pursuit of Happyness Sony $19,300,000 +30.3% 2,870 +7 $6,724 $98,346,000 $55 3
3 25 Dreamgirls P/DW $15,500,000 +6,709.0% 852 +849 $18,192 $38,464,000 - 4
4 5 Charlotte's Web (2006) Par. $12,000,000 +58.6% 3,745 +17 $3,204 $52,858,000 $85 3
5 3 Rocky Balboa MGM $11,350,000 -6.6% 3,019 +2 $3,759 $48,822,000 $24 2
6 4 The Good Shepherd Uni. $11,245,000 +13.4% 2,218 +3 $5,069 $35,311,000 - 2
7 6 Eragon Fox $8,475,000 +21.0% 2,985 -45 $2,839 $56,689,000 $100 3
8 7 We Are Marshall WB $8,025,000 +31.3% 2,606 - $3,079 $25,063,000 - 2
9 9 Happy Feet WB $7,835,000 +51.7% 2,565 - $3,054 $176,152,000 $100 7
10 10 The Holiday Sony $6,780,000 +40.1% 2,698 +63 $2,512 $50,011,000 $85 4
11 12 Blood Diamond WB $5,000,000 +59.9% 1,920 - $2,604 $35,831,000 $100 4
12 11 Casino Royale Sony $4,500,000 +43.1% 1,543 -45 $2,916 $153,425,000 $150 7
13 N Black Christmas MGM/W $4,120,000 - 1,544 - $2,668 $11,272,000 - 1
14 13 Apocalypto BV $3,402,000 +18.6% 2,023 -121 $1,681 $42,792,000 $40 4
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Originally Posted by Joe Molotov
Casino Royale is now the highest grossing Bond movie worldwide, and continues to inch towards Die Another Day's domestic gross.
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I'm disgusted at NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM's success...I really wanted it to be good but it's just god-awful. The last 30 minutes are painful and embarrassing.
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Originally Posted by Filmmaker
I'm disgusted at NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM's success...I really wanted it to be good but it's just god-awful. The last 30 minutes are painful and embarrassing. I agree, it's good to see ROCKY BALBOA hanging in there, but it still deserves better than what it's getting.
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Originally Posted by Michael Ballack
I said that last week and was verbally spanked for being disappointed in Americans for supporting the awful Night at the Museum while not supporting the pretty universally positive reviews of Rocky Balboa.
So the post you quoted was just justification for your OPINION? It's a family friendly film around the time with most families have time off. No child should be taken to go see Rocky unless they really want considering you really do need to have the backing of the previous rocky films to enjoy his rise once again.
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Originally Posted by Michael Ballack
I said that last week and was verbally spanked for being disappointed in Americans for supporting the awful Night at the Museum while not supporting the pretty universally positive reviews of Rocky Balboa.
And I still do not disagree with the idea that Rocky should be doing better, in a perfect world. But NatM still looks like a good, family-friendly holiday movie that targets the widest audience over a holiday period. I'm planning on seeing it on IMAX tomorrow and giving a couple more bucks from my family toward the totals.
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Oh stop with the whole family friendly Night at the Museum crap. Just because people with the kiddies couldn't take them to see Rocky doesn't mean they should take them to crap like Night at the Museum. If there was a really good Pixar film out there like Finding Nemo or something, I could understand. I can not understand how Night at the Museum is getting the numbers it is getting. Then again, I also don't understand the appeal of American Idol and the manufactured crap product they produce being so popular.
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Originally Posted by Michael Ballack
Oh stop with the whole family friendly Night at the Museum crap. Just because people with the kiddies couldn't take them to see Rocky doesn't mean they should take them to crap like Night at the Museum.
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Originally Posted by Daytripper
What did you expect from the director of "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "The Pink Panther" (2006)?
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Exactly! Trust me, you're doing your little ones a profound disservice if you pawn this kind of lowest-common-denominator, phoned-in-scriptwriting off as quality entertainment.
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Originally Posted by Obey The D
I really don't think a 6 or 7 year old is going to walk out of a movie like this and comment to their parents how they thought the screenwriting was weak. It's a kids movie for gods sake, not Citizen Kane. Some of you guys are hilarious when it comes to your hatred for certain films.
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The reviews for Night at the Museum are in the middle enough to see that plenty of people enjoyed it, not just because it's family friendly.
A good movie isn't always a good movie, depending on who you ask.
A good movie isn't always a good movie, depending on who you ask.
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Originally Posted by Obey The D
I really don't think a 6 or 7 year old is going to walk out of a movie like this and comment to their parents how they thought the screenwriting was weak.
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Originally Posted by fumanstan
The reviews for Night at the Museum are in the middle enough to see that plenty of people enjoyed it, not just because it's family friendly.
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Originally Posted by Filmmaker
But if you indoctrinate them to accept bottom-barrell trash as good, then they grow up to be adults that do the same. Hence, Gen Y (*shudder*).
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A kids movie doesn't have to be crap though. A good movie is a good movie.
There have been plenty of kids movies over the years (that were not made by PIXAR) that were actual good movies. Sky High? Unaccompanied Minors? Curious George? Over the Hedge? Monster House? Zathura?
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But if you indoctrinate them to accept bottom-barrell trash as good, then they grow up to be adults that do the same.
How can you force a kid to not have fun. Jeeeze, let them be kids and let them have fun.
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Probably the same people who ensure that every f---in' Adam Sandler crapfest debuts at 50+ million...
I haven't seen Night at the Museum, and for all I know I might think it a terrible movie. It's just odd when people turn their own dislike of a movie into criticizing others that might enjoy it along with their taste in movies.
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So....uh.....well....you own Scorpion King.
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Originally Posted by TomOpus
Indoctrinate? We're talking about young kids who get a kick out of balloon animals. If they have a good time with, what YOU would perceive as, a bad movie are you going to introduce electric shocks to "indoctrinate" them not to laugh at something they're enjoying?
How can you force a kid to not have fun. Jeeeze, let them be kids and let them have fun.
How can you force a kid to not have fun. Jeeeze, let them be kids and let them have fun.