Mr. Cinema

FRIDAY'S NUMBERS:

1. SUPERBAD SONY 2,948 5,632,000 1,910 -54% 56,194,000
2. BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE UNIVERSAL 3,676 3,745,000 1,019 -36% 176,513,000
3. RUSH HOUR 3 NEW LINE 3,048 3,512,000 1,152 -46% 99,849,000
4. WAR LIONS GATE 2,277 3,471,000 1,524 n/a 3,471,000
5. MR. BEAN'S HOLIDAY UNIVERSAL 1,713 3,190,000 1,862 n/a 3,190,000
6. NANNY DIARIES, THE MGM 2,629 2,663,000 1,013 n/a 2,663,000
7. SIMPSONS MOVIE, THE 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,600 1,229,000 473 -36% 170,275,000
8. STARDUST PARAMOUNT 2,339 1,138,000 487 -28% 23,628,000
9. HAIRSPRAY NEW LINE 2,016 995,000 494 -18% 105,065,000
10. INVASION, THE WARNER BROS. 2,776 958,000 345 -54% 9,343,000

islandclaws

Looks like WAR is doing worse than expected. I like seeing Superbad doing Supergood, but next week I'm sure Halloween is going to knock it off.

chris_sc77

Looks like MGM/Weinstien have yet another big bomb on their hands with the Nanny Diaries.

snoogins

I don't know, I'm going with "Balls of Fury"

Mr. Cinema

Everyone rags on Evan Almighty for being such a failure, and rightfully so, but let's not let The Invasion go unpunished. That is a disaster. I'm surprised Warners still has it playing in that many theaters. I'm sure next weekend, they'll pull it from more than half that. It has a production budget of $80 million. ouch.

DonnachaOne

I wonder will this news prompt a release of "The ORINAL UNRATED CUT!!!!!" on DVD. Not that I imagine Hirschbiegel's original cut is that extreme, just that I imagine that's what it would say on the box. At any rate, I'd really like to see the pre-James-McTeigue version.

Daytripper

And the marketing they did for it when they clearly had so many problems with it. I think I saw more commercials for this film than any other movie this summer.

I wouldn't mind seeing the original version one day. Unrated or not.

TomOpus

"Mr. Bean" doing better than "The Nanny Diaries" on 900 less screens. Dang.

Goldberg74

Maybe I should go see "Stardust" this weekend before it falls off the map.

OldBoy

you should. what a great surprise this summer. too bad it won't have the #'s for it to be successful.

fitprod

Actually considering industry estimates were around 10 million, it right on target.

fitprod

conscience

I hope Nanny Diaries does a little better with the Sat/Sun numbers. Bunch of kids with their parents in my theatre that probably couldn't go on Friday.

And it's actually a really good movie! Got lots of laughs and "awws" out of the audience. I was pleasantly surprised that all of the kids were well-behaved and very into the movie.

Ronnie Dobbs

I think Balls of Fury might do better than expected but I think Superbad will be #1 next weekend. Its labor day weekend kids are going back to school and wouldn't you rather see a comedy about raunchy teens than an update of a classic horror movie?

Mr. Cinema

WEEKEND:

1 1 Superbad Sony $18,000,000 -45.5% 2,948 - $6,105 $68,572,000 $20 2
2 3 The Bourne Ultimatum Uni. $12,361,000 -37.8% 3,679 -22 $3,359 $185,143,000 $110 4
3 2 Rush Hour 3 NL $12,250,000 -42.6% 3,408 -370 $3,594 $109,013,000 $140 3
4 N Mr. Bean's Holiday Uni. $10,121,000 - 1,714 - $5,904 $10,121,000 - 1
5 N WAR LGF $10,000,000 - 2,277 - $4,391 $10,000,000 - 1
6 N The Nanny Diaries MGM/W $7,811,000 - 2,629 - $2,971 $7,811,000 - 1
7 4 The Simpsons Movie Fox $4,400,000 -35.6% 2,600 -562 $1,692 $173,437,000 $75 5
8 6 Stardust Par. $3,954,000 -30.0% 2,339 -226 $1,690 $26,455,000 $70 3
9 7 Hairspray (2007) NL $3,450,000 -23.4% 2,016 -373 $1,711 $107,456,000 - 6
10 5 The Invasion WB $3,140,000 -47.2% 2,776 - $1,131 $11,515,000 $80 2
11 9 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix WB $2,480,000 -32.2% 1,322 -633 $1,875 $283,309,000 $150 7
12 8 Underdog BV $2,243,000 -41.7% 2,209 -342 $1,015 $36,637,000 - 4
13 11 Becoming Jane Mira. $2,200,000 -25.0% 1,210 +24 $1,818 $12,991,000 - 4
14 10 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Uni. $2,102,000 -41.6% 1,529 -729 $1,374 $114,336,000 $85 6
15 N Resurrecting the Champ YFG $1,849,000 - 1,605 - $1,152 $1,849,000 - 1
16 N Illegal Tender Uni. $1,436,000 - 512 - $2,804 $1,436,000 - 1
17 13 No Reservations WB $1,350,000 -42.9% 1,117 -487 $1,208 $39,144,000 - 5
18 15 Transformers P/DW $1,183,000 -39.3% 826 -380 $1,432 $308,631,000 $150 8
19 16 Ratatouille BV $1,139,000 -30.7% 956 -447 $1,191 $199,036,000 $150 9

Transformers passes Pirates 3 to be the 3rd highest grossing movie of 2007 in the US. The Invasion has earned $300,000 more than Daddy Day Camp. OUCH

resinrats

Superbad will be #3 next weekend. Nothing really big came out this weekend so it held #1. Horror movies tend to do really good their first weekend so I think Halloween will get #1. Balls of Fury seems be aimed at the same audience Superbad is aimed at but it is new so I think that will be #2.

JPRaup

damn Ratatouille just can't get that 200 mil

Drexl

Do the studios decide when to pull films? I assumed it was up to the individual theaters.

resinrats

It will make $200M. Its less than a million away and it made over a million this weekend. No way can it not make a million in the next week or so.

Seantn

Wow, that Sam Jackson/Josh Hartnett movie bombed big time.

Goldberg74

Labor Day Weekend will push Ratatouille over the $200M mark.

gotrice487

Nice to see that Superbad is still on top

Digigeek06

Transformers sure has legs

Gizmo

Damn...How did Mr Bean beat out a Scarlet Johanson movie where she is in her panties? Its a renter at least for me!

Hurray for Superbad! Saw it last night...hilarious!

nateman

I was thinking the same thing. Plus Scarlet Johanson isn’t as god damn irritating as Mr. Bean, fu*k he’s annoying. I’m going to be picking up The Nanny Diaries on DVD for one reason. The reviews for the movie aren’t outstanding but their not downright horrible either, it’s supposed to be an average movie.

The Yari Film Group is going to need some help resurrecting their money back after the piss poor Box Office performance of Resurrecting the Champ. The movie sound interesting & I’ll check it out on DVD. I like Alan Alda, Samuel L. Jackson & Kathryn Morris, Josh Harnett is Ok & I really don’t like Teri Hatcher.

Zodiac_Speaking

Wow, I thought "Resurrecting the Champ" was really good, atleast being #6 opening w/e, but #15! WTF? Maybe late August wasn't a good time to release a drama like it was.