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2003-02-19
.the-numbers.com/movies/2003/DARED.php">Daredevil easily won the Presidents’ Day weekend race with a four day total of $45 million, just a little higher than most predictions. However, its Friday to Sunday internal multiplier was only 2.63 and low Cinemascores suggests that Daredevil won’t have the legs fellow Marvel comic book creation Spider-Man had. It will probably end up with a final box office of $100 to $125 million.
The Jungle Book 2 came in 4th with $14 million, in line with recent Disney sequels like Return to Neverland. Similar opening weekends suggest The Jungle Book 2 should finish with a box office just shy of $50. But it will do better business with home video market than it did in the theatres.
Notable holdovers this week include How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, which couldn’t maintain its Valentine day boost, but still only lost 21% compared to last weekend. Buoyed by the Oscar buzz, Chicago’s box office increased this week by nearly 18% for a total so far of more than $80 million. But that increase can be entirely attributed to the increase in Chicago’s theatre count as its per theatre average dropped a few percent. Rounding out the top 5 was Shanghai Knights, which lost nearly 43% from its debut last week. That’s quite steep and doesn’t bode well for its long-term box office success.
It does appear that, for the most part, any increase in box office due to the long weekend was nullified by the blizzard conditions in the North East.
Submitted by: C.S.
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2003-02-15
ted Daredevil to break Hannibal’s record for highest February opening, which is good, cause it won’t. It will come closer than most experts predicted, (although here at The Numbers we’re closer than most) with more than $15.6 million on Friday alone. The only other movie opening wide on Friday was The Jungle Book 2, which pulled in $3 million.
The Oscar bump was barely noticeable as Chicago only made $4 million. A million more than last Friday but in 400+ more theatres, for a per theatre increase of only 10%. Other movies with multiple nominations got similar bumps, but most were so far down the list that it hardly mattered.
The real surprise for holdovers the weekend was How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, which only dropped 10% from last Friday. Since opening weekends tend to be more frontloaded, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days could actually have a better the second weekend at the box office than their first. The other sophomore movies didn’t do so well. Deliver us From Eva lost a very respectable 33% but Shanghai Knights lost nearly 43%. Maybe The Tuxedo’s sluggish performance at the box office wasn’t Jennifer Love Hewitt’s fault after all.
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2003-02-09
s in for the weekend How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days overcame bad reviews to take top spot in this weekend’s box office race. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days won with a higher than predicted $24 million. In second place was the sequel to Shanghai Noon, Shanghai Knights which pulled in a disappointing $19 million. Sequels tend to be front-loaded, and Jackie Chan movies are already quite front-loaded to being with. Shanghai Knights could have difficulty beating Shanghai Noon, or maybe even The Tuxedo. Finally getting a wide release was Chicago, although it may have been too late as per screen average dropped nearly 50%. Chicago's box office of $10 million was good enough for 3rd place. It will take a serious Oscar Nomination bounce this week to get Chicago’s final box office past the $100 million mark. The only other movie widely released was Deliver Us From Eva came in at a respectable, if a little disappointing, $7 million good for 6th place.
As with all estimates, the final numbers may vary.
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2003-02-06
me since a movie opened wide to positive critical reviews, we have to go all the way back to the last week of December to find such a movie (Catch Me If You Can.) And if the early indications are anything to go on, we’ll have to wait another week for that trend to end.
Opening wide this week are:
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days: Romantic Comedy starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. Receiving generally awful reviews, including a 0% from the cream of the crop over on Rotten Tomatoes. Too predictable is the greatest criticism, however, other reviewers admit there is a certain charm. Widest release of the week with 2,923 theatres.
Shanghai Knights: Sequel to 2000’s Shanghai Noon starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. Both stars are looking for box office rebounds; Jackie Chan’s last movie was the box office disappointment The Tuxedo. (Although to be fair, The Tuxedo is performing better than expected overseas.) And Owen Wilson’s last was the box office bomb I Spy. The reviews substantially better than How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and fall just short of the 60% needed for an overall fresh rating. Even with the slightly smaller opening of 2,753 theatres should win this week’s box office race. Update: Latest reviews on Rotten Tomato pushed Shanghai Knight past the 60% to an overall fresh rating.
Deliver Us from Eva: Opening in only 1,139 theatres this romantic comedy stars Gabrielle Union as the title character. While the reviews are in between those of Shanghai Knights and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the reviews from the cream of the crop are at 80%. Even with the low thetre count, Deliver Us from Eva should finish in the top 5.
Also opening in limited release are:
Kedma: Tells the story of illegal Jewish immigrants who traveled to Israel just before it was officially declared a country.
May: Receiving the best reviews including Variety naming star Angela Bettis as one of the top ten stars to watch for. Should open wide, or at least wider, in the coming weeks. For more information check out the official site.
Note: All reviews were at the time of release. Numbers subject to change, as more information becomes available.
Submitted by: C.
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2003-01-06
as released several photo stills from films set to open in the new year.
Included are The Last Samurai,
The Matrix: Revolutions, and Exorcist: The Beginning, among others.
Dark Horizons also features a link to Latinoreview.com where you can catch a glimpes of many stills from the Jackie Chan/Owen Wilson sequel, Shanghai Knights, as well as a single picture of Eric Bana in The Hulk. Shanghai Knights opens February 7 while The Hulk explodes on June 20.
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