Ratatouille Opening Weekend Box Office

[crazy4wdw]

Box Office Mojo is estimating that Ratatouille's opening weekend box office is $47,227,000. Weeekend box office receipts will be officially released by the studios on Monday afternoon. This is the lowest Disney-Pixar opening box office since the release of "A Bug's Life" in 1998.

[Killer Fish]

Yeah I just saw that. I would hope it would have legs though from word of mouth and do a lot of business during the weektime.

[Disney Padawan]

Yeah I just saw that. I would hope it would have legs though from word of mouth and do a lot of business during the weektime.

Me too, the movie was very entertaining!!! :thumbsup2

[rocketriter]

On this board there's a lot of talk about how Walt believed in quality whether or not it led to immediate profit. Ratatouille exemplifies this thinking. It's a breathtakingly good film and it's gotten sparkling reviews. I have no idea whether or not it will have "legs" this summer, but it will certainly have legs over the next 25 years. Wall Street might not understand the value of this, but Wall Street didn't understand Walt either.

[jimmytammy]

We went to see it Sat afternoon and found it very entertaining. Great thing is, it wasnt a copy of something but seemed to be original in its story. It must have been good cause my DW didnt fall asleep:lmao:

[cxcelica]

On this board there's a lot of talk about how Walt believed in quality whether or not it led to immediate profit. Ratatouille exemplifies this thinking. It's a breathtakingly good film and it's gotten sparkling reviews. I have no idea whether or not it will have "legs" this summer, but it will certainly have legs over the next 25 years.

Well said. The movie was original, fresh and extremely entertaining. Even in Boxofficemojo's analysis on Monday it seemed that the opening weekend was not bad for Ratatouille.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2347&p=.htm

I don't know whether it will have enough staying power to become a huge box office success, but it has recevied outstanding reviews from critics and viewers alike so in the least it helped to cement that Disney/Pixar are truly the leaders in this genre.

[mamaprincess]

Our family saw it yesterday and loved it! I'm glad it opened at the top. Disney has released it share of clunkers over the last few years. Ratatouille was extremely original and fresh. I'd see it again.

[TheRustyScupper]

1) I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.
2) Thought it was well done, had a decent plot, and graphics were great.
3) Quality shows everytime.

[ASilmser]

On this board there's a lot of talk about how Walt believed in quality whether or not it led to immediate profit. Ratatouille exemplifies this thinking. It's a breathtakingly good film and it's gotten sparkling reviews. I have no idea whether or not it will have "legs" this summer, but it will certainly have legs over the next 25 years. Wall Street might not understand the value of this, but Wall Street didn't understand Walt either.

Amen!! I also read somewhere that Disney was not expecting this to be a huge opening because of being sandwiched in between Die Hard and Transformers. They were planning on it being more slow and steady over the summer as people get the word of mouth and are looking for something for the whole family. Based on reviews and word-of-mouth that I heard, I would guess the film's numbers would remain in the top five (maybe even top three) for awhile.

kudos to Disney/Pixar for being patient and producing a high quality family movie--not just pushing for an opening weekend smash.

[Conway733]

My husband and I went to see the movie this past weekend and we really enjoyed it (we don't have children). There was hardly anyone in the theater...however, the weather was extremely nice this weekend (no humidity:banana: )...so I'm sure lots of folks were outside enjoying the weather.

[crazy4wdw]

Box Office Mojo's estimate for this weekend's box office for Ratatouille is $29 Million. The total box office since the film openend is $115,374,000 (domestic & foreign).

[EUROPACL]

Box Office Mojo's estimate for this weekend's box office for Ratatouille is $29 Million. The total box office since the film openend is $115,374,000 (domestic & foreign).

Wow why is the Foreign so low? Has it not opened overseas wide yet?? 6 million???

[YoHo]

It didn't open very wide at all internationally.

Also, the domestic drop off since last week can be considered really good.

[CarnotaurDad]

I think this movie will hold its own very well for the rest of the summer. No real animation competition and great reviews plus good word of mouth means it will probably play quite well.

Considering there is almost no real inherent merchandising opportunity (unlike Cars or even Incredibles), the Box Office cannot be considered bad at all.

Just hope they keep worrying about quality versus merchandise. Wall E. looks very intriguing.

[allissimmo]

I just saw this movie with my bf and we both liked it, it's super cute. I agree that with word of mouth, it should stay in the top 5 for a while, and reviews have been excellent - every paper here gave it 4 stars...:-)

[cxcelica]

Box Office Mojo also said that Ratatouille held better than Cars, so that is a good sign. It will be interesting to see how it fares with Harry Potter coming out this week.

[G8RFAN]

We saw it at the AMC at DTD last week and thought it was very good. I would still put it up there in the PIXAR echelon. It was better than the Disney releases; Meet the Robinsons and Chicken Little (both were very good animations IMHO). I would definitely add it to my DVD collection when it comes out. I saw some merchandising at MGM and thought that the stuffed Remys were very cute. Not sure how much they could do as compared to Cars.

[thefirebuilds]

I am a mean-spirited, sarcastic adult. the weight of the world has crushed my inner childs soul. This movie mesmerized me. The premise is retarded, but it was an awesome movie. The cast was great, the art was breathtaking (how often is your imagination captured my rat whiskars?!). What a cool movie. The theatre was empty, and it was 100 degrees out... Personally I just think the marketing kind of stank but *shrug* -- Pixar was behind it so i figured it couldn't be bad, I took a risk.

[mla973]

I, too, hope this does well for Disney/Pixar, but I thought it was only so-so. I liked the story of Meet the Robinsons a whole lot better. The animation was beautiful, but I enjoyed the plot and characters in MTR more.

Like many others, there were only 15 or 20 people in a 200-seat theatre when we saw it here in Michigan. I don't recall seeing much marketing, only the "view 8 minute trailer online" or something similar.

[MJMcBride]

It didn't open very wide at all internationally.

Also, the domestic drop off since last week can be considered really good.

a very good sign indeed

[mickey8888]

My DH and I took my younger sister to the movies to see Ratatouille for her birthday and we all enjoyed it. I agree though there wasn't many people in the theatre, we thought maybe that was because we caught a later show (during dinner time). Hopefully the word gets out and more people go to see it. When the DVD comes out were going to get it and so is my parents for my sister.

[disneyfan67]

On this board there's a lot of talk about how Walt believed in quality whether or not it led to immediate profit. Ratatouille exemplifies this thinking. It's a breathtakingly good film and it's gotten sparkling reviews. I have no idea whether or not it will have "legs" this summer, but it will certainly have legs over the next 25 years. Wall Street might not understand the value of this, but Wall Street didn't understand Walt either.


It's good to hear all the positive reviews on this movie. I agree with you on the Wall Street angle and it was a good analogy to use. Disney has made a ton of money in the short term on making those terrible direct to DVD sequels, but in the long term it has hurt the company's image. I'm glad they finally put a halt to that practice. I'm looking forward to seeing Ratatouille with my family this weekend.