Top Grossing Movies This Weekend - Updated October 10th

[George Bellefontaine]

And Deniro's in both Fockers and Hide and Seek. Verrrrrryyyy interesting.

[Burke Strickland]

So much for De Niro being a "hit or miss has-been", huh?

[David Meek]

Yeah, DeNiro a "has been". . . :rofl:

[David Meek]

Is it just me or are we in a movie "dead zone" right now?

[David Meek]

Hitch is well on its way to $100 million! 8O

[David Meek]

Diary Of A Mad Black Woman finally pushed Hitch out of first place at the box-office. It'll be interesting to see what happens with Million Dollar Baby next weekend, as it "punched out" everything else at the Oscars last night.

[David Meek]

The Pacifier beat out Be Cool, the sequel to Get Shorty. And Hitch just keeps on - it's closing on $130 million US. Million Dollar Baby jumped up a spot based in part on its Oscar-night results.

[David Meek]

Based on the pre-release buzz, I thought Robots would have done better - especially with Spring Breaks starting around the country.

[David Meek]

March 21st

Ring 2 knocked Robots out of first place, but Robots has still raked in $66.8 million in two weeks.

[David Meek]

March 28th

Hey, Miss Congeniality 2 actually drew $14.5 million it's first weekend. Who'd have thought?

[David Meek]

April 4th

Sin City started out at number 1, but "only" made $28.1 million.

[David Meek]

April 11th

Sahara, which cost somewhere in the neighborhood of US$130 million, came in at number one in its debut, but only at US$18.5 million. Sin City is still doing well with a 2-week gross of US$50.7 million.

[David Meek]

April 18th

Amityville came in at #1, Sin City dropped to 4th losing over 50% in ticket sales, Sahara dropped to #2 but stayed fairly strong ticket-wise and Fever Pitch held steady at #3. We're still waiting on that first blockbuster of 2005. Could it be The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy on April 29th?

[David Meek]

May 9th

Kingdom Of Heaven opened at the top with US$20 million. Deservedly so too IMO. :T

[David Meek]

No Surprises Here

We all knew it was going to happen.

EP3, Revenge Of The Sith started out faster than any movie in history (not adjusted for inflation). US$108 million in North America and over US$300 million world-wide. Wow! 8O :T

[David Meek]

EP III - Record Pace?

The final installment of George Lucas' Star Wars saga grossed $271.2 million domestically in its first 12 days, putting it on pace to soar beyond the $310 million total for its predecessor, Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones.

"Impressive".

It's world-wide total is at US$504.4 million! 8O

[Shane Martin]

Kingdom Of Heaven opened at the top with US$20 million. Deservedly so too IMO.

This was a really poor showing. Considering it barely made 3-4 million this week, we can put a fork in it and call it a box office bomb.

SWIII will die down fairly quickly. I predict a total US take of $400 million which means I think it will make another 120 million then die off. This really is the last week before the big guns start coming out.

[PewterTA]

I just wish SWIII would kick Titanic off the top... The movie was okay, but I don't think it should've made that much...

Just sad to see that there are that many people that don't know the boat sank... :P

[David Meek]

June 13th, 2005

Revenge Of The Sith was beaten out by Mr. & Mrs. Smith AND Madagascar. Wow. Who'd have thought that on it's third weekend? I can see M&MS being strong competition - action, sexy stars, etc. - but Madagascar?????? 8O

[Sarahbee]

I'm surprised about Madagascar doing that well too...especially since the reviews have been pretty mixed. I guess that since SW is darker this time, people needed something else to take the kids to?

[David Meek]

I guess so, Sarah.

As far as reviews go, my wife and her sister went to see Madagascar and they both thought it was terrible.

Me? I was busy checking out Revenge Of The Sith at the IMAX. :T

[Brandon B]

With school just out, I would expect Madagascar to do well. Geez, even Shark's Tale made money. Sith brought in more money per screen though, it was showing on about 600 fewer screens.

I hear good things about Mr.& Mrs. Smith, though. Not surprised it is doing really well.

BB

[David Meek]

June 27th, 2005

Batman Begins is still on top but that will end this weekend as War Of The Worlds opens. Here's hoping it lives up to the hype. . . .

Mr. & Mrs. Smith stayed strong at #3 and Bewitched opened at #2.

[David Meek]

July 5, 2005

War Of The Worlds started off strong this weekend, but not strong enough to reverse the "losing" trend against the same weekend receipts from 2004.

[David Meek]

July 11, 2005

Surprise! Fantastic 4 took first place in its debut, displacing War Of The Worlds after just one week at number 1. A commentary on WOTW?

[David Meek]

July 18, 2005

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory came out on top - no real surprise there, I guess. What did surprise me is that Wedding Crashers came in at number 2 with US$32+ million. Even though it came in at number 1 last week, with all the horrible reviews I'll bet that Fantastic 4 drops off the list in a big hurry.

[JonMarsh]

Surprise! Fantastic 4 took first place in its debut, displacing War Of The Worlds after just one week at number 1. A commentary on WOTW?

Most likely....


Myself, I don't seem to be the target movie goer audience anymore. Only been to one movie this year, so far, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Serious Ennui when it comes to most of the offerings. Maybe that's symptomatic of what's happened to the business. That, and folks just taking it for granted a little? There's so much out there, so much churn, and so much you can watch at home, there's just not as much motivation to get out to do it.

Just my 0.02.


~Jon

[Burke Strickland]

Although there are several movies currently showing in commercial theaters that I want to see, I will wait for the DVDs.

The past few times at commercial theaters really "did it". I've really had it with rude patrons (cell phones in use, constant chatter, getting up often to go to the concession stand and loudly asking what their companions want from there, etcetra) and poor projection (out of focus, house lights on for several minutes during the main feature, etcetera) and incredible prices for almost inedible snacks, among other reasons to enjoy movies in one's own HT.

I read today that some studios are considering releasing movies on DVD and HD pay-per-view at the same time they are released in the cineplexs, and that will be fine with me. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WNT/story?id=959904

[David Meek]

August 8, 2005

Dukes Of Hazzard is the flavor of the week, but what about Wedding Crashers????? Still at #2 and it now has a total draw of US$144.1 million dollars. Pretty impressive for a low-budget film. War Of The Worlds has quietly amassed US$224.6 million, so I suppose it's paid for itself - at least.

[Lex]

Regarding the Dukes

So, what you are saying is, Jessica Simpson's a$$ hanging out of a pair of cut off shorts is worth about 10 million in a weekend, right? The amount above last week's number 1 film at the box brought subtracted from the 30 million the Dukes brought in the first weekend.

I guess Knoxville's parents will be upgraded from Cadillacs to Bentleys soon. (They live next door to where I grew up) He already bought them at least 1 Cadillac and a Condo in Daytona Beach.

[George Bellefontaine]

I guess Knoxville's parents will be upgraded from Cadillacs to Bentleys soon. (They live next door to where I grew up) He already bought them at least 1 Cadillac and a Condo in Daytona Beach.

Great son those Knoxville's have.

As for Jessica, well I was watching her rendition of boots on video and it got my heart jump-strated again, so I'm good for a few more days. :P

[David Meek]

So, what you are saying is, Jessica Simpson's a$$ hanging out of a pair of cut off shorts is worth about 10 million in a weekend, right?

Oh he** no. I'm not saying that. The box office might be, but I'm not. :

[David Meek]

August 15, 2005

Hmmm, must be the dog days of August. The #1 movie (Four Brothers) only made $20.7 million in debut.

Yawn. :tired:

[Shane Martin]

It made as much as the first summer movie(kingdom of heaven). Not a good sign for either.

[David Meek]

August 22, 2005

Yawn.

[David Meek]

August 29, 3005

Double yawn. C'mon Hollywood. . . .

[David Meek]

September 11, 2005

The buzz from The Constant Gardener has my attention piqued. Other than that and March Of The Penguins there isn't just a lot to get excited about.

[David Meek]

September 19, 2005

Can you believe Wedding Crashers is still in the top 10? 8O

[David Meek]

Sept. 26, 2005

Flightplan came out on top, which isn't much of a surprise. But, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride jumped from 23rd to 2nd in it's first weekend of wide release. It also scored an 83% "Fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes!

[David Meek]

October 10, 2005

If you were a fan of the Firefly TV series then you owe it to yourself to go see Serenity. It's a fast, fun, intelligent sci-fi film with touches of Star Wars and Raiders Of The Lost Ark thrown in. Joss Whedon has done it again.

[Shane Martin]

And about to be gone from the theater. $5 million last week is laughable. It might BARELY make its $39M budget.

Dvd is due out at the end of December.

[David Meek]

So? Shane, have you seen it?

[Shane Martin]

I'm picking up the TV series(blindly) and will catch the movie afterwards. The TV show is sold out on DVD here in town.