Friday (6/26) Box Office - Trek #9 - $1.1 million - $243.7 million
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For whatever its worth, the Star Trek franchise will join the 1 billion club after Saturday:
http://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/
http://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/
[Austin Powers]One..... BILLION DOLLARS...[/Austin Powers]
Great HOLD for star trek. This is insane!
Wow, Taking of Pelham 3.7?? Must be a typo for 5.7.
But still, Trek is holding on... hoping for a Sunday surprise.
But still, Trek is holding on... hoping for a Sunday surprise.
I've decided to once again post my International Top 10 highest-grossing films of 2009 list here, updated with Friday estimates. Some of the older films on the list show their gross as of Thursday, but I don't imagine there would be a significant difference. Here it is, info courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Angels & Demons
Domestic: $129,490,000 / 28.1%
+ Foreign: $330,852,871 / 71.9%
= Worldwide: $460,342,871
2. Monsters vs. Aliens
Domestic: $195,618,975 / 53.1%
+ Foreign: $172,935,849 / 46.9%
= Worldwide: $368,554,824
3. Star Trek
Domestic: $243,699,000 / 66.5%
+ Foreign: $123,000,997 / 33.5%
= Worldwide: $366,699,997
4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Domestic: $177,526,652 / 49.2%
+ Foreign: $183,247,800 / 50.8%
= Worldwide: $360,774,452
5. Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian
Domestic: $160,948,000 / 45.3%
+ Foreign: $194,115,120 / 54.7%
= Worldwide: $355,063,120
6. Fast and Furious
Domestic: $154,952,350 / 44.4%
+ Foreign: $194,138,079 / 55.6%
= Worldwide: $349,090,429
7. Terminator Salvation
Domestic: $121,157,000 / 37.5%
+ Foreign: $201,543,644 / 62.5%
= Worldwide: $322,700,644
8. Up
Domestic: $241,123,000 / 92.0%
+ Foreign: $21,049,744 / 8.0%
= Worldwide: $262,172,744
9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Domestic: $125,946,000 / 61.1%
+ Foreign: $80,184,013 / 38.9%
= Worldwide: $206,130,013
10. The Hangover
Domestic: $171,342,000 / 85.0%
+ Foreign: $30,300,000 / 15.0%
= Worldwide: $201,642,000
Transformers: ROTF has already passed $200 million worldwide, putting it at the ninth spot for highest grossing film of 2009, and knocking Watchmen out of the Top 10. Even if this sucker doesn't have legs, it's already done considerably well for itself. I'd be very surprised if it doesn't end up as the highest-grossing film of the year, although you never know -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix managed to beat out the first Transformers movie at the international level, so maybe there's a chance that Half-Blood Prince could do the same. Also, if Avatar is as amazing as early buzz suggests, it may emerge as a contender too.
1. Angels & Demons
Domestic: $129,490,000 / 28.1%
+ Foreign: $330,852,871 / 71.9%
= Worldwide: $460,342,871
2. Monsters vs. Aliens
Domestic: $195,618,975 / 53.1%
+ Foreign: $172,935,849 / 46.9%
= Worldwide: $368,554,824
3. Star Trek
Domestic: $243,699,000 / 66.5%
+ Foreign: $123,000,997 / 33.5%
= Worldwide: $366,699,997
4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Domestic: $177,526,652 / 49.2%
+ Foreign: $183,247,800 / 50.8%
= Worldwide: $360,774,452
5. Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian
Domestic: $160,948,000 / 45.3%
+ Foreign: $194,115,120 / 54.7%
= Worldwide: $355,063,120
6. Fast and Furious
Domestic: $154,952,350 / 44.4%
+ Foreign: $194,138,079 / 55.6%
= Worldwide: $349,090,429
7. Terminator Salvation
Domestic: $121,157,000 / 37.5%
+ Foreign: $201,543,644 / 62.5%
= Worldwide: $322,700,644
8. Up
Domestic: $241,123,000 / 92.0%
+ Foreign: $21,049,744 / 8.0%
= Worldwide: $262,172,744
9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Domestic: $125,946,000 / 61.1%
+ Foreign: $80,184,013 / 38.9%
= Worldwide: $206,130,013
10. The Hangover
Domestic: $171,342,000 / 85.0%
+ Foreign: $30,300,000 / 15.0%
= Worldwide: $201,642,000
Transformers: ROTF has already passed $200 million worldwide, putting it at the ninth spot for highest grossing film of 2009, and knocking Watchmen out of the Top 10. Even if this sucker doesn't have legs, it's already done considerably well for itself. I'd be very surprised if it doesn't end up as the highest-grossing film of the year, although you never know -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix managed to beat out the first Transformers movie at the international level, so maybe there's a chance that Half-Blood Prince could do the same. Also, if Avatar is as amazing as early buzz suggests, it may emerge as a contender too.
It's not quite that simple. Traditional IMAX films (the nature stuff and so on) is shot on very large format film stock and it uses a proprietary camera system that is quite large and heavy and awkward. That is the principle reason The Dark Knight was only partially IMAX-filmed. Close in shots and interior shots would be extremely difficult, if not impossible in some cases.
Commercial films adapted to IMAX viewing tend to be sourced from a "DI" (digital interpositive--the usual source for modern movie transfers to DVD and Blu-ray) and made into a digital file for projection with a digital IMAX projector. This process does not mean it's a "fake" IMAX theatre. It means the movie was not shot on IMAX format film. Prior to the current digital process, early attempts at showing commerical films on IMAX screens involved blowing up the film stock--resulting in a grainy (think of a digital photo that has been zoomed in on too much, or a small photo blown up too much in the dark room) picture that was also a bit washed out. The current process is much kinder to converting movies to be seen on IMAX screens.
To discern the "fakes" from the "real" (they are all IMAX, but some are more IMAX than others
), a far more reliable criterion is screen size and aspect ratio. The aspect ratio should be 1.44:1 (nearly the same as a standard TV, not a widescreen 16:9) and it should be approximately six stories tall or more. The complaint about "fake IMAX" theatres rests on the sudden influx of IMAX label cinemas with widescreen aspect ratios whose total surface area is not much, if at all, bigger than the largest stadium seating cinemas at modern cinemas. Essentially, if the size of the screen does not seem all that much bigger than the others in the biggest rooms at your local multiplex cinema, it is one of the "fake" IMAX screens. If it is nearly square and hugely tall, then it is a real IMAX. In all cases, the sound system should be better than what you get in a standard cinema.
Do any of those other franchises in the 1 billion club have a TV show component? I wonder how much money the Star Trek franchise has made off the TV show.
MV and Ovation, thanks for the links and discussion about IMAX.
The one I've been seeing Trek at is MPX, 43.0x69.6 feet, 350 seats, opened 11/18/2006; but I have been to a real one at IL, Chicago: Museum of Science & Industry GT dome, 76.0 feet diam. 342 seats, opened 1986.
And it seems to me I went to a 360 degree theater experience at Disneyland a long time ago.
The other members are Star Wars, James Bond, Batman, Harry Potter, Spider-Man, Shrek, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of Caribbean. Not counting cartoons, I know Batman & Spider-Man had TV shows, with Batman being a lot more successful. Star Wars is supposed to get a live action TV series but I don't know the status of it.
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What's the record for a movie remaining in the Top Ten?
ET: 35 straight weekends.
The only recent movie with a number approaching this is Titanic.
http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/bestranked.htm?page=WKNDSCAT10&p=.htm
The only recent movie with a number approaching this is Titanic.
http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/bestranked.htm?page=WKNDSCAT10&p=.htm
What's the record for a movie remaining in the Top Ten?
The closest stat for that is Longest Consecutive Weeks in the Top 10, and that would be E.T. which stayed for 35 weeks in 1982 (including 16 weekends at #1). The most recent film to stay for a very long time was Titanic with 26 weeks.
I think I remember this. Was it the one where the audience was standing, but there were handrails to hold so that everyone didn't fall over when the camera(s) orientation suddenly tilted this way or that?
I vaguely remember seeing something western-related there. It's in Tomorrowland across from Star Tours. I don't think they use it for anything anymore. The last time I was in there, it was when Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters opened the line snaked its way through that theatre.
Disney is famous for not using an attraction forever, quietly closing it after a few years and putting something else there.
That's it; the audience stands in the middle of the room, and there were rows of handrails.
What we saw was a vertiginous aerial tour of various geographical features; and what I remember are western locations, like the Grand Canyon, for example.