Box Office 2005

[Downhere]

Well, Kong made 14,000,000 yesterday according to Box office mojo. Looks like a weekend take of around 45-48 million and a total of 60-64 million over the 5 days. I was expecting more out of all the hype they gave Kong. I guess a big monster movie doesn't appeal to the general audience during the holidays. This would have done much better in the summer.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Yes,but look at the praise its getting visit my board I created... 41 people LOVE 5/5 Kong! thats a extremly alot! I see this movie going on to make some money because of word of mouth.

 

[Darth Elektra]

I hope Narnia gets closer to ROTS

Lol,Impossible!

 

[FooYu]

Worldwide

1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($848,5 million)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($659 million)
3. War of the Worlds ($588,9 million)
4. Madagascar ($525,7 million)
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($471,9 million)
6. Mr. and Mrs. Smith ($449 million)
7. Batman Begins ($371,9 million)
8. Hitch ($368,1 million)
9. Fantastic Four ($329,5 million)
10. Wedding Crashers ($283 million)
11. Robots ($260,7 million)
12. Howl's Moving Castle ($231,7 million)
13. Constantine ($229,7 million)
14. Kingdom of Heaven ($211 million)
15. The Pacifier ($198,8 million)
16. The Longest Yard ($190 million)
17. Flightplan ($189 million)
18. Chicken Little ($183,6 million)
19. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit ($177,2 million)
20. The 40 Year-Old Virgin ($168,3 million)

Damn, What happened to The Island? Did it make a profit?

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

Damn, What happened to The Island? Did it make a profit?

hahahaha no.

 

[Darth Elektra]

It was a great movie but it didnt make a over 100.

 

[Galactus]

Damn, What happened to The Island? Did it make a profit?

23. The Island ($160,3 million)

 

[American_Hobo]

King Kong made 66million so far..(up to Dec.18)

See..sure it didn't do as good as people expected..but it's doing alright...

I think King Kong might be #2 this year..

 

[FooYu]

ah ok, thanks for replies

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($380,3 million)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($252,6 million)
3. War of the Worlds ($234,3 million)
4. Wedding Crashers ($209,2 million)
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($206,5 million)
6. Batman Begins ($205,3 million)
7. Madagascar ($193,2 million)
8. Mr. and Mrs. Smith ($186,3 million)
9. Hitch ($179,5 million)
10. The Longest Yard ($158,1 million)
11. Fantastic Four ($154,7 million)
12. Chicken Little ($128,8 million)
13. Robots ($128,2 million)
14. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($113,2 million)
15. The Pacifier ($113,1 million)
16. The 40 Year-Old Virgin ($109,3 million)
17. Flightplan ($88,8 million)
18. Saw II ($86,8 million)
19. Monster-in-Law ($82,9 million)
20. Walk the Line ($82,6 million)

33. King Kong ($66,2 million)

 

[Downhere]

King Kong made 66million so far..(up to Dec.18)

See..sure it didn't do as good as people expected..but it's doing alright...

I think King Kong might be #2 this year..

Kong won't be number 2 both domestically and worldwide.

Potter will be number 2 domestically and maybe 1 or 2 worldwide.

Domestically I would say Narnia, WOTW and Kong will fight for the number 3 slot.

 

[Sava]

i doubt Narnia will get to #3, maybe if Kong has great word of mouth, it could catch up to Narnia

 

[Downhere]

i doubt Narnia will get to #3, maybe if Kong has great word of mouth, it could catch up to Narnia

Narnia has a chance at getting the number 3 slot. Now that the holidays will kick in many families will go out to see both Narnia and Kong and both should have good legs. But I think both Narnia and Kong are going to be very close to each other in their total domestic grosses.

One thing is for certain...internationally Narnia will beat Kong. Kong opened in more than 50+ territories and earned 80 million. While that is a good number it's not enough to get over 400 million internationally. Especially with such a low opening in one of the bigger market places such as Japan which it opened at a disappointing 2.9 million. The low opening is partly due to releasing it at the wrong time with Potter still very active in Japan. With that said it will make probably around 300 million internationally and that is quite a good number but not enough to propel it to amazing heights.

Narnia on the other hand has grossed more than 60 million in only 13 territories with it's last opening taking place in Japan. Considering other fantasy titles that have opened in Japan, Narnia should have a good to great run in Japan especially since Potter will be out of the theaters by the time Narnia opens. So I expect Narnia to get very close to or surpass 400 million in the international gross and a total of 600-650 million worldwide.

Kong will probably be in the 500-600 million range worldwide.

 

[Erzengel]

Of course Kong didn't do well in Japan. They like Godzilla there.

 

[Downhere]

Of course Kong didn't do well in Japan. They like Godzilla there.

lol. The problem is that is one of the biggest markets internationally so that will hurt it's chance at anything above 300-350 million.

 

[Galactus]

Comingsoon's predictions:

Cheaper by the Dozen 2: $28 to 30 million in its first five days with about $21 to 23 million over the Christmas weekend on its way to around $100 million total.

Fun with Dick and Jane: $20 to 22 million in its first five days with about $15 to 17 million over the weekend and less than $50 million total.

Memoirs of a Geisha: $7 to 9 million over Christmas weekend on its way to under $35 million total.

Munich: $6 to 7 million over Christmas weekend on its way to a total of $50 million or more.

The Producers: Between $1 and 2 million on Christmas Day on its way to roughly $25 million overall, more if it's able to get into the Oscar race.

The Ringer: While this may be able to make $3 to 4 million over the Christmas weekend, it will be lucky if it comes anywhere close to $8 million total.

Rumor Has It...: $5 to 6 million on Christmas Day on its way to around $50 million total.

Wolf Creek: $2 to 3 million on Christmas Day on its way to around $18 million total.

 

[Downhere]

Monday (12/19/05): Top Ten

1. King Kong - $5,638,125 -63.8% (Percentage drop from Sunday)
2. Chronicles of Narnia - $4,654,664 -52.6%
3. The Family Stone - $1,719,698 -51.8%
4. Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire - $884,221 -54.3%
5. Syriana - $757,334 -54%
6. Yours, Mind and Ours - $531,396 -47.1%
7. Walk The Line - $525,190 -50.6%
8. Brokeback Mountain - $405,000 -51.8%
9. Just Friends - $355,000 -36.7%
10. Pride and Prejudice - $315,000 -31.5%


Tuesday (12/20/05): Top Ten

1. King Kong - $5,244,960 -7% (Percentage drop from Monday)
2. Chronicles of Narnia - $4,915,049 +5.6%
3. The Family Stone - $1,731,617 +0.7%
4. Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire - $1,003,321 +13.5%
5. Syriana - $803,307 +6.1%
6. Yours, Mind and Ours - $596,907 +12.3%
7. Walk The Line - $567,696 +8.1%
8. Just Friends - $385,000 +8.5%
9. Brokeback Mountain - $368,000 -9.1%
10. Pride and Prejudice - $350,000 +11.1%


All numbers provided by www.boxofficemojo.com

 

[Galactus]

Worldwide

1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($848,5 million)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($712,8 million)
3. War of the Worlds ($588,9 million)
4. Madagascar ($525,7 million)
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($471,9 million)
6. Mr. and Mrs. Smith ($454,8 million)
7. Batman Begins ($371,9 million)
8. Hitch ($368,1 million)
9. Fantastic Four ($329,5 million)
10. Wedding Crashers ($283,1 million)
11. Robots ($260,7 million)
12. Howl's Moving Castle ($231,7 million)
13. Constantine ($229,7 million)
14. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($212,3 million)
15. Kingdom of Heaven ($211 million)
16. King Kong ($202,8 million)
17. The Pacifier ($198,8 million)
18. Chicken Little ($195,6 million)
19. Flightplan ($191,6 million)
20. The Longest Yard ($190 million)

 

[ultimatefan]

King Kong has opened in 54 territories already, so it doesn´t look like it will be huge overseas. Narnia actually has a better shot, since it´s actually in a lot less countries. But neither of these movies will reach the 700 m-plus worldwide numbers the studios were hoping for. Expectations for Kong were huge, that it would even rival Harry Potter, now it´s doubtful. It´s indeed a really weird year at the BO. Still, like Batman Begins, if it wasn´t a good movie, it would have being a huge flop. It´d have been another Stealth or xXx2.

 

[Downhere]

King Kong has opened in 54 territories already, so it doesn´t look like it will be huge overseas. Narnia actually has a better shot, since it´s actually in a lot less countries. But neither of these movies will reach the 700 m-plus worldwide numbers the studios were hoping for. Expectations for Kong were huge, that it would even rival Harry Potter, now it´s doubtful. It´s indeed a really weird year at the BO. Still, like Batman Begins, if it wasn´t a good movie, it would have being a huge flop. It´d have been another Stealth or xXx2.

Narnia will probably end in the 600 million worldwide range which is in expectations by the studio.

 

[Two-Face]

Worldwide

1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($848,5 million)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($712,8 million)
3. War of the Worlds ($588,9 million)
4. Madagascar ($525,7 million)
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($471,9 million)
6. Mr. and Mrs. Smith ($454,8 million)
7. Batman Begins ($371,9 million)
8. Hitch ($368,1 million)
9. Fantastic Four ($329,5 million)
10. Wedding Crashers ($283,1 million)
11. Robots ($260,7 million)
12. Howl's Moving Castle ($231,7 million)
13. Constantine ($229,7 million)
14. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($212,3 million)
15. Kingdom of Heaven ($211 million)
16. King Kong ($202,8 million)
17. The Pacifier ($198,8 million)
18. Chicken Little ($195,6 million)
19. Flightplan ($191,6 million)
20. The Longest Yard ($190 million)

How can Fantastic Four be at No9? That movie sucked period.

 

[Galactus]

How can Fantastic Four be at No9? That movie sucked period.

Well, how often can you say that the ten most successful movies of the year also are the ten best? It will probably never happen

 

[Downhere]

Fantastic Four didn't suck...it holds up better on a second viewing.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Yea,FF didnt suck!

 

[Two-Face]

Well it did for me.