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12-15-05, 02:27 PM
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i really can't believe only $10 mil for yesterday. i really thought it would do better, but I still think 5-day will top $120 million to $150 million. this is also (technically) the last full weekend of shopping for X-Mas, so maybe not as high as $150.
12-15-05, 02:38 PM
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Rank* Title
(Click to view chart) Monday
12/12 Tuesday
12/13 Wednesday
12/14 Thursday
12/15
1 KING KONG
3,567
N/A
N/A $9,755,745
-- / $2,735
$9,755,745 / 1
N/A
2 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
3,616 $4,603,152
-73.3% / $1,273
$70,159,464 / 4 $4,026,675
-12.5% / $1,114
$74,186,139 / 5 $3,507,508
-12.9% / $970
$77,693,647 / 6
N/A
3 SYRIANA
1,752 $1,057,309
-64% / $603
$14,293,881 / 20 $1,002,493
-5.2% / $572
$15,296,374 / 21 $812,413
-19% / $464
$16,108,787 / 22
N/A
4 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
3,325 $694,451
-76.8% / $186
$244,763,756 / 25 $705,380
1.6% / $189
$245,469,136 / 26 $595,298
-15.6% / $179
$246,064,434 / 27
N/A
5 WALK THE LINE
2,749 $501,812
-63.9% / $165
$77,493,174 / 25 $544,054
8.4% / $179
$78,037,228 / 26 $443,590
-18.5% / $161
$78,480,818 / 27
N/A
6 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
1,335 $285,000
(estimate)
-50% / $213
$26,758,000 / 32 $310,000
(estimate)
8.8% / $232
$27,068,000 / 33 $275,000
(estimate)
-11.3% / $206
$27,343,000 / 34
N/A
7 AEON FLUX
2,608 $371,488
-69.6% / $142
$20,589,776 / 11 $353,623
-4.8% / $136
$20,943,399 / 12 $259,374
-26.7% / $99
$21,202,773 / 13
N/A
8 JUST FRIENDS
2,464 $275,000
(estimate)
-66.3% / $112
$26,648,000 / 20 $285,000
(estimate)
3.6% / $116
$26,933,000 / 21 $240,000
(estimate)
-15.8% / $97
$27,173,000 / 22
N/A
9 YOURS, MINE AND OURS
3,210 $206,291
-83.9% / $64
$41,025,509 / 20 $226,434
9.8% / $71
$41,251,943 / 21 $202,495
-10.6% / $63
$41,454,438 / 22
N/A
10 THE POLAR EXPRESS - IMAX
66 $117,692
-63.5% / $1,783
$3,937,214 / 20 $130,960
11.3% / $1,984
$4,068,174 / 21 $131,347
0.3% / $1,990
$4,199,521 / 22
N/A
11 RENT
1,133 $176,997
-61.3% / $90
$27,092,860 / 20 $181,211
2.4% / $92
$27,274,071 / 21 $122,509
-32.4% / $108
$27,396,580 / 22
N/A
12 BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
8 $103,256
-38% / $20,651
$650,681 / 4 $99,152
-4% / $19,830
$749,833 / 5 $112,895
13.9% / $14,112
$862,728 / 6
N/A
13 CHICKEN LITTLE
2,326 $125,518
-81.7% / $54
$127,405,694 / 39 $145,509
15.9% / $63
$127,551,203 / 40 $107,827
-25.9% / $46
$127,659,030 / 41
N/A
14 DERAILED
1,128 $106,954
-63.2% / $95
$34,768,961 / 32 $111,772
4.5% / $99
$34,880,733 / 33 $73,807
-34% / $65
$34,954,540 / 34
N/A
Personally I don't think that is very good for the King... I would have thought it would have made at least $20 million...
(Click to view chart) Monday
12/12 Tuesday
12/13 Wednesday
12/14 Thursday
12/15
1 KING KONG
3,567
N/A
N/A $9,755,745
-- / $2,735
$9,755,745 / 1
N/A
2 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
3,616 $4,603,152
-73.3% / $1,273
$70,159,464 / 4 $4,026,675
-12.5% / $1,114
$74,186,139 / 5 $3,507,508
-12.9% / $970
$77,693,647 / 6
N/A
3 SYRIANA
1,752 $1,057,309
-64% / $603
$14,293,881 / 20 $1,002,493
-5.2% / $572
$15,296,374 / 21 $812,413
-19% / $464
$16,108,787 / 22
N/A
4 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
3,325 $694,451
-76.8% / $186
$244,763,756 / 25 $705,380
1.6% / $189
$245,469,136 / 26 $595,298
-15.6% / $179
$246,064,434 / 27
N/A
5 WALK THE LINE
2,749 $501,812
-63.9% / $165
$77,493,174 / 25 $544,054
8.4% / $179
$78,037,228 / 26 $443,590
-18.5% / $161
$78,480,818 / 27
N/A
6 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
1,335 $285,000
(estimate)
-50% / $213
$26,758,000 / 32 $310,000
(estimate)
8.8% / $232
$27,068,000 / 33 $275,000
(estimate)
-11.3% / $206
$27,343,000 / 34
N/A
7 AEON FLUX
2,608 $371,488
-69.6% / $142
$20,589,776 / 11 $353,623
-4.8% / $136
$20,943,399 / 12 $259,374
-26.7% / $99
$21,202,773 / 13
N/A
8 JUST FRIENDS
2,464 $275,000
(estimate)
-66.3% / $112
$26,648,000 / 20 $285,000
(estimate)
3.6% / $116
$26,933,000 / 21 $240,000
(estimate)
-15.8% / $97
$27,173,000 / 22
N/A
9 YOURS, MINE AND OURS
3,210 $206,291
-83.9% / $64
$41,025,509 / 20 $226,434
9.8% / $71
$41,251,943 / 21 $202,495
-10.6% / $63
$41,454,438 / 22
N/A
10 THE POLAR EXPRESS - IMAX
66 $117,692
-63.5% / $1,783
$3,937,214 / 20 $130,960
11.3% / $1,984
$4,068,174 / 21 $131,347
0.3% / $1,990
$4,199,521 / 22
N/A
11 RENT
1,133 $176,997
-61.3% / $90
$27,092,860 / 20 $181,211
2.4% / $92
$27,274,071 / 21 $122,509
-32.4% / $108
$27,396,580 / 22
N/A
12 BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
8 $103,256
-38% / $20,651
$650,681 / 4 $99,152
-4% / $19,830
$749,833 / 5 $112,895
13.9% / $14,112
$862,728 / 6
N/A
13 CHICKEN LITTLE
2,326 $125,518
-81.7% / $54
$127,405,694 / 39 $145,509
15.9% / $63
$127,551,203 / 40 $107,827
-25.9% / $46
$127,659,030 / 41
N/A
14 DERAILED
1,128 $106,954
-63.2% / $95
$34,768,961 / 32 $111,772
4.5% / $99
$34,880,733 / 33 $73,807
-34% / $65
$34,954,540 / 34
N/A
Personally I don't think that is very good for the King... I would have thought it would have made at least $20 million...
12-15-05, 02:39 PM
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For comparison:
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
1st Wed. = $18,214,211
1st 5 days = $74,368,000
Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
1st Wed. = $26,159,972
1st 5 days = $102,046,212
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
1st Wed. = $34,450,834
1st 5 days = $124,100,534
I only use these because they are all recent December Wednesday openers, three hours long, and (duh) Peter Jackson was involved.
I'm not going to jump the gun and call this a disaster, because I think this will do good in the long run. But still, that number has to be *somewhat* of a disappointment to Universal considering the hype and budget.
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
1st Wed. = $18,214,211
1st 5 days = $74,368,000
Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
1st Wed. = $26,159,972
1st 5 days = $102,046,212
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
1st Wed. = $34,450,834
1st 5 days = $124,100,534
I only use these because they are all recent December Wednesday openers, three hours long, and (duh) Peter Jackson was involved.
I'm not going to jump the gun and call this a disaster, because I think this will do good in the long run. But still, that number has to be *somewhat* of a disappointment to Universal considering the hype and budget.
12-15-05, 02:42 PM
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If I remember correctly, the Rings films opened right on or a couple days before Christmas, when everyone was on vacation. Opening Kong last night seems like a misjudgement considering it's finals week for colleges, hell week for most offices, and shitty unseasonably cold and snowy week for this early in winter (though they couldn't have predicted that).
12-15-05, 03:08 PM
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I dont think they are worried. It may not opened huge on day one, but its a film that will carry and stay around for a while. Theres no more big movies that I can think of coming out anytime soon.
12-15-05, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by maingon
I dont think they are worried. It may not opened huge on day one, but its a film that will carry and stay around for a while. Theres no more big movies that I can think of coming out anytime soon.
12-15-05, 04:01 PM
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The doomsaying has already begun. Sheesh, most people haven't even had a chance to see it yet!
No lord of the box office, ‘Kong’ takes in $9.8 million in first day
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “King Kong,” Peter Jackson’s remake about the giant ape in love, took in $9.8 million domestically in its first day, solid for a Wednesday debut but far below the king-size premieres of other action epics.
Distributor Universal called it a good beginning that will generate audience word-of-mouth on top of stellar reviews for “King Kong.”
“My little monkey’s doing great,” said Nikki Rocco, Universal’s head of distribution. “We’re convinced with all the information we have that this is the big guy, and he’s going to be around for a long time.”
The first of Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” films, “The Fellowship of the Ring,” opened on a Wednesday in December 2001 with $18.2 million, nearly double the take of “King Kong.”
The second installment, “The Two Towers,” debuted on a Wednesday a year later with $26.2 million, while the final chapter, “The Return of the King,” opened with $34.5 million the next year, a record for a Wednesday debut until “Spider-Man 2” broke it six months later with $40.4 million.
“The Lord of the Rings” flicks opened closer to Christmas, when college students generally were off for winter break and free to hit the theaters.
The $9.8 million gross puts “King Kong” at No. 21 on the all-time list of best Wednesday debuts, just behind “Catch Me If You Can” and ahead of “Armageddon.” Most other films ranking above it were summer blockbusters or franchise films such as “The Matrix Revolutions.”
Still, expectations have been huge for “King Kong,” though analysts say it could follow the long-haul pattern of “Titanic,” which had a comparatively modest $28.6 million opening weekend but stayed afloat to become the biggest-grossing modern film at $600 million domestically and $1.8 billion worldwide.
“I think the thought is that this movie would have opened bigger, because it’s ‘King Kong’ and it’s Peter Jackson,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
“But I think this is a movie that’s going to perform well this weekend and be in this for the long term, because it’s a really good movie, and that will hold it in good stead and generate great audience reaction,” Dergarabedian said. “So this is just the beginning for this film.”
Besides its domestic gross, “King Kong” debuted with a total of $8 million in 36 other countries Wednesday. According to Universal, “King Kong” had the biggest Wednesday opening ever in Jackson’s home turf of New Zealand and outgrossed the first days of “The Lord of the Rings” movies in Hong Kong and Malaysia.
A new take on the 1933 classic, “King Kong” stars Naomi Watts as the beauty who catches the eye of the 25-foot gorilla when she travels with a film crew to the island where Kong is king of the beasts. The film co-stars Jack Black as the filmmaker leading the expedition and Adrien Brody as the screenwriter who becomes romantically involved with Watts.
Critics generally called “King Kong” a triumph of big-studio filmmaking, raving about the colossal action and visual effects, though some reviewers felt the movie could have been shorter.
The three-hour length limited the number of screenings that theaters could fit in, though “The Lord of the Rings” movies all had similar running times.
“You had the geek audience waiting for ‘Lord of the Rings,”’ Rocco said. “We’re a very different movie. We knew going in we were going to be building a franchise.”
Rocco noted that “Shrek 2” had a “good Wednesday debut, not a blowout,” but went on to become a blockbuster. “Shrek 2” took in $11.8 million on opening Wednesday and followed with $108 million in its first weekend on its way to becoming the top-grossing animated film ever at $436 million.
Boxofficemojo.com, which tracks movie grosses, forecast a $58 million opening weekend for “King Kong.” The trade paper Variety reported that industry expectations peg the film’s prospects at a bit less than the $65.6 million debut of last weekend’s “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”
No lord of the box office, ‘Kong’ takes in $9.8 million in first day
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “King Kong,” Peter Jackson’s remake about the giant ape in love, took in $9.8 million domestically in its first day, solid for a Wednesday debut but far below the king-size premieres of other action epics.
Distributor Universal called it a good beginning that will generate audience word-of-mouth on top of stellar reviews for “King Kong.”
“My little monkey’s doing great,” said Nikki Rocco, Universal’s head of distribution. “We’re convinced with all the information we have that this is the big guy, and he’s going to be around for a long time.”
The first of Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” films, “The Fellowship of the Ring,” opened on a Wednesday in December 2001 with $18.2 million, nearly double the take of “King Kong.”
The second installment, “The Two Towers,” debuted on a Wednesday a year later with $26.2 million, while the final chapter, “The Return of the King,” opened with $34.5 million the next year, a record for a Wednesday debut until “Spider-Man 2” broke it six months later with $40.4 million.
“The Lord of the Rings” flicks opened closer to Christmas, when college students generally were off for winter break and free to hit the theaters.
The $9.8 million gross puts “King Kong” at No. 21 on the all-time list of best Wednesday debuts, just behind “Catch Me If You Can” and ahead of “Armageddon.” Most other films ranking above it were summer blockbusters or franchise films such as “The Matrix Revolutions.”
Still, expectations have been huge for “King Kong,” though analysts say it could follow the long-haul pattern of “Titanic,” which had a comparatively modest $28.6 million opening weekend but stayed afloat to become the biggest-grossing modern film at $600 million domestically and $1.8 billion worldwide.
“I think the thought is that this movie would have opened bigger, because it’s ‘King Kong’ and it’s Peter Jackson,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
“But I think this is a movie that’s going to perform well this weekend and be in this for the long term, because it’s a really good movie, and that will hold it in good stead and generate great audience reaction,” Dergarabedian said. “So this is just the beginning for this film.”
Besides its domestic gross, “King Kong” debuted with a total of $8 million in 36 other countries Wednesday. According to Universal, “King Kong” had the biggest Wednesday opening ever in Jackson’s home turf of New Zealand and outgrossed the first days of “The Lord of the Rings” movies in Hong Kong and Malaysia.
A new take on the 1933 classic, “King Kong” stars Naomi Watts as the beauty who catches the eye of the 25-foot gorilla when she travels with a film crew to the island where Kong is king of the beasts. The film co-stars Jack Black as the filmmaker leading the expedition and Adrien Brody as the screenwriter who becomes romantically involved with Watts.
Critics generally called “King Kong” a triumph of big-studio filmmaking, raving about the colossal action and visual effects, though some reviewers felt the movie could have been shorter.
The three-hour length limited the number of screenings that theaters could fit in, though “The Lord of the Rings” movies all had similar running times.
“You had the geek audience waiting for ‘Lord of the Rings,”’ Rocco said. “We’re a very different movie. We knew going in we were going to be building a franchise.”
Rocco noted that “Shrek 2” had a “good Wednesday debut, not a blowout,” but went on to become a blockbuster. “Shrek 2” took in $11.8 million on opening Wednesday and followed with $108 million in its first weekend on its way to becoming the top-grossing animated film ever at $436 million.
Boxofficemojo.com, which tracks movie grosses, forecast a $58 million opening weekend for “King Kong.” The trade paper Variety reported that industry expectations peg the film’s prospects at a bit less than the $65.6 million debut of last weekend’s “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”
12-15-05, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Sierra Disc
The three-hour length limited the number of screenings that theaters could fit in,
12-15-05, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Sierra Disc
“We’re a very different movie. We knew going in we were going to be building a franchise.”
12-15-05, 05:45 PM
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I would just like to say that the reason Shrek 2 had a weak opening Wednesday and Thursday gross was for the fact that DreamWorks pushed up the film two days just a few weeks prior to release and nobody knew about it. My friends (who were huge fans of the original) and I (who thought the original sucked) saw it opening day, but when we started talking to people about it the next day at school, they were like, "That's out?" Most people still thought the film was opening on Friday.
King Kong, er, has been advertised that it was being released on December 14th for a while now. Hopefully the weekend gross will be better. Hell, Titanic barely made $30 million it's opening weekend, let us not forget that.
King Kong, er, has been advertised that it was being released on December 14th for a while now. Hopefully the weekend gross will be better. Hell, Titanic barely made $30 million it's opening weekend, let us not forget that.
12-15-05, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by riley_dude
boxofficemojo.com is a good way to check daily for numbers.
12-15-05, 07:36 PM
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The problem with a less than stellar opening day is that its gets reported as less than stellar. That kind of news has the habit of spreading into the general populace and being interpreted as an indication of quality. If it has a bad weekend, its not going to get much better.
I haven't seen the movies, a combination of bad weather and a 3 hour runtime. Still going to see, but I don't have that compelling need to see it right this instance.
I haven't seen the movies, a combination of bad weather and a 3 hour runtime. Still going to see, but I don't have that compelling need to see it right this instance.
12-15-05, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by clemente
I haven't seen the movies, a combination of bad weather and a 3 hour runtime. Still going to see, but I don't have that compelling need to see it right this instance.
12-15-05, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by clemente
If it has a bad weekend, its not going to get much better.
12-15-05, 08:52 PM
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My biggest problem - the movie, at least to me, just doesn't look at all that great. Every time I see a trailer/tv spot/still from the movie, I get a highly "meh" feeling from it...