Weekend Box Office Thread 1/12/2007 - 1/14/2007
 

Friday, January 12th, 2007:

1. STOMP THE YARD SCREEN GEMS 2,051 7,151,000 3,487 n/a 7,151,000
2. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,730 4,098,000 1,099 -42% 172,764,000
3. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE SONY 3,027 2,545,000 841 -39% 129,923,000
4. ALPHA DOG UNIVERSAL 1,263 2,311,000 1,830 n/a 2,311,000
5. PRIMEVIL BVI 2,444 2,190,000 896 n/a 2,190,000
6. DREAMGIRLS PARAMOUNT 852 2,150,000 2,523 -15% 59,033,000
7. FREEDOM WRITERS PARAMOUNT 1,360 2,111,000 1,552 -37% 13,361,000
8. CHILDREN OF MEN UNIVERSAL 1,210 1,920,000 1,587 -46% 16,878,168
9. GOOD SHEPHERD, THE UNIVERSAL 2,250 1,081,000 480 -46% 51,444,000
10. ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES MGM 2,320 961,000 414 n/a 961,000

Shame that Children of Men took such a big hit, though I can't say it was unexpected.

Wow, Arthur and the Invisibles couldn't even eek out $1 mil.

With so much garbage on that list it is a shame more people are not seeing Children of men....

i just got back from seeing it. great flick.

It's sad that the gross of Good Shepherd is only 50 mil. I really enjoyed it.

yet another example of how Madonna can turn a movie into poison.

I'm surprised Alpha Dogs didn't do better. I couldn't walk from my bedroom to my living room without seeing an advertisement for it. And it had the super marketable Justin Timberlake. I guess the movie just sucks that bad.

I have yet to see Pursuit of Happyness, but it must be getting great word of mouth with the strong legs its standing on.

Not so much that it sucked, but wasnt that great...I have to say, Timberlake was probably the best part of the movie, and I cant stand him.

Stomp the Yard? WTF is that?

Some urban dance movie.

Cash in the bank. It's a shame that Curse of the Golden Flower didn't rank, despite how ridiculous it all was, it was a very entertaining historic soap opera with some glorious violence.

I saw the trailer once. Funniest thing I have ever seen. I'll never understand what the appeal is of this movie. I guess "stomping" is the cool hip thing these days.

stomping/stepping is a african american fraternity/sorority tradition.

Saturday:

1. STOMP THE YARD SCREEN GEMS 2,051 8,562,000 4,175 n/a 15,713,000
2. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,730 7,456,000 1,999 n/a 180,220,000
3. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE SONY 3,027 3,823,000 1,263 n/a 133,746,000
4. DREAMGIRLS PARAMOUNT 852 3,462,000 4,063 n/a 62,495,000
5. FREEDOM WRITERS PARAMOUNT 1,360 2,915,000 2,143 n/a 16,276,000
6. CHILDREN OF MEN UNIVERSAL 1,210 2,590,000 2,140 n/a 19,468,168
7. PRIMEVIL BVI 2,444 2,178,000 891 n/a 4,368,000
8. ALPHA DOG UNIVERSAL 1,263 2,169,000 1,717 n/a 4,480,000
9. ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES MGM 2,320 1,851,000 798 n/a 2,812,000
10. GOOD SHEPHERD, THE UNIVERSAL 2,250 1,454,000 646 n/a 52,898,000

1 N Stomp the Yard SGem $22,000,000 - 2,051 - $10,726 $22,000,000 - 1
2 1 Night at the Museum Fox $17,100,000 -28.0% 3,612 -118 $4,734 $185,756,000 - 4
3 2 The Pursuit of Happyness Sony $9,100,000 -29.4% 3,169 +142 $2,871 $134,479,000 $55 5
4 5 Dreamgirls P/DW $8,122,000 -6.2% 1,907 +1,055 $4,259 $64,963,000 - 5
5 4 Freedom Writers Par. $7,117,000 -24.3% 2,179 +819 $3,266 $18,441,000 $21 2
6 3 Children of Men Uni. $6,432,000 -36.9% 1,508 +299 $4,265 $21,398,000 $76 3
7 N Alpha Dog Uni. $6,142,000 - 1,288 - $4,768 $6,142,000 - 1
- N Primeval BV $5,988,000 - 2,444 - $2,450 $5,988,000 - 1
9 - Arthur and the Invisibles MGM/W $4,300,000 - 2,247 - $1,913 $4,300,000 $86 3
10 8 The Good Shepherd Uni. $3,908,000 -39.4% 1,994 -256 $1,959 $54,266,000 - 4
11 7 Charlotte's Web (2006) Par. $3,727,000 -43.5% 2,513 -790 $1,483 $72,109,000 $85 5
12 6 Happily N'Ever After LGF $3,250,000 -50.8% 2,381 - $1,364 $10,838,000 - 2
13 9 Rocky Balboa MGM $2,845,000 -52.7% 1,835 -1,183 $1,550 $65,108,000 $24 4
14 15 Blood Diamond WB $2,575,000 -32.6% 1,116 -394 $2,307 $47,899,000 $100 6
15 10 We Are Marshall WB $2,440,000 -50.0% 1,804 -698 $1,352 $38,770,000 - 4
16 21 Pan's Labyrinth PicH $2,072,000 +171.3% 194 +150 $10,680 $4,294,000 - 3
17 13 Happy Feet WB $2,040,000 -49.1% 1,451 -761 $1,405 $188,226,000 $100 9
18 29 Curse of the Golden Flower SPC $2,004,000 +496.9% 1,234 +1,179 $1,623 $4,353,000 - 4
- 16 Casino Royale Sony $1,775,000 -40.9% 819 -447 $2,167 $162,525,000 $150 9
- 19 Notes on a Scandal FoxS $1,625,000 +44.4% 200 +107 $8,125 $4,117,000 - 3
- 14 The Holiday Sony $1,510,000 -60.7% 1,337 -983 $1,129 $61,540,000 $85 6
- 20 The Queen Mira. $1,074,000 +2.5% 344 +21 $3,122 $31,484,000 - 16


Shame about Curse of the Golden Flower. I like the trend of subtitled movies getting wide releases, and hope this doesn't start deterring that.

If it did well, it would still really only help out foreign films that have action in them (ie. epic battle scenes, sword fighting, martial arts, etc). If American audiences are going to watch a subtitled film, it has to be less talky and more action oriented.

That's the thing though, Curse of the Golden Flower is all talk with 10 minutes of action thrown in.

However it's being advertised as an action-epic.

If many saw it then that would probably do more damage to future BO of foreign films. People may not take the chance again to watch a subtitled action film because of a past experience where they wound up having to read the entire time with very little action.

I just wish people would get past the attitude that subtitled films aren't worth watching, because they're missing so many amazing films - and it makes it more difficult for people who love them to be able to watch them.

Just dub them if they want to make more $$. The story is still the same & people can just sit back and enjoy it instead of having to keep focusing on the bottom of the screen. Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, American films are dubbed into other languages all the time so if someone sobs in a cornor because the director's masterpiece was altered, US directors have their work altered all the time and I don't see any of them whining about it.

I think it would be pretty funny if when they subtitle a film, they put the words into comic book style word bubbles.

Pan's Labyrinth is supposed to get a wider release as the month goes on, and right now it's doing better than Curse of the Golden Flower on only ~200 screens.

eh, I don't care that it's "altered" so much as I can't stand voices that don't match a person and lips that don't sync, and some of the dialogue they get to try and match the lips is just horrendous. Unless intentionally funny or random, "Don't tell me what I can do, or I'll have my mustache eat your beard." comes to mind :). I can watch dubbed cartoons though, since yeah, far less distracting in regards to look and sync.

Subs don't bother me, usually forget I'm looking at them (most movies have simplified subs, which is both annoying and fitting, since you barely have to glance at them), and am able to better focus on the movie without being distracted by the goofy desyncing and miscasting. Glad they kind of caught on, at least thus far (Guess it's in large thanks to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Amelie, both which showed with Subtitles, and I think grossed more than any dubbed movie has.) The downfall being, I now have a tendency to turn on subs for english stuff every once in a while. Amazing how many small details you pick up.

Subs never bother me either. But I gotta tell you, I had a hard time reading them in "Pan's Labyrinth". Reason, it was on a MASSIVE screen. The biggest I've ever seen for a subtitled movie. I was practically getting whiplash looking at the bottom of the screen then up to watch the movie. I'm not kidding. Movies with subtitles (for me) need to be on smaller screens. God knows what I missed while reading. They're perfect on my giant screen at home. I'll definitely see this again on a smaller screen and buy it when it comes out. R2 comes out early or mid March. Great great film.

:thumbsup: to Pan's Labyrinth's $10,680 per screen average.

I actually want to see Arthur and the Invisibles, the animation looks really impressive from the trailer.

I can't stand him either. I was mildly interested in this movie until I realized he was co-starring, so now it's a no go for me.