X3 Box Office Tracker

[danoyse]

For those who have followed box office numbers, this will probably follow a similar path X2 had. The drops after this weekend will level out...they may not be amazingly small drops but they will level out to the 40-50% range.

Exactly. It's a similar path for most movies these days--doesn't necessarily mean that everyone hates the movie, and certainly doesn't make it a bomb.

 

[hammerhedd11]

Actually, X3 did $85 million in 4 DAYS not in 3 DAYS.

see boxofficemojo.com

It says till may 29th (MONDAY) X3 did $85 million.

No, it says it did $102mil.

 

[Downhere]

Actually, X3 did $85 million in 4 DAYS not in 3 DAYS.

see boxofficemojo.com

It says till may 29th (MONDAY) X3 did $85 million.

Actually, if you look at about half of the internaional countries it says as of 5/28 while the other half says 5/29. So not all of the monday grosses were added in.

And a alot of countries released X2 a day or two before its domestic debut.

 

[LuvinAlize]

The profits will be much smaller than they potentially could be, from that opening, because the movie has weak word of mouth and no legs.

Maybe thats true about the potential.. maybe it could have made more... but its still making dough... As for the weak word of mouth, I don't know about that... I've talked to several people who were either friends, family or acquaintances and when they talked about how they saw the movie, I asked them what they thought of it...keep in mind, these were just general audience/movie goers, not fanboys/girls... needless to say, all of them spoke of how they loved it...how it was amazing... how it "kicked A$$!...how the ending blew them away and were sad because its the "last film".... Then I'd ask, "did you stay after the credits for the extra footage?" Most said no and were disappointed, a few even said they'd pay to see it again and stay after the credits...So, in my view, the word of mouth has been pretty good.

 

[pistontoolfan]

I was looking and i saw Rush Hour 2 Outgrossed X2. So Another Example of Brent Ratner PWANING Bryan Singer. He's about tp PWAN him again with X3.

Brent Ratner >>>>>> Bryanb Singer

Bryan Singer was not Loyal and he's paying for it by getting PWNED by Ratner.

X3 Will make 230 in the states.

 

[ultimatefan]

The same thing happened to X2...it had a bigger than expected drop on it's second weekend (which let me say was not a post holiday weekend).

For those who have followed box office numbers, this will probably follow a similar path X2 had. The drops after this weekend will level out...they may not be amazingly small drops but they will level out to the 40-50% range.

X2 had a 58% drop that I remember. That I know, every movie that has dropped more than 60% has been harshly criticized for it and didn´t get a fast-track development for sequels of spin-offs. Hulk and Planet Of The Apes come to mind.

 

[pistontoolfan]

Well X3 will kill The Hulk in BO numbers.

 

[antariksh]

No, it says it did $102mil.

WHAT!!!

It did $76.1 million in 3-days and $84.6 million in 4 days.

IT DID NOT DO $102 million in 3 days overseas boxoffice.

 

[pistontoolfan]

WHAT!!!

It did $76.1 million in 3-days and $84.6 million in 4 days.

IT DID NOT DO $102 million in 3 days overseas boxoffice.

I think you guys are confused with each other. I think he means 102 in the usa.

 

[danoyse]

That I know, every movie that has dropped more than 60% has been harshly criticized for it and didn´t get a fast-track development for sequels of spin-offs. Hulk and Planet Of The Apes come to mind.

Hulk and Planet of the Apes weren't sequels to established franchises, and neither of them opened on a holiday weekend.

 

[Downhere]

X2 had a 58% drop that I remember. That I know, every movie that has dropped more than 60% has been harshly criticized for it and didn´t get a fast-track development for sequels of spin-offs. Hulk and Planet Of The Apes come to mind.

X2 had a second weekend drop of 53% with it's only competition coming from the 27 million dollar opening of Daddy Day Care...back in 2003 that was a huge drop and it was criticized for it as well among the Box office forum sites.

X2 showed that the X-men franchise is a frontloaded franchise. X3 opened on possibly the best and worse spot a film can open in. Why do I say worse? Because the post-memorial day weekend always has huge drops. Considering X3 is frontloaded already and had a frontloaded first day and weekend amplifies the drop on it's post-memorial day weekend. It seems many here weren't expecting that but I was because I have been following box office numbers since X-Men. This is just how it goes. The overall weekend drop will not be as bad. Last friday was super frontloaded with around 10-12 million coming from midnight showings added with the rushout factor.

 

[Downhere]

WHAT!!!

It did $76.1 million in 3-days and $84.6 million in 4 days.

IT DID NOT DO $102 million in 3 days overseas boxoffice.

*sighs* It made 85 million over 4 days but not all the monday numbers are added in. If you go to Box office mojo and look at the list of countries it opened up in...half of them say as of 5/28...which means there monday total was not added in.

X2 made around 48 million over 4-5 days because most countries opened the movie a day or two before the domestic opening. So X3 still opened with 37 million more than X2 did internationally. X2 had an international multiplier of 3.8. If X3 gets a little less...say 3.5...that means it will pull in around $290 million internationally which is a huge leap over X2...even if it's a little less it's still a huge leap over X2!

 

[ultimatefan]

Hulk and Planet of the Apes weren't sequels to established franchises, and neither of them opened on a holiday weekend.

Let´s see what will be said about this drop on monday. Most of all, how much it multiplies its opening weekend.

 

[Downhere]

It seems some people don't understand box office numbers especially when it comes to the X-Men franchise.

 

[danoyse]

Let´s see what will be said about this drop on monday. Most of all, how much it multiplies its opening weekend.

So far they've only estimated the Friday drop. No one knows what the weekend will bring.

 

[WorthyStevens]

X2 had a 58% drop that I remember. That I know, every movie that has dropped more than 60% has been harshly criticized for it and didn´t get a fast-track development for sequels of spin-offs. Hulk and Planet Of The Apes come to mind.

Harry Potter 3 dropped 62.7% in it's second weekend.

Blade II dropped 60.0%.

 

[chaseter]

Harry Potter 3 dropped 62.7% in it's second weekend.

Blade II dropped 60.0%.

And we all know Harry Potter is failing miserably at the box office and dvd sales

 

[Downhere]

And we all know Harry Potter is failing miserably at the box office and dvd sales

LOL...so true. Everyone is crying that the sky is falling for X3 but this was to be expected. This is how the franchise works at the box office.

 

[danoyse]

And we all know Harry Potter is failing miserably at the box office and dvd sales

And nearly everyone hates it.

 

[phantom47]

when is X3 gonna be released in japan china tawain etc.

 

[Downhere]

I think in the next two months...you can go to www.boxofficemojo.com and search for X3 and then click the international tab and it will show you the list of countries and their release dates.

 

[phantom47]

I think in the next two months...you can go to www.boxofficemojo.com and search for X3 and then click the international tab and it will show you the list of countries and their release dates.

why are they waiting so long

 

[Downhere]

why are they waiting so long

I have no idea, that's just how it works.

 

[Ursavior01]

why are they waiting so long

Because piracy is a big deal in China and Taiwan. Fox is holding back so that they won't release the fake copies onto the market.

 

[TheVileOne]

X2 had a 58% drop that I remember. That I know, every movie that has dropped more than 60% has been harshly criticized for it and didn´t get a fast-track development for sequels of spin-offs. Hulk and Planet Of The Apes come to mind.

No it didn't. The second weekend drop was closer to 45%.