Box Office 2005

[Sava]

Well it's been out for almost 2 months now and the way of most movie trends that's where it seems to make most of it's money unless there are some places it hasn't open yet?

i dont know but i think last week it was like 10 mill behind ROTS or something, but i doubt it'll get 900

 

[Erzengel]

i dont know but i think last week it was like 10 mill behind ROTS or something, but i doubt it'll get 900

Which means next week it'll make 5-6 million, then 2-3 million, etc so I don't think it will either.

 

[Sava]

shame... looks like KK will end up in 550 or close to that and Narnia will get to 650

 

[Erzengel]

That was surprising. I had a feeling Narnia would do very well but I thought Kong would do as good if not better. Not taking away Kong success but last Holiday season belonged to Narnia.

 

[Sava]

yeah... Kong had alot going for it but people were just... not seeing it as much as Narnia, i just the running time didnt really help that too

 

[Erzengel]

It did and it was a stunning piece of cinema but, I don't plan on buying it on dvd. I think maybe the reason is because I'm not a fan of the character and I think I might have not been alone. Add that to the runtime, maybe it was all just a big turnoff for others to go see it and for it to have a lot of repeat business.

 

[Sava]

if it was stunning why arent you going to bye the dvd?

 

[Erzengel]

I think Gone With the Wind is a great movie, and I can see why it got a lot of Oscars yadda yadda. I just don't need to own it.

Same thing with Kong. I can see that it's good but I almost only need to see it once.

 

[Sava]

atleast you have great self control... i dont ... once i was buying like 20 dvds a week

 

[Super_Ludacris]

atleast you have great self control... i dont ... once i was buying like 20 dvds a week

When would you even have time to watch that many. Do you have Sky over where you live in the UK too?

 

[Sava]

When would you even have time to watch that many. Do you have Sky over where you live in the UK too?

yes... but f**k it if i'm going to pay £3 everytime i watch a movie... plus i was buying old movies most of the time, like Face/off and Braveheart

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($380,3 million)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($282,2 million)
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($251,2 million)
4. War of the Worlds ($234,3 million)
5. Wedding Crashers ($209,3 million)
6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($206,5 million)
7. Batman Begins ($205,3 million)
8. King Kong ($195,5 million)
9. Madagascar ($193,6 million)
10. Mr. & Mrs. Smith ($186,3 million)
11. Hitch ($179,5 million)
12. The Longest Yard ($158,1 million)
13. Fantastic Four ($154,7 million)
14. Chicken Little ($132,9 million)
15. Robots ($128,2 million)
16. The Pacifier ($113,1 million)
17. The 40 Year-Old Virgin ($109,4 million)
18. Walk the Line ($96,2 million)
19. Flightplan ($89,3 million)
20. Saw II ($87 million)

 

[ultimatefan]

What I notice about the 2005 BO is it seems to be going further and further towards the PG-rated movies, at least for the really big bucks. Except for SW, which is something of its own, the only movies to break the 600m-plus barrier worldwide will be PG-rated fantasies. Both WOTW and King Kong, which were expected to be phenomena, have fallen a little bit short of these expectations. Sure, WC is R-rated, but it didn´t make a peep overseas.

 

[Galactus]

I think it's safe to say that if you want a success, make a movie based on a popular book for kids...

After Harry Potter and Narnia it should be interesting to see how Eragon will perform

 

[Sava]

Eragon?

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($380,3 million)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($284,4 million)
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($264 million)
4. War of the Worlds ($234,3 million)
5. Wedding Crashers ($209,3 million)
6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($206,5 million)
7. Batman Begins ($205,3 million)
8. King Kong ($204,5 million)
9. Madagascar ($193,6 million)
10. Mr. & Mrs. Smith ($186,3 million)
11. Hitch ($179,5 million)
12. The Longest Yard ($158,1 million)
13. Fantastic Four ($154,7 million)
14. Chicken Little ($133,2 million)
15. Robots ($128,2 million)
16. The Pacifier ($113,1 million)
17. The 40 Year-Old Virgin ($109,4 million)
18. Walk the Line ($98,3 million)
19. Fun with Dick and Jane ($94,2 million)
20. Flightplan ($89,4 million)

 

[Galactus]

Worldwide

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($867,3 million)
2. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($848,5 million)
3. War of the Worlds ($591,4 million)
4. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($585,5 million)
5. Madagascar ($527,6 million)
6. King Kong ($499 million)
7. Mr. & Mrs Smith ($475,6 million)
8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($473,4 million)
9. Batman Begins ($371,9 million)
10. Hitch ($368,1 million)
11. Fantastic Four ($329,6 million)
12. Wedding Crashers ($283,1 million)
13. Robots ($260,7 million)
14. Chicken Little ($248,9 million)
15. Constantine ($230,1 million)
16. Howl's Moving Castle ($229,5 million)
17. Kingdom of Heaven ($211,6 million)
18. The Pacifier ($198,8 million)
19. Flightplan ($195,6 million)
20. The Longest Yard ($190 million)

 

[Sava]

i still cant believe Madagascar got 500 mill... god that was a s**t film

 

[Galactus]

Well, movies aimed for kids rarely needs to be spectacular to be successful. And especially CGI-movies have been hot for some years now. But I think from now on they need to do something special, even with CGI-movies, because more and more seems to be released every year, and with this flood there comes the usual decrease in quality.

 

[Sava]

yeah..like Hoodewinked (sp)

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($380,3 million)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($284,6 million)
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($265,6 million)
4. War of the Worlds ($234,3 million)
5. Wedding Crashers ($209,3 million)
6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($206,5 million)
7. King Kong ($205,7 million)
8. Batman Begins ($205,3 million)
9. Madagascar ($193,6 million)
10. Mr. & Mrs. Smith ($186,3 million)
11. Hitch ($179,5 million)
12. The Longest Yard ($158,1 million)
13. Fantastic Four ($154,7 million)
14. Chicken Little ($133,3 million)
15. Robots ($128,2 million)
16. The Pacifier ($113,1 million)
17. The 40 Year-Old Virgin ($109,4 million)
18. Walk the Line ($99 million)
19. Fun with Dick and Jane ($95,6 million)
20. Flightplan ($89,4 million)

 

[Sava]

damn Brokeback Mountain is doing really well

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($380,3 million)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($285,5 million)
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($271,9 million)
4. War of the Worlds ($234,3 million)
5. King Kong ($209,9 million)
6. Wedding Crashers ($209,3 million)
7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($206,5 million)
8. Batman Begins ($205,3 million)
9. Madagascar ($193,6 million)
10. Mr. & Mrs. Smith ($186,3 million)
11. Hitch ($179,5 million)
12. The Longest Yard ($158,1 million)
13. Fantastic Four ($154,7 million)
14. Chicken Little ($133,4 million)
15. Robots ($128,2 million)
16. The Pacifier ($113,1 million)
17. The 40 Year-Old Virgin ($109,4 million)
18. Walk the Line ($102,1 million)
19. Fun with Dick and Jane ($101,4 million)
20. Flightplan ($89,5 million)

 

[Galactus]

Worldwide

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($875 million)
2. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($848,5 million)
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($614,9 million)
4. War of the Worlds ($591,4 million)
5. Madagascar ($527,6 million)
6. King Kong ($519,3 million)
7. Mr. & Mrs Smith ($477,1 million)
8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($473,4 million)
9. Batman Begins ($371,9 million)
10. Hitch ($368,1 million)
11. Fantastic Four ($329,6 million)
12. Wedding Crashers ($283,1 million)
13. Robots ($260,7 million)
14. Chicken Little ($251,7 million)
15. Constantine ($230,1 million)
16. Howl's Moving Castle ($229,5 million)
17. Kingdom of Heaven ($211,6 million)
18. The Pacifier ($198,8 million)
19. Flightplan ($197,1 million)
20. The Longest Yard ($190 million)

 

[ultimatefan]

KK looks to be about as profitable as Batman Begins, around two and a half times its production budget. It will be a pretty profitable movie, especially once it gets on DVD, what´s really sad about it is it had all this hype and expectation and it´s really a great movie, I guess people simply felt Narnia was more acessible to children and was more of a holidays movie or whatever.