Weekend Box Office Thread

[Tawren]

1 N Up BV $68,200,000 - 3,766 - $18,109 $68,200,000 - 1
2 1 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Fox $25,500,000 -52.9% 4,101 +5 $6,218 $105,296,000 $150 2
3 N Drag Me to Hell Uni. $16,628,000 - 2,508 - $6,630 $16,628,000 - 1
4 2 Terminator Salvation WB $16,140,000 -62.1% 3,602 +72 $4,481 $90,657,000 $200 2
5 3 Star Trek Par. $12,800,000 -44.1% 3,507 -546 $3,650 $209,500,000 - 4
6 4 Angels & Demons Sony $11,200,000 -48.4% 3,464 -63 $3,233 $104,760,000 $150 3
7 5 Dance Flick Par. $4,900,000 -54.0% 2,459 +9 $1,993 $19,241,000 $25 2
8 6 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fox $3,900,000 -51.7% 2,263 -920 $1,723 $170,870,000 $150 5
9 7 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past WB (NL) $1,905,000 -50.5% 1,450 -805 $1,314 $50,015,000 - 5
10 8 Obsessed SGem $665,000 -66.3% 679 -924 $979 $67,508,000 $20 6



Star Trek passed 200 mil and is now the years highest grosser. Is that around what Up was expecting?

 

[Smues]

Glad to see Up do well, just got back from it and enjoyed it. Other than the really annoying kid.

Terminator has to be considered a disappointment right? With a reported budget of $200 million anyway.

 

[wnyxmcneal]

Up did very well, in line with expectations.

Terminator is a slight disappointment, but I think it will do well overseas

 

[CBright7831]

Star Trek passed 200 mil and is now the years highest grosser. Is that around what Up was expecting?

I'm actully somewhat sad it is going to be outgrossed by Transformers and POSSIBLY Harry Potter later this year.

:'(

 

[wnyxmcneal]

Harry Potter is absolutely going to outgross it. No question about that one as it should. Since while Star Trek was awesome, Harry Potter rules

 

[OG]

Harry Potter rules

No, he really doesn't.

 

[atticus Chaos]

I can see terminator getting a sequel. It's too big a franchise. But I can see them recasting Bale, and shifting the focus.

 

[Black Lushus]

If you can believe Wikipedia, read what McG has in mind for the sequel....I think it's best for everyone involved to walk away from the franchise for awhile.

 

[wnyxmcneal]

If you can believe Wikipedia, read what McG has in mind for the sequel....I think it's best for everyone involved to walk away from the franchise for awhile.

I'd like to actually see a Terminator sequel that didn't take years to make. I know the original plan was for two more movies after Salvation, and I'd love to see more of the battle between SkyNet and the humans.

The rights to the 5th one are kind of confusing, I think MGM has first refusal or something.

 

[Black Lushus]

There SHOULD be sequels, no doubt, but man what he has in mind sounds utterly ridiculous.

 

[wnyxmcneal]

I was trying to find it on wiki, can you link me to his ideas?

 

[The Buzz]

I'm surprised Drag Me To Hell did as good of an opening as it did. Wolverine made more than I thought it would and Terminator and Angels and Demons are below what I thought they'd be right now.

 

[Black Lushus]

I was trying to find it on wiki, can you link me to his ideas?

sorry bobby = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_series

 

[wnyxmcneal]

I was trying to find it on wiki, can you link me to his ideas?

sorry wnyxmcneal = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_series

Hmmm, that sounds interesting, but would just make everyone's head explode with more continuity issues.

 

[Black Lushus]

That was my concern...I don't think the target audience needs that sort of craziness. I can see that more suited for the TV series, had it not been cancelled.

 

[Youth N Asia]

The last Potter movie was far and away the worst of the series. High hopes for the next one though.