Box Office Numbers (& Competition)

[Carp Man]

Weekend estimates are in. Updates below. $ 4 million. Down 40 % from last weekend. 300 down 56 % from last weekend.

 

[fire>everything]

Alright, Finally at 110.

 

[ultimatefan]

edit double post.

 

[ultimatefan]

It´s been overall an alright performance, given the high cost of the movie. It´s very good for a Marvel character deemed second-rate, but not a huge hit.

 

[Advanced Dark]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961374.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

<H1>'300' wins overseas box office battle

Film buried competition in every territory

By DAVE MCNARY




The Spartans easily conquered the international box office as "300" amped up an otherwise moderate frame with $15.6 million at 1,300 playdates in 13 markets.

Pic buried the competition in every territory, led by a socko South Korean opening of $6.3 million at 353 that captured 69% of the top five market share in Seoul and topped the "Troy" launch. Its second Greek frame stayed solid with $2.5 million at 140, down only 19%.
War actioner has taken in $24.6 million internationally and should dominate foreign biz in coming weeks with a major expansion next weekend into France, Spain, Italy, Mexico and the U.K.
Pic's drawn impressive box office blood in midsize markets so far, launching in Turkey with $1.5 million at 115 to see the second-best opening day for a Warner Bros. film; in Thailand with $917,000 at 120, ahead of three local pics; in its second Taiwanese sesh with $852,000 at 91, down 28%; in Hong Kong with $730,000 at 33; and in India, where it finished first ahead of two local pics with $582,000 at 161.
Results in most markets for "300" have been on par with or better than those for other battle epics, such as "Troy" and "The Last Samurai," both of which topped $300 million overseas. And the emergence of "300" as a likely worldwide blockbuster will keep overall biz in coming weeks matching last year's record-setting pace in April, when "Ice Age: The Meltdown" dominated.
Warner also took the second slot as previous winner "Music and Lyrics" tuned in with a decent $9.1 million at 2,900 in 46 markets, led by its German soph sesh with $1.96 million at 621, topping the opening of local title "Neues vom Wixxer." In France, "Music" opened in second with $1.8 million at 350, trailing local holdover "La Mome."
The romantic comedy has turned in respectable numbers amid a lack of rival fare with $56.6 million overseas, $9 million better than its domestic total.
Eddie Murphy's "Norbit" showed the staying power of broad comedy with $8.6 million at 2,405 in 33 markets, led by a first-place finish in its second U.K. frame with $2.1 million at 362, down 46%; its second German sesh with $1.7 million at 505; and a Spanish launch of $1.1 million at 234. "Norbit" has totaled $31 million overseas and $123 million worldwide for Paramount.

Sony's "Ghost Rider" zoomed off with $7.3 million at 3,635 in 56 markets, led by a second-place Italian launch with $1.7 million at 304. Nicolas Cage starrer, which won three straight weekends earlier, has ridden to $87.5 million overseas and $198 million worldwide.

Fox's sturdy "Night at the Museum" grabbed $6.7 million at 1,900 -- three-quarters of that coming from its Japanese launch of $5.1 million at 575 including previews. "Museum" has outperformed expectations with a foreign cume of $288 million and $537 million worldwide -- the 39th highest of all time.
Local romancer "Ho voglia di te," distribbed by Warner, stayed in first in Italy with $3.9 million at 694, sliding 55% from its boffo launch frame. Fox's "Epic Movie" took $3.4 million at 1,000 with a second-place launch in Mexico of $1.3 million at 456.
BVI continued driving to decent early results on "Wild Hogs" with $3.1 million at 470 in four markets, led by an Australian soph sesh of $2 million at 237, off only 21%, and a Russian launch of $775,000 at 200 in what was the first pic out of the newly minted BVI-Sony joint venture in that market. "Hogs" will move into other major markets in mid-April.
Aside from "Night at the Museum," Japan also saw launches of two other high-profile pics that have run their course in the rest of the world --Warner's "Happy Feet" with $2 million at 499 to lift the foreign cume to $174.8 million and worldwide to $371 million and BVI's "Deja Vu" with $1.5 million at 275 for a foreign total of $108 million, $42 million ahead of the domestic cume.
"Premonition" debuted day-and-date in the U.K. via Entertainment with a moderate $1.9 million at 357, trailing "Norbit." Oscar winners took in a bit more coin with "Dreamgirls" adding $1.8 million at 1,393 to lift the foreign cume to $47.4 million and "The Last King of Scotland" grossing $1.1 million at 500 with a German launch of $433,000 at 86.
Universal's "Hot Fuzz" laughed its way to $2.8 million at 660, led by its Oz launch of $1.3 million at 186. "Fuzz" has cumed a boffo $37.5 million in six weeks in the U.K.
Sony saw a decent second Mexican frame for its local production "Charm School" with $1.2 million at 352, off 28%. Other notable performers: BVI's "Becoming Jane" with $1 million in its second U.K. frame; U's "Smokin' Aces" with $1.1 million at 600 and its "The Good Shepherd" with $1.1 million at 609; and Par's "Charlotte's Web" with $2 million at 1,318 and its "Freedom Writers" with $1 million at 569. Fox's "The Devil Wears Prada" ended the frame by crossing the $200 million milestone internationally, pushing the worldwide cume to $325 million.

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[Advanced Dark]

Hollywood Reporter's update International:

In the fourth spot overall is "Ghost Rider," from Sony Pictures Releasing International, which blazed its way to an estimated $7.3 million from 3,635 screens in 56 markets, hiking its overseas gross to $87.5 million.

A No. 2 bow in Italy drew an estimated $1.7 million from 304 screens. In addition to first-place debuts in Sweden and Argentina, the Marvel Comics-based action fantasy starring Nicolas Cage remained No. 1 in its third weekend in Brazil, tallying an estimated $840,000 from 280 screens -- down a relatively mild 32% from last weekend -- to raise the market cume to $5.1 million.

 

[Carp Man]

I have added that $ 87.5 to totals. Update below. I'm glad to see mister wet blanket is still here. It amazies me that some can say GR budget, compaired to box office performance is not that spectacular, yet a movie that cost $ 260 to make, and gets praised to the hilt because it made $ 200 domestic. Boggles da mind.

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ It's funny huh?

 

[GL's Light]

Superman Returns ended up with a gross that was higher than the dire predictions that followed from some punters in the wake of its opening weekend, but still well sort of pre-release expectations and it only yielded a mediocre return on investment. It had a solid gross by the standards of the superhero genre, especially for such a melancholic take on Superman, but Warners overspent on it and didn't get the return they were looking for.

Ghost Rider will end up in a similar situation to an extent. Although it's outperformed pre-release expectations and certainly isn't a flop (as some were expecting it to be), it's not going to have a great return on investment either. The return on its budget will likely be a little better than Hulk but a couple of steps behind Daredevil, Constantine and LXG. A direct Sony-funded sequel is by no means a certainty, although there's the possibility that Marvel could fund another GR film themselves at some point.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Good to see GR still performing, more than anything i want it to make enough to fund a sequel, and with more BO still to come as well as DVD sales, things arent looking too bad.

 

[Carp Man]

Weekend actuals are in. Updates below. $ 4,176,658. Down 37.4 % from last weekend.

 

[Carp Man]

All domestic, and overseas #'s updated thru March 18th. Updates below.

 

[Advanced Dark]

So what 2.8 million next weekend? Maybe 300 per day from Mon-Thur. So another 4 million by next Monday brings us to about 115 domestic. Should take another 2 weeks after that to bring it up to 120 million, and another 30 days of nickle and diming to possibly get to 125 million.

 

[Carp Man]

About 220, 225 WW, and DVD sales, and cable, and tv rights. I think a sequel is just about a lock. t: This movie has done well.

 

[Mr. Socko]

2 weeks and 300 has made more than GR did in a month.

This is sodomy

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ What does 300 have to do w/Ghost Rider getting a sequel? They didn't go head to head anyways. They're two totally different types of films. We could compare Spider-Man to 300 if you'd like.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

About 220, 225 WW, and DVD sales, and cable, and tv rights. I think a sequel is just about a lock. t: This movie has done well.

I hope so, i know it doesnt go on movie quality but IMO GR is more deserving of a sequel than FF was.

 

[Carp Man]

Mondays #'s are in. Updates below. $ 286,734.

 

[Carp Man]

I hope so, i know it doesnt go on movie quality but IMO GR is more deserving of a sequel than FF was.

2 different franchises. You can't compair the 2. FF has 5 decades of history behind it. Much more difficult to being to the big screen. A guy on fire, riding around on a motorcycle, that's not too complicated to bring to the big screen. There is no comparison, none. I'm not a GR fan, but from what I know the movie was pretty good. Simple, to put togeather. No where near as complicated as The FF.

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ That's right these are two separate franchises one at Fox and one at Sony that both deserve upgrades from their initial film. Both safe sanitized plays but overall harmless and enjoyable. Nothing that can't be fixed, upgraded, and made much better than the original. They got all stupid on the Superman Returns film (which was great) but unoriginal and now what? Sequel? JLA? Who the hell knows.

 

[Advanced Dark]

GR is still pulling away from Daredevil handily even after inflation it's a hair ahead I believe.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?view=daily&id=presdaycomic.htm

 

[Carp Man]

DD adjusted #'s ( 2003 to 2007 ) is $ 105,044,244. GR is $ 5.6 million ahead. DD adjusted #'s for its entire run ( 2003 to 2007 ) is $ 111,896,575. $ 6.08 in 2003, $ 6.58 in 2007.

 

[Mr. Socko]

^ What does 300 have to do w/Ghost Rider getting a sequel? They didn't go head to head anyways. They're two totally different types of films. We could compare Spider-Man to 300 if you'd like.

Last time I checked this is the "Box Office Numbers and COMPETITION" thread, not the "Ghost Rider getting a sequel". Yeah, they're two completely different films because the producers and director wanted GR to be quote unquote "Cheesy, comedic, and kid-friendly". Yeah, we could compare Spider-man to 300 but again, last time I checked this is the Ghost Rider board, so if the discussion is solely on Spider-Man and 300 than GR, I'm pretty sure you must be in the wrong thread.

Back to what this thread is about...........................

Just did a few checks on BOMJ.

MSJ's Kid-friendly PG(13) Ghost Rider took 4 weeks to top 100 Mil.

ZS's bad-ass R action-packed flick took 1.4 weeks to top 125 Mil.

 

[Carp Man]

MSJ's Kid-friendly PG(13) Ghost Rider took 4 weeks to top 100 Mil. ZS's bad-ass R action-packed flick took 1.4 weeks to top 125 Mil.

Did a little checking myself, and if you are going to quote, at least get it right. Took GR 23 days to reach 100 million. 300 took 8 days. Just keeping the record straight. t:

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

I think what people want to know..is 300 better than GR?Ive heard the money comparing also.