Sunday, July 29, 2007

Weekend Box Office Estimates

End of the weekend comes the latest box office estimates. The values will probably change with final numbers coming Monday and don't include updated foreign sales from the last week.

Weekend numbers in millions:
1. Simpsons $71.8
2. Chuck and Larry $19.0
3. Harry Potter 5 $17.0
4. Hairspray $15.5
5. No Reservations $11.7
6. Transformers $11.5

Top 5 Movies for 2007:
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Budget: 300 million
Opening Weekend: 114.7 million
Total Domestic: 306.4 million
Total Foreign: 640.6 million
Worldwide Total: 947.1 million

2. Spider-Man 3 Numbers:
Budget: 258 million
Opening Weekend: 151.1million
Total Domestic: 335.6 million
Total Foreign: 552.8 million
Worldwide Total: 888.4million

3. Shrek 3 Numbers:
Budget: 160 million
Opening Weekend: 121.6 million
Total Domestic: 319.2 million
Total Foreign: 382.2 million
Worldwide Total: 702.0 million

4. Harry Potter And The Order of the Phoenix Numbers:
Budget: 150 million
Opening Weekend: 77.4 million
Total Domestic: 241.7 million
Total Foreign: 351.3 million
Worldwide Total: 593.0 million

5. Transformers Numbers:
Budget: 150 million
Opening Weekend: 67.6 million
Total Domestic: 262.9 million
Total Foreign: 146.6 million
Worldwide Total: 409.6 million

3 comments:

  1. Path to money!

    1) License something popular.
    2) Hire hacks
    3) Script like you just don't care
    4) Rush it out
    5) Rambling jumpy edits
    6) Some T&A
    7) Fight fight fight, boom!
    8) Profit

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  2. Gee guys, isn't Grindhouse on the list?

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  3. Man, I'm really surprised by the Simpsons. I thought it would pull in only 20 million, but 70+? YIKES!

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