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2005-07-17
Mr. and Mrs. Smith continues its excellent run in Asia with a $2.2 million opening in 450 theatres in China. The film also added $1.8 million in South Korea for an $18 million running total in that market, (although it was pushed out of the top spot in that market. Overall the film made $4 million pushing its total to $117 million internationally and $275 million worldwide.
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2005-03-20
After gathering in all the data the winner for the race for fifth place is Million Dollar Baby, I think. It would need to lost more than 40% from last week's total and that's not taking into account its openings in South Korea at $1,515,672 and second place, its $110,000, third place debut in Finland, $86,000 in Russia, $50,000, second place debut in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, exact weekend totals are unknown but it is estimated at $6 million raising its international total to $43 million so far.
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2005-01-08
Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section, including the winner of the DVD Pick of the Week, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle - Unrated Extended Edition
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2004-11-18
-up to the Oscars has begun, with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announcing the twelve documentaries in contention for a nomination. The Academy has picked out these movies for further viewings by the nominations committee, who will announce the 5 official nominees on January 25, 2005.
Leading the list is undoubtedly Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock's tale of a month spent eating food only from McDonalds.
The movie was one of the breakout successes of the Summer, earning over $11.5 million in the US.
Other likely early favorites are Touching the Void - a contraversial pick, since most of the movie is a dramatization - and surfing movie Riding Giants.
The list contains a couple of surprising omissions.
Most notable is that in the year of the political documentary, not a single political movie was nominated. Although Fahrenheit 9/11 is not entered in the category, the absence of such movies as Control Room and Voices From Iraq is unexpected.
Other high-grossing movies not on the list include What the #$'! Do We Know, The Corporation and
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.
The full list of movies still in contention for Best Documentary are:
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2004-09-15
No film could reach the $10,000 mark on the per theatre average chart. The top film on the charts, Testosterone missed the mark by quite a margin earning an average of $7,363 in its four theatres.
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2004-08-11
Open Water had the kind of opening most limited release film can only dream of. $1.1 million dollars is just 47 theatres for an average of $23,424. How well it can hold up as the film expands is the real test for this film. Coming in second place was Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism with $15,611 average in 5 theatres. This is even more impressive when you realize the film has already been released on DVD. Last week's winner, Garden State, dropped to third place with an average of $14,617, which is a drop of just 35% despite nearly quadrupling its theatre count. Big things are in store for this film.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
