The G.I. Joe Box Office Prediction Thread

[Ace of Knaves]

What is it at overall WW?

 

[Franklin Richards]

Will it pass the original FF? It's close now.


Makes you rethink doesn't it?

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

What is it at overall WW?

Its at $280 million now, maybe a bit more/less.

 

[lespaul59]

What is it at overall WW?

Well according to Box Office Mojo the WW is $280,143,929. And I don't know about where you guys live but the figures have been moveing pretty good around here where I live. And the childens ROC books at my local Target seem to be selling pretty good also because they have restock them two or three times already.

 

[Timstuff]

If it can continue to make 5 million on average a week for the next 4 weeks, It'll be at 300 million. It'll probably still be in second run theaters well into October, but that money is peanuts so most of what it's got left to make will be this month I presume. In other words, you can't stop counting the money until there are no more theaters showing it.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^It made just under 300, 000 on Tuesday, it aint making 5 million a week until October or ever again probably, soon as it drops out the top 10 its profits will dwindle rapidly, it happens to the majority of movies.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

For once, i'd have to agree with you ISS . The movie hasnt set the box office alight and at this point is unlikely to make much more WW than it already has, with a production budget of $175 million, it would have to make at least that domestically to break even, I dont see Paramount making a sequel to a movie that didnt break even.

lol Yes! *Does happy dance*

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

lol Yes! *Does happy dance*

Ha ha

 

[Timstuff]

Box office success means ‘G.I. Joe’ sequel

Posted Aug 26, 2009

By Ted Nesi
PBN Web Editor
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
THE SUCCESS of “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” based on Hasbro Inc.’s iconic toy brand, has already led Paramount Pictures to move forward with a sequel.

PAWTUCKET – Despite withering reviews, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” has become Hasbro Inc. and Paramount Pictures’ second hit film of the summer movie season in its first two and a half weeks of release.

“G.I. Joe” grossed $240.32 million worldwide from its Aug. 7 opening through last Sunday, split about evenly between domestic and foreign ticket sales, according to Box Office Mojo, a Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based research firm.

The action movie, starring Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller, sold $54.7 million in tickets at North American theaters during its first weekend in release, topping the weekend box office list. The film cost an estimated $175 million to make.

Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount Pictures, told The Los Angeles Times that the strong performance has already led the studio to green-light a “G.I. Joe” sequel with the same cast.

Although “G.I. Joe” ticket sales slipped to No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, during the next two weekends, The New York Observer noted that its second-weekend decline was not as steep as those of some other recent hits, including “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” and another Hasbro film, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”

The sequel to the original 2007 “Transformers” movie has grossed $826.68 million worldwide since June 24 and is the top-grossing movie of 2009 so far, according to Box Office Mojo.

Paramount, a unit of Viacom Inc., pointedly declined to screen either “Transformers” or “G.I. Joe” for critics prior to their releases. The New York Times’ reviewer retorted that “this pricey, juiceless pulp could never have been killed by critics, simply because it was already dead.”

http://www.pbn.com/detail/44457.html

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Box office success means ‘G.I. Joe’ sequel

Posted Aug 26, 2009

By Ted Nesi
PBN Web Editor
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
THE SUCCESS of “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” based on Hasbro Inc.’s iconic toy brand, has already led Paramount Pictures to move forward with a sequel.

PAWTUCKET – Despite withering reviews, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” has become Hasbro Inc. and Paramount Pictures’ second hit film of the summer movie season in its first two and a half weeks of release.

“G.I. Joe” grossed $240.32 million worldwide from its Aug. 7 opening through last Sunday, split about evenly between domestic and foreign ticket sales, according to Box Office Mojo, a Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based research firm.

The action movie, starring Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller, sold $54.7 million in tickets at North American theaters during its first weekend in release, topping the weekend box office list. The film cost an estimated $175 million to make.

Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount Pictures, told The Los Angeles Times that the strong performance has already led the studio to green-light a “G.I. Joe” sequel with the same cast.

Although “G.I. Joe” ticket sales slipped to No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, during the next two weekends, The New York Observer noted that its second-weekend decline was not as steep as those of some other recent hits, including “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” and another Hasbro film, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”

The sequel to the original 2007 “Transformers” movie has grossed $826.68 million worldwide since June 24 and is the top-grossing movie of 2009 so far, according to Box Office Mojo.

Paramount, a unit of Viacom Inc., pointedly declined to screen either “Transformers” or “G.I. Joe” for critics prior to their releases. The New York Times’ reviewer retorted that “this pricey, juiceless pulp could never have been killed by critics, simply because it was already dead.”

http://www.pbn.com/detail/44457.html

Bang!

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^Glad they are working on a sequel, but even though they are working on it, it doesnt guarantee that it will be made.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Edit:

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I still think that it won't be made if the DVD sales are s**t but I don't expect them to be.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^Dvd/Blu-ray will probably make enough for a sequel to be made, if they get it out before Christmas lots of kids are going to want it as a present probably.

 

[lespaul59]

Well Tranformers 2 is coming out almost two months after it did in theaters on October 20th(according to Amazon). So I would guess that G.I. Joe will be about the same, which would have it comig out in the first week of December.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Well Tranformers 2 is coming out almost two months after it did in theaters on October 20th(according to Amazon). So I would guess that G.I. Joe will be about the same, which would have it comig out in the first week of December.

Bringing it out then makes sense, I can imagine a lot of kids wanting this for Christmas, as well as some old school fans who may not have payed money for it as well.

 

[Timstuff]

I hope that the 2-disc and Blu-Ray versions have a holographic cover that changes from the GI Joe logo to the Cobra logo depending on the angle you hold it at.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^That would be cool,

The movie is up to $293 million WW at the moment, but its international run is virtually done, so dont see it making it to $300 million.

 

[Timstuff]

Looks like there's still a small chance of the movie hitting 300 million WW. A very small chance, but then again I wasn't expecting to see it up to $298.6 million this week.

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2009/GIJOE.php

Really, if it's still making money then $1.4 million more over the next few weeks more shouldn't be too hard to achieve.

 

[Timstuff]

Only $500k to go before it hits 300 million!

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2009/GIJOE.php

Oh yeah, also it looks like some theater operators aren't too happy about the movie's quick release date. I'm not sure if it's because some of them are still making money off of it (which isn't a lot) or because of the precedent it sets for the industry. IMO I think quick releases for late-summer films makes sense, since people are going to be a lot less enthusiastic if they have to wait until after Christmas to pick it up.

http://thefilmstage.com/2009/10/15/g-i-joes-early-dvd-release-upsets-theater-owners/

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^What do they mean the quick release date?

Anyway, yeah it should make $300 WW this weekend, good stuff, still think it hasnt made enough for a sequel but we'll see.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

^What do they mean the quick release date?

Anyway, yeah it should make $300 WW this weekend, good stuff, still think it hasnt made enough for a sequel but we'll see.

It's a lock.

 

[Timstuff]

^What do they mean the quick release date?

I should have specified it as the quick release for the DVD. There's a very short gap between GI Joe's theatrical debut and the release of the DVD in comparison to other movies this summer, but IMO it makes sense because it had a late release in theaters, and it needs to come out on home disc in time for the Black Friday shopping rush if they want parents to buy it for their kids as a Christmas gift.

BTW:

$300 million am confirmed!

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gijoe.htm

 

[terry78]

And here comes the sequel. Hopefully the expand on the characters more and add a few fan favorites.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

And here comes the sequel. Hopefully the expand on the characters more and add a few fan favorites.

Ditto.