Bespreek hier wekelijks de VS Movie Boxoffice

quote:

Op zaterdag 5 juni 2004 19:58 schreef Arcee het volgende:
Benieuwd of HP3 't weekendrecord van Spider-Man ($114.8M) kan pakken. Aangezien HP3 een vervolg is, is de openingsdag altijd relatief hoger, maar ze moeten toch een eind kunnen komen.

quote:

Harry Potter Tops Box Office a Second Weekend
Source: Coming Soon! Sunday, June 13, 2004


The Coming Soon! Box Office Report has been updated with the studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to stay tuned there for the final figures on Monday afternoon.

Warner Bros.' Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban topped the box office in its second weekend earning an estimated $35.1 million from 3,855 theaters. The second sequel suffered a big drop in sales of 62.6% but has still managed to collect $158.1 million in its first 10 days. "Sorcerer's Stone" had collected $186.9 million and "Chamber of Secrets" $148.4 million in the same amount of time.

Depending on final estimates, Vin Diesel's The Chronicles of Riddick opened in the second spot with an estimated $24.6 million from 2,757 theaters. Writer/director David Twohy's $105 million-budgeted follow-up to Pitch Black is the third-best debut for Vin Diesel, behind XXX ($44.5 million) and The Fast and the Furious ($40.1 million).

DreamWorks' Shrek 2 came in close in third making $24 million in its fourth weekend a massive total of $354 million. By Saturday, the sequel had earned $346.5 million to pass previous animated record set by Finding Nemo of $339.8 million in only 25 days (for more details, click here). The film has also climbed to the ninth spot on the all-time domestic blockbuster list, surpassing The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($341.8 million). It now sets its eye on Jurassic Park ($357.1 million) for the eighth spot and The Passion of The Christ ($369.9 million) for the seventh spot and the biggest earnings of 2004 so far.

Paramount's The Stepford Wives, starring Nicole Kidman, debuted with an estimated $22.2 million for fourth place. The comedic thriller, produced for $90 million, played in 3,057 theaters. 20th Century Fox's new Garfield rounded out the top five with $21.7 million from 3,094 theaters.

Fox also held the sixth spot with The Day After Tomorrow, which added $14.6 million in its third week and has earned $153.2 million.

quote:

Op maandag 14 juni 2004 10:10 schreef Hare het volgende:

[..]

quote:

Op maandag 14 juni 2004 23:43 schreef Timo20 het volgende:

[..]

was te verwachten
alhoewel ik Ladykillers ook wel n goede kans had gegeven. Lijkt me ook n erg goede film

quote:

Quick, What's the Second-Highest-Grossing Film of the Year?

quote:

While it may come as no surprise that the top-grossing film worldwide during the first six months of 2004 was Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ with a gross of $608.5 million, studio watchers may be startled when they learn what the second-highest-grossing film is. It's the Warner Bros. epic Troy, which has thus far grossed $419.3 million, 70 percent of it from overseas ticket sales, according to the Box Office Mojo website. Not far behind in third place is Fox's The Day After Tomorrow, which has grossed $398.4 million worldwide, 61 percent of it from overseas markets. Shrek 2, the highest grossing film domestically this year, is fifth in worldwide sales, but it has rolled out in only a handful of overseas markets and therefore only 1.5 percent of its gross comes from overseas sales.

quote:

Op donderdag 17 juni 2004 19:46 schreef SunChaser het volgende:

[..]

Nee hoor. Die draait alleen nog in de sneak.

quote:

Op maandag 21 juni 2004 09:53 schreef Mike het volgende:

Echt teleurstellend was de opening van Around the world in 80 days. Deze film haalde in 5 dagen tijd slechts 9.6 mln. dollar op en lijkt daarmee een van de grootste flops ooit te worden.

quote:

Op dinsdag 8 juni 2004 09:28 schreef Gorro het volgende:
Oh en Around the World in 80 Days zou ook eens kunnen floppen. Aan de hand van de trailer lijkt me dat niets bijzonders.

quote:

Fahrenheit heats up box office
Michael Moore's controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 broke single-day box office records at the two New York theaters where it played Wednesday, Reuters reports. The movie, which criticizes President Bush and the war in Iraq, sold $49,000 worth of tickets at the Loew's Village 7 theater, beating the venue's single-day record of $43,435 held by 1997's Men in Black, according to distributors Lions Gate Films and IFC Films, while at the Lincoln Plaza theater, Fahrenheit took in more than $30,000 to top the $24,013 set by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2000, Reuters reports. A spokesman for Lions Gate Films said the company debuted the movie in the two theaters to help build good word-of-mouth ahead its wider debut June 25 in 868 theaters.

quote:

Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 Heats Up Box Office
Source: Coming Soon!
Monday, June 28, 2004

The Coming Soon! Box Office Report has been updated with the studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to stay tuned there for the final figures on Monday afternoon.

Michael Moore's new controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 topped the box office with an impressive $21.8 million from just 868 screens. The film averaged a big $25,115 per screen, which is the third highest average of the year behind only Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ and DreamWorks' Shrek 2. The opening also marks the highest ever for a documentary of any type (including IMAX and concert films), is the biggest opening for a wide release under 1,000 screens (beating previous record holder Rocky III in 1982), is the best opening ever for a Palme d'Or winner (topping previous record holder Pulp Fiction in 1994), and the film has already outgrossed the $21.6 million total box office for Moore's Academy Award-winning Bowling for Columbine. The film's distributors will expand the movie for Fourth of July weekend and again on Friday, July 9.

DreamWorks' The Terminal also dropped two spots to fourth with $13.9 million its second weekend. The $60 million Steven Spielberg-directed film, starring Tom Hanks, has earned $41.8 million so far.

Warner Bros.' Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban made $11.4 million in its fourth weekend to bring its total to $211.7 million. The $130 million sequel has earned $481.1 million worldwide, allowing it to climb to #35 on the all-time worldwide blockbuster list. "Sorcerer's Stone" has the third spot with $976.5 million and "Chamber of Secrets" the seventh spot with $876.7 million.

Watch out Spidey, here comes Shrek 2! The $70 million-budgeted animated DreamWorks blockbuster sequel pulled in another $10.5 million in its sixth weekend to push its massive total to $397.1 million. The #1 film of the year so far is now just a little over $6 million away from overtaking Spider-Man ($403.7 million) in the fifth spot on the all-time domestic blockbuster list.

quote:

Op maandag 28 juni 2004 10:38 schreef SunChaser het volgende:
Wat ik jammer vind is dat de boxoffice steeds hoger zal worden ivm steeds hogere ticketprijzen. Ze zouden een top 100 moeten maken waar de opbrengsten worden verrekend met het jaar van uitkomen. Een SW ep 4 zal dan hoger eindigen.

quote:

Spider-Man 2 Earns Record $180.1 Million in 6 Days!
Source: Coming Soon!
Monday, July 5, 2004

The Coming Soon! Box Office Report has been updated with the studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to stay tuned there for the final figures on Tuesday afternoon.

Columbia Pictures\' Spider-Man 2 earned an estimated $180.1 million from 4,152 theaters in its first six days of release during the 4th of July holiday, setting a record for biggest first six days ever, surpassing The Matrix Reloaded which collected $146.9 million in the same amount of time last year. The first Spider-Man earned $144.2 million its first six days, but that opened on a Friday. For the three-day period from Friday to Sunday, the Spidey sequel made$88.3 million, which is the top 4th of July opening in history, passing the studio\'s own Men in Black II, which pulled in $52.1 million for the three days. For the four days, Friday to Monday, the sequel made $115.8 million. Spidey 2 also marks the biggest 5-day opening total for a film with $152.6 million, a record also previously held by \"Reloaded\" ($144.4 million). The $88.3 million is the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of July, dropping Austin Powers in Goldmember\'s $73.1 million to second place. While it didn\'t pass the first Spidey film\'s weekend record of $114.8 million, again the sequel opened on Wednesday which gave moviegoers a lot of time to see it before the weekend.

Michael Moore\'s documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 dropped to the second spot adding another impressive $21 million over the four days from 1,725 theaters. The $6 million-budgeted film has already earned a big $60.1 million so far.

quote:

Op donderdag 8 juli 2004 01:30 schreef Retarded het volgende:
tja, dat was te verwachten... tegenwoordig heeft iedere nieuwe blockbuster meteen alle records gebroken... begint een beetje traditie te worden... Hoe vaak zijn er nou wel niet records gebroken in het afgelopen jaar