Box Office returns

Third installments of superhero franchises tend to gross more than their predecessors, even if they're largely viewed as disappointments (see X-MEN: THE LAST STAND and SPIDER-MAN 3).

Viewing for THE DARK KNIGHT was very widespread. That same audience is going to return for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, just to see how things wrap up.

If TDKR is as well recieved as TDK, you should see a slight increase in gross, much of which can be attributed to IMAX screens becoming much more accessible. Since TDKR will be viewed as a spectacle film, consumers will be more willing to pay extra for premium screenings, which will bump the bottom line up. Same with Avengers and 3D, even if it's a post-converted movie.

I like Nikki Finke's snark and with BATTLESHIT it's well-deserved. I'm no genius and even I saw this steaming, hot pile of failure two years ago when it was announced (and the story line leaking out to the Internet). Every single frame of BATTLESHIP looks like it was nicked off the TRANSFORMERS cutting room floor, and the introduction of aliens into the story was one of the dumbest moves in the history of executive decision making.



BOMBS AWAY! ‘Battleship’ Starts Weak

http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/dictator-off-to-slow-domestic-start-international-box-office-begins-stronger/

What a disaster at the North American box office this early summer weekend with everything from today and a week ago tanking except for Marvel’s The Avengers which should make another $53M. Universal’s Battleship is stuck at $9M-$11M today and $30M (which is around the same meager amount where Warner Bros’ Dark Shadows debuted last weekend and is on life support now). Parament’s The Dictator which opened weakly Wednesday is completely falling apart even for an ‘R’ rated movie with just $12M. And Lionsgate’s What To Expect When You’re Expecting is beating it with $15M. Hollywood is in a very dark mood today — and I’m finding that the movie moguls are not appreciating my humor when I ask, “Are your bags packed?”

Apparently both TED and MAGIC MIKE are opening "huge" according to Nikki Finke. It'll be interesting to watch the box office returns this weekend and see if there is any support for MAGIC MIKE (will women really go see a movie about male strippers? Really?!?). I think TED has an opportunity to be a huge, breakout hit comedy for the summer like BRIDESMAIDS and THE HANGOVER were for previous summers. These two films appeal to vastly different demographics, both of which have no competition for each other this weekend or perhaps the rest of the summer. What exactly is out there now that is in any way an approximation of MAGIC MIKE?

A lot of people are wondering if the change in release date for GI JOE: RETALIATION has anything to do with putting Tatum in more scenes (since he's become somewhat of an A-list star since the first film came out), and a big opening for MAGIC MIKE should cement his status as a box office draw (and will likely result in the firing of whomever made the decision to kill his character, Duke, off in the first five minutes of RETALIATION).

Tyler Perry's new movie, Madea's Witness Protection, was apparently not screened for critics.

TED may be the first comedy I go to the theater to see in 10 years.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/early-fireworks-ted-and-magic-mike-open-with-huge-2m-midnights/

The Dark Knight Rises is tracking to do as well as The Avengers in its opening weekend.

http://www.metro.co.uk/film/903638-the-dark-knight-rises-set-to-make-150-million-in-opening-weekend

Box office report: 'Ted' lights up box office with $54.1 million; 'Magic Mike' sizzles with $39.2 million

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/07/01/box-office-report-ted-magic-mike/

Pretty good weekend at the box office all around (Channing Tatum's box office G-string runneth over). Now it'll be interesting to see if there is any buzz for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. I think the movie will do well, but I don't think it will be a breakout hit. Box office analysts are expecting something north of $300 million domestically, but I'm taking a wait-and-see attitude towards it.

And Pixar may want to re-evaluate their upcoming film slate. The last few films have been less than hoped for.

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

Now it'll be interesting to see if there is any buzz for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. I think the movie will do well, but I don't think it will be a breakout hit. Box office analysts are expecting something north of $300 million domestically, but I'm taking a wait-and-see attitude towards it.

It has an odd opening day, July 3, which is a Tuesday but I read it's tracking at somewhere around $150m or better for the July 3 - July 8 frame. It will go well beyond $300m in the USA. The buzz down here is good, my comic book dealer and myself have already sold about 75% of a big stock of Spidey books that we both 'invested' in (meaning I made a couple thousand dollars profit) and we have another order expected in by the time the movie opens.

Mrs Aural Sects wrote:

It has an odd opening day, July 3, which is a Tuesday but I read it's tracking at somewhere around $150m or better for the July 3 - July 8 frame. It will go well beyond $300m in the USA. The buzz down here is good, my comic book dealer and myself have already sold about 75% of a big stock of Spidey books that we both 'invested' in (meaning I made a couple thousand dollars profit) and we have another order expected in by the time the movie opens.

Hopefully the movie will be as amazing as your avatar. I don't know where Spidey is going in such a hurry; if I was in there I know I'd never want to leave.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/first-box-office-arnold-flops-mama-tops/

Arnold Schwarzenegger's new film is a huge bomb. 6th place. Ouch! I don't know what he thought he was doing in this type of film, but he's no longer a movie star and he cannot open a film anymore. Arnold got by in some of his earlier action films because his physique and presence were able to compensate for the Austrian accent. But now he's just old AND has a thick Austrian accent. It's a hat on top of a hat. It no longer works.

2013 til so far...

01. Iron Man 3 $1,073.3
02. The Croods $550.1
03. Oz The Great and Powerful $488.2
04. G.I. Joe: Retaliation $358.4
05. A Good Day to Die Hard $303.7
06. Oblivion $258.5
07. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters $224.8

There only stay 7 - 2013 movies at this moment in the Top 521.
The Netherlands, the first 25 from the Dutch year list on this moment:

1	Verliefd op Ibiza	AFD	$7,581,025	1/31
2	Django Unchained	Sony	$4,512,554	1/17
3	Iron Man 3	Dis./Sony	$4,436,575	4/25
4	The Croods	WB	$3,660,874	3/28
5	A Good Day to Die Hard	WB	$3,026,761	2/14
6	Les Miserables (2012)	UPI	$2,682,182	1/10
7	Zambezia	E1	$2,394,499	2/14
8	Oz The Great and Powerful	Disney	$2,218,566	3/14
9	Valentino	AFD	$1,952,361	3/21
10	Oblivion	UPI	$1,902,626	4/11
11	Daglicht	n/a	$1,746,996	4/11
12	Ushi Must Marry	DFW	$1,746,598	2/14
13	The Impossible	n/a	$1,727,292	1/17
14	Gangster Squad	WB	$1,650,916	1/10
15	21 and Over	AFD	$1,581,578	3/28
16	Silver Linings Playbook	AFD	$1,561,238	2/28
17	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	UPI	$1,499,901	3/28
18	Nijntje de film	WB	$1,337,068	1/31
19	Safe Haven	AFD	$1,281,015	4/18
20	Lincoln	WB	$1,250,868	1/31
21	Flight	UPI	$1,198,177	1/31
22	Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones	n/a	$1,179,043	2/14
23	Bobby en de Geestenjagers	PPI	$1,144,556	2/14
24	Mama	UPI	$1,137,451	3/7
25	Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters	UPI	$962,664	2/28

2013 til so far...

At this moment 23 ''2013'' movies stay in the Top 537.

01. Iron Man 3 $1,213.0   The Avengers in 2012 > $1,511.8
02. Despicable Me 2 $805.8  Despicable Me  in 2010 > $543.1
03. Fast & Furious 6 $786.6
04. Monsters University $686.6
05. Man of Steel $649.4
06. The Croods $583.3
07. World War Z $526.1
08. Oz The Great and Powerful $491.9
09. Star Trek Into Darkness $458.7
10. Pacific Rim $397.3
11. G.I. Joe: Retaliation $371.9  G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra in 2009 > $302.5
12. The Hangover Part III $351.0  The Hangover in 2009 > $467.5 Part II in 2011 > $586.8 Ocean's 12 in 2004 > $362.7
13. The Wolverine $350.7  Wolverine in 2009 > $373.1
14. The Great Gatsby $331.0
15. A Good Day to Die Hard $304.7  Die Hard 4 in 2007 > $383.5
16. Now You See Me $293.0
17. Oblivion $286.2
18. Epic $252.4   Ice Age in 2002 > $383.3 Robots in 2005 > $260.7
19. After Earth $243.6  I am Legend in 2007 > $585.3
20. The Smurfs 2 $234.9
21. The Lone Ranger $230.4 Rango in 2011 > $245.4 The Mask Of Zorro in 1998 > $250.3
22. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters $225.7
23. The Heat $205.8

In The Netherlands Despicable Me 2 be the biggest hit on this moment.

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1 Despicable Me 2 UPI $8,828,364 6/26
2 Verliefd op Ibiza AFD $7,581,025 1/31
3 Fast & Furious 6 UPI $6,859,576 5/23
4 The Hangover Part III Warner Bros. $6,600,950 5/30
5 Iron Man 3 Disney $5,720,784 4/25
6 The Smurfs 2 UPI $4,824,619 8/1
7 The Croods Fox $4,591,462 3/28
8 Django Unchained Sony $4,512,554 1/17
9 Now You See Me E1 $3,790,883 6/27
10 Spijt! DFW $3,695,725 6/20
11 World War Z UPI $3,543,576 7/4
12 The Great Gatsby (2013) Warner Bros. $3,217,804 5/16
13 Man of Steel Warner Bros. $3,054,027 6/20
14 A Good Day to Die Hard WB $3,026,761 2/14
15 Les Miserables (2012) UPI $2,682,182 1/10
16 Zambezia E1 $2,501,630 2/14
17 Daglicht n/a $2,428,270 4/11
18 Oz The Great and Powerful Disney $2,218,566 3/14
19 The Wolverine WB $2,199,561 7/25
20 After Earth UPI $2,158,663 6/13
21 Oblivion UPI $2,060,940 4/11
22 Monsters University Dis./Sony $1,986,391 7/18
23 Valentino AFD $1,952,361 3/21
24 Pacific Rim WB $1,914,070 7/18
25 Star Trek Into Darkness UPI $1,913,528 6/6

Before The Hobbit 2 be released, time for another update:

At this moment there be 34 ''2013'' movies in the Top 548 list.

01. Iron Man 3 $1,215.4
02. Despicable Me 2 $918.3  Shrek 2 in 2004: $919.8
03. Fast & Furious 6 $788.7
04. Monsters University $743.5
05. Man of Steel $662.8
06. Gravity $615.9
07. Thor: The Dark World $600.7
08. The Croods $587.2
09. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $586.2
10. World War Z $540.0
11. Oz The Great and Powerful $493.3
12. Star Trek Into Darkness $467.4
13. The Wolverine $414.8
14. Pacific Rim $407.6
15. G.I. Joe: Retaliation $375.7
16. Now You See Me $351.7
17. The Hangover Part III $351.0
18. The Great Gatsby $348.8
19. The Smurfs 2 $347.5
20. The Conjuring $316.7
21. A Good Day to Die Hard $304.7
22. Oblivion $286.2
23. Elysium $286.1
24. Turbo $281.9
25. We're the Millers $269.2
26. Epic $263.9
27. The Lone Ranger $260.5
28. Grown Ups 2 $247.0
29. After Earth $243.8
30. The Heat $229.7
31. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters $225.7
32. Planes $219.7
33. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 $213.4
34. White House Down $205.4

In The Netherlands Despicable Me 2 be the biggest hit on this moment.

Quote :

1 Despicable Me 2 UPI $10,669,906 6/26
2 Verliefd op Ibiza AFD $7,581,025 1/31
3 The Smurfs 2 UPI $6,969,340 8/1
4 Fast & Furious 6 UPI $6,859,576 5/23
5 De nieuwe wildernis DFW $6,709,512 9/26
6 The Hangover Part III Warner Bros. $6,600,950 5/30
7 Iron Man 3 Disney $5,720,784 4/25
8 Gravity WB $5,127,279 10/3
9 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire n/a $4,636,734 11/21
10 The Croods Fox $4,591,462 3/28
11 Django Unchained Sony $4,512,554 1/17
12 Turbo WB $4,424,744 10/10
13 Now You See Me E1 $4,167,123 6/27
14 Spijt! DFW $3,968,590 6/20
15 We're the Millers WB $3,812,770 8/29
16 World War Z UPI $3,618,999 7/4
17 The Great Gatsby (2013) Warner Bros. $3,217,804 5/16
18 The Lone Ranger Disney $3,196,615 8/8
19 Thor: The Dark World Disney $3,082,607 10/31
20 Man of Steel Warner Bros. $3,054,027 6/20
21 A Good Day to Die Hard WB $3,026,761 2/14
22 Planes Disney $2,991,089 10/10
23 Les Miserables (2012) UPI $2,682,182 1/10
24 Elysium UPI $2,674,852 8/15
25 The Heat WB $2,651,807 8/1
26 Zambezia E1 $2,501,630 2/14
27 Monsters University Dis./Sony $2,486,483 7/18
28 Daglicht n/a $2,428,270 4/11
29 The Wolverine WB $2,313,537 7/25
30 2 Guns UPI $2,246,994 9/26
31 Oz The Great and Powerful Disney $2,218,566 3/14
32 After Earth UPI $2,158,663 6/13
33 Oblivion UPI $2,060,940 4/11
34 White House Down UPI $1,968,055 9/12
35 Valentino AFD $1,952,361 3/21
36 Smoorverliefd (2013) DFW $1,950,459 9/12
37 Pacific Rim WB $1,914,070 7/18
38 Star Trek Into Darkness UPI $1,913,528 6/6
39 Blue Jasmine PPI $1,906,867 8/22
40 Olympus Has Fallen E1 $1,890,239 5/9
41 Grown Ups 2 UPI $1,838,839 7/18
42 Escape Plan DFW $1,829,304 10/17
43 De Club van Sinterklaas & De Pietenschool DFW $1,815,375 10/10
44 Ushi Must Marry DFW $1,746,598 2/14
45 The Impossible n/a $1,727,292 1/17
46 Safe Haven AFD $1,701,216 4/18
47 Epic Warner Bros. $1,674,477 5/30
48 Gangster Squad WB $1,650,916 1/10
49 Het Diner n/a $1,626,314 11/7
50 Hoe Duur was de Suiker E1 $1,620,764 9/26
51 21 and Over AFD $1,581,578 3/28
52 Silver Linings Playbook AFD $1,561,238 2/28
53 G.I. Joe: Retaliation UPI $1,499,901 3/28

37 ''2013'' movies in the Top 551 list. Last update: 29 December 2013

01. Iron Man 3 $1,215.4
02. Despicable Me 2 $918.7  Shrek 2 in 2004: $919.8
03. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $795.1
04. Fast & Furious 6 $788.7
05. Monsters University $743.6
06. Man of Steel $662.8
07. Gravity $653.3
08. Thor: The Dark World $629.4
09. The Hobbit 2: The Desolation of Smaug $614.1
10. The Croods $587.2
11. World War Z $540.0
12. Oz The Great and Powerful $493.3
13. Frozen $491.9
14. Star Trek Into Darkness $467.4
15. The Wolverine $414.8
16. Pacific Rim $407.6
17. G.I. Joe: Retaliation $375.7
18. Now You See Me $351.7
19. The Hangover Part III $351.0
20. The Great Gatsby $348.8
21. The Smurfs 2 $347.5
22. The Conjuring $316.7
23. A Good Day to Die Hard $304.7
24. Oblivion $286.2
25. Elysium $286.1
26. Turbo $282.6
27. We're the Millers $269.2
28. Epic $267.4
29. The Lone Ranger $260.5
30. Grown Ups 2 $247.0
31. After Earth $243.8
32. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 $238.4
33. The Heat $229.9
34. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters $225.7
35. Planes $219.8
36. Captain Phillips $208.9
37. White House Down $205.4

In The Netherlands Despicable Me 2 be the biggest hit on this moment.
Top 75 in The Netherlands with movies more then 1 million.

1 Despicable Me 2 UPI $10,669,906 6/26
2 Verliefd op Ibiza AFD $7,581,025 1/31
3 De nieuwe wildernis DFW $7,084,997 9/26
4 The Smurfs 2 UPI $6,969,340 8/1
5 Fast & Furious 6 UPI $6,859,576 5/23
6 The Hangover Part III Warner Bros. $6,600,950 5/30
7 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire n/a $6,559,820 11/21
8 Iron Man 3 Disney $5,720,784 4/25
9 Gravity WB $5,291,979 10/3
10 The Croods Fox $4,591,462 3/28
11 Turbo WB $4,513,488 10/10
12 Django Unchained Sony $4,512,554 1/17
13 Now You See Me E1 $4,167,123 6/27
14 Spijt! DFW $3,968,590 6/20
15 We're the Millers WB $3,812,770 8/29
16 World War Z UPI $3,618,999 7/4
17 The Great Gatsby (2013) Warner Bros. $3,217,804 5/16
18 Thor: The Dark World Disney $3,212,754 10/31
19 The Lone Ranger Disney $3,196,615 8/8
20 Planes Disney $3,057,949 10/10
21 Man of Steel Warner Bros. $3,054,027 6/20
22 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug WB $3,047,813 12/12
23 A Good Day to Die Hard WB $3,026,761 2/14
24 Mannenharten DFW $2,732,073 11/28
25 Les Miserables (2012) UPI $2,682,182 1/10

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