Fri Box oddice tallies

[MikeS]

Her are the figures for Friday
No surprise Tomb Raider was #1 with a whopping 17.6 million take. That would put the weekend at about $47-50 Million
Atlantis was # 2 with 6.5 million which should give it about $19-21 Million which would be like Hurcules when it opened.
No word on ther titles until Sunday.

 

[All Aboard]

Maybe rose colored glasses here, but I am hoping that Atlantis is more of a Saturday-Sunday audience type movie.

 

[HBK]

I got a good chuckle from that one....

Now what was that cyber bet we made?

As hard as it may be for some to believe....but I'll be seeing Atlantis tomorrow. I'm actually looking forward to it. But we'll see how the box office is after the weekend.

 

[All Aboard]

I don't recall a bet. I just stated that Atlantis would beat Tomb Raider in total US gross, not opening weekend. I still believe that to be the case.

Not necessarily doubting Mike S, but I've checked all the daily box office websites, the-numbers.com, etc. and nobody has Friday numbers up yet. He go his info from somewhere, I just hope that his source is wrong.

 

[Quentin Disney]

I would think MikeS got the numbers from Box Office Guru , a respected site that has really good BO information. When I first saw the numbers, I thought that it was over, but don't forget Saturday. This is where most of the weekend gross will be made.

Remember, Atlantis doesn't have to be number one to be successful. If they can have good word of mouth then maybe we can all stop worrying.

 

[HBK]

I don't recall a bet.

I was joking around.

Remember, Atlantis doesn't have to be number one to be successful.

lol! And pearl harbor didn't need make money at the box office.....it will make it's profit from video sales...

 

[Mulan]

Just wanted to point out that rankings are all relative. A film can make a phenomenal amount of money but still come in 2nd or 3rd. Likewise, a film can make a dismally small amount of money and come in 1st, especially if there's hardly any competition. It isn't all about being #1. However, like I've said before, I think the number of tickets sold is more significant than grosses.

 

[tink2dw]

I was hoping for a long run as I won't get to see it till June 30th[the money thing,don't have any.LOL!!!]

 

[MikeS]

Quentin
Yes I do use Boxofficeguru as well as two other sources so the figures are correct. I think Atlantis will do okay at the BO but no big numbers here. I am guessing (this is my own guess based on the films coming out in the next few weeks) under or around 100 M for the run.We have some heavy hitters coming out. Dr Doolittle opens Friday, Tomb Raider will still be strong.Shrek is still strong and should break the 200M mark this week or next, JP3 Early July.
If Atlantis fails to hit 20 M this weekend it"s over. It will fall quicker than Pearl did. If it hits 20M or above it should be okay for that 100M mark.

 

[All Aboard]

Originally posted by MikeS
If Atlantis fails to hit 20 M this weekend it"s over. It will fall quicker than Pearl did. If it hits 20M or above it should be okay for that 100M mark.

I'm really new to this numbers game when it comes to movies, but I find it facinating.

I took a look at a few websites and this type of performance really does seem to play out. The majority of popular films seem to make roughly 5 times their opening weekend by the time the run ends. In other words, a film opens at $20m and makes $100m in total.

One Disney film - Emporers New Groove, for example, did just $9m the first weekend and ended at $90m. That's a total equal to 10 times the opening. That seems to be unusual.

Here's hoping that Atlantis pulls this off.