Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
12-28-09 | 01:33 PM
#126
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Re: Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
You forgot - Sandra Bullock 
This truly has been a unique year for movies.
January - two unexpected hits in Taken and Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Six films grossing more than $250 million domestically (which includes the mega successful Hangover)
A $15,000 film making more than $100 million
The Weinsteins finally having a hit with Inglourious Basterds
Franchises and adaptations still rule in 2009, but at least we got Zombieland, which has got the go-ahead to have a sequel.
January - two unexpected hits in Taken and Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Six films grossing more than $250 million domestically (which includes the mega successful Hangover)
A $15,000 film making more than $100 million
The Weinsteins finally having a hit with Inglourious Basterds
Franchises and adaptations still rule in 2009, but at least we got Zombieland, which has got the go-ahead to have a sequel.
12-28-09 | 02:28 PM
#127
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Re: Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
Weekend Actuals from Box office guru:
http://twitter.com/giteshpandya
1) Avatar: 75.6
2) Sherlock Holmes: 62.4
3) Alvin and the Chipmunks: 48.9 mill
Avatar has taken the best 2nd weekend ever (going up 600k). Both Holmes and Alvin went down from early estimates.
http://twitter.com/giteshpandya
1) Avatar: 75.6
2) Sherlock Holmes: 62.4
3) Alvin and the Chipmunks: 48.9 mill
Avatar has taken the best 2nd weekend ever (going up 600k). Both Holmes and Alvin went down from early estimates.
12-28-09 | 02:49 PM
#128
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Re: Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
Weekend Actuals from Box office guru:
http://twitter.com/giteshpandya
1) Avatar: 75.6
2) Sherlock Holmes: 62.4
3) Alvin and the Chipmunks: 48.9 mill
Avatar has taken the best 2nd weekend ever (going up 600k). Both Holmes and Alvin went down from early estimates.
http://twitter.com/giteshpandya
1) Avatar: 75.6
2) Sherlock Holmes: 62.4
3) Alvin and the Chipmunks: 48.9 mill
Avatar has taken the best 2nd weekend ever (going up 600k). Both Holmes and Alvin went down from early estimates.
12-28-09 | 03:46 PM
#129
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DVD Talk Legend
Re: Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
1 1 Avatar Fox $75,589,048 -1.9% 3,456 +4 $21,872 $212,711,184 - 2
2 N Sherlock Holmes WB $65,380,000 - 3,626 - $18,031 $65,380,000 - 1
3 N Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Fox $48,875,415 - 3,700 - $13,210 $75,589,048 - 1
4 N It's Complicated Uni. $22,100,820 - 2,887 - $7,655 $22,100,820 - 1
5 8 Up in the Air Par. $11,755,000 +266.2% 1,895 +1,720 $6,203 $24,518,000 $25 4
6 3 The Blind Side WB $11,730,000 +17.1% 2,766 -641 $4,241 $184,387,000 $29 6
7 2 The Princess and the Frog BV $9,004,610 -26.1% 3,475 - $2,591 $63,679,289 $105 5
8 20 Nine Wein. $5,452,513 +2,019.7% 1,412 +1,408 $3,862 $5,830,585 $80 2
9 4 Did You Hear About the Morgans? Sony $5,000,000 -24.4% 2,718 - $1,840 $15,597,000 $58 2
10 6 Invictus WB $4,390,000 +4.4% 2,160 +35 $2,032 $23,365,000 $60 3
11 5 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Sum. $3,047,000 -30.9% 1,593 -1,442 $1,913 $280,971,000 $50 6
12 N 3 Idiots $1,645,502 - 119 - $13,828 $2,149,227 - 1
13 7 A Christmas Carol (2009) BV $1,292,155 -62.5% 1,245 -825 $1,038 $135,888,543 $200 8
14 9 Brothers LGF $1,210,172 -58.1% 858 -1,151 $1,410 $25,341,515 $26 4
12-28-09 | 03:52 PM
#130
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DVD Talk Legend
Re: Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
The 3rd weekend record is 45 million and change. Avatar should get that one as well (Unless it drops 40 percent in a holiday week).
12-28-09 | 03:54 PM
#131
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Re: Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
So how about the bomb that is A Christmas Carol... only 250million worldwide so far (and probably not much to come). Any defenders for this one? Oh sure they'll rerelease it... but what's that gonna do..15 million?
12-28-09 | 04:00 PM
#133
DVD Talk Legend
12-28-09 | 04:14 PM
#134
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12-28-09 | 04:29 PM
#135
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
You’re going to read a lot of stories this morning about how Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” had a bad opening weekend. How – because this new Robert Zemeckis movie didn’t make $35 - $40 million during its first three days in domestic release – this rather expensive ImageMovers Digital production is now considered something of a disappointment.
Which – to be blunt – is bull.
You have to understand that one of the main reasons that Mickey said “Yes” when Robert initially proposed a performance capture version of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic is … Well, the Mouse’s accountants had seen how much “The Polar Express” had earned for Warner Bros. since that CG film was first released back in November of 2004. That – between “Polar Express” ‘s theatrical release & DVD sales, its annual re-release to IMAX theaters as well as its recent repurposing as a theme park attraction – this Steve Starkey production is now the Christmas gift that keeps on giving.
So when it comes to Disney’s “A Christmas Carol,” the Company went into this project deliberately taking the long view. While others may focus on how this Zemeckis movie did over its opening weekend, those in the Michael Eisner building know that – by the time New Year’s Eve rolls around – this film will have racked up a rather impressive worldwide gross. More to the point, the Studio now has another perennial (Sort of like that Disney Digital 3D version of Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Which has become something of a holiday tradition at many theaters around the country. Popping up in limited release for those two weeks prior to Halloween) that it will soon be able to leverage across various platforms on a seasonal basis.
Trust me on this one, folks. Nobody at the Studio is losing sleep over the amount of money that “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” didn’t make over its opening weekend. Would they have preferred that this performance capture picture pulled in an additional $9 - $10 million during its first three days in domestic release? Absolutely. But when you take the long view (i.e. what this ImageMovers Digital production will earn for the Company over the next 3 to 5 years) … It’s still going to wind up being an amount that would have made Ebenezer Scrooge (at his absolute greediest) very happy.
Which – to be blunt – is bull.
You have to understand that one of the main reasons that Mickey said “Yes” when Robert initially proposed a performance capture version of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic is … Well, the Mouse’s accountants had seen how much “The Polar Express” had earned for Warner Bros. since that CG film was first released back in November of 2004. That – between “Polar Express” ‘s theatrical release & DVD sales, its annual re-release to IMAX theaters as well as its recent repurposing as a theme park attraction – this Steve Starkey production is now the Christmas gift that keeps on giving.
So when it comes to Disney’s “A Christmas Carol,” the Company went into this project deliberately taking the long view. While others may focus on how this Zemeckis movie did over its opening weekend, those in the Michael Eisner building know that – by the time New Year’s Eve rolls around – this film will have racked up a rather impressive worldwide gross. More to the point, the Studio now has another perennial (Sort of like that Disney Digital 3D version of Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Which has become something of a holiday tradition at many theaters around the country. Popping up in limited release for those two weeks prior to Halloween) that it will soon be able to leverage across various platforms on a seasonal basis.
Trust me on this one, folks. Nobody at the Studio is losing sleep over the amount of money that “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” didn’t make over its opening weekend. Would they have preferred that this performance capture picture pulled in an additional $9 - $10 million during its first three days in domestic release? Absolutely. But when you take the long view (i.e. what this ImageMovers Digital production will earn for the Company over the next 3 to 5 years) … It’s still going to wind up being an amount that would have made Ebenezer Scrooge (at his absolute greediest) very happy.
12-28-09 | 04:32 PM
#136
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Re: Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
You are right, BOM has its actuals up. Not sure what happened with guru:
1 1 Avatar Fox $75,589,048 -1.9% 3,456 +4 $21,872 $212,711,184 - 2
2 N Sherlock Holmes WB $65,380,000 - 3,626 - $18,031 $65,380,000 - 1
3 N Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Fox $48,875,415 - 3,700 - $13,210 $75,589,048 - 1
1 1 Avatar Fox $75,589,048 -1.9% 3,456 +4 $21,872 $212,711,184 - 2
2 N Sherlock Holmes WB $65,380,000 - 3,626 - $18,031 $65,380,000 - 1
3 N Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Fox $48,875,415 - 3,700 - $13,210 $75,589,048 - 1
boxoffice.com also has "Holmes" at 62.3M for the weekend.
12-28-09 | 04:45 PM
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Re: Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
Edit: I just checked and it's still playing in half a dozen theaters within 30 miles of me, it just seems like it didn't track for some reason.
Last edited by BravesMG; 12-28-09 at 04:47 PM.
12-28-09 | 05:07 PM
#138
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Re: Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
BOMs Actual Actuals:
1 1 Avatar Fox $75,617,183 -1.8% 3,456 +4 $21,880 $212,711,184 - 2
2 N Sherlock Holmes WB $62,390,000 - 3,626 - $17,206 $62,390,000 - 1
3 N Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Fox $48,875,415 - 3,700 - $13,210 $75,589,048 - 1
4 N It's Complicated Uni. $22,100,820 - 2,887 - $7,655 $22,100,820 - 1
5 8 Up in the Air Par. $11,755,000 +266.2% 1,895 +1,720 $6,203 $24,518,000 $25 4
6 3 The Blind Side WB $11,470,000 +14.5% 2,766 -641 $4,147 $184,127,000 $29 6
7 2 The Princess and the Frog BV $9,004,610 -26.1% 3,475 - $2,591 $63,679,289 $105 5
8 20 Nine Wein. $5,452,513 +2,019.7% 1,412 +1,408 $3,862 $5,830,585 $80 2
9 4 Did You Hear About the Morgans? Sony $5,000,143 -24.4% 2,718 - $1,840 $15,600,328 $58 2
10 6 Invictus WB $4,045,000 -3.8% 2,160 +35 $1,873 $23,020,000 $60 3
11 5 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Sum. $3,047,000 -30.9% 1,593 -1,442 $1,913 $280,971,000 $50 6
12 N 3 Idiots Relbig. $1,645,502 - 119 - $13,828 $2,149,227 - 1
13 7 A Christmas Carol (2009) BV $1,292,155 -62.5% 1,245 -825 $1,038 $135,888,543 $200 8
14 9 Brothers LGF $1,210,172 -58.1% 858 -1,151 $1,410 $25,341,515 $26 4
15 11 2012 Sony $994,494 -54.9% 800 -1,442 $1,243 $161,490,680 $200 7
- 13 Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire LGF $865,083 -28.1% 629 -374 $1,375 $41,778,920 $10 8
- 10 Old Dogs BV $652,737 -72.1% 645 -1,985 $1,012 $45,882,504 $35 5
1 1 Avatar Fox $75,617,183 -1.8% 3,456 +4 $21,880 $212,711,184 - 2
2 N Sherlock Holmes WB $62,390,000 - 3,626 - $17,206 $62,390,000 - 1
3 N Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Fox $48,875,415 - 3,700 - $13,210 $75,589,048 - 1
4 N It's Complicated Uni. $22,100,820 - 2,887 - $7,655 $22,100,820 - 1
5 8 Up in the Air Par. $11,755,000 +266.2% 1,895 +1,720 $6,203 $24,518,000 $25 4
6 3 The Blind Side WB $11,470,000 +14.5% 2,766 -641 $4,147 $184,127,000 $29 6
7 2 The Princess and the Frog BV $9,004,610 -26.1% 3,475 - $2,591 $63,679,289 $105 5
8 20 Nine Wein. $5,452,513 +2,019.7% 1,412 +1,408 $3,862 $5,830,585 $80 2
9 4 Did You Hear About the Morgans? Sony $5,000,143 -24.4% 2,718 - $1,840 $15,600,328 $58 2
10 6 Invictus WB $4,045,000 -3.8% 2,160 +35 $1,873 $23,020,000 $60 3
11 5 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Sum. $3,047,000 -30.9% 1,593 -1,442 $1,913 $280,971,000 $50 6
12 N 3 Idiots Relbig. $1,645,502 - 119 - $13,828 $2,149,227 - 1
13 7 A Christmas Carol (2009) BV $1,292,155 -62.5% 1,245 -825 $1,038 $135,888,543 $200 8
14 9 Brothers LGF $1,210,172 -58.1% 858 -1,151 $1,410 $25,341,515 $26 4
15 11 2012 Sony $994,494 -54.9% 800 -1,442 $1,243 $161,490,680 $200 7
- 13 Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire LGF $865,083 -28.1% 629 -374 $1,375 $41,778,920 $10 8
- 10 Old Dogs BV $652,737 -72.1% 645 -1,985 $1,012 $45,882,504 $35 5
Last edited by RichC2; 12-28-09 at 05:10 PM.
12-28-09 | 11:13 PM
#140
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Re: Box-Office: Christmas Holiday Edition 2009
Avatar has now amassed a combined 625 million both Domestic and Overseas, after its first 2 weeks in release.
