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2005-08-07
The Island managed a couple of first place finished over the weekend, but the results were still less than impressive. In Australia the film opened with $1.404 million for a close victory while in Hong Kong it earned a disappointing $490,000 over the weekend and $520,000 including previews. It's best market continued to be South Korea with $3.167 million, down 38% from last weekend dropping to second place along the way. On the other hand, no wide openings and a mere 23% drop-off allowed the film to rise to first in New Zealand. Overall the film added $7.64 million to its $24.1 million running tally on the international scene and will opens in several markets this weekend including the U.K., Germany and Spain.
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2003-03-17
www.the-numbers.com/people/SMART.html>Steve Martin / Queen Latifah comedy earned $22 million at the box office and its second straight first place finish. Bringing Down the House dropped less than 30% for its debut last week and has earned a total of $61.3 million. $100 million is all but assured at this point.
Battling for second place were two of the three new releases this week.
After spotting The Hunted a $300 grand lead on Friday, Agent Cody Banks came back to take second place by half a million dollars, $14 million to $13.5 million. Compared to last year’s Big Fat Liar, Agent Cody Banks pulled in a little more than 20% more in the box office with almost identical CinemaScores so look for nearly identical legs. MGM is obviously quite pleased with its performance so far since work on a sequel is already beginning.
The Hunted, on the other hand, will not impress the folks at Paramount. The Hunted had a much higher budget than Agent Cody Bank’s and a lower internal multiplier, weaker CinemaScores, etc. The studio’s share of the box office probably won’t even cover their advertising budget. This is the second weak in a row with an under-performing military movie, perhaps real-life events are affecting the box office of these movies.
In fourth place was last week’s under-performing military movie, Tears of the Sun, which became this week’s biggest drop off in the top 5. Its weekend tally of only $8.7 million is barely more than half of last week’s and brought its total box office to only $30 million so far. This one also won’t pay for the advertising budget.
In fifth place is the unstoppable Chicago. In it’s twelfth week Chicago’s box office climbed nearly 4% without any increase in its theatre count. With the Oscars only a week away a big win could keep Chicago in the top ten for many more weeks to come.
The only other movie to be released wide this week was Willard. The low budget horror was only able to pull in $4 million and should disappear quickly from the theatres. Willard had good critical reviews, but horrid CinemaScores, which usually means the fault lies with the marketing campaign.
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2003-03-12
t week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here’s a list of highlights. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details.
Basic
Current Content: Synopsis, Trailer and other Clips, Photo Gallery, and a Flash site with the previous features plus Cast and Crew Bios, production notes and wallpapers.
Bend It Like Beckham
Current Content: Synopsis, Trailer and other Clips, Cast and Crew Bios, Photo Gallery, Reviews, Theatre Finder, Message Board, E-Cards, Madlibs and a Psychic Soccerball. This week’s co-winner of the indescribable Weekly Website Award with Willard.
Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle
Current Content: Synopsis, Teaser Trailer, Cast and Crew Bios, Photos and Behind the Scenes shots. Much more is labeled coming soon, including Flash Animation and Games.
The Hulk
Updated Content: Added a new Flash Intro and some more wallpaper to an already packed website with more to come as the release date nears.
Jet Lag
Current Content: Synopsis and cast and crew.
The Magdalene Sisters
Current Content: Synopsis and cast and crew.
My Baby’s Mama
Current Content: Synopsis and cast and crew.
Pokemon Heroes: Latias and Latios
Current Content: Synopsis and cast and crew.
Valentin
Current Content: Synopsis and cast and crew.
Willard
Updated Content: Synopsis, Trailer, Cast and Crew Bios, Production Notes, Photos and a Slideshow, Wallpaper, build your own wallpaper, AIM Icons, Poster, Screensavers, E-Cards and Rat Packs. There’s a Q&A section with the Rat Wrangler and other information of the trained rats in the movie. Also included is a music video of Crispin Glover singing Ben. It’s almost too surreal to watch, but you have to see it! Co-Winner of the Weekly Website Award with Bend it Like Beckham.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
