Fox Pulls in $3.56 Billion in 2006

[Electrix]

Fox Films Pulls in $3.56 Billion in '06...Biggest Year Ever For Any Studio!

Wednesday, 03 January 2007

With the year-end numbers now tallied, Fox Filmed Entertainment reached an industry-high $3,559,521,971 in worldwide box office for 2006. This is the biggest worldwide box office gross for any slate of pictures in the history of the movie business.

The milestone was a combined result of strong contributions from all of Fox’s existing production divisions, which delivered a diverse slate of pictures from tentpole films like ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN and X-MEN: THE LAST STAND to THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA to the cutting-edge comedy of BORAT, and the modestly-budgeted comedy-drama LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE.
Among the milestones in this historic achievement, the studio surpassed $2 billion in international receipts for the second time.

The studio began its banner year with ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN reaching over $644 million in worldwide ticket sales -- topping all other animated features released in 2006.

X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, the final chapter in the studio’s phenomenally successful “X-Men” trilogy, attained a worldwide box office of $456 million. Only a few weeks later, the modestly-budgeted THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA became one of the year’s biggest sleeper/counter-programming smashes, garnering a global take of over $319 million.
In the fall came one of the year’s most subversive -- and wildly successful -- pictures: BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS TO MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN. Critics and audiences around the world embraced star-creator Sacha Baron Cohen’s film, which so far has taken in over $240 million in worldwide box office, earned two Golden Globe® nominations, and appeared on 75 critics’ top-ten lists.

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, still in release throughout the world, has grossed over $60 Million domestically, garnered two Golden Globe® nominations and a host of other awards, and appeared on numerous critics ten-best lists.
FFE finished the year with two big hits: ERAGON, which has grossed over $170 million worldwide so far and NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, which has grossed over $127 million in domestic box-office. The Ben Stiller comedy has opened in only a few international territories, but has already amassed an impressive $60 million in these early engagements.
Fox Chairmen Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos commented in a joint statement: “We have enormous pride in, and gratitude towards, the thousands of Fox Filmed Entertainment employees here and around the world who have made this historic achievement possible.”

http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1478&Itemid=99

People may not like the way FOX handle its films such as X3 but it works when getting money is involved. I doubt their methods will change anytime soon if they are making hugh amounts of money.

 

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/custom/aetoday/bal-ae.endrothman31dec31,0,1567463.story?coll=bal-aetoday-headlines

Rothman stands tall at the box office


December 31, 2006

Born and bred in Baltimore, Tom Rothman, co-chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, has become the most respected, consistently successful studio head in Hollywood. He had a huge 2006. While breaking box-office records with the comic-book epic X-Men: The Last Stand (starring Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry), he also proved himself a master of shepherding movies that most studio execs wouldn't have a clue how to handle: the urbane midsized comedy The Devil Wears Prada, the groundbreaking guerrilla farce Borat and (through Fox's specialty company, Fox Searchlight) the delightful family dramedy Little Miss Sunshine.

In the midst of all this enterprise, Rothman hasn't forgotten Charm City. He allowed the Maryland Film Festival early access to special films like Sunshine. He even had a hand in bringing one of Fox's biggest 2007 releases here for its opening week of production: Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth adventure starring Bruce Willis as top cop John McClane. After a year like this, Rothman and his friends in Baltimore have a right to yell out a big John McClane Yippee-ki-yay !

 

[Retroman]

If they're making that crazy kind of money i doubt they'll change their strategy with their blockbuster movies.

 

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

If they're making that crazy kind of money i doubt they'll change their strategy with their blockbuster movies.

Eh.

On the "bright" side, Rothman might have the actual balls to release an R-rated Die Hard 4, eh.

BUT... considering how Mr & Mrs. Smith had like 50 people dying in it, a PG-13 rating and not one drop of blood per kill, I can't help but be slightly worried...

P.S. Gaahh, almost forgot to mention AvP in the PG-13 rant. Gaaah.

 

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

This is from the article:

X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, the final chapter in the studio’s phenomenally successful “X-Men” trilogy, attained a worldwide box office of $456 million.


I don't get what's all that talk about "phenomenal success" and records for X3.

Sure, it had like the biggest opening day/weekend.

Still, it had horrible legs and the total admissions/adjusted gross were about the same as X2.