11/6-8 Weekend BoxOffice
Juan F. Lara
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
1 A Christmas Carol $30,051,075 3,683 $8,159 $30,051,075
10 7 Astro Boy $2,626,103 -24.1% 1,918 -1,102 $1,369 $15,110,804
15 11 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $1,316,832 -52.1% 1,126 -1,196 $1,169 $121,027,663
33 55 9 $99,607 +202.3% 126 +35 $791 $31,506,416
41 41 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $56,672 -5.1% 80 -28 $708 $196,442,957
115 116 Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone $214 -66.2% 1 -2 $214 $107,797
"A Christmas Carol" did open at the top spot, but with a lackluster $30M.
But "The Polar Express" had a similarly lackluster opening, only to have strong
legs that held it all the way to Christmas itself. Will "A Christmas Carol"
have the same legs? It'll HAVE to, considering its reported $200M budget.
Critics weren't too enthused either.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008502-christmas_carol/
O.K., I was wrong, and "Astro Boy" beat the point spread. :-) A strong
hold last week, even with a loss of 1000+ theaters, propelled the Robot Boy
past "Ponyo" and past the $15M mark. Won't go much further than that, though.
Looks like all the old Disney released movies stopped reporting numbers
last week, even though they may still have a few theaters. The brief 3D
rereleases of the "Toy Story" double feature and "The Nightmare Before
Christmas" are gone. "Up" is gone as well, moving to DVD release, but pulling
in an overall North American boxoffice of $293,004,164 and Non-NA boxoffice of
$213,958,634 so far. And it looks like "Ponyo" is no longer reporting as
well. It pulled in a North American boxoffice of $15,090,399, small compared
to its non-NA boxoffice of $184,369,914, but at least a step in the right
direction in terms of distribution and visibility. I look forward to the next
Miyazaki movie doing better in its 900 theater run.
- Juan F. Lara
Paul S. Person
F. Lara) wrote:
> Information taken from Brandon Gray's
>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
>
> 1 A Christmas Carol $30,051,075 3,683 $8,159 $30,051,075
> 10 7 Astro Boy $2,626,103 -24.1% 1,918 -1,102 $1,369 $15,110,804
> 15 11 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $1,316,832 -52.1% 1,126 -1,196 $1,169 $121,027,663
> 33 55 9 $99,607 +202.3% 126 +35 $791 $31,506,416
> 41 41 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $56,672 -5.1% 80 -28 $708 $196,442,957
>115 116 Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone $214 -66.2% 1 -2 $214 $107,797
>
> "A Christmas Carol" did open at the top spot, but with a lackluster $30M.
>But "The Polar Express" had a similarly lackluster opening, only to have strong
>legs that held it all the way to Christmas itself. Will "A Christmas Carol"
>have the same legs? It'll HAVE to, considering its reported $200M budget.
>Critics weren't too enthused either.
>
> http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008502-christmas_carol/
The story is very well known, and the film either follows the story or
trashes it: those are the only two choices.
It'll become more relevant as Christmas gets closer.
If they ever show it in normal projection (as opposed to psuedo-3d), I
will see it if possible.
> O.K., I was wrong, and "Astro Boy" beat the point spread. :-) A strong
>hold last week, even with a loss of 1000+ theaters, propelled the Robot Boy
>past "Ponyo" and past the $15M mark. Won't go much further than that, though.
>
> Looks like all the old Disney released movies stopped reporting numbers
>last week, even though they may still have a few theaters. The brief 3D
>rereleases of the "Toy Story" double feature and "The Nightmare Before
>Christmas" are gone. "Up" is gone as well, moving to DVD release, but pulling
>in an overall North American boxoffice of $293,004,164 and Non-NA boxoffice of
>$213,958,634 so far. And it looks like "Ponyo" is no longer reporting as
>well. It pulled in a North American boxoffice of $15,090,399, small compared
>to its non-NA boxoffice of $184,369,914, but at least a step in the right
>direction in terms of distribution and visibility. I look forward to the next
>Miyazaki movie doing better in its 900 theater run.
On the DVD, "Up" is, of course, shown in the normal projection (as
opposed to pseudo-3d), so some people may not want to buy it (those
who actually believe the pseudo-3d version is a different film, for
example).
The DVD did have one interesting feature: Disney not only included a
2.0 soundtrack but made it the default! Apparently, they've finally
realized that most of their customers do not have a home-theater
system and are unlikely ever to get one, but rely on their TV set's
speaker(s). Or perhaps they figure that the hone-theater-owners are
mostly doing Blu-Ray now.
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