Daily Box Office (Mar. 3 - Mar. 9, 2003)

[The Other]

MONDAY'S NUMBERS (Mar. 3)

1) Cradle 2 the Grave
Gross: $1.149 mil ($438 per-screen) - 2625 theaters
Total: $17.671 mil

2) Old School
Gross: $1.09 mil ($398 per-screen) - 2742 theaters
Total: $38.47 mil

3) Chicago
Gross: $0.614 mil ($251 per-screen) - 2447 theaters
Total: $105.516 mil

4) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Gross: $0.602 mil ($206 per-screen) - 2923 theaters
Total: $78.223 mil

5) Daredevil
Gross: $0.585 mil ($181 per-screen) - 3234 theaters
Total: $84.772 mil

6) Jungle Book 2
Gross: $0.394 mil ($140 per-screen) - 2814 theaters
Total: $34.26 mil

7) The Life of David Gale
Gross: $0.341 mil ($170 per-screen) - 2003 theaters
Total: $13.948 mil

8) Shanghai Knights
Gross: $0.278 mil ($111 per-screen) - 2515 theaters
Total: $51.21 mil

9) Gods & Generals
Gross: $0.221 mil ($144 per-screen) - 1533 theaters
Total: $9.153 mil

10) The Recruit
Gross: $0.204 mil ($135 per-screen) - 1508 theaters
Total: $48.297 mil

[dannywalker17]

Come on Daredevil! Stop dropping!:mad:

[Mike]

Originally posted by dannywalker17
Come on Daredevil! Stop dropping!:mad:

I hate to break it to you, but I doubt it will stop dropping anytime soon. It's going to cross 100 Million, which is the main thing. I'd say it might make it to about 110 Million by the end of its run, and I'm sure that will be enough to make a sequel. If I remember correctly, they're already planning on making one.

[blankpage]

I'm probably the only one thinking this but....I am glad that Gods and Generals is still making money. Considering the length, and bad feedback from many people.

I am surprised Cradle 2 the Grave is doing as good as it is. Also good to see Chicago making the big bucks.

[dh1989]

Pretty bad numbers, IMO. I can't believe how fast "Daredevil" is dropping, while people continue to shell out money for garbage like "Gods & Generals" and "Cradle 2 The Grave". This is almost as bad as "Die Another Day" outgrossing "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" one weekend. I pray DD shoots back up!

[ANTBond007]

Originally posted by dh1989
Pretty bad numbers, IMO. I can't believe how fast "Daredevil" is dropping, while people continue to shell out money for garbage like "Gods & Generals" and "Cradle 2 The Grave". This is almost as bad as "Die Another Day" outgrossing "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" one weekend. I pray DD shoots back up!

::sigh:: Believe it or not, Chamber of Secrets wasn't much better than Die Another Day. The sad thing here is that Daredevil is much better than Cradle 2 the Grave.

[The Other]

TUESDAY'S NUMBERS (Mar. 4):

1) Cradle 2 the Grave
Gross: $1.056 mil ($402 per-screen) - 2625 theaters
Total: $18.727 mil

2) Old School
Gross: $1.042 mil ($380 per-screen) - 2742 theaters
Total: $39.512 mil

3) Chicago
Gross: $0.748 mil ($306 per-screen) - 2447 theaters
Total: $106.267 mil

4) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Gross: $0.672 mil ($230 per-screen) - 2923 theaters
Total: $78.895 mil

5) Daredevil
Gross: $0.550 mil ($170 per-screen) - 3234 theaters
Total: $85.322 mil

6) The Life of David Gale
Gross: $0.381 mil ($190 per-screen) - 2003 theaters
Total: $14.328 mil

7) Jungle Book 2
Gross: $0.361 mil ($128 per-screen) - 2814 theaters
Total: $34.617 mil

8) Shanghai Knights
Gross: $0.300 mil ($119 per-screen) - 2515 theaters
Total: $51.512 mil

9) The Hours
Gross: $0.227 mil ($225 per-screen) - 1010 theaters
Total: $33.441 mil

10) The Recruit
Gross: $0.218 mil ($145 per-screen) - 1508 theaters
Total: $48.514 mil

Way-to-go, The Hours! Making a return to the top 10 after a week and a half just below it.

[Mike]

It's nice to see THE HOURS come back into the top 10. It usually does end up making an appearance in the top 10 during the week.

[Tom Samborski]

Cradle 2 The Grave is most likely going to get its ass kicked by Bringing Down The House this weekend.

[dh1989]

Originally posted by Tom Samborski
Cradle 2 The Grave is most likely going to get its ass kicked by Bringing Down The House this weekend.

Yeah that'll steal the "urban crowd", and "Tears Of The Sun" will steal action fans. Meaning: Buh-Bye DMX! MuHaHaHaHa! ;)

[dh1989]

1. "Bringing Down the House" $9.736 MILLION

2. "Tears of the Sun" $5.919

3. "Old School" $2.934

4. "How to Lose a Guy In 10 Days" $2.117

5. "Cradle 2 the Grave" $1.993

6. "Chicago" $1.872

7. "Daredevil" $1.399

8. "The Jungle Book 2" $0.874

9. "Shanghai Knights" $0.747

10. "The Life of David Gale" $0.604

[Horror whore]

1 BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE - 9,735,500
2 TEARS OF THE SUN - 5,918,500
3 OLD SCHOOL - 2,934,000
4 HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS PARAMOUNT - 2,117,000
5 CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE - 1,993,000
6 CHICAGO - 1,871,500
7 DAREDEVIL - 1,398,500
8 JUNGLE BOOK 2 - 874,000
9 SHANGHAI KNIGHTS - 746,500
10 LIFE OF DAVID GALE - 604,000

[Tom Samborski]

Cradle 2 The Grave is going to take a huge dive this weekend (yay!)

[Mike]

I just knew BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE would be big. The numbers don't surprise me, because I totally felt anything was possible with this one. I knew it would be big, but how big was the question. Well, now it was answered ;).

[Ed]

I'm glad Bringing Down the house is doing so well, i expected it. I didn't expect Tears... to do so well though, i didn't even see a single trailer for it(although i haven't seen much tv lately), i predicted like an 8 million opening and now it looks like it's getting a 15+ million opening, very good if you ask me.

[bob]

Go Old School!

[Tom Samborski]

Weekend Estimates:

1.Bringing Down The House- $31,680,000
2.Tears Of The Sun- $17,200,000
3.Old School- $9,250,000
4.Chicago- $6,950,000
5.How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days- $6,750,000
6.Cradle 2 The Grave- $6,585,000
7.Daredevil- $5,150,000
8.The Jungle Book 2- $4,250,000
9.Shanghai Knights- $2,670,000
10.The Life Of David Gale- $2,120,000
11.The Hours- $1,480,000
12.The Recruit- $1,400,000

[dh1989]

Originally posted by ANTBond007
If Bringing Down the House makes $30 million this weekend, I'll show up in this thread and proclaim you a God.

Okay, whenever your ready to make good on your promise, I'm ready! :)

[ANTBond007]

Wait for the actual numbers, my friend. Wait for the actuals :)

[Strider]

Damn! What a surprise... "Bringing Down the House" did much better than I expected it to. My prediction for it's 3-day weekend gross was nowhere near $31.7 million.

Strider

[BakeTheMooCow]

Originally posted by ANTBond007
Wait for the actual numbers, my friend. Wait for the actuals :) Actual numbers won't be far off.. maybe a million at most. I was quite surprised by the estimated numbers.. I didn't expect it to pull in 31.7 mil.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/09/box.office.reut/index.html

I, too, am awaiting the proclamation of a new god ;)

[BakeTheMooCow]

Originally posted by Jon Lyrik
If Bringing Down the House makes $30 million dollars this weekend, then I'm Roger EbertOh, another one :D

[ANTBond007]

Originally posted by BakeTheMooCow
Actual numbers won't be far off.. maybe a million at most. I was quite surprised by the estimated numbers.. I didn't expect it to pull in 31.7 mil.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/09/box.office.reut/index.html

I, too, am awaiting the proclamation of a new god ;)

Actuals can be quite a bit off. So we'll see come tomorrow. And even if I must proclaim him a God, I'll figure out some way to take it back :D

[Mike]

Sorry, but there's no way the actuals will be THAT far off. It should still make at least 30 Million for the weekend. I just find this so funny. I bet all of the people that said there's no way it would ever make that much are shitting now :). I knew it was a possibility with this one. It had lots of advertising and the interest was definitely there. I don't know a single person that said that they didn't want to see it.

I can't stop smiling right now! I really hate to say I told you so to some of the people that said it would never make that much, but I told you so ;). Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.

Anyway, here's my Lee's Movie Info predictions for TEARS OF THE SUN:

Friday - 5.1 Million
Saturday - 7.1 Million
Sunday - 4.9 Million

Total - 17.1 Million


My total wasn't far off, too bad my dailies had to be too far off :(. I won't win again, but oh well.

[ANTBond007]

Wanna bet? Fox's 3-day estimate for Attack of the Clones was $8 million off. $1.8m isn't such a stretch.

[Mike]

Originally posted by ANTBond007
Wanna bet? Fox's 3-day estimate for Attack of the Clones was $8 million off. $1.8m isn't such a stretch.

That's different though, since it was over a holiday weekend, and the estimates for holiday weekends are usually off more.

[dh1989]

Plus, IMO, Fox had a reason to overestimate the opening of "Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones". Their numbers, which were way over the final number, would give them a bigger opening than "Spider-Man", even if Spidey had a 3-day opening weekend and Clones had a 4-day weekend. This may be speculation, and Fox would NEVER admit to it, but I believe it has a chance of being the truth.

[The Other]

Shit, I got busy the end of last week and couldn't post Wednesday's and Thursday's numbers. Oh well.

[ANTBond007]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. dh is a fucking God. But I'm still better on the whole ;)

[movies35]

I Told You!! Bring Down The House is a HIT!!!!!! 9/10

[arto_j]

Originally posted by dh1989
Plus, IMO, Fox had a reason to overestimate the opening of "Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones". Their numbers, which were way over the final number, would give them a bigger opening than "Spider-Man", even if Spidey had a 3-day opening weekend and Clones had a 4-day weekend. This may be speculation, and Fox would NEVER admit to it, but I believe it has a chance of being the truth.

Actually, even with the "wrong" initial estimates given by Fox, AotC still would've lagged far behind Spider-Man in its opening weekend gross.