Box Office 10/30-11/1: Is that It For This Is It?
10-31-09, 04:54 PM
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Box Office 10/30-11/1: Is that It For This Is It?
According to Deadline.com -- so much for some saying "This Is It" would do "Titanic" numbers.... Not that most imagined that really. Still it's basically free money for the Jacko estate, isn't it?
Estimates:
1. This Is It (Sony) New $7.5M Fri [3,481 runs] $20M Wkd 5 1/2-day $31.5M
2. Paranormal Activity (Paramount) Week 6 $6M Fri [2,404] $16M Wkd
3. Couples Retreat (Universal) Week 5 $2.4M Fri [3,026] $6.8M Wkd
4. Law Abiding Citizen (Overture) Week 4 $2.4M Fri [2,764] $6.6M Wkd
5. Where The Wild Things Are (WB) Week 3 $1.9M Fri [3,645] $7.0M
6. Saw VI (Lionsgate) $1.9M Fri (-73%) [3,036] $5M Wkd
7. The Stepfather (Sony) $1.1M Fri (-47%) $3.5M Wkd
8. Astro Boy (Imagi/Summit) $1.0M Fri (-42%) [3,020] $4M Wkd
9. The Vampire's Assistant (Uni) $1.0M Fri (-55%) [2,754] $3M Wkd
10. Amelia (Fox Searchlight) $900K Fri (-36%) [1,070] $2.7M Wkd
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/ha...xpands-for-6m/
Estimates:
1. This Is It (Sony) New $7.5M Fri [3,481 runs] $20M Wkd 5 1/2-day $31.5M
2. Paranormal Activity (Paramount) Week 6 $6M Fri [2,404] $16M Wkd
3. Couples Retreat (Universal) Week 5 $2.4M Fri [3,026] $6.8M Wkd
4. Law Abiding Citizen (Overture) Week 4 $2.4M Fri [2,764] $6.6M Wkd
5. Where The Wild Things Are (WB) Week 3 $1.9M Fri [3,645] $7.0M
6. Saw VI (Lionsgate) $1.9M Fri (-73%) [3,036] $5M Wkd
7. The Stepfather (Sony) $1.1M Fri (-47%) $3.5M Wkd
8. Astro Boy (Imagi/Summit) $1.0M Fri (-42%) [3,020] $4M Wkd
9. The Vampire's Assistant (Uni) $1.0M Fri (-55%) [2,754] $3M Wkd
10. Amelia (Fox Searchlight) $900K Fri (-36%) [1,070] $2.7M Wkd
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/ha...xpands-for-6m/
10-31-09, 05:50 PM
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Ho-ly shit! Saw VI sank like a fuckin' stone! I'll bet LG is sweating VII and VIII big time.
I wish PA would steal the weekend away from MJ. Still hope since tonight could be a big night for it.
I wish PA would steal the weekend away from MJ. Still hope since tonight could be a big night for it.
10-31-09, 05:53 PM
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Anyone find it odd the top movie for HALLOWEEN is going to be a musical documentary? I know it's a morbid event with the death and all, but still...
10-31-09, 07:05 PM
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I never thought "This is It" would do huge numbers. Suprised Saw Sank so badly, not that I like the series but it is Halloween
10-31-09, 07:19 PM
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Why is everyone surprised with Saw?
What is the last horror franchise to have a Part 6 that did really well compared to what its previous installments made? I'm honestly shocked that Part 5 made as much as it did. With the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street Series, both of their Part 5s were where their box office started taking a dip.
What is the last horror franchise to have a Part 6 that did really well compared to what its previous installments made? I'm honestly shocked that Part 5 made as much as it did. With the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street Series, both of their Part 5s were where their box office started taking a dip.
10-31-09, 09:49 PM
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Why is everyone surprised with Saw?
What is the last horror franchise to have a Part 6 that did really well compared to what its previous installments made? I'm honestly shocked that Part 5 made as much as it did. With the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street Series, both of their Part 5s were where their box office started taking a dip.
What is the last horror franchise to have a Part 6 that did really well compared to what its previous installments made? I'm honestly shocked that Part 5 made as much as it did. With the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street Series, both of their Part 5s were where their box office started taking a dip.
10-31-09, 11:35 PM
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11-01-09, 12:48 AM
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Just give us one more Saw, axe the 3-D idea, bring back either Whannel or Bousman to direct and wrap up the whole series.
11-01-09, 01:07 AM
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Please PLEASE let this be the last of the "Saw" movies. Until the reboot in 2015 that is.
11-01-09, 10:19 AM
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Saw VII hits theatres 22 October, 2010.
David Hackl directs. He did Saw V. Believe Saw VII will be in 3D.
David Hackl directs. He did Saw V. Believe Saw VII will be in 3D.
11-01-09, 11:45 AM
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11-01-09, 01:58 PM
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Re: This Is It, I do quite like this quote from David Poland, which is appropriate for an awful lot of things (not just box office) these days:
"We are now responding to hype as though it is news and then attacking the news because "we" bought into the hype."
http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/a...stimat_65.html
"We are now responding to hype as though it is news and then attacking the news because "we" bought into the hype."
http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/a...stimat_65.html
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Deal with it. Huh, no accounting for the taste of a huge portion of America.
Saw 1 was clever, I'll give you that, but I thought it tried way too hard to be that way. Still, leaps and bounds better than later installments. The francise needs to die. As soon as possible.
Saw 1 was clever, I'll give you that, but I thought it tried way too hard to be that way. Still, leaps and bounds better than later installments. The francise needs to die. As soon as possible.
11-01-09, 10:13 PM
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Just try your absolute best to not accidentally wander into a theater when it's playing and try really hard not to break your legs so you can't escape said theater.
11-01-09, 10:47 PM
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Paranormal Activity has to hold the record for most profitable film when compared to it's original budget.
It's approaching $100mil gross in the states on a $15,000 budget.
It's approaching $100mil gross in the states on a $15,000 budget.