EARLY BOX OFFICE: HARRY POTTER: Tonight's advances at $13mil so far! Plus more records set.

Badass Wizards!

According to Deadline Hollywood advanced sales for Harry Potter 7 Part 2 already are at $13mil with theatres still adding showings to feed the demand.

Harry Potter movies have scored really well with advanced shows ($24mil for Hallows Part 1 and $22mil for Half-Blood Prince) but this one should be the highest as it's the "grand finale" and targeting even non-fans to see how "It All Ends".

Twilight: Eclipse has the record at $30mil for midnight shows but this movie should break that with the demand and the 3D surcharge to boot.

So far Potter 7 part 2 has the series records for most theatres(4375), most screens (11,000), most IMAX playdates (274), most 3D theatres (3000) and most 3D screens (4250).  Phew!

More stats to follow as they come in!



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Friday/Saturday Box Office:TRANSFORMERS makes $ 33mil. more/CARS 2 down 70%/LARRY CROWNE a flop!

Just as loud and obnoxious in Spanish!

     On Friday TRANSFORMERS 3 pulled in an estimated $33mil. to bring it's 3 (or including Tuesday's advance shows is that 4?) day total to about $ 98mil according to Deadline Hollywood.

     After 3 days (plus advanced screenings) for the previous movies:

TRANSFORMERS (2007)            $   84 mil.
TRANSFORMERS 2 (2009)         $ 128 mil.

    And for this year, here are the top 3-day totals (incl. advanced shows):

HANGOVER PART II                    $ 91 mil.
PIRATES 4                                   $ 90 mil.
FAST FIVE                                    $ 86 mil.

NEXT:     Cars 3:  Across the Universe

CARS 2 fell 70% from last Friday.  It should end up with a $23mil weekend down from its $69mil. first weekend.  The Disney/PIXAR feature should be safe for a bit up until HARRY POTTER opens on July 15th.

And poor Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.  As reported yesterday their film LARRY CROWNE is a flop as it looks at a $13mil. 3-day weekend.  Ouch.












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THURSDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE: TRANSFORMERS $21.4mil:

Hey!  I think I saw this shot in ALIEN!  

     According to Deadline Hollywood  TRANSFORMERS 3 grossed about $21.4mil. more on Thursday.  Adding to its Tuesday gross of $5.5mil (10pm advanced shows) and  the #1 single-day gross of 2011 so far on Wednesday of $37.5 it gives TRANSFORMERS 3 a Tuesday-Thursday total of about $64mil.  I still think $200mil in 7 days is gonna be tough to get to as the film is really front-loaded.

     More to come...

UPDATED: EARLY BOX OFFICE: CARS 2 drives towards $75mil/ TEACHER high at $30mil/LANTERN drops 63%

"Bright lights and colours distract from little plot!"

Early box office numbers for the weekend at Deadline Hollywood show CARS 2 grabbing the pole position with an expected (if not overwhelming) estimated $75mil (updated) for this weekend.  

This can be considered a disappointment of sorts as sequels are expected to perform higher than the originals (based on the original's DVD sales, repeated viewings,  merchandising, brand name...).  The original opened to $60mil in 2006 which adjusted for today's dollar equals $67mil.


Comparisons for Pixar series opening weekends (unadjusted for inflation):
TOY STORY        1995       $30mil     
TOY STORY 2     1999       $57mil
TOY STORY 3     2010       $110mil


So you see, each TOY STORY almost doubled whereas CARS 2 will barely top its predecessor.

"Just say when Ms. Diaz and I'll be there!"

BAD TEACHER on the other hand, is exceeding expectations with an astounding $30mil opening weekend.  Super number considering the budget for the film is about $19mil (plus add about the same for promotion/advertising costs for a grand total of about $40mil) and an audience limiting R-rating too. 

AND...

GREEN LANTERN dropped like a stone this weekend.  Last weekend it grossed a disappointing $52mil.  This week it showed it had no legs as it went down 63% for a weekend gross of about $19mil.  Ouch.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/first-box-office-cars-2-bad-teacher-look-to-be-overperforming-friday/

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/06/movie-projector-cars-2-expected-to-sputter-to-no-1.html

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GREEN LANTERN = Fail??

I liked GREEN LANTERN but I cannot imagine non-fans clamoring to see it.  But they'll all turn out for TRANSFORMERS 3D.

Dumb.  Dumb.  Dumb.


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LATE SAT/EARLY SUN BOX-OFFICE UPDATE: LANTERN very low at $53mil!

"In brightest day.  In blackest night.  In emptier theatres."

GREEN LANTERN is a disappointment no matter which way the studio will spin the numbers Sunday morning.

"I'll give you this ring if you buy a ticket!"

It started with a less-than-stellar $21mil Friday, stumbled Saturday (down 21% from Friday with $17mil) and instead of numbers north of $60mil it looks to settle at about $53mil for the first three days.

High number?  Sure.  But as I wrote yesterday the movie final cost (production, prints, advertising) is about $400mil(!).  A $60mil start means its domestic run ends at about $200mil (at most!).  Hopefully it makes back more money internationally.



http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/green-lantern-makes-3-35m-midnights/


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EARLY BOX OFFICE: GREEN LANTERN $60mil/wknd. PENGUINS $18mil

           

GREEN LANTERN opened strong Friday with $24mil but looks like a slight disappointment with about $60mil projected for the three-day weekend.

Comparisons for the year:  THOR opened with $65mil over three days while X-MEN: FIRST CLASS had $55mil in its opening weekend.

THOR looks to end its run with about $185mil which gives it a about a 3x multiplier (based on total gross divided by opening weekend).

Using the same math (most movies fall within a 2.5 to 3.5 multiplier) GREEN LANTERN should end up with about the same.  The film's cost though is $300mil though plus millions more in advertising.  It should be OK after foreign grosses get tallied.

MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS looks surprisingly weak for a kids film AND a Jim Carrey vehicle with only $18mil.  It will probably lose a lot of its potential audience next week to CARS 2.


http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/green-lantern-makes-3-35m-midnights/

http://boxofficemojo.com/


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