Mr. Cinema

Wednesday's numbers:

1. ROCKY BALBOA MGM 2,752 6,204,105 2,254 n/a 6,204,105
2. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,852 2,930,000 1,027 n/a 35,210,000
3. CHARLOTTE'S WEB PARAMOUNT 3,566 2,065,000 579 n/a 16,512,000
4. ERAGON 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,020 1,765,000 584 n/a 28,495,000
5. HOLIDAY, THE PARAMOUNT 2,614 1,245,000 476 14% 28,685,000
6. HAPPY FEET WARNER BROS. 3,335 1,190,000 357 59% 152,408,000
7. NATIVITY STORY, THE NEW LINE 2,574 1,060,000 412 50% 26,064,000
8. BLOOD DIAMOND WARNER BROS. 1,910 830,000 435 -6% 21,130,000
9. APOCALYPTO BVI 2,465 830,000 337 -30% 30,846,000
10. CASINO ROYALE SONY 2,437 780,000 320 5% 139,778,000
11. UNACCOMPANIED MINORS WARNER BROS. 2,775 525,000 189 176% 11,290,000
12. DEJA VU BVI 1,985 360,000 181 -18% 58,847,000
13. SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE BVI 1,535 360,000 235 76% 80,747,000
14. DECK THE HALLS 20TH CENTURY FOX 1,851 205,000 111 11% 33,428,000
15. DREAMGIRLS PARAMOUNT 3 73,775 24,592 n/a 567,125
16. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA WARNER BROS. 5 20,521 4,104 n/a 20,521
17. PAINTED VEIL, THE WARNER BROS. 4 10,600 2,650 n/a 10,600
18. GOOD GERMAN, THE WARNER BROS. 5 9,636 1,927 n/a 108,992

I won't get to see Rocky until Sunday night, but that's the one I'm rooting for this weekend. Solid debut.

The Monkees

This was a great movie!!! I am going to see it numerous times.

The Bus

Wow. Opening night it made 25% of its budget back. Not bad. So what should we expect from it through the weekend? $20MM? $25MM? Seems like word of mouth is good.

Mr. Cinema

Most critics gave it a thumbs up. I would say it'll earn at least $20 million Friday - Sunday. It'll probably drop today, but still earn maybe around $3-4 million. So that could be a $30 million, 5-day start, which would be good for this series.

clemente

A feel good comeback for a movie that is universally love (the original Rocky) at Christmas time - and to top it all off, good to great reviews? Sylvester can start printing money now.

Time to fess up, we all thought it was going to be Gigli bad, right?

B5Erik

No, I actually believed in this one from the first time Stallone started talking about the possibility of another Rocky movie 8 or so years ago.

I knew there were some good story possibilities there and I honestly believed that Stallone's pride wouldn't let him put out a crappy movie to end the series.

Mr. Cinema

THURSDAY:

1. ROCKY BALBOA MGM 2,752 3,410,000 1,239 n/a 9,614,105
2. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,852 3,220,000 1,129 n/a 38,430,000
3. CHARLOTTE'S WEB PARAMOUNT 3,566 2,325,000 652 n/a 18,837,000
4. ERAGON 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,020 2,000,000 662 n/a 30,495,000
5. HAPPY FEET WARNER BROS. 3,335 1,560,000 468 95% 153,968,000
6. HOLIDAY, THE PARAMOUNT 2,614 1,415,000 541 33% 30,100,000
7. NATIVITY STORY, THE NEW LINE 2,574 1,250,000 486 94% 27,314,000
8. CASINO ROYALE SONY 2,437 905,000 371 28% 140,683,000
9. BLOOD DIAMOND WARNER BROS. 1,910 875,000 458 2% 22,005,000
10. APOCALYPTO BVI 2,465 850,000 345 -25% 31,696,000
11. UNACCOMPANIED MINORS WARNER BROS. 2,775 705,000 254 262% 11,995,000
12. SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE BVI 1,535 425,000 277 89% 81,172,000
13. DEJA VU BVI 1,985 355,000 179 -20% 59,202,000
14. DECK THE HALLS 20TH CENTURY FOX 1,851 250,000 135 28% 33,678,000
15. DREAMGIRLS PARAMOUNT 3 56,475 18,825 n/a 623,600
16. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA WARNER BROS. 5 19,110 3,822 n/a 39,631
17. CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER SONY CLASSICS 4 14,114 3,529 n/a 14,114
18. PAINTED VEIL, THE WARNER BROS. 4 10,545 2,636 n/a 21,145
19. GOOD GERMAN, THE WARNER BROS. 5 9,646 1,929 n/a 118,638
20. VENUS MIRAMAX 3 5,762 1,921 n/a 5,762

FantasticVSDoom

Went to the Curse of the Golden Flower today in Times Square and was pretty surprised by how many people were there on a Friday afternoon...It was pretty much sold out. Maybe this bodes well for it to get a larger release, although it is pretty different than Hero and HOFD so it might not be as well received by the general public.

LorenzoL

Guilty as charged. I'm glad to know that is being reviewed favourably and I will be seeing it during my holidays.

Mr. Cinema

Friday's numbers. Looks like Museum has this one locked up.

1. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,685 12,288,000 3,335 n/a 12,288,000
2. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE SONY 2,863 5,389,000 1,882 -41% 43,819,000
3. ROCKY BALBOA MGM 2,752 4,967,000 1,805 n/a 14,581,105
4. GOOD SHEPHERD, THE UNIVERSAL 2,218 3,550,000 1,601 n/a 3,550,000
5. CHARLOTTE'S WEB PARAMOUNT 3,728 3,142,000 843 -7% 21,979,000
6. ERAGON 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,030 2,778,000 917 -68% 33,273,000
7. WE ARE MARSHALL WARNER BROS. 2,606 2,625,000 1,007 n/a 2,625,000
8. HOLIDAY, THE PARAMOUNT 2,617 1,832,000 700 -29% 31,932,000
9. HAPPY FEET WARNER BROS. 2,565 1,801,000 702 -14% 155,769,000
10. NATIVITY STORY, THE NEW LINE 1,824 1,558,000 854 26% 28,872,000

Michael Ballack

for people who saw Night at the Museum over Rocky Balboa. I can even see people seeing Pursuit of Happyness as that's been receiving some decent reviews and oscar mentions for Will Smith, but Night at the Fucking Museum? Stupid Americans.

fumanstan

Meh. Night at the Museum is a better "family" movie for the holidays so it makes sense to me, and the user reviews here are fairly positive. While there are times where I think the general audience is flawed for watching certain movies or other, this doesn't really seem like one of those times.

Michael Ballack

Blasphemy!!!

DVDho78DTS

Not to mention Rocky is pure testosterone in the minds of many females. I'm thinking the ladies used Christmas cookies and Mrs. Claus outfits as a means of persuasion to see something else.

Michael Ballack

The ladies would rather see the Hobbit that's named Ben Stiller or the Ellen Degeneres look alike Owen Wilson over a real man like Sly Stallone?

Disc Jockey

Michael, yes.

That is all.

Michael Ballack

"It's not over till it's over".

Mr. Cinema

SATURDAY:

1. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,685 12,625,000 3,426 n/a 24,913,000
2. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE SONY 2,863 6,285,000 2,195 -41% 50,104,000
3. ROCKY BALBOA MGM 2,752 5,243,999 1,906 n/a 19,825,104
4. GOOD SHEPHERD, THE UNIVERSAL 2,218 4,200,000 1,894 n/a 7,750,000
5. CHARLOTTE'S WEB PARAMOUNT 3,728 3,161,000 848 -32% 25,140,000
6. ERAGON 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,030 2,958,000 976 -65% 36,231,000
7. WE ARE MARSHALL WARNER BROS. 2,606 2,550,000 979 n/a 5,175,000
8. HAPPY FEET WARNER BROS. 2,565 2,189,000 853 -41% 157,958,000
9. HOLIDAY, THE PARAMOUNT 2,617 2,100,000 802 -35% 34,032,000
10. NATIVITY STORY, THE NEW LINE 1,824 2,020,000 1,107 14% 30,892,000

maingon

I really liked Night at the Museum

tasha99

Yes. Yes we would.

Mr. Cinema

Box Office Mojo 3-day totals:

1 N Night at the Museum Fox $30,800,000 - 3,685 - $8,358 $30,800,000 - 1
2 1 The Pursuit of Happyness Sony $15,000,000 -43.5% 2,863 +11 $5,239 $53,287,000 $55 2
3 N Rocky Balboa MGM $12,540,000 - 3,017 - $4,156 $22,233,000 $24 1
4 N The Good Shepherd Uni. $9,979,000 - 2,215 - $4,505 $9,979,000 - 1
5 3 Charlotte's Web (2006) Par. $8,000,000 -30.2% 3,728 +162 $2,145 $26,809,000 $85 2
6 2 Eragon Fox $7,150,000 -69.2% 3,030 +10 $2,359 $37,645,000 $100 2
7 N We Are Marshall WB $6,640,000 - 2,606 +1,606 $2,547 $7,745,000 - 1
8 4 Happy Feet WB $5,145,000 -38.4% 2,565 -770 $2,005 $159,101,000 $100 6
9 5 The Holiday Sony $5,000,000 -37.6% 2,635 +21 $1,897 $35,093,000 $85 3
10 9 The Nativity Story NL $4,650,000 -0.1% 1,824 -750 $2,549 $31,335,000 $35 4
11 8 Casino Royale Sony $3,100,000 -44.9% 1,588 -849 $1,952 $143,669,000 $150 6
12 7 Blood Diamond WB $3,040,000 -53.4% 1,920 +10 $1,583 $25,043,000 $100 3
13 6 Apocalypto BV $3,018,000 -62.3% 2,144 -321 $1,407 $34,742,000 $40 3

Congratulations to Eragon and its 69.2% drop, which is now #44 all time.

Ms. M

Don't feel too bad for Rocky Balboa. With that low 24 million dollar budget, it should easily make a profit on domestic grosses alone. We Are Marshall is the real sports flop of the holiday season.

mdc3000

We Are Marshall tanked! Wow...that was unexpected. I am surprised Pursuit of Happyness is playing so well...I mean, it's a decent enough movie, but I felt I had already seen it from having seen the trailer...watching the actual movie was a less satisfying 2 hours than the 2min preview - which speaks volumes to me personally. Rocky on the other hand deserves every dollar it makes IMO. Night will make decent money because of families (like the similarly mediocre Happy Feet did last month)...

DJariya

Rocky Balboa should easily profit and gross about $40M in the U.S. and with DVD sales in about 6 months.

Artman

I'd guess Rocky's final will be around 60-65mill. Not sure how the movies do overseas... Stallone has been more popular there since... well forever.