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Sunday, July 31, 2011
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Friday, July 29, 2011
OUCH!! Updated: Weekend Box Office - SMURFS may be #1!? - Est. $36mil wknd/ COWBOYS & ALIENS underperforms - $36mil est. wknd/ CRAZY STUPID LOVE est. $19mil wknd
The little blue guys could upset this weekend...
With such an outrageous premise, lesser known source material, mixed reviews, strong holdover competition and summer special effects fatigue setting in, it was almost certain that COWBOYS & ALIENS was gonna disappoint. And in that respect, it didn't.
COWBOYS & ALIENS has a strong cast and director attached to it but let's face it - a western mixed with an alien invasion? Tough sell. According to Deadline Hollywood the est $200mil. film (without advertising costs etc!) is gonna tank with a $36mil. opening weekend OR LESS. If you use the common 3.0 multiplier it's best hope is an $120mil. North American FINAL gross. Ouch.
And predictably CAPTAIN AMERICA fell 68% from its opening day a week ago but should recover fine over the weekend for a $25mil. weekend.
More info as it comes in!
(thanks to Deadline Hollywood for the early numbers!)
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| "Cowboys & Aliens? BAH! So unrealistic!" |
SMURFS did great for a possible $36mil.+ weekend for #1. TOO close to call! That's super news for the blue man group but...
We have a dud!
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| "These Nintendo Power Gloves suck without a Nintendo OR electricity" |
With such an outrageous premise, lesser known source material, mixed reviews, strong holdover competition and summer special effects fatigue setting in, it was almost certain that COWBOYS & ALIENS was gonna disappoint. And in that respect, it didn't.
COWBOYS & ALIENS has a strong cast and director attached to it but let's face it - a western mixed with an alien invasion? Tough sell. According to Deadline Hollywood the est $200mil. film (without advertising costs etc!) is gonna tank with a $36mil. opening weekend OR LESS. If you use the common 3.0 multiplier it's best hope is an $120mil. North American FINAL gross. Ouch.
CRAZY STUPID LOVE opened a little weaker than I would have thought considering its cast and lack of adult comedies out there. It's looking like a $19mil. est. weekend.
And predictably CAPTAIN AMERICA fell 68% from its opening day a week ago but should recover fine over the weekend for a $25mil. weekend.
More info as it comes in!
(thanks to Deadline Hollywood for the early numbers!)
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Sunday Update: WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 with $65mil+. HARRY POTTER - down 71%(!!). FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS $18mil
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| Yeah, I have no nose too but I'm way tougher than "He Who Must Not Be Named"!! |
It looks like a win for CAPTAIN AMERICA as it looks to be #1 this weekend with $65mil opening weekend according to Deadline Hollywood. That would be way higher than other superhero openings this year (GREEN HORNET, X-MEN FIRST CLASS and GREEN LANTERN) but basically tied to THOR's $65.7mil opening.
Strong reviews, a more recognizable superhero and a high awareness factor will give this the win over second place HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2. The boy wizard fell a harsh 71% from last weekend but still...For the weekend the last POTTER will end up with about $50mil which is still higher than most films 1ST weekends.
The Timerlake-Kunis rom-com, or the NO STRINGS ATTACHED remake as I see it, will open with an OK $18mil which isn't too bad except the aforementioned STRINGS made $20mil on its opening in the middle of winter!
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: HARRY POTTER DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 breaks opening weekend record with $168mil!!
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| "Take THAT Dark Knight!!" |
Well, it was bound to happen.
Just like SPIDER-MAN 3 and DEAD MAN'S CHEST before it, THE DARK KNIGHT's weekend record of $158mil falls to the new king HARRY POTTER according to Deadline Hollywood.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 easily won the weekend and the opening weekend crown with an estimated gross of $168mil. Amazing number consider it's the EIGHTH movie of a series but let's face it, these fans are dedicated. But there's the 3D surcharge (on many screens) that would boost the gross as well so DARK KNIGHT may actually still hold the record for most tickets sold in a weekend.
THE DARK KNIGHT will get his revenge though; I expect next year's DARK KNIGHT RISES to take the opening weekend crown back as it too is the conclusion of that series.
The rest:
2. TRANSFORMERS 3D $24mil wkd/$305mil total
3. HORRIBLE BOSSES $18mil wkd/$ 60mil total (down 39% from last week's opening weekend)
4. ZOOKEEPER $13mil wkd/$ 43mil total (down 38% from last week's opening weekend)
5. CARS 2 $ 8mil wkd/$ 165mil total
6. WINNIE THE POOH $ 8mil wkd/$ 8mil total
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
Updated - HOLY CRAPS! HARRY POTTER DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 shatters one-day record!! $92mil!!
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| "Will you look at the line-ups for us!!" |
I don't think even Warner Bros. expected this.
According to Deadline Hollywood the first day of HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 has grossed an unheard of $92mil(!!). That shatters the old record of $73mil made by 2010's TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE.
To put this in perspective, the #1 opening weekend of 2011 was TRANSFORMERS 3D with $97mil. And that took THREE days.
What will the weekend bring? If it's really front-loaded it could still be close to $180-200mil weekend (the record is $158mil for THE DARK KNIGHT). We'll have to see Saturday's numbers first.
Oh yeah, the rest didn't really matter on Friday but here goes:
2. Transformers 3D $6.8mil Fri/$21mil wkd.
3. Horrible Bosses $5.0mil Fri/$15mil wkd. (down 49% from last Fri)
4. Zookeeper $3.6mil Fri/$11mil wkd. (down 51% from last Fri)
5. Cars 2 $2.7mil Fri/$8.5mil wkd.
6. Winnie the Pooh $2.0mil Fri/$7.0mil wkd.
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