Daytripper

Huh!? Why do you say that? Critic and fan ratings have been extremely high.

Mr. Cinema

Per Deadline Hollywood, Harry Potter earned about $26 mil on Friday for a likely $80 mil weekend and a 5-day of $160 mil. HP5 had a 5-day of $140 mil.

Ice Age 2 made $5.9m ($20 m for weekend possibly). TF2 $4.5m ($14m weekend). The Proposal $2.8m ($8.5m weekend). Bruno dropped 81% on Friday for $2.7m and maybe around $8.5m for the weekend.

The Bus

Any word on (500)?

mdc3000

I know I heard that subtitle being mentioned before release, but I wonder why that website is using it, when in fact the movie ended up being called just BRUNO. (never does that subtitle appear onscreen)

RichC2

Because it's Showbizdata, they're "special" (and can't seem to keep their site up on a constant basis.)

Matthew Chmiel

Early numbers for yesterday from The Numbers:

1) Harry Potter: $26.8 million
2) Ice Age: $5.6 million
3) Transformers: $4.2 million
4) Bruno: $2.8 million
5) The Proposal: $2.7 million

Harry Potter doesn't have a chance of making $200 million in five days like The Dark Knight or Transformers before it and Bruno dropped 81% from last Friday. Yikes.

NoirFan

Taking of Pelham 1 2 3's haul has to be considered a disappointment.

Giantrobo

Sooo, the new Gerard Butler/Kathy Higel(sp?) flick....I saw 1 scheduled showing at one of the AMC's near me for Friday. Today, Saturday, there are -NONE- scheduled at the 3 AMC's near me.

EDIT:

Nevermind...it doesn't open until July 24th. Whew! I thought it bombed big time.

fumanstan

Sounds like it was just a preview, the release date isn't until next week.

Giantrobo

Yeah I was editing my post as you were answering.

dsa_shea

Hopefully the drop in the Bruno numbers means that we will see the DVD/Blu sooner than later.

Matthew Chmiel

Closer estimates from yesterday via BOM:

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Rank* Title (Click to view chart) Friday 7/17 (Estimates) Saturday 7/18 Sunday 7/19 Monday 7/20 1 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Warner Bros. 4,325 $26,830,000 +21.9% / $6,203 <nobr>$107,017,000 / 3</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 2 ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS Fox 3,817 $5,400,000 +54.1% / $1,415 <nobr>$139,705,000 / 17</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 3 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN Paramount (DreamWorks) 3,857 $4,175,000 +73.8% / $1,082 <nobr>$354,292,000 / 24</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 4 BRUNO Universal 2,759 $2,883,000 +45.3% / $1,045 <nobr>$44,098,000 / 8</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 5 THE PROPOSAL Buena Vista 3,043 $2,750,000 +89.4% / $904 <nobr>$122,544,000 / 29</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 6 THE HANGOVER Warner Bros. 2,667 $2,505,000 +99.2% / $939 <nobr>$230,072,000 / 43</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 7 PUBLIC ENEMIES Universal 3,118 $2,323,000 +93.1% / $745 <nobr>$74,214,000 / 17</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 8 I LOVE YOU BETH COOPER Fox 1,872 $1,000,000 +72.9% / $534 <nobr>$8,596,000 / 8</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 9 UP Buena Vista 1,706 $970,000 +64.7% / $569 <nobr>$277,381,000 / 50</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 10 MY SISTER'S KEEPER Warner Bros. 1,967 $900,000 +42.1% / $458 <nobr>$39,579,000 / 22</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 11 500 DAYS OF SUMMER Fox Searchlight 27 $265,000 -- / $9,815 <nobr>$265,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A - - N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Artman

Looks like Hangover will come out ahead of Star Trek... and no tears for Bruno's implosion.

RichC2

Considering Bruno dropped 40% between Friday and Saturday of last week, I don't think anyone is surprised by the massive drop off this week.

cranberries fan

Alan: Hey look is that Star Trek over there.

Phil: Yeah what about it?

Alan: They look like there mad at us.

Phil: Why!

Alan: Cause were doing better at boxoffice then them!

Stu: What about them fuck'em!

Alan: That classic.

Phil: Stu never bend classic.

Stu: What.



Yeah suck on that Star Trek! Trekkies never win in Vegas!

dsa_shea

I've got to say that I really like The Hangover and saw it twice but would have to say that I think that Bruno is just as funny and saw it three times. It is my opinion that ultimately the movie hasn't done as well because of the homophobic feeling of a lot of people in the United States.

Matthew Chmiel

It's funny that you state that.

While the film got a lot of positive reviews from critics, the overall grade from Cinemascore was a C.

For those of you unaware of Cinemascore, they'll pop up at theaters across the country on a film's opening weekend to hand out cards of what you thought of the film. You give the film a grade and rate if you would see it again, purchase the DVD, recommend it to a friend, etc.

The reason for the mediocre score based off Hollywood rumblings is the mainstream wasn't comfortable with the film's rampant male nudity. While Borat only had the one (infamous) scene, this happens to be a frequent occurrence during Bruno. Based off audience reactions during Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Watchmen, I'm sure this one just had people cringing and wanting to leave just due to the amount of penis.

Solid Snake

Never seen Bruno, don't want to either.

But...America has to got to let go of freaking out at the sight of the penis.

RichC2

Daytripper

Which would suck because "Star Trek" is SOOOO much better.

cranberries fan

Oh come on you guys my post was Original and I can't help it I love Hangover it's been the most fun I have had a movies this year so far.

William Fuld

We get it already.

Supermallet

What gives you the right to rag on Star Trek? When did Star Trek ever let you down?

Son of Odin

no. hangover was better which is why the word of mouth alone is the reason it's passing star trek. when a comedy passes a good summer blockbuster, there's a good reason why. the hangover will be a classic in 20 years.

Giantrobo

Wow. Someone had mentioned "Homophobia" but all that it sounds more like "Ithyphallophobia".