Weekend Box Office Thread - 12/08 to 12/10
We've finally got a new #1 and #2.
Friday's Estimates 1. APOCALYPTO $4,950,000 2. THE HOLIDAY $4,400,000 3. HAPPY FEET $3,075,000 4. BLOOD DIAMOND $2,675,000 5. CASINO ROYALE $2,635,000 6. DEJA VU $1,825,000 7. UNACCOMPANIED MINORS $1,550,000 8. THE NATIVITY STORY $1,450,000 9. DECK THE HALLS $1,020,000 10. BORAT $790,000 |
I figured Blood Diamond would have opened higher, but it was released in fewer theaters than any of the other wide new releases.
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Originally Posted by dcprules
I figured Blood Diamond would have opened higher, but it was released in fewer theaters than any of the other wide new releases.
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I have to say I'm surprised about APOCALYPTO. Subtitled films about Mayans? If Mel Gibson didn't make it, it sounds like an arthouse film that wouldn't even get a wide release and most people wouldn't care about.
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Borat is still in the top ten. Way to fucking go, Sasha Baron Cohen. I'm glad you finally made your impact.
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Keep in mind Christians who saw THE PASSION are going just to supprot Mel Gibson and also the huge Mexican population is going also goin to see APOCALYPTO.
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Originally Posted by wm lopez
Keep in mind Christians who saw THE PASSION are going just to supprot Mel Gibson and also the huge Mexican population is going also goin to see APOCALYPTO.
the Christians that i work with all sworn him off after the drunken incident, just like they swore off tom cruise for "taking advantage of" katie.... |
Keep in mind Christians who saw THE PASSION are going just to supprot Mel Gibson and also the huge Mexican population is going also goin to see APOCALYPTO.
-------------------------------------------------------- Insert obvious joke here: "Which won't be reflected in the box office if they choose to go to a drive-in!" badump dump. |
Originally Posted by Jericho
I have to say I'm surprised about APOCALYPTO. Subtitled films about Mayans? If Mel Gibson didn't make it, it sounds like an arthouse film that wouldn't even get a wide release and most people wouldn't care about.
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Saturday:
1. HAPPY FEET WARNER BROS. 3,650 6,088,000 1,668 -25% 134,190,000 2. APOCALYTPO MGM 2,465 5,724,000 2,322 n/a 10,594,000 3. HOLIDAY, THE PARAMOUNT 2,610 5,200,000 1,992 n/a 9,605,000 4. CASINO ROYALE SONY 3,161 4,132,000 1,307 -38% 126,905,000 5. BLOOD DIAMOND WARNER BROS. 1,910 3,650,000 1,911 n/a 6,345,000 6. UNACCOMPANIED MINORS WARNER BROS. 2,774 2,761,000 995 n/a 4,341,000 7. DEJA VU BVI 2,742 2,757,000 1,005 -45% 51,625,000 8. NATIVITY STORY, THE NEW LINE 3,083 2,196,000 712 -20% 13,955,000 9. DECK THE HALLS 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,766 1,905,000 689 -39% 29,156,000 10. SANT CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE BVI 1,594 1,545,000 969 -33% 76,245,000 |
Originally Posted by Jericho
I have to say I'm surprised about APOCALYPTO. Subtitled films about Mayans? If Mel Gibson didn't make it, it sounds like an arthouse film that wouldn't even get a wide release and most people wouldn't care about.
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Weekend Estimates:
1 N Apocalypto BV $14,166,000 - 2,465 - $5,746 $14,166,000 $40 1 2 N The Holiday Sony $13,500,000 - 2,610 +1,810 $5,172 $13,500,000 $85 1 3 1 Happy Feet WB $12,718,000 -27.5% 3,650 -154 $3,484 $137,738,000 $100 4 4 2 Casino Royale Sony $8,800,000 -41.8% 3,161 -225 $2,783 $128,894,000 $150 4 5 N Blood Diamond WB $8,515,000 - 1,910 +1,205 $4,458 $8,515,000 - 1 6 N Unaccompanied Minors WB $6,205,000 - 2,775 - $2,236 $6,205,000 $25 1 7 3 Deja Vu BV $6,070,000 -44.6% 2,742 -366 $2,213 $53,046,000 $75 3 8 4 The Nativity Story NL $5,350,000 -31.8% 3,083 -100 $1,735 $15,500,000 $35 2 9 5 Deck the Halls Fox $3,925,000 -41.2% 2,766 -439 $1,419 $30,076,000 - 3 10 6 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause BV $3,311,000 -32.3% 2,226 -391 $1,487 $77,240,000 - 6 11 7 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Fox $2,565,000 -46.0% 1,594 -643 $1,609 $120,260,000 $18 6 12 9 Stranger Than Fiction Sony $1,500,000 -55.3% 1,266 -538 $1,184 $39,205,000 $30 5 13 8 Turistas FoxA $1,335,000 -62.7% 1,572 +2 $849 $5,875,000 $10 2 |
Say what you will about Mel Gibson, but he's still got some boxoffice mojo (no pun intended) working for him. I know they're not exactly the same kind of movie, but if I had seen the trailers for The Fountain and Apocalypto back to back without knowing anything about them, I would have thought The Fountain would be the bigger draw. The Fountain might not even make $14 Million all together.
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Originally Posted by wm lopez
Keep in mind Christians who saw THE PASSION are going just to supprot Mel Gibson
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Originally Posted by sixerb
the Christians that i work with all sworn him off after the drunken incident, just like they swore off tom cruise for "taking advantage of" katie....
Christians that have "sworn him off" because of that need to maybe reevaluate their own lives...I'm sure some things they've/we've all done, if in the media, would make us all just as guilty. :) |
Originally Posted by lordwow
I'm pretty sure you can say that about most films (replacing Mel Gibson with another Producer/Director)
I don't know about that. Very few people have real box office draw. I mean even Martin Scorsese hasn't exactly lit up the box office. I'd think very few people could really have enough pull to make a movie like Apocalypto successful (and a lot of people wouldn't. even try to make such a movie, i.e. Jerry Bruckheimer) |
Originally Posted by wm lopez
Keep in mind Christians who saw THE PASSION are going just to supprot Mel Gibson and also the huge Mexican population is going also goin to see APOCALYPTO.
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A $14 million opening from over 2400 theaters doesn't show me huge support.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema
A $14 million opening from over 2400 theaters doesn't show me huge support.
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Originally Posted by TallGuyMe
Keep in mind Christians who saw THE PASSION are going just to supprot Mel Gibson
Though it was number one, it was not exactly impressive. I'm sure the news will spin it both ways depending on how they want it to be portrayed. "#1 movie! Bigger than Braveheart!" This thing will probably top out at 50mill - neither a success or failure. |
Does it seem like this weekend is really, really small?
I don't know if it was because 007 Feet's been doing so well or because there was no Narnia-sized blockbuster this weekend, but it seems underwhelming. Like a January B.O. |
Originally Posted by Jericho
I'm not sure I buy any of this. I mean that's like saying all Democrats will support George Clooney or Ben Affleck. Why would Christians care about a Mayan film? Simply because the director is the same religion? And Mexicans? While some Mayans are from present day Mexico, the Mayans are more Central America. This isn't the Aztecs...
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Originally Posted by The Bus
Does it seem like this weekend is really, really small?
I don't know if it was because 007 Feet's been doing so well or because there was no Narnia-sized blockbuster this weekend, but it seems underwhelming. Like a January B.O. |
Originally Posted by The Bus
Does it seem like this weekend is really, really small?
I don't know if it was because 007 Feet's been doing so well or because there was no Narnia-sized blockbuster this weekend, but it seems underwhelming. Like a January B.O. |
Originally Posted by clemente
Maybe my memory is fuzzy, but isn't early December usually very soft.
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