Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $82,571,173Details
International Box Office $52,444,157Details
Worldwide Box Office $135,015,330
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $26,862,028 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $26,862,028
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$9,309,387 (11.3% of total gross)
Legs:5.70 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:61.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$60,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,175 opening theaters/3,211 max. theaters, 5.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $134,510,778

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 21st, 2005 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: May 23rd, 2006 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for some crude humor and mild language
Running Time: 94 minutes
Franchise: Cheaper by the Dozen
Comparisons: vs. Ocean's Twelve
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Keywords: Family Vacations, Family Comedy, Dysfunctional Family, Step-Family, Romance, Romeo and Juliet Romance
Source:Remake
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day) 281 $5,149,368 Jan 13, 2006 26
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 303 $8,883,642 Jan 13, 2006 26
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 201 $6,806,052 Jan 13, 2006 26
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 185 $11,741,740 Jan 13, 2006 26
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 76 $14,486,519 Dec 30, 2005 12
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 87 $25,537,853 Dec 30, 2005 12
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day) 164 $9,309,387 Dec 23, 2005 5
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 197 $16,411,239 Dec 23, 2005 5
Christmas (Opening, 3-Day) 69 $9,309,387 Dec 23, 2005 5
Christmas (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 67 $16,411,239 Dec 23, 2005 5

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2005 4 $9,309,387   3,175 $2,932   $14,591,141 1
Dec 30, 2005 4 $14,486,519 +56% 3,211 $4,512   $50,313,031 2
Jan 6, 2006 5 $8,432,616 -42% 3,109 $2,712   $66,553,553 3
Jan 13, 2006 10 $5,149,368 -39% 2,773 $1,857   $73,011,583 4
Jan 20, 2006 16 $2,791,413 -46% 2,067 $1,350   $78,070,178 5
Jan 27, 2006 22 $1,129,533 -60% 1,161 $973   $79,670,639 6
Feb 3, 2006 27 $530,024 -53% 615 $862   $80,418,284 7
Feb 10, 2006 30 $301,514 -43% 370 $815   $80,829,808 8
Feb 17, 2006 32 $268,042 -11% 291 $921   $81,177,876 9
Feb 24, 2006 33 $217,661 -19% 266 $818   $81,528,014 10
Mar 3, 2006 35 $201,496 -7% 249 $809   $81,789,323 11
Mar 10, 2006 40 $150,477 -25% 218 $690   $81,988,655 12
Mar 17, 2006 44 $118,363 -21% 174 $680   $82,180,438 13
Mar 24, 2006 45 $88,425 -25% 144 $614   $82,309,505 14
Mar 31, 2006 48 $59,254 -33% 112 $529   $82,407,457 15
Apr 7, 2006 50 $40,072 -32% 74 $542   $82,468,131 16
Apr 14, 2006 59 $35,388 -12% 43 $823   $82,523,157 17
Apr 21, 2006 70 $15,427 -56% 26 $593   $82,555,859 18
Apr 28, 2006 74 $11,340 -26% 15 $756   $82,569,532 19

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 21, 2005 4 $2,549,891     3,100 $823   $2,549,891 1
Dec 22, 2005 4 $2,731,863 +7%   3,100 $881   $5,281,754 2
Dec 23, 2005 4 $3,899,488 +43%   3,175 $1,228   $9,181,242 3
Dec 24, 2005 4 $1,962,129 -50%   3,175 $618   $11,143,371 4
Dec 25, 2005 5 $3,447,770 +76%   3,175 $1,086   $14,591,141 5
Dec 26, 2005 4 $6,031,292 +75%   3,175 $1,900   $20,622,433 6
Dec 27, 2005 4 $4,951,600 -18%   3,175 $1,560   $25,574,033 7
Dec 28, 2005 3 $5,074,793 +2% +99% 3,175 $1,598   $30,648,826 8
Dec 29, 2005 3 $5,177,686 +2% +90% 3,175 $1,631   $35,826,512 9
Dec 30, 2005 4 $5,640,783 +9% +45% 3,211 $1,757   $41,467,295 10
Dec 31, 2005 3 $4,491,619 -20% +129% 3,211 $1,399   $45,958,914 11
Jan 1, 2006 4 $4,354,117 -3% +26% 3,211 $1,356   $50,313,031 12
Jan 2, 2006 4 $4,371,184 n/c -28% 3,211 $1,361   $54,684,215 13
Jan 3, 2006 4 $1,467,836 -66% -70% 3,211 $457   $56,152,051 14
Jan 4, 2006 4 $1,012,869 -31% -80% 3,211 $315   $57,164,920 15
Jan 5, 2006 5 $956,017 -6% -82% 3,211 $298   $58,120,937 16
Jan 6, 2006 6 $2,298,819 +140% -59% 3,108 $740   $60,419,756 17
Jan 7, 2006 5 $3,933,062 +71% -12% 3,108 $1,265   $64,352,818 18
Jan 8, 2006 5 $2,200,735 -44% -49% 3,108 $708   $66,553,553 19
Jan 9, 2006 9 $328,672 -85% -92% 3,108 $106   $66,882,225 20
Jan 10, 2006 10 $343,258 +4% -77% 3,108 $110   $67,225,483 21
Jan 11, 2006 11 $313,575 -9% -69% 3,108 $101   $67,539,058 22
Jan 12, 2006 10 $323,157 +3% -66% 3,108 $104   $67,862,215 23
Jan 13, 2006 11 $1,175,520 +264% -49% 3,108 $378   $69,037,735 24
Jan 14, 2006 9 $2,301,520 +96% -41% 2,773 $830   $71,339,255 25
Jan 15, 2006 10 $1,672,328 -27% -24% 2,773 $603   $73,011,583 26
Jan 16, 2006 5 $1,656,684 -1% +404% 2,773 $597   $74,668,267 27
Feb 20, 2006 32 $61,317     291 $211   $81,239,193 62

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 16, 2005 9 $5,281,754   3,100 $1,704   $5,281,754 1
Dec 23, 2005 4 $30,544,758 +478% 3,175 $9,620   $35,826,512 2
Dec 30, 2005 4 $22,294,425 -27% 3,211 $6,943   $58,120,937 3
Jan 6, 2006 6 $9,741,278 -56% 3,109 $3,133   $67,862,215 4
Jan 13, 2006 10 $7,416,550 -24% 2,773 $2,675   $75,278,765 5
Jan 20, 2006 17 $3,262,341 -56% 2,067 $1,578   $78,541,106 6
Jan 27, 2006 22 $1,347,154 -59% 1,161 $1,160   $79,888,260 7
Feb 3, 2006 30 $640,034 -52% 615 $1,041   $80,528,294 8
Feb 10, 2006 32 $381,540 -40% 370 $1,031   $80,909,834 9
Feb 17, 2006 34 $400,519 +5% 291 $1,376   $81,310,353 10
Feb 24, 2006 38 $277,474 -31% 266 $1,043   $81,587,827 11
Mar 3, 2006 34 $250,351 -10% 249 $1,005   $81,838,178 12
Mar 10, 2006 40 $223,897 -11% 218 $1,027   $82,062,075 13
Mar 17, 2006 46 $159,005 -29% 174 $914   $82,221,080 14
Mar 24, 2006 46 $127,123 -20% 144 $883   $82,348,203 15
Mar 31, 2006 47 $79,856 -37% 112 $713   $82,428,059 16
Apr 7, 2006 50 $59,710 -25% 74 $807   $82,487,769 17
Apr 14, 2006 60 $52,663 -12% 43 $1,225   $82,540,432 18
Apr 21, 2006 71 $17,760 -66% 26 $683   $82,558,192 19
Apr 28, 2006 78 $12,981 -27% 15 $865   $82,571,173 20

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
May 28, 20062773,351 773,351$10,795,980$10,795,9801
Jun 4, 20064281,289-64% 1,054,640$3,926,794$14,722,7742
Jun 11, 20069145,808-48% 1,200,448$2,035,480$16,758,2543
Jun 18, 200613104,732-28% 1,305,180$1,681,996$18,440,2504
Jun 25, 20061865,069-38% 1,370,249$1,269,496$19,709,7465
Jul 2, 20062656,864-13% 1,427,113$892,765$20,602,5116
Jul 16, 20062437,762 1,520,710$741,646$22,217,9758
Jul 30, 20062813,748 1,562,709$270,011$23,042,83610

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Steve Martin    Tom Baker

Supporting Cast

Eugene Levy    Jimmy Murtaugh
Bonnie Hunt    Kate Baker
Tom Welling    Charlie Baker
Piper Perabo    Nora Baker
Hilary Duff    Lorraine Baker
Liliana Mumy    Jessica Baker
Kevin Schmidt    Henry Baker
Jacob Smith    Jake Baker
Morgan York    Kim Baker
Carmen Electra    Sarina Murtaugh
Jaime King    Anne Murtaugh
Shawn Levy    Hospital Intern
Taylor Lautner    Eliot Murtaugh

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Adam Shankman    Director
Sam Harper    Screenwriter
John Debney    Composer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 9th, 2010

February 9th, 2010

Not a particularly great week for DVD or Blu-ray releases. The biggest movie to hit the home market is Couples Retreat, but it was a terrible movie and should be avoided at all costs. The best film coming out this week is A Serious Man and while the DVD is worth picking up, the Blu-ray is the better deal. However, the Pick of the Week goes to The Guild: Season Three, which is one of the funniest things on the Web. More...

Featured Blu-ray: Cheaper By the Dozen 2

February 4th, 2010

In 2003 Cheaper by the Dozen was released in theaters. It was a pseudo-remake of a film from 1950, which in turn was based on the Gilbreth family and the book they wrote about their life. Cheaper by the Dozen wasn't exactly a critical success, but for much of the cast it was and remains their biggest box office hit. It was inevitable that there would be a sequel and in 2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 came out. However, it wasn't able to live up to the original at the box office (although it was still a very solid midlevel hit and I'm sure it made the studio a profit). Was this drop-off at the box office a direct result of a similar drop-off in quality, or was there something else in play here? More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 5th, 2010

January 4th, 2010

The new year starts with a few prime releases, which is surprising, as this time of year we normally have a flood of late August / September releases, which are usually dumping grounds for films that didn't work. However, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs defied the odds and not only did it earn amazing reviews, it earned more than $100 million, while the Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack is a clear contender for the Pick of the Week. Other contenders include the special edition for 10 Things I Hate About You and 50 Dead Men Walking. I would like to wait until Cloudy's screener turns up before making a final decision, but all signs point to it being the Pick of the Week. More...

Stay at Home Date

June 10th, 2006

It turns out Date Movie was a good excuse to stay at home this week as in pulled in $8.09 million in DVD rentals, easily putting it into first place. More...

Millions of Cheap People on the Home Market

June 3rd, 2006

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 opened its home market run with an easily win pulling in $7.24 million during its first week of release. That's probably enough for the film to show a profit, something it just missed doing during its worldwide theatrical run. More...

DVD Releases for May 23, 2006

May 22nd, 2006

It was a big week for DVD releases, but most of them were of the older variety and there were no recent, high-quality, box office hits in the mix. I was tempted to go with Patton - Special Edition as the DVD Pick of the Week, but in the end went with Transamerica - Buy from Amazon instead. More...

Mountain Climbs Back Up International Charts

March 5th, 2006

On the weekend before the Oscars are announced, Brokeback Mountain climbed a couple of spots to sixth with $4.44 million on 1368 screens in 30 markets for an international total of $53.89 million. New openings include Belgium where the filmed debuted in second place with $312,000 on a mere 27 screens for the best per screen average in the market. It wasn't as potent in Poland where it had to settle for fourth place with $194,000 on 40 screens over the weekend and $217,000 in total. The film also benefited from soft in the U.K. where it slipped just 5% to $442,000 on 245 screens for a very impressive total of $15.83 million so far. It was even better during its second weekend in Holland where it rose 1% to $210,000 for the weekend and $562,000 in total. More...

Still Having Fun on the International Charts

February 12th, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane fell to sixth place with $6.45 million on 2487 screens in 43 markets for an running international total of $53.27 million so far, which is less than half of what it earned domestically. The film opened in Singapore with $450,000 from 30 screens and managed to repeat in first place in Italy with $1.33 million on 314 screens over the weekend and a $3.96 million total after two weeks. Meanwhile in the U.K. the film fell from first to third, but it still earned $1.59 million on 374 screens for a three-week total of $9.34 million. More...

International Details: Jet Li has Nothing to Fear

February 5th, 2006

Jey Li's latest Hong Kong production, Fearless, (a.k.a. Huo Yuan Jia) started its international run in sixth place with $7.35 million on 596 screens in 6 markets. The film finished first in four Asian markets including China with $1.39 million, Taiwan with $630,000, Singapore with $605,000 and Malaysia with $590,000. Paradoxically, the film's best market was its home market of Hong Kong, where it had to settle for a close second place with $2.03 million on just 48 screens over the full week. So far there is still no North American release date, but with this start, that should change soon. More...

Turmoil on International Charts

January 29th, 2006

Late updates have changed some of the results on in International Top Five this week as My Boss, My Student crushed the competition in South Korea with $7.59 million on 450 screens over the weekend and $9.31 million in total. This meant that despite Brokeback Mountain earning a better than initially reported $7.39 million, it was pushed out of the top five and into sixth place. More...

International Round-up: Dick and Jane's Fun has Just Begun

January 22nd, 2006

A few more markets helped Fun with Dick and Jane remain flat last weekend at the international box office with $5.25 million on 1,458 screens in 18 markets for an early total of $18.09 million. Its best market was Mexico where it opened in first place with $1.87 million on 418 screens while in Germany the film added $1.47 million on 478 screens for a two-week total of $4.39 million. The film's biggest running total still came from Australia, where the film has managed $7.39 million after three weeks, including $710,000 over this past weekend. More...

Clown has Kingly Run in South Korea

January 15th, 2006

The King and the Clown did something most films in South Korea can't, it showed strong legs. In fact, in grew by 22% to $5.76 million on 369 screens over the weekend and $16.82 million in total. More...

Moviegoers Hospitable to Hostel

January 9th, 2006

Nearly every film on Friday's column was able to meet or beat expectations this weekend, and that really helped ease the post-holiday transition. Granted, on a week-to-week basis the box office was down 14.2% to $128 million, but that was still 7.7% higher than the same weekend last year. Last year the box office got off to a great start, so this is either are really good sign for 2006, or symptoms of a significant change in behavior that could make the January dumping grounds a thing of the past. Either way, it's good news. More...

Scary Start to the Year

January 6th, 2006

The first full weekend of 2006 brings us three wide releases, two of which were not screened for critics. The only film that is being reviewed is the latest sadistic horror film from Lionsgate. But while the overall box office will suffer, there is quite a race for top spot brewing, with three films having a legitimate shot at winning the box office crown. More...

Narnia Starts the New Year off on Top

January 4th, 2006

Narnia extended its lead on the international scene this weekend with $41.5 million on 6,584 screens in 31 markets for a total of $225.5 million. (Total included an estimated $12 million on Monday.) The film opened in second place in South Korea with $3.94 million on 262 screens over the weekend and $5.22 million overall. Meanwhile, in Taiwan the film earned $1.3 million on 60 and $1 million on 95 in Thailand. Its best market overall was France where the film earned $8.4 million during its second weekend of release while in the U.K. the film was up 5% for the weekend with $5.13 million on 526 screens for a total of $58.86 million. More...

Final Weekend in Poor 2005 Shows Some Life

January 3rd, 2006

The New Year's Eve weekend helped 2005 go out on a strong note, even though four of the top five films missed Friday's predictions. In total, the weekend saw earnings of $150 million, which was up 35.2% from last week and 2.0% from last year. However, the overall box office for 2005 was down roughly 5% from 2005, which marks the worst year-to-year drop-off since 1984-1985. We'll have more details on the year at the end of March when the State of the Industry address is given at ShoWest. More...

International Details: Closed for the Holidays

December 31st, 2005

As previously stated, in many markets the box office was closed for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and as a result some studios didn't tracks the international box office numbers. This has left precious little to report outside of a few big hits. What little there is to report is here. More...

2005 Should End on a High Note

December 30th, 2005

The final weekend of 2005 starts tonight and every film in the top five should see significant growth from last weekend, a couple of them could see triple-digit growth. That will help the movie industry end on a positive note, but the yearly figures will still lag well behind 2004. More...

Box Office Scrooged

December 27th, 2005

Christmas wishes went unanswered this year as almost every film missed expectations, some by large margins. This led to a 14.4% drop-off from last weekend, but more importantly, a 18.0% drop-off from last year. Granted, the fact that Christmas fell on a Saturday helps explain some of that, but not all. Year-to-date, 2005 is still down 6% from last year and with less than one week left, that's roughly where it will end up. More...

Movie Website Updates for December 16 - December 22

December 22nd, 2005

This week's list of movie site is abridged and only contains the films that are opening this week, unfortunately, of those eleven films, only one had any significant updates this week. That site was Munich - Official Site, but I can't say its an award-winning site. I guess that means the Weekly Website Award is taking a vacation over the holidays. More...

Will it be a Holly Jolly Christmas?

December 21st, 2005

Over the next five days a total of eight movies will either open wide or expand wide. With that much competition, there is literally zero chance that all the films will succeed. In fact, chances are none will be able to unseat King Kong as the box office champ. Further complicating the prediction process, there are three groups of releases with two movies opening wide tonight, three more on Friday and three on Sunday. This column will deal with all of them. More...

Movie Website Updates for December 9 - December 15

December 15th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. We've hit another slow patch for movie websites, which is not unexpected since the most of the new site on this list are for films that open months from now so there's hardly any content, or open during the dead zone that is January. I would say the best of the rest would be King Kong - Official Site, but it is not strong enough to win the Weekly Website Award. More...

2005 Preview: December

December 1st, 2005

After Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire saved last month, we have two potential monster hits leading the way this month. However, both will be compared to Lord of the Rings, and neither will be able to live up to that high standard. Even so, it should be a better month than December last year, but will it be too little, too late to save 2005's box office?

Since this is the heart of award season, there are plenty of films that are first opening in limited release. Some will get a wide release later in the month, while others, like Munich, The New World and Match Point, don't open wide untill after the new year, and will appear in January's preview. More...

DVD Releases for November 22, 2005

November 21st, 2005

As Christmas approaches, each week more and more DVDs are being released that theoretically would make perfect gifts. But for the DVD Pick of the Week I went with the perfect Re-Gift, Seinfeld - Re-Gift Set. There are a couple others I would recommend (like the King Kong - Collector's Edition), but overall it feels like a really slow week. More...

Movie Website Updates for September 30 - October 6

October 6th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, Waiting... - Official Site. More...

  1. Summary
  2. News
  3. Box Office
  4. International
  5. Video Sales
  6. Full Financials
  7. Cast & Crew
  8. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$9,309,387 (11.3% of total gross)
Legs:5.70 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:61.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$60,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,175 opening theaters/3,211 max. theaters, 5.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $134,510,778

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 21st, 2005 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: May 23rd, 2006 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for some crude humor and mild language
Running Time: 94 minutes
Franchise: Cheaper by the Dozen
Comparisons: vs. Ocean's Twelve
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Family Vacations, Family Comedy, Dysfunctional Family, Step-Family, Romance, Romeo and Juliet Romance
Source:Remake
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day) 281 $5,149,368 Jan 13, 2006 26
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 303 $8,883,642 Jan 13, 2006 26
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 201 $6,806,052 Jan 13, 2006 26
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 185 $11,741,740 Jan 13, 2006 26
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 76 $14,486,519 Dec 30, 2005 12
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 87 $25,537,853 Dec 30, 2005 12
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day) 164 $9,309,387 Dec 23, 2005 5
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 197 $16,411,239 Dec 23, 2005 5
Christmas (Opening, 3-Day) 69 $9,309,387 Dec 23, 2005 5
Christmas (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 67 $16,411,239 Dec 23, 2005 5

Leading Cast

Steve Martin    Tom Baker

Supporting Cast

Eugene Levy    Jimmy Murtaugh
Bonnie Hunt    Kate Baker
Tom Welling    Charlie Baker
Piper Perabo    Nora Baker
Hilary Duff    Lorraine Baker
Liliana Mumy    Jessica Baker
Kevin Schmidt    Henry Baker
Jacob Smith    Jake Baker
Morgan York    Kim Baker
Carmen Electra    Sarina Murtaugh
Jaime King    Anne Murtaugh
Shawn Levy    Hospital Intern
Taylor Lautner    Eliot Murtaugh

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Adam Shankman    Director
Sam Harper    Screenwriter
John Debney    Composer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 9th, 2010

February 9th, 2010

Not a particularly great week for DVD or Blu-ray releases. The biggest movie to hit the home market is Couples Retreat, but it was a terrible movie and should be avoided at all costs. The best film coming out this week is A Serious Man and while the DVD is worth picking up, the Blu-ray is the better deal. However, the Pick of the Week goes to The Guild: Season Three, which is one of the funniest things on the Web. More...

Featured Blu-ray: Cheaper By the Dozen 2

February 4th, 2010

In 2003 Cheaper by the Dozen was released in theaters. It was a pseudo-remake of a film from 1950, which in turn was based on the Gilbreth family and the book they wrote about their life. Cheaper by the Dozen wasn't exactly a critical success, but for much of the cast it was and remains their biggest box office hit. It was inevitable that there would be a sequel and in 2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 came out. However, it wasn't able to live up to the original at the box office (although it was still a very solid midlevel hit and I'm sure it made the studio a profit). Was this drop-off at the box office a direct result of a similar drop-off in quality, or was there something else in play here? More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 5th, 2010

January 4th, 2010

The new year starts with a few prime releases, which is surprising, as this time of year we normally have a flood of late August / September releases, which are usually dumping grounds for films that didn't work. However, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs defied the odds and not only did it earn amazing reviews, it earned more than $100 million, while the Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack is a clear contender for the Pick of the Week. Other contenders include the special edition for 10 Things I Hate About You and 50 Dead Men Walking. I would like to wait until Cloudy's screener turns up before making a final decision, but all signs point to it being the Pick of the Week. More...

Stay at Home Date

June 10th, 2006

It turns out Date Movie was a good excuse to stay at home this week as in pulled in $8.09 million in DVD rentals, easily putting it into first place. More...

Millions of Cheap People on the Home Market

June 3rd, 2006

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 opened its home market run with an easily win pulling in $7.24 million during its first week of release. That's probably enough for the film to show a profit, something it just missed doing during its worldwide theatrical run. More...

DVD Releases for May 23, 2006

May 22nd, 2006

It was a big week for DVD releases, but most of them were of the older variety and there were no recent, high-quality, box office hits in the mix. I was tempted to go with Patton - Special Edition as the DVD Pick of the Week, but in the end went with Transamerica - Buy from Amazon instead. More...

Mountain Climbs Back Up International Charts

March 5th, 2006

On the weekend before the Oscars are announced, Brokeback Mountain climbed a couple of spots to sixth with $4.44 million on 1368 screens in 30 markets for an international total of $53.89 million. New openings include Belgium where the filmed debuted in second place with $312,000 on a mere 27 screens for the best per screen average in the market. It wasn't as potent in Poland where it had to settle for fourth place with $194,000 on 40 screens over the weekend and $217,000 in total. The film also benefited from soft in the U.K. where it slipped just 5% to $442,000 on 245 screens for a very impressive total of $15.83 million so far. It was even better during its second weekend in Holland where it rose 1% to $210,000 for the weekend and $562,000 in total. More...

Still Having Fun on the International Charts

February 12th, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane fell to sixth place with $6.45 million on 2487 screens in 43 markets for an running international total of $53.27 million so far, which is less than half of what it earned domestically. The film opened in Singapore with $450,000 from 30 screens and managed to repeat in first place in Italy with $1.33 million on 314 screens over the weekend and a $3.96 million total after two weeks. Meanwhile in the U.K. the film fell from first to third, but it still earned $1.59 million on 374 screens for a three-week total of $9.34 million. More...

International Details: Jet Li has Nothing to Fear

February 5th, 2006

Jey Li's latest Hong Kong production, Fearless, (a.k.a. Huo Yuan Jia) started its international run in sixth place with $7.35 million on 596 screens in 6 markets. The film finished first in four Asian markets including China with $1.39 million, Taiwan with $630,000, Singapore with $605,000 and Malaysia with $590,000. Paradoxically, the film's best market was its home market of Hong Kong, where it had to settle for a close second place with $2.03 million on just 48 screens over the full week. So far there is still no North American release date, but with this start, that should change soon. More...

Turmoil on International Charts

January 29th, 2006

Late updates have changed some of the results on in International Top Five this week as My Boss, My Student crushed the competition in South Korea with $7.59 million on 450 screens over the weekend and $9.31 million in total. This meant that despite Brokeback Mountain earning a better than initially reported $7.39 million, it was pushed out of the top five and into sixth place. More...

International Round-up: Dick and Jane's Fun has Just Begun

January 22nd, 2006

A few more markets helped Fun with Dick and Jane remain flat last weekend at the international box office with $5.25 million on 1,458 screens in 18 markets for an early total of $18.09 million. Its best market was Mexico where it opened in first place with $1.87 million on 418 screens while in Germany the film added $1.47 million on 478 screens for a two-week total of $4.39 million. The film's biggest running total still came from Australia, where the film has managed $7.39 million after three weeks, including $710,000 over this past weekend. More...

Clown has Kingly Run in South Korea

January 15th, 2006

The King and the Clown did something most films in South Korea can't, it showed strong legs. In fact, in grew by 22% to $5.76 million on 369 screens over the weekend and $16.82 million in total. More...

Moviegoers Hospitable to Hostel

January 9th, 2006

Nearly every film on Friday's column was able to meet or beat expectations this weekend, and that really helped ease the post-holiday transition. Granted, on a week-to-week basis the box office was down 14.2% to $128 million, but that was still 7.7% higher than the same weekend last year. Last year the box office got off to a great start, so this is either are really good sign for 2006, or symptoms of a significant change in behavior that could make the January dumping grounds a thing of the past. Either way, it's good news. More...

Scary Start to the Year

January 6th, 2006

The first full weekend of 2006 brings us three wide releases, two of which were not screened for critics. The only film that is being reviewed is the latest sadistic horror film from Lionsgate. But while the overall box office will suffer, there is quite a race for top spot brewing, with three films having a legitimate shot at winning the box office crown. More...

Narnia Starts the New Year off on Top

January 4th, 2006

Narnia extended its lead on the international scene this weekend with $41.5 million on 6,584 screens in 31 markets for a total of $225.5 million. (Total included an estimated $12 million on Monday.) The film opened in second place in South Korea with $3.94 million on 262 screens over the weekend and $5.22 million overall. Meanwhile, in Taiwan the film earned $1.3 million on 60 and $1 million on 95 in Thailand. Its best market overall was France where the film earned $8.4 million during its second weekend of release while in the U.K. the film was up 5% for the weekend with $5.13 million on 526 screens for a total of $58.86 million. More...

Final Weekend in Poor 2005 Shows Some Life

January 3rd, 2006

The New Year's Eve weekend helped 2005 go out on a strong note, even though four of the top five films missed Friday's predictions. In total, the weekend saw earnings of $150 million, which was up 35.2% from last week and 2.0% from last year. However, the overall box office for 2005 was down roughly 5% from 2005, which marks the worst year-to-year drop-off since 1984-1985. We'll have more details on the year at the end of March when the State of the Industry address is given at ShoWest. More...

International Details: Closed for the Holidays

December 31st, 2005

As previously stated, in many markets the box office was closed for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and as a result some studios didn't tracks the international box office numbers. This has left precious little to report outside of a few big hits. What little there is to report is here. More...

2005 Should End on a High Note

December 30th, 2005

The final weekend of 2005 starts tonight and every film in the top five should see significant growth from last weekend, a couple of them could see triple-digit growth. That will help the movie industry end on a positive note, but the yearly figures will still lag well behind 2004. More...

Box Office Scrooged

December 27th, 2005

Christmas wishes went unanswered this year as almost every film missed expectations, some by large margins. This led to a 14.4% drop-off from last weekend, but more importantly, a 18.0% drop-off from last year. Granted, the fact that Christmas fell on a Saturday helps explain some of that, but not all. Year-to-date, 2005 is still down 6% from last year and with less than one week left, that's roughly where it will end up. More...

Movie Website Updates for December 16 - December 22

December 22nd, 2005

This week's list of movie site is abridged and only contains the films that are opening this week, unfortunately, of those eleven films, only one had any significant updates this week. That site was Munich - Official Site, but I can't say its an award-winning site. I guess that means the Weekly Website Award is taking a vacation over the holidays. More...

Will it be a Holly Jolly Christmas?

December 21st, 2005

Over the next five days a total of eight movies will either open wide or expand wide. With that much competition, there is literally zero chance that all the films will succeed. In fact, chances are none will be able to unseat King Kong as the box office champ. Further complicating the prediction process, there are three groups of releases with two movies opening wide tonight, three more on Friday and three on Sunday. This column will deal with all of them. More...

Movie Website Updates for December 9 - December 15

December 15th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. We've hit another slow patch for movie websites, which is not unexpected since the most of the new site on this list are for films that open months from now so there's hardly any content, or open during the dead zone that is January. I would say the best of the rest would be King Kong - Official Site, but it is not strong enough to win the Weekly Website Award. More...

2005 Preview: December

December 1st, 2005

After Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire saved last month, we have two potential monster hits leading the way this month. However, both will be compared to Lord of the Rings, and neither will be able to live up to that high standard. Even so, it should be a better month than December last year, but will it be too little, too late to save 2005's box office?

Since this is the heart of award season, there are plenty of films that are first opening in limited release. Some will get a wide release later in the month, while others, like Munich, The New World and Match Point, don't open wide untill after the new year, and will appear in January's preview. More...

DVD Releases for November 22, 2005

November 21st, 2005

As Christmas approaches, each week more and more DVDs are being released that theoretically would make perfect gifts. But for the DVD Pick of the Week I went with the perfect Re-Gift, Seinfeld - Re-Gift Set. There are a couple others I would recommend (like the King Kong - Collector's Edition), but overall it feels like a really slow week. More...

Movie Website Updates for September 30 - October 6

October 6th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, Waiting... - Official Site. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2005 4 $9,309,387   3,175 $2,932   $14,591,141 1
Dec 30, 2005 4 $14,486,519 +56% 3,211 $4,512   $50,313,031 2
Jan 6, 2006 5 $8,432,616 -42% 3,109 $2,712   $66,553,553 3
Jan 13, 2006 10 $5,149,368 -39% 2,773 $1,857   $73,011,583 4
Jan 20, 2006 16 $2,791,413 -46% 2,067 $1,350   $78,070,178 5
Jan 27, 2006 22 $1,129,533 -60% 1,161 $973   $79,670,639 6
Feb 3, 2006 27 $530,024 -53% 615 $862   $80,418,284 7
Feb 10, 2006 30 $301,514 -43% 370 $815   $80,829,808 8
Feb 17, 2006 32 $268,042 -11% 291 $921   $81,177,876 9
Feb 24, 2006 33 $217,661 -19% 266 $818   $81,528,014 10
Mar 3, 2006 35 $201,496 -7% 249 $809   $81,789,323 11
Mar 10, 2006 40 $150,477 -25% 218 $690   $81,988,655 12
Mar 17, 2006 44 $118,363 -21% 174 $680   $82,180,438 13
Mar 24, 2006 45 $88,425 -25% 144 $614   $82,309,505 14
Mar 31, 2006 48 $59,254 -33% 112 $529   $82,407,457 15
Apr 7, 2006 50 $40,072 -32% 74 $542   $82,468,131 16
Apr 14, 2006 59 $35,388 -12% 43 $823   $82,523,157 17
Apr 21, 2006 70 $15,427 -56% 26 $593   $82,555,859 18
Apr 28, 2006 74 $11,340 -26% 15 $756   $82,569,532 19

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 21, 2005 4 $2,549,891     3,100 $823   $2,549,891 1
Dec 22, 2005 4 $2,731,863 +7%   3,100 $881   $5,281,754 2
Dec 23, 2005 4 $3,899,488 +43%   3,175 $1,228   $9,181,242 3
Dec 24, 2005 4 $1,962,129 -50%   3,175 $618   $11,143,371 4
Dec 25, 2005 5 $3,447,770 +76%   3,175 $1,086   $14,591,141 5
Dec 26, 2005 4 $6,031,292 +75%   3,175 $1,900   $20,622,433 6
Dec 27, 2005 4 $4,951,600 -18%   3,175 $1,560   $25,574,033 7
Dec 28, 2005 3 $5,074,793 +2% +99% 3,175 $1,598   $30,648,826 8
Dec 29, 2005 3 $5,177,686 +2% +90% 3,175 $1,631   $35,826,512 9
Dec 30, 2005 4 $5,640,783 +9% +45% 3,211 $1,757   $41,467,295 10
Dec 31, 2005 3 $4,491,619 -20% +129% 3,211 $1,399   $45,958,914 11
Jan 1, 2006 4 $4,354,117 -3% +26% 3,211 $1,356   $50,313,031 12
Jan 2, 2006 4 $4,371,184 n/c -28% 3,211 $1,361   $54,684,215 13
Jan 3, 2006 4 $1,467,836 -66% -70% 3,211 $457   $56,152,051 14
Jan 4, 2006 4 $1,012,869 -31% -80% 3,211 $315   $57,164,920 15
Jan 5, 2006 5 $956,017 -6% -82% 3,211 $298   $58,120,937 16
Jan 6, 2006 6 $2,298,819 +140% -59% 3,108 $740   $60,419,756 17
Jan 7, 2006 5 $3,933,062 +71% -12% 3,108 $1,265   $64,352,818 18
Jan 8, 2006 5 $2,200,735 -44% -49% 3,108 $708   $66,553,553 19
Jan 9, 2006 9 $328,672 -85% -92% 3,108 $106   $66,882,225 20
Jan 10, 2006 10 $343,258 +4% -77% 3,108 $110   $67,225,483 21
Jan 11, 2006 11 $313,575 -9% -69% 3,108 $101   $67,539,058 22
Jan 12, 2006 10 $323,157 +3% -66% 3,108 $104   $67,862,215 23
Jan 13, 2006 11 $1,175,520 +264% -49% 3,108 $378   $69,037,735 24
Jan 14, 2006 9 $2,301,520 +96% -41% 2,773 $830   $71,339,255 25
Jan 15, 2006 10 $1,672,328 -27% -24% 2,773 $603   $73,011,583 26
Jan 16, 2006 5 $1,656,684 -1% +404% 2,773 $597   $74,668,267 27
Feb 20, 2006 32 $61,317     291 $211   $81,239,193 62

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 16, 2005 9 $5,281,754   3,100 $1,704   $5,281,754 1
Dec 23, 2005 4 $30,544,758 +478% 3,175 $9,620   $35,826,512 2
Dec 30, 2005 4 $22,294,425 -27% 3,211 $6,943   $58,120,937 3
Jan 6, 2006 6 $9,741,278 -56% 3,109 $3,133   $67,862,215 4
Jan 13, 2006 10 $7,416,550 -24% 2,773 $2,675   $75,278,765 5
Jan 20, 2006 17 $3,262,341 -56% 2,067 $1,578   $78,541,106 6
Jan 27, 2006 22 $1,347,154 -59% 1,161 $1,160   $79,888,260 7
Feb 3, 2006 30 $640,034 -52% 615 $1,041   $80,528,294 8
Feb 10, 2006 32 $381,540 -40% 370 $1,031   $80,909,834 9
Feb 17, 2006 34 $400,519 +5% 291 $1,376   $81,310,353 10
Feb 24, 2006 38 $277,474 -31% 266 $1,043   $81,587,827 11
Mar 3, 2006 34 $250,351 -10% 249 $1,005   $81,838,178 12
Mar 10, 2006 40 $223,897 -11% 218 $1,027   $82,062,075 13
Mar 17, 2006 46 $159,005 -29% 174 $914   $82,221,080 14
Mar 24, 2006 46 $127,123 -20% 144 $883   $82,348,203 15
Mar 31, 2006 47 $79,856 -37% 112 $713   $82,428,059 16
Apr 7, 2006 50 $59,710 -25% 74 $807   $82,487,769 17
Apr 14, 2006 60 $52,663 -12% 43 $1,225   $82,540,432 18
Apr 21, 2006 71 $17,760 -66% 26 $683   $82,558,192 19
Apr 28, 2006 78 $12,981 -27% 15 $865   $82,571,173 20

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
May 28, 20062773,351 773,351$10,795,980$10,795,9801
Jun 4, 20064281,289-64% 1,054,640$3,926,794$14,722,7742
Jun 11, 20069145,808-48% 1,200,448$2,035,480$16,758,2543
Jun 18, 200613104,732-28% 1,305,180$1,681,996$18,440,2504
Jun 25, 20061865,069-38% 1,370,249$1,269,496$19,709,7465
Jul 2, 20062656,864-13% 1,427,113$892,765$20,602,5116
Jul 16, 20062437,762 1,520,710$741,646$22,217,9758
Jul 30, 20062813,748 1,562,709$270,011$23,042,83610

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