Final Figures for Weekend April 2 - 4, 2004
TW	LW	Title	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count	Change	Average	Total Gross	Cost*	Week #
1	N	Hellboy	SonR	$23,172,440	-	3,028	3,026	$7,652	$23,172,440	$66 / $25	1
2	N	Walking Tall	MGM	$15,501,114	-	2,836	2,086	$5,465	$15,501,114	$46 / $25	1
3	1	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	WB	$14,788,422	-49.80%	3,312	-	$4,465	$49,746,466	- / -	2
4	N	Home on the Range	BV	$13,880,771	-	3,047	-	$4,555	$13,880,771	- / -	1
5	3	The Passion of the Christ	NM	$10,605,106	-15.80%	3,408	194	$3,111	$330,856,971	$30 / $20	6
6	N	The Prince and Me	Par.	$9,406,378	-	2,682	-	$3,507	$9,406,378	$22 / $15	1
7	2	The Ladykillers	BV	$7,090,016	-43.90%	1,587	4	$4,467	$23,482,792	- / -	2
8	5	Jersey Girl	Mira.	$5,124,554	-38.40%	1,821	301	$2,814	$15,826,301	$35 / $15	2
9	4	Dawn of the Dead	Uni.	$4,584,365	-57.10%	2,357	-391	$1,945	$51,759,940	$26 / $20	3
10	6	Taking Lives	WB	$3,495,271	-46.70%	2,010	-695	$1,738	$27,473,161	$45 / $25	3

The Passion just keeps on tickin'.

Chris

wow slightly beating out the prince and me. Julia styles is not one with the lord I suppose.

Next week it will be out of the top 5 without a doubt.

Which? The Passion? I was thinking it would make it back to the top again. What are the new movies opening up this weekend?
I don't see any of the existing movies beating Passion this next weekend.

Chris

Even with the easter holiday. It bearly beat out The Prince and Me.

Easter brings about it Spring break for different areas so you will see a lot of the pg films get a boost.

This weeks new releases are a few and even if they make just enough, Passions would be pushed down for the fresher items.

The Alamo
Ella Enchanted
The Girl Next Door
Johnson Family Vacation
The Whole Ten Yards
The United States of Leland gets a wider push in the indie market

The Alamo and Girl next door are two titles that have been pushed back for a while so the aduaince has had the chance to get more then enough advertisment for them. Johnson family Vaction has two big name stars which will attract some attention. Ella Enchanted will get the younger girls and you still have this past weeks releases that will trickle down to second viewings. Hellboy will still be in the top five as well as Home on the range which should get some decent feedback and draw a crowd to see.

Besides, Easter is a day for families and church. You wont get the numbers going to see this as some claim.

C'mon.. They'll hold church at the movie theater and give sermons about the Passion of the Christ this weekend.

Yeah, but Mel Gibson going around farting at people would drive attendance low.

ah, people still trying to bring down the Passion, it's sixth week of release. Too, too funny

Unlike Lt. Dan, the Passion has legs.

Glad to see Passion still in the game!

If you take out the church groups that have saw The Passion, then how much will it have made? $100 million? And some of these church groups, who say that going to movies is a sin, etc, will go watch this....just a tad hypocritical. It's still just a movie. This movie is constant violence, no matter what the message is. Probably has more violence than any other R rated movie ever made.

And BTW......The Passion ain't catchin' TITANIC. To all the haters out there, TITANIC ain't fallin to Mel. Sorry.........not happenin'. And while we're on the subject, it ain't catchin Spider-Man and it sure ain't toppin Star Wars.

Shut up.

I'm not trying to bring down Passions, argue it's merits or destroy Mel's character as a hebrew hater. I'm trying to instill some reality on those who claim the easter holiday will bring passions back to #1.

It took a 22% drop since last week. That is a nice slow decline in sales. Very successful run. It was very close of being 6th this week with a childerns film. With the easter holidays it will be more difficult to keep up with those childern films daily average as studios market films to meet that two week window where the kids are on break from school.

Being realistic with the amount of new films breaking out this week combined with the current films on the top five, Passions place will still be on the top ten, just not on the top five.

Not a fan of the movie much, eh? While sure it's not going to catch Titanic, you have to admit the film is an amazing success. $100 million if you take out church groups? Come on, even you can't honestly believe that. Sure, a good portion ofthe audience was Christian, prolly most, but how can you fault someone for giving an audience what they want?
I'm quite impressed with what Mel has accomplished here, and though I don't prescribe to the beliefs in the film, I admire the passion that obviously went into this project.

Nonetheless, I'd like to see Hellboy do well. I liked the movie, I thought it was choppy...but the characters I quite enjoyed and hope to see another round. Hopefully it holds up well, though I can't see it topping 100 mil with that opening.

Remember last year HULK was number 1 and then it's 2nd week it dropped huge. And HULK is considered a bomb.
So wait till Monday April 12 and we'll see.

Hellboy is no Hulk. the amount Universal put into that film and lost isn't anywhere close to the situation with Revolutions and Hellboy. Hellboy currently is much more successful than expected.

I just think everyone's pissed because Passion is going to outgross the LOTR movies

^ Probably. Now that you said that though we are gonna get 15 posts saying why its actually not as good (because "the church" MADE people go see it and used their evil powers to conjur spirits and all that)

you use this line a lot, eh?

All three of them?

if you take all the african-americans that have seen Barbershop it would have tanked too. what are we talking about?

Not combined!

Chris

If you take out the fanboys from LOTR, how much would it have made?

If you take out all the Satanists who saw Hellboy this weekend it definitely would've tanked.

Blah blah blah, BLAH! BLAH! Blah blah.....what are you some kind of analyst or something....work for the Hollywood Reporter, Jacko?

Yes, quite frequently. You are very observant!

If you take out all of the Vilma fangirls.... oh never mind!

Chris