Weekend 10 (7/10-7/12) Box Office Numbers
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I need to have a better idea of the release date before I can start making optimistic/pessimistic comments.
I think it's that, but in equal measure what the story and buzz are gonna be surrounding the next movie.
As monumental as this success story is, the task before the sequel is equally daunting...
If anything, I think the good will generated by this film will carry over for a much more front-loaded sequel, which to have legs will then also have to be at least as good.
WHERE ARE THE SPOILERS?
Earlier times, but ST:TMP was still in some cinemas six months in. In fact, it was only about then then that Paramount seemed to relax about how much it had cost to make.
New list! 
Behold, the Top 10 highest-grossing films worldwide of 2009 (now with weekend foreign estimates):
1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Domestic: $339,221,800 / 48.2%
+ Foreign: $364,214,093 / 51.8%
= Worldwide: $703,435,893
2. Angels & Demons
Domestic: $131,910,770 / 27.6%
+ Foreign: $345,500,000 / 72.4%
= Worldwide: $477,410,770
3. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Domestic: $119,680,193 / 27.1%
+ Foreign: $322,591,951 / 72.9%
= Worldwide: $442,272,144
4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Domestic: $170,485,184 / 44.9%
+ Foreign: $209,139,161 / 55.1%
= Worldwide: $379,624,345
5. Star Trek
Domestic: $251,970,795 / 66.7%
+ Foreign: $125,580,479 / 33.3%
= Worldwide: $377,551,274
6. Monsters vs. Aliens
Domestic: $197,116,821 / 52.9%
+ Foreign: $175,300,000 / 47.1%
= Worldwide: $372,416,821
7. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Domestic: $178,841,391 / 49.2%
+ Foreign: $184,800,000 / 50.8%
= Worldwide: $363,641,391
8. Terminator Salvation
Domestic: $123,108,404 / 34.5%
+ Foreign: $233,300,000 / 65.5%
= Worldwide: $356,408,404
9. Fast and Furious
Domestic: $155,064,265 / 44.4%
+ Foreign: $194,250,339 / 55.6%
= Worldwide: $349,314,604
10. Up
Domestic: $273,834,761 / 83.9%
+ Foreign: $52,500,000 / 16.1%
= Worldwide: $326,334,761
All I can say is "Wow!" with regards to Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, which has performed phenomenally well overseas, allowing it to slip into the #3 position on this worldwide list... which naturally means that Trek fell to #5. Of course, it's still making money, even after two months, so we've really got nothing to complain about.
Obviously, Ice Age's success means that the other films on this list went down a spot as well, but other than that, not much changed drastically. I'll be very interested to see what this list looks like next week, after Harry Potter has been out for a few days...
Behold, the Top 10 highest-grossing films worldwide of 2009 (now with weekend foreign estimates):1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Domestic: $339,221,800 / 48.2%
+ Foreign: $364,214,093 / 51.8%
= Worldwide: $703,435,893
2. Angels & Demons
Domestic: $131,910,770 / 27.6%
+ Foreign: $345,500,000 / 72.4%
= Worldwide: $477,410,770
3. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Domestic: $119,680,193 / 27.1%
+ Foreign: $322,591,951 / 72.9%
= Worldwide: $442,272,144
4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Domestic: $170,485,184 / 44.9%
+ Foreign: $209,139,161 / 55.1%
= Worldwide: $379,624,345
5. Star Trek
Domestic: $251,970,795 / 66.7%
+ Foreign: $125,580,479 / 33.3%
= Worldwide: $377,551,274
6. Monsters vs. Aliens
Domestic: $197,116,821 / 52.9%
+ Foreign: $175,300,000 / 47.1%
= Worldwide: $372,416,821
7. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Domestic: $178,841,391 / 49.2%
+ Foreign: $184,800,000 / 50.8%
= Worldwide: $363,641,391
8. Terminator Salvation
Domestic: $123,108,404 / 34.5%
+ Foreign: $233,300,000 / 65.5%
= Worldwide: $356,408,404
9. Fast and Furious
Domestic: $155,064,265 / 44.4%
+ Foreign: $194,250,339 / 55.6%
= Worldwide: $349,314,604
10. Up
Domestic: $273,834,761 / 83.9%
+ Foreign: $52,500,000 / 16.1%
= Worldwide: $326,334,761
All I can say is "Wow!" with regards to Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, which has performed phenomenally well overseas, allowing it to slip into the #3 position on this worldwide list... which naturally means that Trek fell to #5. Of course, it's still making money, even after two months, so we've really got nothing to complain about.
Obviously, Ice Age's success means that the other films on this list went down a spot as well, but other than that, not much changed drastically. I'll be very interested to see what this list looks like next week, after Harry Potter has been out for a few days...
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Up is likely not out overseas yet, I take it. Otherwise, how can you explain that disparity?
Hopefully the sequel will manage to close that gap somewhat; I don't think it'll ever be 50/50 though.
But willing to be proven wrong...
Hopefully the sequel will manage to close that gap somewhat; I don't think it'll ever be 50/50 though.
But willing to be proven wrong...
Up is likely not out overseas yet, I take it. Otherwise, how can you explain that disparity?
Hopefully the sequel will manage to close that gap somewhat; I don't think it'll ever be 50/50 though.
But willing to be proven wrong...
Yeah, Up doesn't open in any other major English-speaking market until September. It should pick up $300-400 million overseas based on previous films.
SBD didn't have it in top 12 for Sunday either but it finished 12th. I don't think their rankings are accurate. Even Night at the Museum is missing.
ICE AGE 3 isn't as good as the first two...which I was never a huge, boffo fan of to start with despite some good voiceover talents and jokes.
That needle's just about on empty, isn't it? 
Definitely on its way out, but if you look down the chart, Wolverine and Monsters v. Aliens are still in there clawing for every last buck.
I'm thinking Star Trek will do the same, even though it might not make sense any more to devote even a weekly thread to it...
I only hope that it sinks more slowly than Pelham, Night and Year 1. That'll be it's last gasp.
On another note, my local IMAX sold 31 seats online yesterday for a Monday and has 5 die-hards signed up for tonight's 8 p.m. showing.
I might just go one last time tomorrow... sh... don't tell the wife...
Definitely on its way out, but if you look down the chart, Wolverine and Monsters v. Aliens are still in there clawing for every last buck.
I'm thinking Star Trek will do the same, even though it might not make sense any more to devote even a weekly thread to it...
I only hope that it sinks more slowly than Pelham, Night and Year 1. That'll be it's last gasp.
On another note, my local IMAX sold 31 seats online yesterday for a Monday and has 5 die-hards signed up for tonight's 8 p.m. showing.
I might just go one last time tomorrow... sh... don't tell the wife...
I finally got a chance to see it for the third (and probably last) time at a second-run theatre. $3 woot!
That needle's just about on empty, isn't it?
Definitely on its way out, but if you look down the chart, Wolverine and Monsters v. Aliens are still in there clawing for every last buck.
I'm thinking Star Trek will do the same, even though it might not make sense any more to devote even a weekly thread to it...
I only hope that it sinks more slowly than Pelham, Night and Year 1. That'll be it's last gasp.
On another note, my local IMAX sold 31 seats online yesterday for a Monday and has 5 die-hards signed up for tonight's 8 p.m. showing.
I might just go one last time tomorrow... sh... don't tell the wife...
Maybe I'll just start a thread for the rest of its run tomorrow.
And now the long, lonely trip to the blu-ray.
I don't even know which ones around here are second-run theaters.
Did you have a nice time?
I don't even know which ones around here are second-run theaters.That needle's just about on empty, isn't it?
Definitely on its way out, but if you look down the chart, Wolverine and Monsters v. Aliens are still in there clawing for every last buck.
I'm thinking Star Trek will do the same, even though it might not make sense any more to devote even a weekly thread to it...
I only hope that it sinks more slowly than Pelham, Night and Year 1. That'll be it's last gasp.
On another note, my local IMAX sold 31 seats online yesterday for a Monday and has 5 die-hards signed up for tonight's 8 p.m. showing.
I might just go one last time tomorrow... sh... don't tell the wife...
Maybe I'll just start a thread for the rest of its run tomorrow.
Sounds good... just to see how close to 255-7 it ends up...
This was the first weekend Trek DIDN'T place first in Box Office Mojo's "Franchise Reboot Battle" (vs. Incredible Hulk, Superman Returns, Batman Begins and Casino Royale).
Royale earned $1,192,435 in its 10th weekend, vs. Trek's $1,164,416.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?view=weekend&id=franchiserebootvs.htm
Royale earned $1,192,435 in its 10th weekend, vs. Trek's $1,164,416.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?view=weekend&id=franchiserebootvs.htm
And now the long, lonely trip to the blu-ray.
Did you have a nice time?
Yeah it was good actually. The theatre was practically empty though. I went with a couple friends. Both had already seen the film, but one who I went the first time with in IMAX, we had sat really close to the front, and she had a headache because of it and fell asleep for a portion. So she needed to see the whole thing. But the other two of us just wanted to see Captain Fine again
The theatre itself was nothing to write home about, but it's the movie that counts
