POC - Good Enough yet? / Weekly Update

[Peter Pirate]

Well 'POC' ought to hit the posted breakeven point in just three weeks and while this feat certainly has been done in less time before, I think it speaks untold volumes about the profitability possibilities - figuring that it hasn't yet concluded its domestic run (which I figure will be in the 225-240 range) then we get the worldwide take and then DVD sales, which should be real solid!

 

[wtg2000]

I hope the DVD has extras about the origins of the ride. That would be cool.

 

[Redcon1]

Actual figures for this weekend just posted at BoxOfficeMojo.com:
$23.1 million, about $700,000 higher than estimate with only a 32% drop.
Still 2nd place for the weekend and over $1m more than 3rd place BBII.
Total take so far: $176.8m.

Redcon1

 

[d-r]

wtg2000, that would be really cool. There was a world of disney special that showed the grand opening of pirates. Not the one where Walt shows the disney ambassader the walk through with marc davis; that one is on the disneyland treasures. But a different one that shows the media event when the ride actually opened, with the pirate crew on Columbia coming to shore and breaking down the door to pirates of the Caribbean with a battering ram. It has the best quality footage of the ride itself. Maybe that one and even the scene where he walks through the preview from the older one. That would be awesome. I doubt they'd do it though. I'd email them but they'd tell me they can't accept suggestions.

 

[Peter Pirate]

Still going strong! Afte 3 weeks it stands at 184M (still #2) and ought to hit 200M before its 4th week is through.

Is this considered legs by all yet?

 

[AdventurerKat]

I went for my THIRD time last night. My friend wanted to go and I just couldn't say no.

 

[Redcon1]

Well, I was hoping it would clear $4M for the weekdays, but probably won't Wednesday or Thursday either. Still, it was the only movie in the top five that increased its take from Monday to Tuesday(albeit only 0.4%).
From reading the various message boards, which are NOT Disney boards, it looks like POTC will have at least one more good weekend. Many of the posters who have not seen it yet, are saying this is the weekend they're going to go.
And with not much new competition(only American Wedding and Gigli mainly), it should do alright.

Redcon1

 

[Grog]

From what I've heard, Gigli isn't going to be much competition

 

[Redcon1]

Over at Rotten Tomatoes, Gigli is hurling (pun intended) a shutout:

Fresh: 0 Rotten: 14.

Might draw in those crowds who like to gawk at nasty accident sites.


Redcon1

 

[Grog]

I've actually heard Gigli being compared to Ishtar! Now that is bad!

 

[Redcon1]

One more update from Rotten Tomatoes for Gigli:
As of 6:05pm c.s.t, Fresh: 0 Rotten: 27.

Now back to your regularly scheduled thread:


Hey, How 'bout those Pirates!!!!!!


Redcon1

 

[d-r]

cross posted from boxofficemojo - if anybody foresaw this, you didn't post it on this board -

Biggest Total – After Day 22


1) Spiderman - $305,073,768 (Fri - $7,247,120)
2) Star Wars 1: PM - $267,491,901 (Wed - $3,812,157)
3) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $267,068,847 (Wed - $1,748,206)
4) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $241,094,369 (Thu - $2,172,000)
5) The Matrix: Reloaded - $238,592,411 (Thu - $1,407,381)
6) Harry Potter 1: SS - $228,717,000 (Fri - $3,795,000)
7) Finding Nemo - $213,703,783 (Fri - $6,293,319)
8) Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $210,724,501 (Wed - $1,525,350)
9) Harry Potter 2: COS - $206,478,449 (Fri - $2,593,751)
10) Jurassic Park 1 - $193,053,035 (Fri - $6,289,920)

11) Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $187,291,717 (Wed - $3,274,773)
12) Bruce Almighty - $184,012,995 (Fri - $4,433,175)
13) X-Men 2: X-Men United - $181,643,100 (Fri - $2,682,655)
14) Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $181,500,249 (Fri - $3,279,800)
15) How The Grinch Stole Christmas - $181,358,995 (Fri - $4,359,340)
16) Men In Black 1 - $179,373,063 (Wed - $2,213,609)
17) Monsters Inc - $178,369,000 (Fri - $9,914,000)
18) Austin Powers 3: Goldmember - $177,886,417 (Fri - $2,718,936)
19) Titanic - $176,951,000 (Fri - $7,785,000)
20) Rush Hour 2 - $176,115,000 (Fri - $3,365,000)

Shrek - $164,088,000 (Fri - $4,539,000)
Mission Impossible 2 - $163,467,025 (Wed - $1,643,225)
Men In Black 2 - $163,446,599 (Wed - $1,645,714)
Signs - $163,257,765 (Fri - $4,435,058)
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me - $162,612,000 (Fri - $3,310,000)
Planet Of The Apes - $155,975,000 (Fri - $1,880,000)
The Mummy Returns - $155,349,000 (Fri - $3,802,000)
Pearl Harbor - $153,181,000 (Fri - $2,682,000)
Cast Away - $152,406,225 (Fri - $4,425,000)
Jurassic Park 3 - $151,521,060 (Wed - $1,403,555)
Toy Story 2 - $143,191,494 (Wed - $960,715)
The Perfect Storm - $138,570,138 (Fri - $2,824,000)
Armageddon - $136,213,700 (Wed - $2,220,449)
Hannibal - $135,545,000 (Fri - $2,812,000)
Scooby Doo - $132,957,781 (Fri - $2,453,347)
X-Men - $131,374,000 (Fri - $1,898,000)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $131,369,886 (Fri - $1,088,288)
Ice Age - $130,977,000 (Fri - $3,884,000)
Big Daddy - $127,534,000 (Fri - $3,470,000)
What Women Want - $127,021,000 (Fri - $4,679,000)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $126,284,809 (Fri - $2,218,442)
Scary Movie - $125,978,000 (Fri - $2,513,000)
The Sixth Sense - $124,563,000 (Fri - $5,808,000)
Catch Me If You Can - $122,708,440 (Wed - $1,067,401)
The Hulk - $122,094,290 (Fri - $1,094,375)
Air Force One - $121,507,551 (Fri - $3,504,053)
Tarzan - $121,399,000 (Fri - $3,205,000)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day - $120,775,664 (Wed - $1,656,045)
Godzilla - $116,543,945 (Wed - $773,984)
Saving Private Ryan - $116,469,298 (Fri - $3,591,423)
American Pie 2 - $116,400,000 (Fri - $2,437,000)
Ocean’s Eleven - $116,316,000 (Fri - $5,422,000)
The Blair Witch Project - $115,820,000 (Fri - $2,582,000)
The Waterboy - $114,371,000 (Fri - $5,835,000)
XXX - $113,439,033 (Fri - $2,671,912)
Gladiator - $113,090,000 (Fri - $3,158,000)
Lilo & Stitch - $112,808,351 (Fri - $2,421,722)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - $110,789,500 (Fri - $1,973,000)
The Fast & The Furious - $110,150,745 (Fri - $2,623,595)
2 Fast 2 Furious - $109,728,300 (Fri - $1,957,815)
Liar Liar - $109,604,050 (Fri - $4,075,195)
Anger Management - $109,579,135 (Fri - $2,700,356)
Runaway Bride - $107,364,000 (Fri - $3,115,000)
The Mummy - $107,156,000 (Fri - $2,770,000)
What Lies Beneath - $105,182,910 (Fri - $2,914,798)
Minority Report - $105,055,102 (Fri - $2,130,714)
Dinosaur - $104,845,615 (Fri - $2,224,446)
Deep Impact - $104,691,473 (Fri - $2,765,954)
8 Mile - $103,971,195 (Fri - $2,336,555)
The Matrix - $103,122,779 (Wed - $1,264,635)
Mr. Deeds - $102,724,210 (Fri - $2,405,522)
Charlie’s Angels 1 - $102,532,342 (Fri - $4,082,591)
Lethal Weapon 4 - $102,358,000 (Fri - $2,245,000)
The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps - $99,828,000 (Fri - $1,843,000)
James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies - $97,935,000 (Fri - $2,070,000)
Wild Wild West - $97,662,279 (Wed - $1,115,953)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough - $95,141,000 (Fri - $1,889,000)
Sweet Home Alabama - $91,922,581 (Fri - $3,010,314)
Bringing Down The House - $91,211,516 (Fri - $3,625,295)
Rush Hour - $90,435,000 (Fri - $3,035,000)
Meet The Parents - $89,206,738 (Fri - $4,240,963)
Daredevil - $87,733,002 (Fri - $1,411,450)
Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle - $86,699,793 (Fri - $1,276,788)
A Bug’s Life - $85,576,787 (Wed - $715,067)
E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial - $73,621,238 (Fri - $3,917,683)
Ghostbusters - $72,625,998 (Fri - $3,138,079)


NOTES:

* Spiderman passes $300m in a record 22 Days.
* After a period in front…..Phantom Menace pushes TTT back down to 3rd position.
* Jurassic Park passes $200m in 22 Days.
* Finding Nemo overtakes FOTR.
* Titanic begins its 4th weekend with a staggering $7.8m Friday…However, Monsters Inc was even better…..up $9.9m.
* After 22 days, 2 Fast 2 Furious finally falls behind its predecessor (The Fast & The Furious).
* The Sixth Sense: After weeks of being in the shadows…..the numbers from here on out are truly amazing.
* Charlie’s Angels 1 passes $100m in 22 days

 

[Redcon1]

Another day, another cool $3.4M.
Still in 2nd place behind SK3D and should clear $200M Saturday!

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

Redcon1

 

[Redcon1]

Well, the weekend estimates are in and, believe it or not, Pirates may have taken in another 19M, placing it 3rd behind(not unexpectedly), American Wedding and SK3D(but very unexpectedly only 1M less than SK3D). These figures, of course may change by the time the actuals are in, but if they're even close, it means only a 17-18% drop from last weekend. I wonder how the folks in Hollywood would label that for a fourth weekend film.
It should pass XMEN2 in the next couple of days, but doubt it will pass Bruce Almighty which is at $238M, this week. Should do it the following week tho which will put it only behind Nemo and Matrix.
Hey, NemO, NeO and SparrOw..is this a trend?

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/

Redcon1

 

[EUROPA]

...yes I'm afraid these great results for POTC can only mean one thing.

New Disney movies in the works...


"Backlot Tour The Reckoning"

"Test Track Curse of the GM Transmission"

"Monorail...This Time It's Personal"

 

[Peter Pirate]

So POC will hit 250M at the 6 week mark and in head to head competetion with Matrix2 and Nemo (see Boxofficemojo) POC is doing strikingly better than Matrix2 (take out that freakish Matrix2 opening and it'd be all POC in second).

Anyway, I think POC has a great chance of catching Matrix2 based on these comparisions and given the huge box office it's still raking in. Any thoughts?

I guess the original "legs" question is answered sufficiently for everyone by now, but my main thought on this movie now turns to Oscar. Can the film be nominated? Can Johnny win an Oscar for playing Keith Richards???

 

[Peter Pirate]

After an even six weeks in release POC sits at a hefty $251,296,998.00. I (still) believe it's well on track to land in #2 for the year (passing Matrix). Any significance in that should it happen? Anything coming up that will (could) pass it?

 

[JeffH]

What happened to Independance Day? When it came out it broke all records and earned nearly $200,000,000 after 3 weeks. That would have put it in 9th place?!?! Somtins messed up here.

TW LW Title (Click to view daily chart) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count/Change Average Total Gross Cost* Week #
1 1 Independence Day Fox $21,274,817 -39.6% 2,972 +64 $7,158 $199,004,369 - / - 3

 

[hopemax]

Anything coming up that will (could) pass it?

Are you asking for the end of summer, or the rest of the year?

For the year, the ones to watch out for are "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," November 14th and since Return of the King is being released in 2003, it's entire box office total will count as 2003 earnings. Who knows what the third Matrix will do, depends how turned off people were by the second and how many people skipped the second, or at least didn't repeat because they new the third was coming. Grinch made $260 million, so I suppose Cat in the Hat could be a contender, I don't know what the buzz on that one is like.

 

[Planogirl]

Everything I've read has ROTK blowing everything else out of the water but who knows? I wonder about the Tom Cruise movie on December 5? Here's a list of what's left for anyone who's curious:

Sept. 5
Dickie Roberts:Former Child Star(David Spade)
The Order(Heath Ledger)
Shaolin Soccer(Stephen Chow)

Sept. 12
Cabin Fever(Horror)
Cold Creek Manor(Sharon Stone, Dennis Quaid)
Matchstick Men(Nicolas Cage)
Lost in Translation(Bill Murray)
Once upon a time in Mexico(Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp, Salma Hayek, sequel to El Mariachi and Desperado)

Sept. 19
Anything Else(Chris Ricci, Jason Biggs, D. by Woody Allen)
The Fighting Temptations(Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyonce Knowles)
Secondhand Lions(Caine, DuVall, HaleyJ.Osment)
Underworld(Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman)

Sept. 26
Duplex(Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, D. by Danny DeVito)
The Rundown(The Rock, SeanW. Scott)
Under the Tuscan Sun(Diane Lane)
The Human Stain(Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, A. Hopkins)
Wonderland(Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth)

Oct. 3
Out of Time(Denzel Washington)
School of Rock(Jack Black)

Oct. 10
Kill Bill:Volume 1(Uma Thurman, D. by Quentin Tarantino)
Good Boy!(Cats and Dogsish film, Matthew Broderick)
Intolerable Cruelty(George Clooney, CatherineZ.Jones, D.by Coen Brothers)

Oct. 17
The Runaway Jury(Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, John Cusack,based on a book by John Grisham)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre(Jessica Biel, P. by Michael Bay)

Oct. 24
Brother Bear(Disney Animation, Songs by Phil Collins)
Gothika(Halle Berry, Penelope Cruz)
Scary Movie 3

Oct. 31
Alienirector's Cut(Rerelease)

Nov. 5
The Matrix Revolutions--3 Day

Nov. 7
Elf(Will Ferrell)

Nov. 14
Love Actually(Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, D.by Richard Curtis)
Looney Tunes:Back in Action(Brendan Fraser, Steve Martin)
Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World(Russell Crowe)
Honey(Jessica Alba)

Nov. 21
Dr.Seuss' The Cat in the Hat(Mike Myers)
Radio(Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris)

Nov. 26
Big Fish(Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, D. by Tim Burton)
The Haunted Mansion(Eddie Murhpy)
Timeline(Paul Walker, Gerard Butler, Based on a novel by Michael Crichton, D. by Richard Donner)
Bad Santa(Billy Bob Thornton, D. by Terry Zwigoff)

Dec. 3
Highwaymen(Jim Caviezel)

Dec. 5
The Last Samurai(Tom Cruise)

Dec. 10
The Missing(Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, D. by Ron Howard)

Dec. 12
Something's Gotta Give(Jack Nicholson, Keanu Reeves, Diane Keaton)
Stuck on You(Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, D.by Farrelly Brothers)

Dec. 17
The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King

Dec. 19
Mona Lisa Smile(Julia Roberts, Julia Stiles, Kirsten Dunst)

Dec. 25
The Alamo(B.B. Thornton, Jason Patric, Dennis Quaid)
Cold Mountain(Nicole Kidman, Jude Law)
Cheaper by the Dozen(Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt)
Peter Pan (Jason Issacs)
Paycheck(Ben Affleck, D. by John Woo)