Box Office 2009: The Actual Numbers

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North America

1. Star Trek ($242,6 million)
2. Up ($237,2 million)
3. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($195,6 million)
4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($177,5 million)
5. The Hangover ($166 million)
6. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($159,7 million)
7. Fast and Furious ($155 million)
8. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($146,3 million)
9. Taken ($145 million)
10. Angels & Demons ($129,2 million)
11. Terminator Salvation ($120,8 million)
12. Watchmen ($107,5 million)
13. He's Just Not That Into You ($94 million)
14. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail ($90,5 million)
15. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($89,2 million)
16. Knowing ($79,9 million)
17. Hannah Montana The Movie ($78,4 million)
18. Coraline ($75,3 million)
19. Hotel for Dogs ($73 million)
20. I Love You, Man ($71,4 million)

 

[Galactus]

Year-to-date comparison

Total box office numbers between 1 January and 25 June

2009: $4 969,4 million
2008: $4 471,5 million
2007: $4 447,8 million
2006: $4 289,9 million
2005: $4 120,5 million


Studio market share

1 Warner Bros. 18.5% $908.8
2 Paramount 16.6% $819.8
3 20th Century Fox 13.4% $657.8
4 Buena Vista 11.9% $586.4
5 Sony / Columbia 11.7% $578.6
6 Universal 8.6% $425.3
7 Lionsgate 4.8% $236.3
8 Fox Searchlight 3.9% $193.9
9 Summit Entertainment 3.0% $146.7
10 Focus Features 2.0% $97.7
11 Paramount Vantage 1.0% $51.2
12 MGM/UA 0.9% $42.8

 

[Galactus]

International top 20

1 Angels & Demons $330,852,871
2 Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins $201,543,644
3 Fast and Furious $194,138,079
4 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $194,115,120
5 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $183,247,800
6 Monsters Vs. Aliens $172,935,849
7 Star Trek $123,000,997
8 Valkyrie $117,198,951
9 Gran Torino $115,100,000
10 Chi bi: Xia - Jue zhan tian xia (Red Cliff: Part II) $102,126,903
11 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $80,184,013
12 Knowing $75,534,485
13 Watchmen $75,225,483
14 He's Just Not That Into You $71,088,153
15 17 Again $63,775,483
16 Rookies: Sotsugyô $62,300,102
17 Confessions of a Shopaholic $56,744,755
18 Bride Wars $56,334,044
19 The Reader $55,554,809
20 Revolutionary Road $52,300,689

 

[Galactus]

Worldwide

1. Angels & Demons ($460 million)
2. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($368,6 million)
3. Star Trek ($365,6 million)
4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($360,8 million)
5. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($353,9 million)
6. Fast and Furious ($349,1 million)
7. Terminator Salvation ($322,4 million)
8. Up ($258,2 million)
9. Taken ($221,7 million)
10. The Hangover ($196,3 million)
11. Watchmen ($182,7 million)
12. Ponyo ($182,1 million)
13. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($180,4 million)
14. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($169,4 million)
15. He's Just Not That Into You ($165 million)
16. Knowing ($155,4 million)
17. 17 Again ($126,7 million)
18. Hannah Montana The Movie ($123 million)
19. Hotel for Dogs ($115,7 million)
20. Bride Wars ($115 million)

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Up ($250,2 million)
2. Star Trek ($246,3 million)
3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($200,1 million)
4. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($196 million)
5. The Hangover ($183,1 million)
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($177,8 million)
7. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($163,4 million)
8. Fast and Furious ($155 million)
9. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($146,3 million)
10. Taken ($145 million)
11. Angels & Demons ($130,3 million)
12. Terminator Salvation ($121,9 million)
13. Watchmen ($107,5 million)
14. He's Just Not That Into You ($94 million)
15. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail ($90,5 million)
16. Knowing ($79,9 million)
17. Hannah Montana The Movie ($78,6 million)
18. Coraline ($75,3 million)
19. Hotel for Dogs ($73 million)
20. I Love You, Man ($71,4 million)

 

[Galactus]

ComingSoon's predictions:

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $27 to 31 million on Wednesday and Thursday and another $47 to 50 million over the three-day weekend—that's approximately $77 to 80 million in five days--and roughly $170 to 180 million total.

Public Enemies: $16 to 18 million on Wednesday and Thursday and another $28 to 30 million over the holiday weekend and roughly $90 to 100 million total.

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Up ($258,3 million)
2. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($250,9 million)
3. Star Trek ($248,1 million)
4. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($196,2 million)
5. The Hangover ($193,8 million)
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($178 million)
7. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($165,7 million)
8. Fast and Furious ($155,1 million)
9. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($146,3 million)
10. Taken ($145 million)
11. Angels & Demons ($130,7 million)
12. Terminator Salvation ($122,4 million)
13. Watchmen ($107,5 million)
14. He's Just Not That Into You ($94 million)
15. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail ($90,5 million)
16. The Proposal ($81,5 million)
17. Knowing ($79,9 million)
18. Hannah Montana The Movie ($78,6 million)
19. Coraline ($75,3 million)
20. Hotel for Dogs ($73 million)

 

[Galactus]

Year-to-date comparison

Total box office numbers between 1 January and 2 July

2009: $5 316,1 million
2008: $4 763 million
2007: $4 695,9 million
2006: $4 541,2 million
2005: $4 357,2 million


Studio market share

1 Paramount 18.7% $965.6
2 Warner Bros. 18.2% $943.1
3 20th Century Fox 12.8% $662.5
4 Buena Vista 12.1% $624.7
5 Sony / Columbia 11.5% $593.3
6 Universal 8.3% $427.6
7 Lionsgate 4.6% $236.3
8 Fox Searchlight 3.8% $194.0
9 Summit Entertainment 2.8% $147.1
10 Focus Features 1.9% $99.6
11 Paramount Vantage 1.0% $51.2
12 MGM/UA 0.8% $42.8

 

[Galactus]

International top 20

1 Angels & Demons $330,852,871
2 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $240,178,819
3 Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins $201,543,644
4 Fast and Furious $194,138,079
5 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $194,115,120
6 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $183,247,800
7 Monsters Vs. Aliens $172,935,849
8 Star Trek $124,127,476
9 Valkyrie $117,198,951
10 Gran Torino $115,100,000
11 Chi bi: Xia - Jue zhan tian xia (Red Cliff: Part II) $102,126,903
12 Knowing $75,534,485
13 Watchmen $75,225,483
14 He's Just Not That Into You $71,088,153
15 17 Again $63,775,483
16 Rookies: Sotsugyô $62,300,102
17 Confessions of a Shopaholic $56,744,755
18 Bride Wars $56,334,044
19 The Reader $55,554,809
20 Revolutionary Road $52,300,689

 

[Galactus]

Worldwide

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($491,1 million)
2. Angels & Demons ($461,6 million)
3. Star Trek ($372,2 million)
4. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($369,2 million)
5. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($361,3 million)
6. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($359,8 million)
7. Fast and Furious ($349,2 million)
8. Terminator Salvation ($323,9 million)
9. Up ($293,7 million)
10. The Hangover ($224,1 million)
11. Taken ($221,7 million)
12. Watchmen ($182,7 million)
13. Ponyo ($182,1 million)
14. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($180,4 million)
15. He's Just Not That Into You ($165 million)
16. Knowing ($155,5 million)
17. 17 Again ($127 million)
18. Hannah Montana The Movie ($123,2 million)
19. Hotel for Dogs ($115,7 million)
20. Bride Wars ($115 million)

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($293,4 million)
2. Up ($264,8 million)
3. Star Trek ($249,8 million)
4. The Hangover ($205 million)
5. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($196,6 million)
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($178,3 million)
7. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($167,7 million)
8. Fast and Furious ($155,1 million)
9. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($146,3 million)
10. Taken ($145 million)
11. Angels & Demons ($131,3 million)
12. Terminator Salvation ($122,7 million)
13. Watchmen ($107,5 million)
14. The Proposal ($94,3 million)
15. He's Just Not That Into You ($94 million)
16. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail ($90,5 million)
17. Knowing ($79,9 million)
18. Hannah Montana The Movie ($78,9 million)
19. Coraline ($75,3 million)
20. Hotel for Dogs ($73 million)

 

[nathaniel]

Does a roll of numbers actually matter?,i never got the facination some have with all that stuff id much rather talk about the films themselves.

 

[Galactus]

ComingSoon's predictions:

Bruno: 36 to 39 million opening weekend and roughly $105 to 110 million total.

I Love You, Beth Cooper: $3 to 5 million opening weekend and less than $8 million total.

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($315 million)
2. Up ($269,1 million)
3. Star Trek ($250,8 million)
4. The Hangover ($212,5 million)
5. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($196,9 million)
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($178,5 million)
7. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($169 million)
8. Fast and Furious ($155,1 million)
9. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($146,3 million)
10. Taken ($145 million)
11. Angels & Demons ($131,3 million)
12. Terminator Salvation ($122,9 million)
13. Watchmen ($107,5 million)
14. The Proposal ($103,3 million)
15. He's Just Not That Into You ($94 million)
16. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($92,1 million)
17. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail ($90,5 million)
18. Knowing ($80 million)
19. Hannah Montana The Movie ($79 million)
20. Coraline ($75,3 million)

 

[Galactus]

Year-to-date comparison

Total box office numbers between 1 January and 9 July

2009: $5 576,4 million
2008: $5 027,7 million
2007: $5 052 million
2006: $4 874,2 million
2005: $4 599,6 million


Studio market share

1 Paramount 19.5% $1,082.2
2 Warner Bros. 17.9% $991.5
3 20th Century Fox 13.6% $755.1
4 Buena Vista 12.2% $675.0
5 Sony / Columbia 10.9% $607.7
6 Universal 8.6% $479.1
7 Lionsgate 4.3% $236.3
8 Fox Searchlight 3.5% $194.2
9 Summit Entertainment 2.7% $147.6
10 Focus Features 1.8% $102.0
11 Paramount Vantage 0.9% $51.2
12 MGM/UA 0.8% $42.8

 

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International top 20

1 Angels & Demons $341,871,824
2 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $333,094,317
3 Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins $227,793,045
4 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $207,168,580
5 Fast and Furious $194,250,339
6 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $184,604,723
7 Monsters Vs. Aliens $173,875,847
8 Star Trek $125,224,171
9 Valkyrie $117,198,951
10 Gran Torino $115,100,000
11 Chi bi: Xia - Jue zhan tian xia (Red Cliff: Part II) $102,126,903
12 Knowing $75,534,485
13 Watchmen $75,225,483
14 He's Just Not That Into You $71,088,153
15 17 Again $63,775,483
16 Rookies: Sotsugyô $62,300,102
17 The Hangover $61,600,000
18 Confessions of a Shopaholic $56,744,755
19 Bride Wars $56,334,044
20 The Reader $55,554,809

 

[Galactus]

Worldwide

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($648,1 million)
2. Angels & Demons ($473,2 million)
3. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($376,2 million)
4. Star Trek ($376 million)
5. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($370,7 million)
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($363,2 million)
7. Terminator Salvation ($350,7 million)
8. Fast and Furious ($349,3 million)
9. Up ($304,5 million)
10. The Hangover ($274,1 million)
11. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($243,8 million)
12. Taken ($221,7 million)
13. Watchmen ($182,7 million)
14. Ponyo ($182,1 million)
15. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($180,4 million)
16. He's Just Not That Into You ($165 million)
17. Knowing ($155,5 million)
18. 17 Again ($127,3 million)
19. The Proposal ($124,8 million)
20. Hannah Montana The Movie ($123,6 million)

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($339,2 million)
2. Up ($273,8 million)
3. Star Trek ($252 million)
4. The Hangover ($222,4 million)
5. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($197,1 million)
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($178,8 million)
7. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($170,5 million)
8. Fast and Furious ($155,1 million)
9. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($146,3 million)
10. Taken ($145 million)
11. Angels & Demons ($131,9 million)
12. Terminator Salvation ($123,1 million)
13. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($119,7 million)
14. The Proposal ($113,9 million)
15. Watchmen ($107,5 million)
16. He's Just Not That Into You ($94 million)
17. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail ($90,5 million)
18. Knowing ($80 million)
19. Hannah Montana The Movie ($79,2 million)
20. Coraline ($75,3 million)

 

[Galactus]

ComingSoon's predictions:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $50 to 52 million on Wednesday, another $22 to 25 million on Thursday then another $84 to 87 million over the three-day weekend (roughly $160 to 165 million in its first five days) on its way to roughly $310 to 320 million total.

 

[Cmill216]

A couple of interesting numbers I want to throw out there to give you guys an idea of the significant role that inflation and the increase in theaters have played in the dramatic rise in box office grosses:

Take for example The Dark Knight's opening weekend record. Many box office analysts cite the first Spider-Man's opening weekend to be the single most impressive of all-time, even though it has since been bested by several movies. The reason for this is all in the numbers.

Spider-Man's 2002 total US gross of $403.7 million would actually represent $498.9 million if it had been released today. That's a difference of $95 million in ticket price inflation just in the past 6 years. This, of course, is compared to The Dark Knight's staggering $533 million in total US gross.

An interesting note, if The Dark Knight's gross were taken in 2002 dollars, it's total would be around $431 million.

Now, look at the opening weekend numbers. Spider-Man's $114 million opening weekend gross would adjust to over $140 million in 2008 numbers. Obviously impressive, but it still wouldn't be record breaking by 2009 standards.

But here's where things get interesting. Take a look at the theater counts for the opening weekends of both films. The Dark Knight played in over 4,300 theaters. Spider-Man? In only 3,600. When you adjust the "per theater average" to reflect the gross both films averaged per theater, the number is striking.

By 2008 numbers, The Dark Knight averaged over $36,000 per theater. But Spider-Man, if its numbers reflected 2008's ticket prices, would actually have a per theater average of over $39,000. The 700+ difference in theater counts is significant.

So hypothetically speaking, if you were to apply Spider-Man's 2008 per theater average to The Dark Knight's theater count, you would wind up with an opening weekend total of around $171 million. And that, of course, would be the record.

All in all, I just think it's pretty amazing how the movie industry has just continued to explode year in and year out when compared to other entertainment industries. The significant expansion of theater chains and the obvious increase in ticket prices have changed the way studios interpret and respond to record setting feats.

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($350,1 million)
2. Up ($276,4 million)
3. Star Trek ($252,5 million)
4. The Hangover ($227,6 million)
5. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($197,3 million)
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($179 million)
7. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($171,1 million)
8. Fast and Furious ($155,1 million)
9. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($146,3 million)
10. Taken ($145 million)
11. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($134,3 million)
12. Angels & Demons ($131,9 million)
13. Terminator Salvation ($123,3 million)
14. The Proposal ($119,8 million)
15. Watchmen ($107,5 million)
16. He's Just Not That Into You ($94 million)
17. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail ($90,5 million)
18. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($80,2 million)
19. Knowing ($80 million)
20. Hannah Montana The Movie ($79,3 million)

 

[Galactus]

Year-to-date comparison

Total box office numbers between 1 January and 16 July

2009: $5 867,4 million
2008: $5 252 million
2007: $5 380,8 million
2006: $5 140,6 million
2005: $4 823,3 million


Studio market share

1 Paramount 19.2% $1,124.8
2 Warner Bros. 18.7% $1,098.5
3 20th Century Fox 13.9% $813.4
4 Buena Vista 12.0% $702.4
5 Sony / Columbia 10.4% $612.5
6 Universal 9.3% $543.3
7 Lionsgate 4.0% $236.3
8 Fox Searchlight 3.3% $194.3
9 Summit Entertainment 2.5% $148.7
10 Focus Features 1.8% $103.3
11 Paramount Vantage 0.9% $51.2
12 MGM/UA 0.7% $42.8

 

[Galactus]

International top 20

1 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $383,058,021
2 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $362,355,801
3 Angels & Demons $345,854,043
4 Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins $232,748,475
5 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $210,365,942
6 Fast and Furious $194,250,339
7 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $184,810,829
8 Monsters Vs. Aliens $175,656,562
9 Star Trek $125,580,479
10 Valkyrie $117,198,951
11 Gran Torino $115,100,000
12 Chi bi: Xia - Jue zhan tian xia (Red Cliff: Part II) $102,126,903
13 Knowing $75,534,485
14 Watchmen $75,225,483
15 The Hangover $74,700,000
16 He's Just Not That Into You $71,088,153
17 17 Again $63,775,483
18 Rookies: Sotsugyô $62,300,102
19 Confessions of a Shopaholic $56,744,755
20 Bride Wars $56,334,044

 

[Galactus]

Worldwide

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($733,2 million)
2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($496,7 million)
3. Angels & Demons ($477,8 million)
4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($381,4 million)
5. Star Trek ($378,1 million)
6. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($373 million)
7. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($363,8 million)
8. Terminator Salvation ($356,1 million)
9. Fast and Furious ($349,3 million)
10. Up ($324,5 million)
11. The Hangover ($302,3 million)
12. Taken ($221,7 million)
13. Watchmen ($182,7 million)
14. Ponyo ($182,1 million)
15. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($180,4 million)
16. He's Just Not That Into You ($165 million)
17. The Proposal ($160,5 million)
18. Knowing ($155,5 million)
19. Hannah Montana The Movie ($143,6 million)
20. 17 Again ($127,5 million)

 

[Galactus]

North America

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($363,8 million)
2. Up ($279,6 million)
3. Star Trek ($253,2 million)
4. The Hangover ($235,7 million)
5. Monsters Vs. Aliens ($197,5 million)
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($179,2 million)
7. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ($171,8 million)
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($158 million)
9. Fast and Furious ($155,1 million)
10. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($151,9 million)
11. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($146,3 million)
12. Taken ($145 million)
13. Angels & Demons ($132,5 million)
14. The Proposal ($128,1 million)
15. Terminator Salvation ($123,8 million)
16. Watchmen ($107,5 million)
17. He's Just Not That Into You ($94 million)
18. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail ($90,5 million)
19. Knowing ($80 million)
20. Public Enemies ($79,6 million)