X3 Box Office Tracker

[antariksh]

OK enough of domestic boxoffice.

SOMEONE find overseas boxoffice recepits. If it has done anything less than $70 million there, I will be seriously dissapointed because X2 did $68 million in 3 days overseas boxoffice.

[WorthyStevens]

In other words, it's like I said.

There's also a chance of the estimates being higher OR even lower when all is said and done.

$10 million is quite a difference...

[Pickle-El]

Wow. Turns out X2 made more on its Saturday than X3.....this is pretty weird.

Biggest Saturdays of all time:

1 Shrek 2 DW $44,797,042 4,163 $10,761 5/22/04 4 $94.1 $441.2
2 Spider-Man Sony $43,622,264 3,615 $12,067 5/04/02 2 $83.0 $403.7
3 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $40,693,760 3,661 $11,115 5/21/05 3 $124.2 $380.3
4 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire WB $36,719,135 3,858 $9,518 11/19/05 2 $76.8 $290.0
5 The Matrix Reloaded WB $34,389,237 3,603 $9,545 5/17/03 3 $108.2 $281.6
6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets WB $34,213,803 3,682 $9,292 11/16/02 2 $63.8 $262.0
7 Spider-Man 2 Sony $33,748,257 4,152 $8,128 7/03/04 4 $130.5 $373.6
8 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone WB $33,512,941 3,672 $9,127 11/17/01 2 $65.8 $317.6
9 The Passion of the Christ NM $33,077,939 3,043 $10,870 2/28/04 4 $97.3 $370.3
10 X2: X-Men United Fox $32,000,629 3,741 $8,554 5/03/03 2 $63.2 $214.9
11 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox $31,800,000 3,690 $8,618 5/27/06 2 $75.9 $102.0

[Pickle-El]

THE highest grossing Sunday movie of all time is about 34 Million (Shrek 2)

Okay, so best case scenario if X3 remains close to the top of Sunday and Monday off all-time would leave its take at about 125 of so for the 4 days.

[StorminNorman]

$102 million still means its having significant dropoffs from Friday to Saturday and Saturday to Sunday.

I don't think that speaks greatly of the movie's word of mouth.

$85 million in 2003 probably isn't much different to $102 million today.

Actually with how poor the movie industry has been doing recently, its even more impressive.

[Edward Brock]

$102 million still means its having significant dropoffs from Friday to Saturday and Saturday to Sunday.

I don't think that speaks greatly of the movie's word of mouth.WOM does not have that much impact from one day to the next. It was just extremely frontloaded because of the fans. We should know more about that in the next weeks.

[phantom47]

Wow. Turns out X2 made more on its Saturday than X3.....this is pretty weird.

Biggest Saturdays of all time:

1 Shrek 2 DW $44,797,042 4,163 $10,761 5/22/04 4 $94.1 $441.2
2 Spider-Man Sony $43,622,264 3,615 $12,067 5/04/02 2 $83.0 $403.7
3 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $40,693,760 3,661 $11,115 5/21/05 3 $124.2 $380.3
4 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire WB $36,719,135 3,858 $9,518 11/19/05 2 $76.8 $290.0
5 The Matrix Reloaded WB $34,389,237 3,603 $9,545 5/17/03 3 $108.2 $281.6
6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets WB $34,213,803 3,682 $9,292 11/16/02 2 $63.8 $262.0
7 Spider-Man 2 Sony $33,748,257 4,152 $8,128 7/03/04 4 $130.5 $373.6
8 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone WB $33,512,941 3,672 $9,127 11/17/01 2 $65.8 $317.6
9 The Passion of the Christ NM $33,077,939 3,043 $10,870 2/28/04 4 $97.3 $370.3
10 X2: X-Men United Fox $32,000,629 3,741 $8,554 5/03/03 2 $63.2 $214.9
11 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox $31,800,000 3,690 $8,618 5/27/06 2 $75.9 $102.0

that 31.8 million is just an estimate, boxofficemojo usually estimates lower, and once the true numbers come in we will see it jump a little higher

[Angamb]

we have to compare with two things: past comic movies, like X2 and Spiderman, and too with actual movies in theatres, like DVC.

[Angamb]

DVC had $27,317,296 on saturday, I can be glad then.

[Pickle-El]

we have to compare with two things: past comic movies, like X2 and Spiderman, and too with actual movies in theatres, like DVC.

Spiderman re-wrote the book on CM Box Office. Right now, you should be comparing X3 to the biggest openings of all time.....Or at least something very similar. (IE. Matrix:Reloaded) If it has Matrix 'legs', you're possibly looking at anywhere from 250-300 Million.

[phantom47]

DVC had $27,317,296 on saturday, I can be glad then.Yeah i think if DVC was in its 3rd or 4th week X# numbers would have been bigger on Sat.

Can anyone tell me what Spider-man competition was on its release

[GL's Light]

X3 will probably have a dropoff pattern very similar to X2. That would mean a domestic gross of around $ 250 million, and a worldwide gross of just under $ 500 million. If that happens, then each X-Men sequel will see its worldwide gross go up by roughly $ 100 million compared to the preceding film.

[GNR]

Wow.100+ mill weekend.Fox must be jumping for joy.

[Advanced Dark]

Fox estimates per Reuters are 107 million Fri-Sat. Expecting another 18-20 million on Monday. Nice nice nice.

[Pickle-El]

Front Page Of Yahoo:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060528/ap_en_mo/box_office


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'X-Men' storms to record opening weekend

By CHRISTINA ALMEIDA, Associated Press Writer 30 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES - "X-Men: The Last Stand" stormed to an estimated $107 million three-day opening, the largest ever for Memorial Day weekend and the fourth-biggest in box office history.
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Preliminary estimates were released Sunday for the third installment of the series featuring a cast of mutants with names like Storm (
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The 20th Century Fox film opened in 3,690 theaters and grossed a whopping $28,997 per theater.

"People had such a huge awareness of the movie that it just translated into these huge numbers," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

The film benefited from a huge base of fans who had seen the first two "X-Men" films, plus great marketing and solid reviews, Dergarabedian said.

"This is what the summer is all about," he said, adding the box office has rebounded well since last year's slump. "With `Da Vinci Code' doing better than anticipated ... we could not be in a better position."

Estimates for "The Da Vinci Code" over the start of the holiday weekend were not immediately available. That film, starring
Tom Hanks and directed by
Ron Howard, had a solid $77 million opener last weekend.

On the all-time list, "X-Men: The Last Stand" ranks behind only "Spider-Man," "Star Wars: Episode III" and "Shrek 2" for opening weekend gross. None of the other films opened on a holiday weekend, which usually gives movies a boost.

For Memorial Day openers, "X-Men" crushed the previous three-day high of $72 million, set by "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" in 1997.

Final box-office figures were expected Monday.

[phantom47]

boxofficemojo estimated that Over the Hedge made 34 million and after all the numbers came in it was 38.5

[Pickle-El]

Just so you guys know.....and before the merge, job well done.


By CHRISTINA ALMEIDA, Associated Press Writer 30 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES - "X-Men: The Last Stand" stormed to an estimated $107 million three-day opening, the largest ever for Memorial Day weekend and the fourth-biggest in box office history.
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The 20th Century Fox film opened in 3,690 theaters and grossed a whopping $28,997 per theater.

"People had such a huge awareness of the movie that it just translated into these huge numbers," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

The film benefited from a huge base of fans who had seen the first two "X-Men" films, plus great marketing and solid reviews, Dergarabedian said.

"This is what the summer is all about," he said, adding the box office has rebounded well since last year's slump. "With `Da Vinci Code' doing better than anticipated ... we could not be in a better position."

Estimates for "The Da Vinci Code" over the start of the holiday weekend were not immediately available. That film, starring
Tom Hanks and directed by
Ron Howard, had a solid $77 million opener last weekend.

On the all-time list, "X-Men: The Last Stand" ranks behind only "Spider-Man," "Star Wars: Episode III" and "Shrek 2" for opening weekend gross. None of the other films opened on a holiday weekend, which usually gives movies a boost.

For Memorial Day openers, "X-Men" crushed the previous three-day high of $72 million, set by "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" in 1997.

Final box-office figures were expected Monday.

[PoSeiDon]

These are great numbers x-men 3 are putting out! but now the downfall is people are going to start comparing it to other franchises and set themselves up for a possible disappointment! with all the folks on here posting why dont you head to the theater if you care so much and add more money to the gross, if you actually liked the movie!

[Advanced Dark]

`X-Men' Has 4th-Best Film Debut, $107 Mln in Sales (Update2)
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- ``X-Men: The Last Stand'' had the fourth-largest weekend opening in box-office history with an estimated $107 million in ticket sales in the first three days of the Memorial Day holiday.

The News Corp. film had $45.5 million in ticket sales on Friday, making it the second-largest one-day gross in history, trailing only ``Star Wars: Episode III,'' according to Exhibitor Relations Co. ``Episode III'' took in $50 million when it opened May 19, 2005.

``We knew this film was going to have one of the bigger opening weekends of the year because the buzz was strong and the box-office potential was certainly there,'' said Paul Dergarabedian, Exhibitor Relations' president, in an interview. ``But for anyone to say they expected $107 million, we'd have thought they were crazy.''

``Spider-Man,'' released in May 2002, had the biggest opening weekend with $114.8 million in sales, followed by ``Star Wars: Episode III'' at $108.4 million and ``Shrek 2'' at $108 million.

``X-Men'' stars Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart as mutants who are up against humans who want to cure them and evil mutants who try to take over the planet. The film was produced by Avi Arad.

Year's Biggest Opening

The opening, the biggest so far this year, also has surpassed those of the first two movies in the X-Men series. The first, ``X-Men'' had $54.5 million in sales when it opened in July 2000, and ``X2: X-Men United'' grossed $85.6 million in its opening weekend in May 2003.

The comic-book genre has performed well at the box office because of a built-in audience of both older and younger males, and ``X-Men'' might have attracted more women because of strong female characters, such as Berry's portrayal of Storm, Dergarabedian said.

``This one may have had appeal beyond just the typical male audience that enjoys sci-fi and comic-book movies,'' he said.

In only three days ``X-Men'' has set the record for the biggest opening over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, beating the $90.2 million ``The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' set over four movie-viewing days in 1997. Box-office statistics for the four- day Memorial Day weekend will be reported tomorrow.

No other films opened in wide distribution this weekend, Dergarabedian said.



To contact the reporter on this story:
Kevin Orland in Chicago at korland@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: May 28, 2006 12:21 EDT

From Bloomberg

[dayshawn1974]

Whether this number holds up or BOM's estimate of 102 million for the first three days both figures point to a fantastic opening weekend for the third film in a comic book series. No matter what the legs are I feel confident this film will reach 250 m illion domestic and close to 500 WW. Fantastic for the third film in a series with a new director at the helm. Despite the flaws of X3 I do hope Brett Ratner is somewhere laughing at everyone that thought X3 might flop or underperform. With every movie these days heavily frontloaded saying that X3 is doomed because of it is pretty crazy. It'll do damn well when its all said and done. X4 will happen:)

[PoSeiDon]

wait has it been confirmed from sundays #s????

[PoSeiDon]

how do they know its 107mil and sunday isnt over with yet?

[invincible mann]

they estimate final figures out teusday

[Iceman]

$31.8m today.

Wow that's a big drop but still a solid figure.

$107m for the weekend is still a lot better than most people expected.

[PoSeiDon]

on box office mojo it said 31.8m for saturday.....how is it over for a 3 days gorss when sundays numbers arent up yet?? im lost somewhere

[Sagitarrius]

Well I didn't expect over $100 million but I saw about $90 million.

Congratsw to the marketing campaign but I might add there was about a 1/3 drop from Friday to Saturday which shows WOM is mixed. I also think that was expected after viewing. But this movie will be an undeniable hit so X4 may not be so "bad" to Fox now.


even 90 million would have been a heckuva successful figure for Xmen film
but now with a 100 million dollar film - this now puts Xmen among
the all-time record books as films that have broke the 100 million mark.

Just a truly remarkable accomplishment considering the all-out bashing
it took from movie critics and playa-hatin' " fans " .........

:up:

[Iceman]

on box office mojo it said 31.8m for saturday.....how is it over for a 3 days gorss when sundays numbers arent up yet?? im lost somewhere

It's an estimate. :up:

[GL's Light]

on box office mojo it said 31.8m for saturday.....how is it over for a 3 days gorss when sundays numbers arent up yet?? im lost somewhere
The studios always put out weekend estimates on Sunday. They have tracking reports from the theaters that let them figure out what a film is likely to make, even though the actual figure isn't yet available. Their estimates can be one or two million out, but they're generally very accurate.

[PoSeiDon]

The studios always put out weekend estimates on Sunday. They have tracking reports from the theaters that let them figure out what a film is likely to make, even though the actual figure isn't yet available. Their estimates can be one or two million out, but they're generally very accurate.

ok thanks! if the numbers hold then im very proud of this! great for x3

[ang_hulk]

and now,onto x-4 the even worse sequal

[The Apocalypse]

Yes cause you really know how X-4 will play out

[Slim_X]

and now,onto x-4 the even worse sequal
What's a "sequal"?:confused:

[ang_hulk]

well unless singer comes back or they get ittogeather it will be worse.youll see

[hey yo its sean]

I'd rather that they get this Ittogeather fella. Ittogeather makes good films.

[AVP82]

well unless singer comes back or they get ittogeather it will be worse.youll see

such pessimism!

[PoSeiDon]

I hope singer doesnt come back and dumb things down! but thats my opinion. if brett doesnt do it then get someone who is capable of doing a balanced action/drama movie.

[Tony Stark]

As much as that figure looks good, you look at the internals and that tells the real story.

the movie had a huge drop on Saturday. Friday was 44 million, and Saturday it dropped to 32 million. This was on a holiday weekend.

[neemer5]

The film is only a couple of million shy of the #2 position. Hopefully the numbers are a bit conservative.
From a Fox standpoint, I don't see how this can be the last X-Men film. This all but guarantees an X4, and hopefully it'll attract some big name directors, screenwriters, etc.

[GL's Light]

Box Office Mojo has updated with new estimates:

Friday - $ 45.5 million
Saturday - $ 32.5 million
Sunday - $ 29 million

3-day total: $ 107 million (fourth highest opening ever).

A $ 107 million start should carry X3 to a domestic gross of around $ 270 million.

[phoenix_force]

awesome! been hopeing for something like that!

[borinquenknight]

I hope singer doesnt come back and dumb things down! but thats my opinion. if brett doesnt do it then get someone who is capable of doing a balanced action/drama movie.

Thats kind of odd to me. Bryan Singer's Xmen actually made me think when the characters progressed throughout the film. Everyone keeps on saying that the characters were fleshed out in the first two films but the fact of the matter is that Angel, Colossus, Kitty, Beast, Juggernaut, Multiple Man, Callisto, etc, etc,.......were not fleshed out. Angel had 2 scenes and 2 half scenes. Colossus said one line. Juggernaut atleast is character doesn't have anything to say but Multiple Man had quite the potential. Where as Singer's films were great movies. Maybe not perfect Comic book films but atleast great films. The difference between the Tim Burton Batman and the Chris Nolan Batman Begins. Its great that the franchise will survive but at what cost? Does this justify Fox's tendency to overrule creativity in the Marvel Films.

[Tony Stark]

Box Office Mojo has updated with new estimates:

Friday - $ 45.5 million
Saturday - $ 32.5 million
Sunday - $ 29 million

3-day total: $ 107 million (fourth highest opening ever).

A $ 107 million start should carry X3 to a domestic gross of around $ 270 million.

As I mentioned on the other thread, that's a significant drop from Friday to Saturday. I have a feeling more people are upset about this movie than meets the eye.

I knew it would have a big opening, because of the holiday weekend, and no competition to speak of. I have a feeling you will see a huge drop in week 2.

[Edward Brock]

Let's hope that that $29 million Sunday estimate is on spot. $107 would place it over HP4.

Tony, I belive that that drop has more to do with the fact that the movie has a short running time, thus allowing more shows per theatre. This allowed for most fans to watch the movie on on Friday, so there were less left to watch it on Saturday. WOM does not impact from one day to the next. Wait for the next weekend.

[Angamb]

yes, next week will be significative.

[Lightning Strykez!]

As I mentioned on the other thread, that's a significant drop from Friday to Saturday. I have a feeling more people are upset about this movie than meets the eye.

I knew it would have a big opening, because of the holiday weekend, and no competition to speak of. I have a feeling you will see a huge drop in week 2.


I seriously doubt the drop is an indication of dissatisfaction from the consumerbase. You must remember, it's also a Holiday weekend Tony. People are busy and have other things to do, i.e. BBQing, cooking for friends and family and other items.

Therefore, a drop in sales certainly does not indicate people are "upset about the movie" and if you're going to apply that argument here, you might as well tack it on to the significant drops that X1 and X2 also experienced. All is comparable.

[bittercarrot]

It was Ratner who dumbed things down. You can tell what kind of movie you're going to get from either directors by just listening to them speak. When Bryan speaks about the movie, it is much more philosophical and intriguing, when Ratner speaks, the man is going 1,000 miles an hour about how **** blows up. I would have preferred a more cerebral film, but the action in x3 was amazing, but that was all it had to offer.

[FreeRadical]

Box Office Mojo has updated with new estimates:

Friday - $ 45.5 million
Saturday - $ 32.5 million
Sunday - $ 29 million

3-day total: $ 107 million (fourth highest opening ever).

A $ 107 million start should carry X3 to a domestic gross of around $ 270 million.

The drop could be due to mixed WOM. After I watched it today some people liked it, some didn't. Most of the people who really wanted to see the movie on the day of release did so on Friday.

[GL's Light]

As I mentioned on the other thread, that's a significant drop from Friday to Saturday. I have a feeling more people are upset about this movie than meets the eye.

I knew it would have a big opening, because of the holiday weekend, and no competition to speak of. I have a feeling you will see a huge drop in week 2.
The steep drop from Friday to Saturday is misleading. The Friday number included Thursday night's midnight screenings. X3 will likely have a very frontloaded box office, just as X1 and X2 did, but with a start this good that won't matter. $ 270 million domestic and around $ 500 million worldwide is a realistic prediction for where X3 will end up. A great success.

[AVP82]

Still impressive nonetheless

[Iceman]

The drop is not that surprising given the surprisingly large fan driven Friday total (which included midnight showings). Revenge of the Sith dropped from $50m to $33m from it's opening Thursday to Friday.

[antariksh]

The drop is not that surprising given the surprisingly large fan driven friday total (which included midnight showings). Revenge of the Sith dropped from $50m to $33m from it's opening Thursday to Friday.

WELL SAID :up:

[PoSeiDon]

why be upset? no one can control how people go to the movies! everyone rushed to see it opening day!

this is what i mean. certain people are going to try and dumb down whatever success this movie has had this weekend.

[Lightning Strykez!]

why be upset? no one can control how people go to the movies! everyone rushed to see it opening day!

this is what i mean. certain people are going to try and dumb down whatever success this movie has had this weekend.

Exactly. And it's pathetic. :o

[Steelsheen]

impre$$ive. mo$t impre$$ive :up:


we'll wait till SR comes out. if it sucks you can have Singer back to make X4 :D ;)

[danoyse]

Exactly, it's not like they're dropping any of this money off at my house, so I'm not going to stress over it. :p

My sister's wedding was yesterday--so I know of at least 102 people who were not at the movies yesterday. But I am planning to go back before the holiday weekend is over.

And my sister and her husband didn't have time to see the movie before the wedding--so I know at least 2 people who will contribute on the 2nd weekend!

[bes628]

Um, X3 had a better plot than Singer's "philosophical/intriguing" x-movies.

basically. the first xmen was kinda weird i enjoyed it but now that i look at it again its weird. the 2nd xmen was good but not enough action. the 3rd is the best.

[borinquenknight]

Um, X3 had a better plot than Singer's "philosophical/intriguing" x-movies.

I'll agree that X3 had more potential in its plot but wasn't Singer steering towards the Dark Phoenix plot anyway?

[SuperT]

Tell your sister she should have had the reception at the movie theatre so you all could have watched X3 to celebrate her special occassion. hahaha

[obeastdyke]

X-men 3 is doing awesome. I will say 500 - 600 million for WW when its all said and done and could even suprise us and do more. I think next weeks drop will be something like 45% - 55% drop nothing that bad like 60% - 70% like some people want to believe.

[gap5ewl]

Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

[PoSeiDon]

And i seriously doubt word of mouth would make the box office go down over night like that. just another excuse for people who didnt like the movie and wanted its box office to suffer! movies like these make there money in the first weekend! its just how it goes sometimes. people came out on opening day! then another part of memorial day weekend...there were parades on saturday, people flying to their loved ones, weddings, church on sunday, and everyone is going to be eating on monday so expect another drop! whatever the cause x3 was a box office hit this weekend and the biggerst opening for memorial day weekend beating jurrasic park, who held that title for what like 9-10 years?

[obeastdyke]

hmmm Boxofficemojo has it listed as a budget of $210 million is that true? Thats a lot. People were saying here $150 million.

[danoyse]

Tell your sister she should have had the reception at the movie theatre so you all could have watched X3 to celebrate her special occassion. hahaha

Are you kidding? She told me on Friday that if she heard me say "I'm the Juggernaugh b****!" once during the wedding she was going to kill me! :eek:

[gap5ewl]

i cant believe 107 million thats awesome!

[Iceman]

The Saturday and Sunday estimates are actually a lot better than we first thought.

The Saturday figure ranks as 10th highest Saturday of all time while the Sunday is the 4th highest Sunday.

As we already knew, the Friday figure was the highest Friday of all time.

Friday: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/f-th.htm?page=Fri&p=.htm
Saturday: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/f-th.htm?page=Sat&p=.htm
Sunday: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/f-th.htm?page=Sun&p=.htm

[Darkdd]

Wow.It could be $140 mil plus by 11:59 pm Monday.

[L0ngsh0t]

well unless singer comes back or they get ittogeather it will be worse.youll see

i'll take my chances

[Angamb]

"significative"? Is that a real word? :p

hehe, sorry, that was the word: meaningful, or significant.

[Iceman]

hehe, sorry, that was the word: meaningful, or significant.

More like significant & indicative. :up:

[L0ngsh0t]

basically. the first xmen was kinda weird i enjoyed it but now that i look at it again its weird. the 2nd xmen was good but not enough action. the 3rd is the best.

while i will defend X3 to the grave i am not sold that it is completly better then 2, i think 2 is fantasic in all departments, and i think the two are very close, i have only seen 3 once so far so on my second veiwing i will have a better idea now that the nastalgia(spell check) is out of the way, right now i would put it slightly behind X2, but still fantastic

[Cmill216]

hmmm Boxofficemojo has it listed as a budget of $210 million is that true? Thats a lot. People were saying here $150 million.

It looked like a $210 mill flick.

[PoSeiDon]

now..I wonder how well superman is going to do! on a studio level...Fox just kicked WB in the balls and said bring it!

[Secret_Riddle]

while i will defend X3 to the grave i am not sold that it is completly better then 2, i think 2 is fantasic in all departments, and i think the two are very close, i have only seen 3 once so far so on my second veiwing i will have a better idea now that the nastalgia(spell check) is out of the way, right now i would put it slightly behind X2, but still fantastic

i agree completely however im gona go one steph further and say i loved x3 but its not as good as x2 however i will defend it as being a great movie because it was not to mention an awesom conclusion:D and the second viewing does make the movie better

[Angamb]

I really can't understand how could be that budget and they weren't abble to do the fire bird, and more Iceman ice up, etc, for budget reasons. Really can't.

[Pickle-El]

210 production budget? If true, it sure didn't go in the Angel scenes...:o

[PoSeiDon]

Um, X3 had a better plot than Singer's "philosophical/intriguing" x-movies.

i loved all 3 movies no doubt! i like what singer did with the first 2 movies, but after seeing x3 made me realize that xmen in the movie verse could be so much for fun and enjoyable! lets see....x1 mags used a machine to turn humans into mutants, then x2 had another machine to try and kill everyone. at least i can say i didnt have to deal with a machine again but a more engaging issue.

[Psionic Force]

I dont believe this. Today is not even over and since tomorrow is a holiday, it is possible to bring in even more.... think we should wait until Tuesday to see for sure.

[xantax]

the % drop is not so bad... everybody's doing bbq and at the beach given the nice weather... had it rained as it was forecasted then things would be different...

[TheBlueMcCoy82]

I hope singer doesnt come back

Agreed. Singer stay with Superman.

[phantom47]

150 mil for the movie

60 mil for advertisment (thats why we saw so many tv spots/trailers/NBA Promos)

[PoSeiDon]

Agreed. Singer stay with Superman.

And the reality is, how many directos come back to a franschise they started once someone else has taken over for whatever reason? it could happen, but i highly doubt it if there are more x-men films unless fox wants him.

something posted on another message board from someone who hated x1 and x2 but loved the spiderman films. he thought spiderman was more true to the comic book...he has just about every xmen comic i think....

"I will be the first to admit when im wrong...

XMEN 3 WAS REALLY GOOD!!!
Now, that further proves my theory that BRIAN SINGER JACKED IT UP. This movie was everything the first 2 movies should have been. The characters have been captured correctly, the fight scenes where great, the xmen universe was shown more respect. And above all, it captured the feel of the comics...fights, character interactions and death (and return) of characters. Very good
I say, GIVE US 3 more movies. NOW the world is ready for the xmen movies done CORECTLY. this is what part 1 should have been.

At the end of the day, money talks, and money is going to guarantee something like Xmen: Appacalypes or Xmen: The return or some other title. It was a perfect setup for more movies, it would be such a shame to do this right and then not make any more movies
Big ups to this one, i recommend it to every xman fan."

[antariksh]

150 mil for the movie

60 mil for advertisment (thats why we saw so many tv spots/trailers/NBA Promos)

Ya you right the actual movie did NOT cost 210 million. It costed 150 million +60 million in marketing.

I think boxofficemojo.com should clear that mistake.

Someone who is a member there should call them up and inform them about it.

[Supreme Power]

And i seriously doubt word of mouth would make the box office go down over night like that. just another excuse for people who didnt like the movie and wanted its box office to suffer! movies like these make there money in the first weekend! its just how it goes sometimes. people came out on opening day! then another part of memorial day weekend...there were parades on saturday, people flying to their loved ones, weddings, church on sunday, and everyone is going to be eating on monday so expect another drop! whatever the cause x3 was a box office hit this weekend and the biggerst opening for memorial day weekend beating jurrasic park, who held that title for what like 9-10 years?

You got that right. Im barbecuing now. :D
X3 is doing awesome.

[PoSeiDon]

and here is a debate from hardcore x-men fans of the comic

http://www.swacfans.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18905&hl=x-men

[The Dark Defender]

and now,onto x-4 the even worse sequal

It'd be damn near impossible for it to be worse than what came before x-3, unless of course that talentless hack Singer returned.

[the a1ant]

I bet Fox is putting WOLVERINE on the super, super fast-track even more-so now. Or maybe they'll ditch that, and just make an X4...I wouldn't mind :D

[PoSeiDon]

yea ant..bring on X4 lol! Spinoffs...do they usually do well?

[phoenix_force]

yea ant..bring on X4 lol! Spinoffs...do they usually do well?
probably spin offs not so well like elektra daredevil and such

[Downhere]

Great number...for those concerned with the drop from Friday to Saturday that is due to the huge midnight showings of which around 10 million was added to the Friday number because of it. The recent Potter film had a similar Fri-Sat drop.

[phantom47]

All i want from this film is to make 225-250 mil...this will ensure X4

[phoenix_force]

yahoo have it 102 so far!
http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/boxoffice/;_ylt=AupmNOFiyXOX6YUjDB7OraFfVXcA

[GL's Light]

From what I've heard X3 had a production budget (excluding marketing) of over $ 200 million, so Box Office Mojo is on the money there. The costs were escalated by the scramble to get the film made on a very tight schedule.

[dayshawn1974]

Agreed. Singer stay with Superman.

I feel the same way. I think with some tweaking, a better script, and more time to create the film Ratner could do a great job with X4, IMHO. I think Bryan Singer is a good producer but some of you love him, X2, and his work so much I'm left scraching my head why. He's competent to me at best. All in all Brett Ratner produced a very good, entertaining Xmen film for me., Not perfect or anything, but good enough to warrant bringing him back to do a better job the second time around. And if he never comes back so be it. But from everything I've seen with Superman Returns I honestly can say I don't want Bryan Singer back. I don't hate him, but I think X4 is Ratner's after this opening weekend and what I think will be a very solid WW total when its all said and done.

[Cmill216]

I'm not buying the $150 mill price tag. Too big of a cast and way too much work done by WETA for it to be that low.

[The Incredible Hulk]

nice :up: let's keep those superhero films rolling...

[Kurosawa]

Lot of suckers out there.

Glad I wasn't one of them.

[PowersOfMind]

I said it before I'll say it again. If Singer and Ratner collab on the next movie I think it would be great. If each director focuses on his strengths then then X4 would be a good movie IMO.

Ratner= action+ Singer=storytelling= great X4
Let's hope Fox falls in line.

[Pickle-El]

Ratner on action, and Singer on storytelling.....that would an amazing X-Men movie.

[Sagitarrius]

The film is only a couple of million shy of the #2 position. Hopefully the numbers are a bit conservative.

From a Fox standpoint, I don't see how this can be the last X-Men film. This all but guarantees an X4, and hopefully it'll attract some big name directors, screenwriters, etc.


ditto here . ...

i dont see how this can be the last one either ..... money talks
and the public demand is still in .....

the naysayers can think what they'd like - but $107 million for the
first opening weekend surely speaks for itself ...

when a movie is in the all -time record books among 1st day openings
and fourth biggest all-time weekend openings ,
- that's just an remarkable, record-breaking accomplishment that cannot
be questioned.
its the stats and the facts, ...not opinion.

and Xmen universe has a huge variety of characters and storylines to
choose from - so the potential is easily there.

its clear the public is still very eagered to see Xmen and
will hunger for even more .......

simple and plain :
Xmen Rocks !! .... Xmen Rules !!


:wolverine

[theJust]

i could of swore when they first announced the numbers, it had said it did beat spider-man....

[tonytr1687]

The problem is Ratner did a far more worse job with character development than Singer did with the action sequences. I'll take good characters and a good story over good action any day of the week. And yes, the Saturday drop is troubling. Sure its normal for a film of this sort to drop after Friday, but 30%? And on a holiday weekend? If anything those numbers are inflated since Sunday's drop will most likely be just as big. So we're probably looking at a final 3-day total of 100-102 mil.

[Sentinel X]

I have a feeling that Bryan Singer feels like **** right now....even if it maybe temporary

[antariksh]

Ratner= action+ Singer=storytelling= great X4
Let's hope Fox falls in line.

U are so DAMN RIGHT :up:

[RedIsNotBlue]

I bet Fox is putting WOLVERINE on the super, super fast-track even more-so now. Or maybe they'll ditch that, and just make an X4...I wouldn't mind :D

Fox needs to start looking into back to back film schedules IMO.

I am so glad that this movie is cashing in. Makes X4 an even safer bet after those cliffhangers.

[theJust]

Although it didn't break the opening day record or one-day record held by "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" which grossed over $50 million on its opening Thursday last year, the Brett Ratner-directed action flick has made more on its first Friday than any other movie. Previously, the biggest Friday opening was held by Spider-Man, which opened in May 2002, though last November's "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" came very close to beating it.

it didnt break the opening day record? but it made more than any other movie?
these things are always confusing. :confused:

[RedIsNotBlue]

it didnt break the opening day record? but it made more than any other movie?
these things are always confusing. :confused:

It had the biggest Friday but not the biggest opening day I think is what it is saying.

[crappymovie]

Fans, just wait an extra day or two, or better yet, next weekend before you start feeling vindicated and say "I told you this film was great!" The only information we have right now is 44.5 million on Friday, and 32 on Saturday.

[Sentinel X]

^^^Yeah revenge of the sith opened on a wednsday I believe

[sundaycall]

It's total takings for next week and its world wide grosses will determine how quickly we see a spin-off or how likely it is we'll get another sequel. Nowadays "blockbusters" make most of their money in the first ten days, there's very little longevity in modern grosses because people are more willing to wait for dvd's (or can get their hands on a pirate copy within a few days of release) and because frankly the quality isn't what it used to be.

I'm not sure what story they would go with in a forth movie that people would still find interesting. I'd like to see an official "passing of the torch" sort of story-arch towards the younger members of the team with maybe only two or three adult members involved, and perhaps explore other villains besides Magneto and the Brotherhood, not Apocolypse cause I'm not sure how he would translate to film (FF2 are actually attempting Galactus so we'lll see how that pans out) and the Sentinels (a much more mouth-watering propect) have been scarpered by continueity issues with X3's Danger Room sequence. Maybe someone like Sinister could work, and I'd like to see Cyclops make a return(no body so I ain't buying that he's really taty) seeing as if I remeber right, from the cartoon anyway, only ol' Summers can damage Sinister with his funky eye beams. A nice stage for him to finally get a bit of the spot light. This could all be set against a sub-plot where Magneto and Prof X. are slowly re-emmerging from the shadows after X3, kind of in the same the Spider-man films have been hinting at Harry Osborn's rise as a second goblin.


There's a movie I'd like to see if a 4th film happens, but only if the adequate time and attention was given to the production with a different director in place, no offense Brett (some one like Paul Greengrass would make an awesome X-men movie IMHO)


I feel like I've gone off topic here.:wolverine

[Lil_Flip246]

We need a new director for X4. Not Singer cause he made Wolverine the star of the movie, the rest just cameos. Not Ratner, cause of the quickness of the films with no character development..A new director!!

[theJust]

yes i vote as well for a new director. it seems to work for the potter films...
and ill never understand how those kids movies get to be so long when you would think kids have the shortest attention spans. but xmen gets mere minutes....?

[RedIsNotBlue]

New director?? How about a new ****ing studio????

[Diamondhead]

and now,onto x-4 the even worse sequalShut your face, you simpering fool!
I understand that you grieve over some x men death but they’ll find a way to bring them back just like they did for jean grey
Since another level 5 mutant such as apocalypse will be in the house ya !

[Superman4ever]

What's a "sequal"?:confused:

It's a mix between a seagul and a quail! I think...:confused:

[Sagitarrius]

The problem is Ratner did a far more worse job with character development than Singer did with the action sequences.

I'll take good characters and a good story over good action any day of the week.
.

not me .....

action/special effects in a superhero film comes first - the character
development and storyline comes 2nd.

that was one of the problems with Ang Lee's HULK (among other things)
and Tim Story's Fantastic Four -

A) one spent waay over a whole hour talking about anger issues and parental history and philosophies while there were far too brief of scenes for the sole character the audience turned out to see in the first place ....
there were too many times Hulk keep us " restless " with the
" character-development" ......

B) another totally screwed up the primary villain in FF (Dr.Doom)
- making him a flat, disinteresting character and even more confusing, unimaginative , corny
" cosmic " powers- which totally eliminated the uniqueness of his complexed, dynamic armour and weaponry.

i didn't leave either Hulk or FF feeling the uniqueness and bond that both Xmen and Spiderman gave off.
i didn't get near the "wow" factor for FF as i did those two blockbuster
films and that's the blame of the director.


i think there is a balance that a really good director can give/should
an superhero- action film
....as example- i like the combination of action sequences
and character development that
Bryan Singer ( xmen) and Sam Raini (spiderman)

:doom:

[King of Kings]

Over here in the uk, hugh jackman and halle berry where on a show called the jonathan ross show and they said if the film made big money they will more than likely make another one.

they said if it was successful then the studio will want to make more money. and they didnt say they would reprise the roles of the characters.

[antariksh]

I think guys the numbers for X3 overseas might be horrible that is why FOX gas not reported the numbers yet. BUT DVC is 100% #1 overseas.



************************************************** ************************************************


The Da Vinci Code maintained much of its allure in the international marketplace this weekend, in spite of competition from new ultra-wide release X-Men: The Last Stand.

The X-Men sequel -- which had a record-breaking $107m North American debut and opened day-and-date in 95 other territories – should still emerge as the international marketplace’s biggest performer (distributor Fox International delayed issuing international figures until Monday, apparently because of the US Memorial Day holiday). But it appears to have faced stiff competition from Da Vinci in several major markets.

In its second weekend, the Holy Grail-themed thriller from Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) grossed an estimated $92.8m from 12,038 screens in 82 territories, down a modest 40% from the film’s record-breaking international opening haul of $154.7m. The gross put Da Vinci’s international total to date at an impressive $320m.

According to estimates issued by SPRI on Sunday, Da Vinci held off Last Stand and retained number one spot in three major markets. In Germany, it fell just 13% to $11.6m from 1,165 screens, for a running total in the territory of $29.8m. In Italy, it dropped 43% to $6.4m from 910 screens, for a $23.4m total. And in Spain it fell by the same percentage to $6.3m from 752 screens, for a $20.7m total.

The film also took the top spot in two markets where its blockbuster rival did not open: in Japan, Da Vinci fell only 19% to $9.15m from 865 screens (for a $32.8m total), and in Korea it was off 45% to $4m from 210 screens (total - $15.4m).

The film dropped to number two in other major markets, SPRI reported. In the UK it was down 49% to $8.9m from 107 screens (total - $34.7m). In France it was off a very healthy 30% to $8.4m from 969 screens (total - $23.3m). In Australia it dropped 52% to $3.2m from 560 (total - $11.9m). In Mexico it fell 54% to $3m from 768 (total - $12.8m). And in Brazil it dived 61% to $2.8m from 534 (total $9.8m).

Da Vinci performed well in a number of smaller markets, staying at number one in Holland (where it actually increased its gross by 9%), Belgium (down only 2%), Switzerland (down 12%), Greece (down 12%), Sweden (down 19%), Austria (down 31%), Denmark (down 49%) and Argentina (down 35%).

The film’s only new market was India, where it opened with $655,000 from 120 screens and came in second to local hit Fanaa.
************************************************** ************************************************

[CaptainStacy]

As much as that figure looks good, you look at the internals and that tells the real story.

the movie had a huge drop on Saturday. Friday was 44 million, and Saturday it dropped to 32 million. This was on a holiday weekend.

Im just totally amazed that someone could look at a single day box office take of 32 MILLION dollars, and try to make it sound like some sort of failure.

Lol, talk about sour grapes.

Anyway; This is excellent news. Im VERY happy for Ratner and the cast and crew.

[WorthyStevens]

I think guys the numbers for X3 overseas might be horrible that is why FOX gas not reported the numbers yet. BUT DVC is 100% #1 overseas.

It's not reported yet because it's just not reported yet.

Get off of it already. :rolleyes:

[MJB]

As much as that figure looks good, you look at the internals and that tells the real story.

the movie had a huge drop on Saturday. Friday was 44 million, and Saturday it dropped to 32 million. This was on a holiday weekend.

Wait a minuate making 44 million on Friday and then 32 on Saturday is bad???? Now I can see if the film made 44 on friday and then made like 15 million on Saturday, but 32 million. Man come on. some people look for the worst and want it to happen. Go over to AICN where I'm almost a 100 percent positive that Harry and Company are turning this drop into a negative. I can see it now "Xmen hugly drops on Saturday, i knew this movie was going to bomb" LOL.

[MJB]

Im just totally amazed that someone could look at a single day box office take of 32 MILLION dollars, and try to make it sound like some sort of failure.

Lol, talk about sour grapes.

Anyway; This is excellent news. Im VERY happy for Ratner and the cast and crew.


Well dude don't be amazed. I'm sure if you go to AICn you'll see a lot of this.

[MJB]

We need a new director for X4. Not Singer cause he made Wolverine the star of the movie, the rest just cameos. Not Ratner, cause of the quickness of the films with no character development..A new director!!


I think Ratner is fine. Why does everyone hate this man. He's a capable director. I think the problems with the movie falls on the screenwriters. Ratner had a small timeframe to deliver this film. I do feel that if FOX had allowed more time that the movie would've been better.I just hope if we get an X4 that Penn and Kinberg are not involved. Which I fear they will be inviolved because of the film's success so far FOX will want to stick with them.

[Maze]

Originally Posted by antariksh
I think guys the numbers for X3 overseas might be horrible that is why FOX gas not reported the numbers yet. BUT DVC is 100% #1 overseas.

Not really in France : the movie is first at the box office (Sadly imo)
i'll get the numbers later....

[The Joker]

Im just totally amazed that someone could look at a single day box office take of 32 MILLION dollars, and try to make it sound like some sort of failure.

Lol, talk about sour grapes.

Pathetic isn't it.And Tony Stark gallantly defends unnecessary changes made in other comic book movie franchises.But if one makes changes that he dislikes,well you can see the result for yourself.

Sour grapes indeed.

Anyway; This is excellent news. Im VERY happy for Ratner and the cast and crew.

As am I :up:

I loved X-Men 3.And I hope this huge success at the box office gives the green light for more X-Men movies.

[CaptainStacy]

Well dude don't be amazed. I'm sure if you go to AICn you'll see a lot of this.

Lol, no doubt man.

But no; I havent bothered with AICN in YEARS, and have no plans to return there any time soon. (i.e, EVER)...

[Raider4000]

I thought X-Men 3 was really good. Possibly X2 was a bit better as some people stated but X3 was damn good. I loved it, and the action/special effects were amazing! There will definately be a X4 due to the demand/money/and the ending :D.

[CaptainStacy]

I loved X-Men 3.And I hope this huge success at the box office gives the green light for more X-Men movies.

Well Doc, im watching an X-Men 3 special right this minute on the tv guide channel, and Patrick Stewart sort of smirked when the interviewer stated that this would be the last X movie...

And Halle (who is looking absolutely DELICIOUS btw), basically said if the movie does well we can expect an X4...

I know neither of them have final say on anything, but i still take that as a positive nod towards a sequel. I mean, these actors deal with the studio all the time, and have more than likely heard a few things...

[terry78]

Well, June appears to be the month of comedies, and those sometimes come out on top surprisingly, so we'll see how it fares into next month.

[VGPOP]

I have a feeling that Bryan Singer feels like **** right now....even if it maybe temporary

No Singer was very happy (actually he was excited when he saw X3 screening before, so I read) with the movie and everything.

Why would he feel like ****?

It doesnt make any sense at all.

[The Kid]

****ing **** how did this do so well... eh, whatever. Returns will still beat it. I'll lick my toilet bowl if it doesn't.

[Storm22]

Good news but I'm gonna wait and see the final official weekend figures.

[RedIsNotBlue]

****ing **** how did this do so well... eh, whatever. Returns will still beat it. I'll lick my toilet bowl if it doesn't.

I dunno...maybe because people like it and its a good film?? :eek:

And that Returns versus X3 bull**** is gettin old...didn't you hear? There is NO COMPETETION THEY ARE A MONTH APART.

[Storm22]

I genuinely think SR could beat Spiderman's weekend gross but I'm chuffed X3 seems to be doing so well.

[VGPOP]

I don't understand this "feud" as well. They'll both do good.

[WorthyStevens]

I dunno...maybe because people like it and its a good film?? :eek:

And that Returns versus X3 bull**** is gettin old...didn't you hear? There is NO COMPETETION THEY ARE A MONTH APART.

Didn't you hear? Apparently one movie has to be better than another. They can't both be good. Truly. :rolleyes:

I agree. I'm ****ing tired of hearing this X3/Superman crap.

[terry78]

Once Singer quit to work on the other one, it was already on. The fanboys just decided to get in on the Hollywood backbiting.

[RedIsNotBlue]

Didn't you hear? Apparently one movie has to be better than another. They can't both be good. Truly. :rolleyes:

I agree. I'm ****ing tired of hearing this X3/Superman crap.

Yep so childish. If they were a week apart then maybe I could understand it. People are picking sides when there isn't even a war taking place...lol.

[ken smith]

forget it superman returns will not make up to 107million

[The Kid]

There is a war. I had no hand in starting it... Singer VS Fox. My stake in it is a tiny one, non-existent really, but I feel an important one at least in my mind. Maybe Returns will blow. But if it doesn't, I'd hate to see a good movie fail and a mediocre one succeed.

They're pushing to out-do his film financially and I believe they'll do well but no where near Return's numbers. Imagine Daredevil doing better than Batman Begins. That's ludicrous, I tell you. It's the end of the world.

[Angamb]

where is said that Bryan already saw the film?

[WorthyStevens]

There is a war. Singer VS Fox.

They're pushing to out-do his film financially and I believe they'll do well but no where near Return's numbers. Imagine Daredevil doing better than Batman Begins. That's ludicrous, I tell you. It's the end of the world.

Did you watch this yet?

[RedIsNotBlue]

There is a war. Singer VS Fox.

They're pushing to out-do his film financially and I believe they'll do well but no where near Return's numbers. Imagine Daredevil doing better than Batman Begins. That's ludicrous, I tell you. It's the end of the world.

They aren't trying to "outdo" anything they are just trying to make money like any other studio. The war is in your head buddy. And so what if Superman Returns makes more or less than X3?? I don't get the point. :confused: You better hurry up I think your late for washing and bathing Singer's feet.

[PoSeiDon]

I don't understand this "feud" as well. They'll both do good.

I do. The box office battle of Marvel vs DC comics! Which one will do better? It was bound to happen! Plus with Singer on the other side critics will see if he did better with sups then X-men or will they pan him to hell!

I for one will be looking at those numbers come June 30th weekend! im going to see x-men again tonight! I must!

[Aiden]

Great takings

[The Kid]

Did you watch this yet?

I uh... well... no...

but gosh it's so clear to me that they rushed this through to come out before returns so that they can throw it back in singer's face and say "that's right bich, we didn't need you. See WB, we can make money without his talented directing. Now who's the sucka!"
:(

*washes Singer's feet*

[GL's Light]

I hope to see SR and X3 both do gangbusters at the box office.

As for SR's opening weekend potential, it's highly unlikely to be more than X3's opening. Films that launch on July 4th weekend typically have smaller openings than those that launch on Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day weekend has yielded six films with 3-day openings of over $ 70 million, while July 4th weekend has only yielded one. Spider-Man 2's $ 88.15 million opening is the biggest July 4th 3-day opening ever.

On the other hand, tentpole releases launched on July 4th weekend have typically developed stronger legs than their Memorial Day counterparts. I expect SR to have a 3-day opening of $ 75-80 million, hopefully followed by a run leggy enough to carry it over $ 250 million domestic, or, even better, over the $ 300 million mark.

[RedIsNotBlue]

I uh... well... no...

but gosh it's so clear to me that they rushed this through to come out before returns so that they can throw it back in singer's face and say "that's right bich, we didn't need you. See WB, we can make money without his talented directing. Now who's the sucka!"
:(

*washes Singer's feet*

Nope. Fox has rushed ALL of their comic book films if you haven't noticed. They just like having at least one every summer that is all.

[ken smith]

but nothing has been said for the foreign box office

[Lightning Strykez!]

There is a war. I had no hand in starting it... Singer VS Fox. My stake in it is a tiny one, non-existent really, but I feel an important one at least in my mind. Maybe Returns will blow. But if it doesn't, I'd hate to see a good movie fail and a mediocre one succeed.

They're pushing to out-do his film financially and I believe they'll do well but no where near Return's numbers. Imagine Daredevil doing better than Batman Begins. That's ludicrous, I tell you. It's the end of the world.

*sigh*

Stop. Just...stop. :cool:

[LEX]

****ing **** how did this do so well... eh, whatever. Returns will still beat it. I'll lick my toilet bowl if it doesn't.
My God. Not another Returns versus XMTLS. :o If I were you, I'd worry about Dead Man's Chest since it's opening a week after Returns.

And excellent news. I'm so glad this is doing well. I loved the movie and I think it deserves the money. If this doesn't greenlight an X4, then the world must be crazy...

:)

[The Kid]

*sigh*

Stop. Just...stop. :cool:

:ghost:ok:ghost:fine:ghost:

[The Kid]

Nope. Fox has rushed ALL of their comic book films if you haven't noticed. They just like having at least one every summer that is all.

They've done a lot of rushed short movies that later get director's cuts, yeah. Except the x-men films, I think. I believed they truly respected this one hit franchise for them, but i was... welll... yeah...

[LEX]

The Saturday and Sunday estimates are actually a lot better than we first thought.

The Saturday figure ranks as 10th highest Saturday of all time while the Sunday is the 4th highest Sunday.

As we already knew, the Friday figure was the highest Friday of all time.

Friday: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/f-th.htm?page=Fri&p=.htm
Saturday: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/f-th.htm?page=Sat&p=.htm
Sunday: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/f-th.htm?page=Sun&p=.htm
This is great. All of them in top ten. :up:

[LEX]

Weyseed, maybe you should go see it. You might like it.

[Iceman]

Some of the Marvel films that X3 should have overtaken by the end of the weekend:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=marvelcomics.htm

Daredevil $102,543,518
Blade II $82,348,319
Blade $70,087,718
Blade: Trinity $52,411,906
The Punisher $33,810,189
Elektra $24,409,722
Howard the Duck $16,295,774

[The Kid]

My God. Not another Returns versus XMTLS. :o If I were you, I'd worry about Dead Man's Chest since it's opening a week after Returns.

And excellent news. I'm so glad this is doing well. I loved the movie and I think it deserves the money. If this doesn't greenlight an X4, then the world must be crazy...

:)

:) Yo ho ho, I hope the all do very well except last stand, but it's too late now. last stand will give fox a reason to continue as it has with this film in th next. That means more Rush X-hour for us. yay.

eh, my sister saw it and told me she didn't like it, so I'm don't really feel motivated to see it anymore.

[danoyse]

I bet Fox is putting WOLVERINE on the super, super fast-track even more-so now. Or maybe they'll ditch that, and just make an X4...I wouldn't mind :D


Bring it on! :)

[Lightning Strykez!]

:) Yo ho ho, I hope the all do very well except last stand, but it's too late now. last stand will give fox a reason to continue as it has with this film in th next. That means more Rush X-hour for us. yay.

eh, my sister saw it and told me she didn't like it, so I'm don't really feel motivated to see it anymore.


No offense, but you do realize that your peers are not going to take your views seriously since you haven't seen the product for yourself, right? You can't even debate evenly with them since you are basically basing your opinion on pure specuation. :cool:

Why not be your own critic? You might just be surprised.

[Hiruu]

X3 has launched a LOUD and powerful salvo for the summer crown, and everyone will be looking at this weekends number to gauge other's success. SR might do great business, but it's sandwiched between 2 films that are simply going to apply ALOT of crushing pressure on the film. I'll be surprise if that film tops $90 million on opening weekend...Nacho Libre (2 wk) and Click (1 wk) will dampen business for a less then SUPER debut, then POTC will keep boot it to #2 the following week.

[PoSeiDon]

I wont be seeing superman opening weekend but ill be in the front seat of pirates! it looked great...even tho i didnt bother to see the first

[LEX]

I cannot WAIT to see Pirates of the Caribbean 2. It looks great, indeed! :up:

[terry78]

Pirates appears to have the most f/x work of all this summer. That second trailer is just chock full of eye candy.

[Tony Stark]

I'm wouldn't be suprised to see a greater than 50% drop in week 2. The bad reviews from the critics, and the extremely mixed reaction from the fans are gonna be a drag on this movie.

The people who are saying this is such a great movie, are soon gonna realize how poor this movie really is.

[WorthyStevens]

I'm wouldn't be suprised to see a greater than 50% drop in week 2. The bad reviews from the critics, and the extremely mixed reaction from the fans are gonna be a drag on this movie.

The people who are saying this is such a great movie, are soon gonna realize how poor this movie really is.

Mixed reviews, not bad ones.

And I'll be watching X3 over and over again, so there really is no chance that I'll find it poor.

[Superman4ever]

Didn't you hear? Apparently one movie has to be better than another. They can't both be good. Truly. :rolleyes:

I agree. I'm ****ing tired of hearing this X3/Superman crap.

Best statement of the day award! :up:

What's good for one company/ franchise is good for the other. If Both X-men and Superman own at the box office we'll have WAY more movies coming out. I'm glad that X3 did great this weekend it means that comic movies are not a fad and have a particular appeal to all audiences.

[Lightning Strykez!]

Mixed reviews, not bad ones.

And I'll be watching X3 over and over again, so there really is no chance that I'll find it poor.


Exactly, this film has certainly not been "panned" by critics.

Granted, it's received truly mixed feedback, but mostly from critics who were comparing the movie to X2 and/or Bryan Singer to Brett Ratner. From what I've seen personally everyone is buzzing about this film and genuinely love it. And the rewatchability factor for X3:TLS seems much stronger than it was for its predecessors.

Tony I realize you don't like the film (you've stated it many, many, many times in the last 72 hours) but that doesn't mean that others are going to get some magical revelation this time next week and suddenly do a complete 180.

[The Kid]

No offense, but you do realize that your peers are not going to take your views seriously since you haven't seen the product for yourself, right? You can't even debate evenly with them since you are basically basing your opinion on pure specuation. :cool:

Why not be your own critic? You might just be surprised.

No offense? This is extremely unoffensive, so of course no offense is taken.:mad: you're right. I can't say how good or bad the film is yet. So no one should believe me if I say it lacks substance or is poorly paced or edited etc... I haven't seen it... but with what I know and have seen from all the ads and such, especially the numerous clips, I've decided not to do the difficult task of going to the ATM just so I can find out... i'll wait for cable or something.

My sis and I share very similar taste in film (loves x2 as much as I do) so she'd know what I'd like and vice versa and it was surprising to hear her say she thought it *shrug* wasn't that great. It ignited a flame :ghost: of unsatisfaction and dissapointment towards fox that my trolling spirit rose once again from the ashes to tear them down for doing this, this... this to my favorite marvel movie series. When I actually hoped everything would be fine...

And no worries... the whole thing about war between x3 and SR wasn't serious...

[Supreme Power]

Best statement of the day award! :up:

What's good for one company/ franchise is good for the other. If Both X-men and Superman own at the box office we'll have WAY more movies coming out. I'm glad that X3 did great this weekend it means that comic movies are not a fad and have a particular appeal to all audiences.

:cool: :up:

[PoSeiDon]

I'm wouldn't be suprised to see a greater than 50% drop in week 2. The bad reviews from the critics, and the extremely mixed reaction from the fans are gonna be a drag on this movie.

The people who are saying this is such a great movie, are soon gonna realize how poor this movie really is.

tell the general public that! keep holding on to ur faith of a bomb! :) week 2 drop offs happen to every film, and the previous 2 x films under singer..so whats ur point?

[The Batman]

I hope X3 and SR do good at the Box Office....

But i hope Batman does even better......mwahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahah!!! j/k

[bluewolv]

Exactly, this film has certainly not been "panned" by critics.

Granted, it's received truly mixed feedback, but mostly from critics who were comparing the movie to X2 and/or Bryan Singer to Brett Ratner. From what I've seen personally everyone is buzzing about this film and genuinely love it. And the rewatchability factor for X3:TLS seems much stronger than it was for its predecessors.

Tony I realize you don't like the film (you've stated it many, many, many times in the last 72 hours) but that doesn't mean that others are going to get some magical revelation this time next week and suddenly do a complete 180.

you are confusing rewatchability with having to watch it more than once to enjoy it for the first time.

[sonicphoto]

The critics have scored more badly the da vinci code and I don't see changes in that movie on how is selling.

[GreatGuardsman!]

I hope X3 and SR do good at the Box Office....

But i hope Batman does even better......mwahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahah!!! j/k

....That really wasn't funny, at all...


Anyway, on topic, good for X3. Bring on X4! :xmen:

[Specter313]

X4 here we come!!!

[Black Panther]

....That really wasn't funny, at all...

Agreed. :up:


Anyway, on topic, good for X3. Bring on X4! :xmen:

BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!

[crappymovie]

That's a worrying multiplier....2.4 Even conservative predicters were looking at a 2.5-2.6 multiplier. X2 had a 2.8, even X-Men had a 2.62 (Spider-man had a 2.9)....how do you excuse this? "Holiday weekend"? Hulk had a 2.6....

[Specter313]

I'm wouldn't be suprised to see a greater than 50% drop in week 2. The bad reviews from the critics, and the extremely mixed reaction from the fans are gonna be a drag on this movie.

The people who are saying this is such a great movie, are soon gonna realize how poor this movie really is.

Do you really know how the movie business operates? ALOT of movies that do good drop over 50% in their second weeks. Heck, BOTH of the last X-Men movies dropped more than 50% in their second weeks and they did fine. How much they drop in the second week of release really doesn't mean anything when it's a drop like that.

[Lightning Strykez!]

you are confusing rewatchability with having to watch it more than once to enjoy it for the first time.

Not at all.

I enjoyed it the first time. And everyone that I know that saw it enjoyed it immensely the first time as well. It's only here on these boards that I'm seeing varying opinions.

As far as fitting in with the other summer action blockbusters, this film will play extremely well. It's not boring, it flows quickly and there's lots of eye candy SFX. Moviegoers enjoy this type of film--and young people will see it over and over and over again.

[crappymovie]

Not at all.

I enjoyed it the first time. And everyone that I know that saw it enjoyed it immensely the first time as well. It's only here on these boards that I'm seeing varying opinions.

As far as fitting in with the other summer action blockbusters, this film will play extremely well. It's not boring, it flows quickly and there's lots of eye candy SFX. Moviegoers enjoy this type of film--and young people will see it over and over and over again.

That's quite a generalization...based on your theatre maybe?

[WorthyStevens]

That's quite a generalization...based on your theatre maybe?

My theatre loved it.

[Lightning Strykez!]

That's quite a generalization...based on your theatre maybe?

It's no more a "generalization" than Bluewolv's original comment.

And I'm not generalizing anyway; my statements are based on my own eyewitness account, which I made pretty clear in my initial post. ;)

[crappymovie]

It's no more a "generalization" than Bluewolv's original comment.

And I'm not generalizing anyway; my statements are based on my own eyewitness account, which I made pretty clear in my initial post. ;)

A disappointed fan never has time to read a full post haha :joker:

[Lightning Strykez!]

A disappointed fan never has time to read a full post haha :joker:

LOL There seems to be a lot of that on these boards lately. ;)

[CapBeerCino]

LOL There seems to be a lot of that on these boards lately. ;)

Did you like x-3?

[crappymovie]

Did you like x-3?

I think he/she did. What did you like about it? Just curious...

[Radagast_Prime]

****ing **** how did this do so well... eh, whatever. Returns will still beat it. I'll lick my toilet bowl if it doesn't.

Agreed:up:

[CapBeerCino]

I think he/she did. What did you like about it? Just curious...

Moi? Not much...

[thev01]

OH GOD! This only means that Bret Ratner will be back for the sequel.
This sort of reminds me of Joel Schumacher's success in Batman Forever. he came back and made Batman and Robin.
Please FOX. Keep your word and make X3 the last movie in the franchise.

[crappymovie]

OH GOD! This only means that Bret Ratner will be back for the sequel.
This sort of reminds me of Joel Schumacher's success in Batman Forever. he came back and made Batman and Robin.
Please FOX. Keep your word and make X3 the last movie in the franchise.

Agreed, but give Brett some credit. He made a good, not jarringly different film from X2. He maintained the tone. But based on interviews...he doesn't seem like it's something he would want to do for X4. I can see him taking it into a "wicked, frenetic" direction, with more action, and little plot.I don't know if that's a good thing, but apparently it is.

[DarkCyclop]

As much as that figure looks good, you look at the internals and that tells the real story.

the movie had a huge drop on Saturday. Friday was 44 million, and Saturday it dropped to 32 million. This was on a holiday weekend.


But not that much drop from Saturday to Sunday :)

[Supreme Power]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wesyeed
****ing **** how did this do so well... eh, whatever. Returns will still beat it. I'll lick my toilet bowl if it doesn't.

Umm, just in case, do you happen to have a camera phone? :D

[lordofthenerds]

Woah it made a lot of money...which is good for superhero movies imo. :up:

[Downhere]

Woah it made a lot of money...which is good for superhero movies imo. :up:

Indeed.


Alot of people point out the drop from Fri-Sat but that doesn't mean anything considering the first day was fueled with around 10 million dollars worth of midnight showings. That caused it to have a frontloaded weekend. The small drop from Sat-Sun proves that. The legs shouldn't be all that bad considering there really isn't an action oriented film for the next few weeks.

[PoSeiDon]

well..since 12am signals the next day of the week...it was actually friday when those 10 million came in. no?

[Tony Stark]

Indeed.


Alot of people point out the drop from Fri-Sat but that doesn't mean anything considering the first day was fueled with around 10 million dollars worth of midnight showings. That caused it to have a frontloaded weekend. The small drop from Sat-Sun proves that. The legs shouldn't be all that bad considering there really isn't an action oriented film for the next few weeks.


Spider-man, went from having a 40 million dollar opening day to a 43 million dollar Saturday. The 45 from X3 that beat Spider-man's 43, was comparing Friday to Saturday.

Spider-man went up, X3 went down.

Comparing X3 to X2, X2 had a modest increase from it's friday to Saturday. It opened at 31 million on Friday, and went to 32 million on Saturday.

It's too early to make any definite assesments, but something is definitely not right to have that large of a drop on the second day of a holiday weekend.

[DarkCyclop]

Um, X3 had a better plot than Singer's "philosophical/intriguing" x-movies.


I agree. X3 indeed had a better plot. I just can't believe how many had claimed that they are comic book fans but cannot tell the difference between a good plot and a bad one. X1 is all about a machine. X2 is about another machine (cerebro) and is also redundant. X3 is actually more philosophical underneath all that amazing FX. It's about making choices: 1) choice to be fit in with everyone else (taking the cure) or to be one's self 2) choice to make sacrifice to kill someone that you love (Wolverine's killing Jean). Leave it to Singer and he would have introduced another machine into X3.

[DarkCyclop]

Um, X3 had a better plot than Singer's "philosophical/intriguing" x-movies.

I agree. X3 indeed had a better plot. I just can't believe how many had claimed that they are comic book fans but cannot tell the difference between a good plot and a bad one. X1 is all about a machine. X2 is about another machine (cerebro) and is also redundant. X3 is actually more philosophical underneath all that amazing FX. It's about making choices: 1) choice to be fit in with everyone else (taking the cure) or to be one's self 2) choice to make sacrifice to kill someone that you love (Wolverine's killing Jean). Leave it to Singer and he would have introduced another machine into X3.

[PoSeiDon]

I agree. X3 indeed had a better plot. I just can't believe how many had claimed that they are comic book fans but cannot tell the difference between a good plot and a bad one. X1 is all about a machine. X2 is about another machine (cerebro) and is also redundant. X3 is actually more philosophical underneath all that amazing FX. It's about making choices: 1) choice to be fit in with everyone else (taking the cure) or to be one's self 2) choice to make sacrifice to kill someone that you love (Wolverine's killing Jean). Leave it to Singer and he would have introduced another machine into X3.

exactly how i feel. at least we werent stuck with a machine doing bad things this time! come on! singer with all his "style" couldnt do better than that. i thought his x-men were in a world that these characters could indeed exist

[PoSeiDon]

werent there memorial day parades on saturday? or weddings? even those its a holiday weekend..people flew to see it friday cause other things more important takes place of this holiday weekend. just my opinions. X3's box office will be what its meant to be! and its no bomb

[YJ1]

Um, X3 had a better plot than Singer's "philosophical/intriguing" x-movies.

Yes, and you would think these idiot fanboy whiners would see that. What they're failing to see is that if they continue to whine about an excellent movie that generated this much money that they risk being tuned out by studios forever. Studio execs will see them as meaningless and never listen to constructive criticism again.

Yes, Cyclops wasn't treated well and the comics weren't followed to the letter. SO WHAT! Give it a rest.

[DarkCyclop]

Spider-man, went from having a 40 million dollar opening day to a 43 million dollar Saturday. The 45 from X3 that beat Spider-man's 43, was comparing Friday to Saturday.

Spider-man went up, X3 went down.

Comparing X3 to X2, X2 had a modest increase from it's friday to Saturday. It opened at 31 million on Friday, and went to 32 million on Saturday.

It's too early to make any definite assesments, but something is definitely not right to have that large of a drop on the second day of a holiday weekend.

X2 however went down to 22 million on its third day (Sunday) while X3 holds steady from Saturday to Sunday

[Specter313]

Spider-man, went from having a 40 million dollar opening day to a 43 million dollar Saturday. The 45 from X3 that beat Spider-man's 43, was comparing Friday to Saturday.

Spider-man went up, X3 went down.

Comparing X3 to X2, X2 had a modest increase from it's friday to Saturday. It opened at 31 million on Friday, and went to 32 million on Saturday.

It's too early to make any definite assesments, but something is definitely not right to have that large of a drop on the second day of a holiday weekend.

And none of those movies had the kind of hype that X3 did, hence the reason so many more people wanted to see it right away rather than wait a day.

[Specter313]

OH GOD! This only means that Bret Ratner will be back for the sequel.
This sort of reminds me of Joel Schumacher's success in Batman Forever. he came back and made Batman and Robin.
Please FOX. Keep your word and make X3 the last movie in the franchise.

Ratner had very little effect on the story of the movie. He mostly just shot what they gave him. If you want to complain, complain about the writing, not picking on the director.

[Downhere]

Spider-man, went from having a 40 million dollar opening day to a 43 million dollar Saturday. The 45 from X3 that beat Spider-man's 43, was comparing Friday to Saturday.

Spider-man went up, X3 went down.

Comparing X3 to X2, X2 had a modest increase from it's friday to Saturday. It opened at 31 million on Friday, and went to 32 million on Saturday.

It's too early to make any definite assesments, but something is definitely not right to have that large of a drop on the second day of a holiday weekend.

X2 didn't have a huge midnight showing as X3 did. Now more than ever midnight showings are becoming really big which is evident with films such as ROTS, Harry Potter: GOF, etc. X3's weekend is very comparable to GOF, huge first day because of the rush out factor and midnight showings and then a drop from Fri-Sat and then it leveled off. Same thing with X3.

[Tony Stark]

Yes, and you would think these idiot fanboy whiners would see that. What they're failing to see is that if they continue to whine about an excellent movie that generated this much money that they risk being tuned out by studios forever. Studio execs will see them as meaningless and never listen to constructive criticism again.

Yes, Cyclops wasn't treated well and the comics weren't followed to the letter. SO WHAT! Give it a rest.

You don't get it, that has nothing to do with why this is a bad movie. If you understood how a good film is edited, how a good script is read, and comes off as natural flowing dialogue when spoken by the actors.

When I hear stuff on screen that sounds like a highschool drama production, that tells me the writers botched the script.

Seriously the script reminded me of The Phantom Menace. I was waiting for someone to scream "Yipee!"

[borinquenknight]

Ratner had very little effect on the story of the movie. He mostly just shot what they gave him. If you want to complain, complain about the writing, not picking on the director.

Allright then. Would you say he wasn't able to take "fix" the crap that was handed to him and thus his fault lays in his being incapable of transcending beyond the crappy writing. Also, if Singer was having so much trouble with Fox, why wouldn't Brett do his research before accepting the assignment. I guess that as a fan I would probably jump at the chance to work on the franchise but I'm not sure if I'd like to be associated with its potential demise.
Just my 2 cents (+/- $12.95).

[Specter313]

Allright then. Would you say he wasn't able to take "fix" the crap that was handed to him and thus his fault lays in his being incapable of transcending beyond the crappy writing. Also, if Singer was having so much trouble with Fox, why wouldn't Brett do his research before accepting the assignment. I guess that as a fan I would probably jump at the chance to work on the franchise but I'm not sure if I'd like to be associated with its potential demise.
Just my 2 cents (+/- $12.95).

He wasn't able to "fix" stuff because he had such a very little time frame. All in all, he did a great job with what he was given. If he was given a script the caliber of X2 or greater, he would have made an even greater film then.

[danoyse]

werent there memorial day parades on saturday? or weddings?

My sister's wedding was yesterday. So I know most of MY family wasn't at the movies on Saturday.

But my sister and her new husband are planning to see the movie when they get back from their honeymoon (he was bummed he couldn't sneak off with us to see it on Friday)...so there's some more $$$ for the 2nd weekend. :)

[The Kid]

I agree. X3 indeed had a better plot. I just can't believe how many had claimed that they are comic book fans but cannot tell the difference between a good plot and a bad one. X1 is all about a machine. X2 is about another machine (cerebro) and is also redundant. X3 is actually more philosophical underneath all that amazing FX. It's about making choices: 1) choice to be fit in with everyone else (taking the cure) or to be one's self 2) choice to make sacrifice to kill someone that you love (Wolverine's killing Jean). Leave it to Singer and he would have introduced another machine into X3.

X3 is all about the evil bird woman who disintergrates people, really...

[Iceman]

Top 06 openings

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=opening&yr=2006&p=.htm

1 X-Men: The Last Stand $107,000,000
2 The Da Vinci Code $77,073,388
3 Ice Age: The Meltdown $68,033,544
4 Mission: Impossible III $47,743,273
5 Scary Movie 4 $40,222,875
6 Over the Hedge $38,457,003
7 Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion $30,030,661
8 Inside Man $28,954,945
9 Big Momma's House 2 Fox $27,736,056
10 Underworld: Evolution $26,857,181

[DarkCyclop]

X3 is all about the evil bird woman who disintergrates people, really...

Dark Phoenix is just a sub-plot. The main plot is the "cure". Get it ??

[The Kid]

It starts at Jean's house when she's a child. And ends basically with Jean's death so. I get it. Got it. Good. :p

[Azrael23]

ditto here . ...

i dont see how this can be the last one either ..... money talks
and the public demand is still in .....

the naysayers can think what they'd like - but $107 million for the
first opening weekend surely speaks for itself ...

when a movie is in the all -time record books among 1st day openings
and fourth biggest all-time weekend openings ,
- that's just an remarkable, record-breaking accomplishment that cannot
be questioned.
its the stats and the facts, ...not opinion.


:wolverine

Just because the film takes in vast amounts of money doesn't mean its good or has quality. A movie can be flat out terrible and still make money.
Star Wars Episode 1 made alot of money did that mean it was a quality film?
of course not! It was just because it was the first Star Wars film in over a decade.

[sidkumar]

You know, Pathetic fan boys like you really piss me off. If I didn't have to go see X3 for the 9th time in ten minutes I would have really told you off.

Sorry, one of my lame attempts at humour. (I was trying to say I was a pathetic fan boy too)

[silver_arrow]

Lot of suckers out there.

Glad I wasn't one of them.

because you're only a sucker of Singer.

[silver_arrow]

You shouldn't even reply, He is just trying to get a rise out of the board. No one in their right mind would call $100 Mil in one weekend horrible or a failure.

I guess it's called trolling. This guy really just wanted to sow conflicts in this board.

[Chris M]

When I hear stuff on screen that sounds like a highschool drama production, that tells me the writers botched the script.

Seriously the script reminded me of The Phantom Menace. I was waiting for someone to scream "Yipee!"
LOL.

Xavier staring horrified into camera: "What have you DONE???"
Magneto staring horrified into camera: "What have I DONE???"

This film had the linguistic level of an Aaron Spelling production.

[tkenji69]

It starts at Jean's house when she's a child. And ends basically with Jean's death so. I get it. Got it. Good. :p

Wrong... it started with Xavier asking Jean to control her powers and not let them control her... and ended with Xavier ethically or unethically using his to come back. Go see the movie and quit basing your decisions on heresay.

[Angamb]

I remember seeing the X2 dvd with the commentaries of Lauren SD and Writers and she said that they can't spend 150 million $ in the next one, so I'n not sure of the budget yet.

[demitri_vampiro]

I really can't understand how could be that budget and they weren't abble to do the fire bird, and more Iceman ice up, etc, for budget reasons. Really can't.
it's not just a matter of money. time plays a huge factor as well.

[demitri_vampiro]

the fact that the movie had to be done in short amount of time pushed the costs up as well. funny, if they threw another 80 mil and gave ratner 12 months extra we could have 3 movies

[Angamb]

it's not just a matter of money. time plays a huge factor as well.

Time?? they knew since the beggining that Phoenix was going to be a big plot, so each FX house worked in it effects, so don't know why one house didn't work in the fire bird, etc. Hasn't sense, except fpr money reasons, or studio decisions.

[silver_arrow]

Time?? they knew since the beggining that Phoenix was going to be a big plot, so each FX house worked in it effects, so don't know why one house didn't work in the fire bird, etc. Hasn't sense, except fpr money reasons, or studio decisions.

fire bird? why would the Phoenix be a fire bird? How would you explain the fire bird to us innocent xmen moviegoer?

[pt_photo_inc]

Top 06 openings

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=opening&yr=2006&p=.htm

1 X-Men: The Last Stand $107,000,000
2 The Da Vinci Code $77,073,388
3 Ice Age: The Meltdown $68,033,544
4 Mission: Impossible III $47,743,273
5 Scary Movie 4 $40,222,875
6 Over the Hedge $38,457,003
7 Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion $30,030,661
8 Inside Man $28,954,945
9 Big Momma's House 2 Fox $27,736,056
10 Underworld: Evolution $26,857,181

that is for 2006 only... it dont hold to PHANTOM MENACE, JURRASSIC PARK, and TITANIC

[Pingo]

Alltime opening weekends (btw try to learn that Titanic has got big legs)
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/

[sidkumar]

Still it's kinda cool that it kicked DV code's ass. I'm an xfan but I really didn't think that would happen.

[Fanticon]

fire bird? why would the Phoenix be a fire bird? How would you explain the fire bird to us innocent xmen moviegoer?

well it was set up for us at the end of X2, so even people who have only seen the movies would remember that moment and question it and then make that connection in X3 as Xavier refers to Jean's split personality/alternate ego as the Phoenix. So it would make sense if at one point she was surrounded by flames and it resembles a firebird...a true manifestation of her powers. Quite simple...and it should not have been disregarded by the filmmakers at the last minute if they were going to add it at one point...it would have worked and probably would have head a very powerful, dramatic impact at the end...it would of enhanced that scene, as I already think it was done really well...but just think of it...think of how amazing that would have been.
so to further answer your question with a question, do you even know what a phoenix is? You don't need to read the comics and the X-men story line we're all refering to just to see what it is. Why else would she be called phoenix?

[Outsiderzedge]

that is for 2006 only... it dont hold to PHANTOM MENACE, JURRASSIC PARK, and TITANIC

Actually, X3 has the 4th largest opening of all time.

The only films with bigger openings are Spider-Man, Star Wars: Episode III and Shrek 2.

Jurassic Park was beaten years ago and Titanic had a very low opening box office.

[Celestial]

Press Release (http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060528005014&newsLang=en)
May 28, 2006 03:56 PM US Eastern Timezone
X-Men: the Last Stand Shatters Box Office Records
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2006--Twentieth Century Fox's X-MEN: THE LAST STAND tallied record breaking numbers at the box-office this Memorial Day weekend. The estimated four day total stands in excess of $115 million, making it the biggest holiday weekend opening ever.
Are Fox playing safe or do they really only think it will make $115m for the 4-days? Is $107m for 3 days inaccurate or are they expecting to take a 75% drop on Monday?

[Electrix]

They are saying slightly lower so that they can be :eek: or act :eek: anyway...

[Iceman]

$115m would indicate that the $107m estimate might have been too high. I can't believe that the Monday box office will fall to $8m.

[The Kid]

Wrong... it started with Xavier asking Jean to control her powers and not let them control her... and ended with Xavier ethically or unethically using his to come back. Go see the movie and quit basing your decisions on heresay.

What? Maybe I did see it. You can't know if I have or haven't. :) Yes it starts with Xavier and Eric going to Jean's house at the beginning. I don't see how i was wrong there. It all starts at Jean's house like I said. Xavier's little comeback after the credits is besides the point. Jean's powers and how the x-men dealt with it was a main focus here from beginning and ultimately to the end with her death. Then things are bright and happy in the world again when she's gone. Tis why I don't think it's right to set her aside as a sub-plot when she's given such great emphasis in the story from the word go. this was mostly about the rise of the phoenix and her killing spree needing to end no matter what. cure's a good mcguffin to get people to fight each other. It still would have been a movie about the phoenix vs x-men without the cure plots moving along under her wings. :up::)

[narrows101]

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0605/28/index.htm


X-Men: The Last Stand is projected to take in the $107 million range for its first three days, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.

After an estimated $45.5 million on Friday and $32.1 millon on Saturday, X-Men won't break Spider-Man's three-day opening record, but could be second all time.

Official numbers will be released on Tuesday.

Associate producer David Gorder told The Continuum he had an inkling of the film's boffo box office during the Cannes Film Festival.

"Cannes was a resounding success with the premiere of X-Men: The Last Stand at the Palais last Monday," Gorder said. "The French and the world media enthusiastically embraced the movie. The Pyro/Iceman fight sequence and Magneto's Golden Gate Bridge VFX sequence drew applause and cheers from the audience. It was very special to be a part of the screening.

"I mentioned to Avi Arad outside the Carlton that I felt the movie could do Spider-Man 2 numbers, due to news of tracking numbers and awareness. With news of the Friday record box-office I was thrilled especially for Brett (Ratner, director), all of the producers on the film as well as for 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios. "It's a wonderful feeling to know the fans have embraced the final movie of the trilogy. I am so very proud to have been a part of all three X-Men movies."

[antariksh]

X3 didn't show the kind of improvement X2 showed over X1 in australia. It did ONLY $6.69 million while DVC in its second weekend did $4.2 million.

http://www.moviemarshal.com/

while X1 opened with $3.6 million and X2 opening was $6.0 million (7.2 million because released on wednesday).

X1 ended up with $11 million (multiplier of 3.0) and X2 ended with $16.4 million (2.7 muliplier)

X3 will probably end up with 16-18 million (multiplier of 2.4-2.6). I am hoping it can get a multiplier of 3.0 or above because F4 got a multiplier of 3.1

[RagingTempest]

'X-Men' Has 4th-Biggest Opening in History
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - "X-Men: The Last Stand" stormed to an estimated $107 million three-day opening, the largest ever for Memorial Day weekend and the fourth-biggest in box office history.
Preliminary estimates were released Sunday for the third installment of the series featuring a cast of mutants with names like Storm (Halle Berry), Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and Mystique (Rebecca Romijn).
The 20th Century Fox film opened in 3,690 theaters and grossed a whopping $28,997 per theater.
"People had such a huge awareness of the movie that it just translated into these huge numbers," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
The film benefited from a huge base of fans who had seen the first two "X-Men" films, plus great marketing and solid reviews, Dergarabedian said.
"This is what the summer is all about," he said, adding the box office has rebounded well since last year's slump. "With 'Da Vinci Code' doing better than anticipated ... we could not be in a better position."
Estimates for "The Da Vinci Code" over the start of the holiday weekend were not immediately available. That film, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Ron Howard, had a solid $77 million opener last weekend.
On the all-time list, "X-Men: The Last Stand" ranks behind only "Spider-Man,""Star Wars: Episode III" and "Shrek 2" for opening weekend gross. None of the other films opened on a holiday weekend, which usually gives movies a boost.
For Memorial Day openers, "X-Men" crushed the previous three-day high of $72 million, set by "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" in 1997.
Estimates for all films were expected Monday, with final figures scheduled for Tuesday.
--- (A previous version of this story reported incorrectly that final box office figures would be released on Monday.)

[Octoberist]

I do hope that Fox will greenlight X4 very soon..

[Aiden]

I do hope that Fox will greenlight X4 very soon..so do I

[WorthyStevens]

Estimated 4-day, $120.1 million.

http://boxofficeguru.com/

[antariksh]

forget the $107 million it took in 3 days.

http://www.showbizdata.com/dailybox.cfm

it dropped really really bad on sunday. I mean another 20% drop.

I think 60%+ drop is a gurantee next weekend.

[Iceman]

Estimated 4-day, $120.1 million.

http://boxofficeguru.com/

Although much better than expected pre-release, even $120m is a little disappointing if the $107m 3 day estimate is correct. Only $13m for the Monday.

[GL's Light]

Box Office Mojo has revised estimates:

$ 103.1 million for the 3-day
$ 120.1 million for the 4-day

Friday - $ 45.5 million
Saturday - $ 32.1 million (- 29.5%)
Sunday - $ 25.5 million (- 20.5%)
Monday - $ 17 million (- 33.4%)

[antariksh]

Actually it did $102 million in 3 days.

http://www.showbizdata.com/dailybox.cfm


but i prefer BOM because they are always very close to the actual number.

[Prognosticator]

Just so you guys know.....and before the merge, job well done.


By CHRISTINA ALMEIDA, Associated Press Writer 30 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES - "X-Men: The Last Stand" stormed to an estimated $107 million three-day opening, the largest ever for Memorial Day weekend and the fourth-biggest in box office history.
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The 20th Century Fox film opened in 3,690 theaters and grossed a whopping $28,997 per theater.

"People had such a huge awareness of the movie that it just translated into these huge numbers," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

The film benefited from a huge base of fans who had seen the first two "X-Men" films, plus great marketing and solid reviews, Dergarabedian said.

"This is what the summer is all about," he said, adding the box office has rebounded well since last year's slump. "With `Da Vinci Code' doing better than anticipated ... we could not be in a better position."

Estimates for "The Da Vinci Code" over the start of the holiday weekend were not immediately available. That film, starring
Tom Hanks and directed by
Ron Howard, had a solid $77 million opener last weekend.

On the all-time list, "X-Men: The Last Stand" ranks behind only "Spider-Man," "Star Wars: Episode III" and "Shrek 2" for opening weekend gross. None of the other films opened on a holiday weekend, which usually gives movies a boost.

For Memorial Day openers, "X-Men" crushed the previous three-day high of $72 million, set by "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" in 1997.

Final box-office figures were expected Monday.

Prognosticator is the MASTER box office predictor! Once again, I pretty much nailed X3's successful opening weekend take, when naysayers had it barely pulling in $70-80 million...barely. That's FOUR weeks in a row of perfect predictions, within the range of $5 million, usually less.

Prog Nailed Mi:III, Poseidon, Divinci Code, and now X3! I am the master of BO prediction #'s! I'm not trying to brag, I'm just thrilled that I can live up to my own namesake:):supes:

[antariksh]

something tells me that when the actuals numbers come out tommorrow it will be somethin like this

friday-$43 million
saturday-$33 million (-23.2%)
sunday-$27 million (-18.1%)
monday-$18 million (-33.3%)

[Iceman]

Box Office Mojo has revised estimates:

$ 103.1 million for the 3-day
$ 120.1 million for the 4-day

Friday - $ 45.5 million
Saturday - $ 32.1 million (- 29.5%)
Sunday - $ 25.5 million (- 20.5%)
Monday - $ 17 million (- 33.4%)

I hate when figures are revised downwards :(

[Advanced Dark]

^ Again just estimates. Actuals in tomorrow and I Believe friday's & Sunday #'s will be higher.

[David33]

I do hope that Fox will greenlight X4 very soon..

Me too.

[Iceman]

^ Again just estimates. Actuals in tomorrow and I Believe friday's & Sunday #'s will be higher.

I hope you're right. :up:

You really think Friday's could be higher? It's already an amazing figure.

[JustABill]

Monday and Sunday dropping are not all that suprising.

Today's a holiday, most people are going to barbecue and sit around with family.

Sunday has church to factor into the situation for religious viewers, plus a majority mostly see movies on Friday and Saturday anyways.

[Storm22]

So what are you guys saying - it made less than 107million?