Daily Box Office ( July 21st-July 30th )

[AgentSmith]

Monday's Numbers

1. Bad Boys II - $6.01 Million
2. Pirates Of The Caribbean:The Curse of the Black Pearl - $5.33 Million
3. The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - $1.36 Million
4. Johnny English - $1.27 Million
5. Finding Nemo - $1.19 million
6. Terminator 3:Rise Of The Machines - $1.15 Million
7. How To Deal - .981 Million
8. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde - $.980 Million
9. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - $ .572 Million
10. 28 Days Later - .392 Million

[Jedi]

Solid numbers. It's really strange that T3 always gets the largest drop on Monday (59%) among the top ten films.
Piarates of the Caribbean is doing way beyond my expectations! $5.3M on Monday!!!!!!!! In its second week! I can't wait to have this one out here..

[EDsoulsurvive*]

lets c if BB2 can hold up on tuesday like PotC did last week and seemingly continues to this week.

[Mike]

Originally posted by EDsoulsurvive*
lets c if BB2 can hold up on tuesday like PotC did last week and seemingly continues to this week.

I personally don't think it will. It will be under 6 Million for sure, probably between 5.0-5.5 Million.

How To Deal had a very small drop for Monday, by far the smallest in the top 17+. It grossed 1.3 Million on Sunday and $0.981 on Monday, for a drop of only 27%. That's pretty impressive.


Here were the Monday drops for the movies in the top 10:

1. Bad Boys 2 (-55.2%)
2. Pirates Of The Caribbean (-48.9%)
3. The League (-54.5%)
4. Johnny English (-51.3%)
5. Finding Nemo (-39.9%)
6. T3 (-59.1%)
7. How To Deal (-27%)
8. Legally Blonde 2 (-42%)
9. Charlie's Angels 2 (-47.1%)
10. 28 Days Later (-49.5%)

[Kim K]

On boxofficemojo BB2 is listed as having a budget of 140 millions instead of the reported 75. If that's true it gonna have trouble breaking even.

[Jedi]

Tuesday numbers

1) Piarates of the Caribbean
$5.4M - $143.7M

2) Bad Boys II
$5.3M - $57.8M

3) LXG
$1.4M - $45.3M

4) Johnny English
$1.39M - $11.8M

5) Finding Nemo
$1.29M - $306.2M

6) T3
$1.23M - $130.2M

7) Legally Blonde 2
$1.09 - $77.5M

8) How To Deal
$0.912M - $7.7M

9) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
$0.663M - $90.4M

10) 28 Days Later
$0.409M - $34.2M

[Jedi]

Unbelievable! Piarates of the Caribbean is back on top!
Bad Boys II is holding up pretty well despite losing the top spot. It's R-Rated and playing in 200 theatres less than POTC

[EDsoulsurvive*]

Originally posted by Jedi
Unbelievable! Piarates of the Caribbean is back on top!
Bad Boys II is holding up pretty well despite losing the top spot. It's R-Rated and playing in 200 theatres less than POTC

u said it. PotC back on top is amazing! Still, BB2 is doing well for itself too.

[jolanar]

Makes me sad that Finding Nemo is still making more than Terminator 3.

PotC came back into first place, thats pretty rare for that to happen.

[dh1989]

Box Office Guru:

THIS WEEKEND --- Moviegoers not getting enough action sequels this summer will get to rejoice as Paramount delivers its franchise flick Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life which aims to replace Bad Boys II from the number one spot. Meanwhile, Miramax targets families with the effects-driven adventure Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and Universal aims for adults with the horse racing saga Seabiscuit.

After a four-year absence, action director Jan De Bont returns to the big screen with Lara Croft Tomb Raider which finds Angelina Jolie reprising her role as the video game-inspired globe-trotting adventurer. The Paramount franchise film comes two years after the first Tomb Raider which opened to $47.7M leading to a blockbuster $131.2M domestic haul. In the PG-13 sequel, Lara takes on the world's most sinister bio-terrorist in search of Pandora's Box which holds the power to unleash evil on humanity. As the second Croft pic, Cradle lacks the excitement that surrounded the first film which arrived with much more anticipation. With its late July release, the sequel stands as just another in a long and seemingly endless line of action sequels this summer.

With a better director, it's no wonder that Cradle is a slightly better film than its older sibling. But timing will take away from the box office as many moviegoers, even the core audience of young males, are getting their fill of car chases, slo-mo gun battles, and unrealistic stunts. Being early out of the gate helped X2 and The Matrix Reloaded gross nearly $500M combined. But as the twelfth action movie in thirteen weeks, Cradle is in a much more difficult position as it takes so much more to impress moviegoers at this point. Plenty of videogamers and fans of the first flick will be making the return trip this weekend to see Jolie in her skin-tight outfits. And Paramount, which ranks last in market share among the big six studios this year, could really use the cash. But competition will be tough as the top four films last weekend were all action pictures and this weekend the quartet is set to collect over $50M in ticket sales. Blasting into 3,222 theaters, The Cradle of Life might open with around $36M.

Hoping for his biggest opening for a live-action movie in 18 years, Sylvester Stallone leaves behind his new home in the direct-to-video action genre for the world of family films in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. Following its highly successful predecessors, the PG-rated adventure finds the clan of adolescent sleuths entering the realm of a three-dimensional video game to take on the evil Toymaker, played by the former box office heavyweight. Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, and Ricardo Montalban all reprise their roles. 3-D is set to pull in fans of the first two installments and is not likely not bring in new converts. The original Spy Kids was a blockbuster hit in March 2001 when it opened to $26.5M on its way to $106.4M (before the Special Edition re-release). The sequel debuted last August to a three-day take of $16.7M and a five-day bow of $25M and ended its run with $85.8M. The second part's relatively small 19% erosion proved that there was still strong demand for the franchise.

Taking jobs away from other film professionals, Robert Rodriguez once again took control of almost every important crew position in 3-D. The writer-director-editor delivers another clean dose of kid fun for students on summer vacation and parents will be happy to go along for the ride wearing their red and blue 3-D glasses alongside their children. Miramax's marketing efforts have been focused on the family audience and high brand awareness and fresh new gimmicks should guarantee a solid turnout on opening weekend. Stallone's role can't hurt the commercial appeal of the film and stands as a winning move for his own career. Afterall, his biggest opening since the landmark Rambo/Rocky IV year of 1985 came with 1998's cartoon flick Antz. Competition for young people will come primarily from parent company Disney and its long-lasting hit Pirates of the Caribbean. Zooming into about 3,100 theaters, Spy Kids 3-D might find itself with around $17M.

Stepping out of his Spidey suit, Tobey Maguire reunites with Pleasantville director Gary Ross for the inspirational horse racing drama Seabiscuit from Universal and DreamWorks. Co-starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Cooper, the PG-13 film tells the tale of an underdog race horse from the 1930s who beat the odds to become a champion. Seabiscuit is based on the best-selling book by author Laura Hillenbrand and hopes to tap into a built-in high-brow audience the way that so many mindless sequels this summer have tapped into low-brow ones. Mature adults will be the primary audience as young children will go 3-D while teens will raid some tombs this weekend.

As a counterprogramming entry, Seabiscuit arrives at a good time. After three months of action flicks and derivative sequels, the time is right for a serious drama aimed at adults - a demographic often neglected in the summer months. Competition is not very formidable. However, the subject matter is not interesting enough to make it into this year's Road to Perdition. Despite coming off of Spider-Man, Maguire does not provide a bankable star presence and will make many interested moviegoers just wait for the DVD. Media buzz earlier in the summer was hot, but some of the excitement has since subsided. Still, Seabiscuit could be one of the few titles this summer to generate somewhat decent legs. Opening in over 2,200 theaters, the Universal release could race to an opening weekend of about $12M.

Sony brought out the big guns last weekend with Bad Boys II which became the third consecutive July actioner to open in the mid-$40M range. Midweek grosses have been showing the kind of erosion typical of a sequel so a large second-weekend drop is likely. Falling 50%, the Martin Lawrence-Will Smith vehicle might take in $23M this weekend and raise its ten-day total to $91M.

Johnny Depp has continued collecting tons of loot from the nation's theaters with Pirates of the Caribbean, but competition will be fierce this weekend with action fans lining up for Lara Croft and families taking a ride with Spy Kids 3-D. A mild 30% decline could result this weekend giving the Disney smash $24M for the frame and an amazing $177M after only 19 days.

Fox's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has been fading fast so a 50% decline to $5M could result giving the Sean Connery adventure pic $53M in 17 days. Governor Schwarzenegger has been seeing similar declines for Terminator 3 so a drop by half would leave the Warner Bros. cyborg sequel with $5M and $137M overall. Universal might witness a 45% fall for the spy comedy Johnny English leaving a $5M weekend and a ten-day cume of $19M.

[Frank the Tank]

Jesus! Did anybody expect POTC to do this good?

[dh1989]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
Jesus! Did anybody expect POTC to do this good?

Yes, in an older thread, I predicted it to be the biggest hit of the summer. It appears to reach #2.

[dh1989]

Here are the current grosses for all of the summer's blockbusters (spare Bad Boys II and Legally Blonde 2 because I did not have enough room ;)) from Lee's Movie Info...

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I pray Legally Blonde 2 can surpass Full Throttle in terms of gross.

[Frank the Tank]

For Pirates I was thinking it would reach 100mil but not 200 or 250

[Mike]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
Jesus! Did anybody expect POTC to do this good?

I know I didn't...


Originally posted by dh1989
Yes, in an older thread, I predicted it to be the biggest hit of the summer. It appears to reach #2.

Yeah, I remember you were predicting it to be HUGE. I myself never saw it coming though. It has just been doing amazingly. You were right on this one all the way DH! Your prediction for it was the biggest I had seen around here and pretty much anywhere, but it turns out you were dead on with your prediction.


Originally posted by dh1989
I pray Legally Blonde 2 can surpass Full Throttle in terms of gross.

It doesn't look like it will though. It's pretty much a sure thing Full Throttle will reach 100 Million, but I don't see Legally Blonde 2 making more than 95 Million. However, Legally Blonde 2 had the much smaller budget. ;)

[Mike]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
For Pirates I was thinking it would reach 100mil but not 200 or 250

Yeah, I had originally predicted a finish of around 105 Million. I was WAY off.

[dh1989]

Originally posted by Mike
it turns out you were dead on with your prediction.

Thanks, 'Mike'!

Also, you were dead-on with your Finding Nemo prediction. Most predicted it to be a moderate hit. You're the only guy I remember who expected it to be HUGE. Good job! :cool:

[Mike]

Originally posted by dh1989
Thanks, 'Mike'!

Also, you were dead-on with your Finding Nemo prediction. Most predicted it to be a moderate hit. You're the only guy I remember who expected it to be HUGE. Good job! :cool:

No prob! :cool: And thank you ;)!

[AgentSmith]

Wednesday's Numbers

1. Pirates Of The Caribbean:The Curse of the Black Pearl - $5.08 Million
2. Bad Boys II - $4.40 Million
3. The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - $1.30 Million
4. Finding Nemo - $1.28 million
5. Johnny English - $1.22 Million
6. Terminator 3:Rise Of The Machines - $1.08 Million
7. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde - $1.01 Million
8. How To Deal - .764 Million
9. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - $ .596 Million
10. Sinbad:Legend of the Seven Seas - .397 Million

[Kastman]

Well suck me sideways!

I don't know if it's just me, but Finding Nemo is stilllin the fucking top 5..... it hasnt come out here yet, but when it does im gonna see it.

[AgentSmith]

Thursday's Numbers

1. Pirates Of The Caribbean:The Curse of the Black Pearl - $4.83 Million
2. Bad Boys II - $4.15 Million
3. The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - $1.22 Million
4. Finding Nemo - $1.16 million
5. Johnny English - $1.07 Million
6. Terminator 3:Rise Of The Machines - $1.02 Million
7. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde - .915 Million
8. How To Deal - .671 Million
9. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - $ .545 Million
10. 28 Days Later - .398Million

[The Other]

Where's THE HULK dh? That made $129 mil, it should be between 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS and T3.

And CHRIST, FINDING NEMO is going to become the highest grossing animated film ever beating out THE LION KING. That's kinda sad, because THE LION KING was way better.

[dh1989]

Originally posted by The Other
Where's THE HULK dh? That made $129 mil, it should be between 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS and T3.

I forgot to put it on. It's been added.

[Mike]

HOLY SHIT! From what I hear, SEABISCUIT has been doing amazing business and is having tons of sell-outs... Supposedly Tomb Raider 2 isn't doing very good, and Spy Kids 3-D is doing decent. I guess SK 3-D is doing better business than Tomb Raider 2, but not as good as SEABISCUIT. We'll know from the per-screen averages which one had the biggest audiences.

MY GOD THOUGH! I want to kick myself so bad! My predictions suck, I know they will be way wrong now. Well, my prediction of 19.7 Million for SK 3-D is probably fine still, but TR2 should gross less than my 35 Million prediction and Seabiscuit should gross a nice chunk more than my 15.1 Million prediction.


My new predictions based on what I'm hearing:

SEABISCUIT - 21.1 MILLION

TOMB RAIDER 2 - 30.5 MILLION (At the most)

SPY KIDS 3-D - 19.7 MILLION


SEABISCUIT is going to be VERY BIG! It should definitely gross more than 100 Million anyway. Supposedly audiences are loving it, and it will no doubt have GREAT legs.


I'm so damn PISSED at myself for my predictions :mad:, I they will be so off :(.


Friday's numbers should be VERY interesting!

[Horror whore]

Originally posted by Mike
HOLY SHIT! From what I hear, SEABISCUIT has been doing amazing business and is having tons of sell-outs... Supposedly Tomb Raider 2 isn't doing very good, and Spy Kids 3-D is doing decent. I guess SK 3-D is doing better business than Tomb Raider 2, but not as good as SEABISCUIT. We'll know from the per-screen averages which one had the biggest audiences.


Spy Kids 3 will be the biggest of the three (if my theater indicates anything). I saw it at the very first showing and it was nearly sold out, and it had three screens. Both Tomb Raider 2 and Seabiscuit had two screens and their theaters were about 2/3 full...

[Mike]

Originally posted by Horror whore
Spy Kids 3 will be the biggest of the three (if my theater indicates anything). I saw it at the very first showing and it was nearly sold out, and it had three screens. Both Tomb Raider 2 and Seabiscuit had two screens and their theaters were about 2/3 full...

But I heard that the matinee showings earlier in the day did GREAT business and were packed, but then at night it got maybe about half the business.

Supposedly the Seabiscuit ones went strong all day, and were mostly sell-outs at night.


I'm pretty sure Seabiscuit won't be #1 though, since it's in over a thousand less theaters than the other two. But I expect its per-screen average to be the highest.

[Horror whore]

Originally posted by Mike
But I heard that the matinee showings earlier in the day did GREAT business and were packed, but then at night it got maybe about half the business.

Supposedly the Seabiscuit ones went strong all day, and were mostly sell-outs at night.


I'm pretty sure Seabiscuit won't be #1 though, since it's in over a thousand less theaters than the other two. But I expect its per-screen average to be the highest.

Oh, that's probably right. I should've checked to see how many people were in one of the SK3 theaters when I was leaving to see how many people were seeing them later in the day.

I say Seabiscuit and Tomb Raider 2 will perform almost equally this weekend, I'd guess they'll both make around 23-27 million judging by the amount of people I saw in the theaters...

[Mike]

Here were my predictions for this weekends new movies:


TOMB RAIDER 2

Friday - 13.6 Million
Saturday - 12.1 Million
Sunday - 9.3 Million

Total - 35 Million


SPY KIDS 3-D

Friday - 6 Million
Saturday - 8 Million
Sunday - 5.7 Million

Total - 19.7 Million


SEABISCUIT

Friday - 4.7 Million
Saturday - 6 Million
Sunday - 4.4 Million

Total - 15.1 Million



Then after hearing how full the audiences were for each one yesterday, I made predictions for what I thought they might do based on what I heard. Even though these won't count for anything, since they weren't the ones I went with. But I still did it for the hell of it. The only one I didn't change was the one for SPY KIDS 3-D.


TOMB RAIDER 2

Friday - 12.1 Million
Saturday - 10.6 Million
Sunday - 7.8 Million

Total - 30.5 Million


SEABISCUIT

Friday - 6.7 Million
Saturday - 8 Million
Sunday - 6.4 Million

Total - 21.1 Million


Now I think Tomb Raider 2 might make even less...

I kind of doubt this will happen, but could you imagine what a huge disappointment it would be if TR2 made less than 20 Million this weekend? Like 19.9 Million, or hell, even in the low 20 Million would be bad. I guess most people just didn't give a rats ass about seeing this one after the awful first one. Tomb Raider 2 might not even make 100 Million. I wonder if they will even want to continue the series if this one doesn't do too well?!

I guess we'll have to see! I hope the Box Office numbers come out soon... ;)

[optimus1]

I think TR 2 will do 25-30 million this weekend and then suffer from this point on ending up with about 80 million or less..

[Horror whore]

1.) SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER - 11,650,000 (11,650,000)
2.) LARA CROFT AND THE CRADLE OF LIFE: TOMB RAIDER 2 - 8,646,000 (8,646,000)
3.) BAD BOYS II - 6,666,000 (73,117,000)
4.) PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - 6,579,000 (160,281,000)
5.) SEABISCUIT - 6,235,500 (6,235,500)
6.) TERMINATOR 3 - 1,412,500 (133,809,500)
7.) LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN - 1,380,500 (49,234,500)
8.) JOHNNY ENGLISH - 1,378,000 (15,487,000)
9.) FINDING NEMO - 1,254,500 (309,985,500)
10.) HOW TO DEAL - 875,500 (10,057,500)

[Tom Samborski]

Whoa, Spy Kids 3-D did much better than I expected it to! Seabiscuit looks to have very impressive numbers as well. Bad Boys II will take a large fall as expected this weekend.

[Jedi]

I should've stayed with my early predictions. I predicted a $27M opening for TR2 and a $34M opening for SK3. Then I changed them to $34M for TR2 and $30M for SK3.

Well, a $24-26M opening for Tomb Raider isn't as bad as I though it could do. Chances for a $100M+ total are, now, zero!

[Mike]

1) Spy Kids 3-D
Gross: $11.65 mil ($3484 per-screen) - 3344 theaters
Total: $11.65 mil

2) Tomb Raider 2
Gross: $8.646 mil ($2683 per-screen) - 3222 theaters
Total: $8.646 mil

3) Bad Boys II
Gross: $6.666 mil ($2082 per-screen) - 3202 theaters
Total: $73.117 mil

4) Pirates of Caribbean
Gross: $6.579 mil ($1926 per-screen) - 3416 theaters
Total: $160.281 mil

5) Seabiscuit
Gross: $6.236 mil ($3138 per-screen) - 1987 theaters
Total: $6.236 mil

6) Terminator 3
Gross: $1.413 mil ($531 per-screen) - 2660 theaters
Total: $133.81 mil

7) LXG: League of...
Gross: $1.381 mil ($545 per-screen) - 2532 theaters
Total: $49.235 mil

8) Johnny English
Gross: $1.378 mil ($616 per-screen) - 2236 theaters
Total: $15.487 mil

9) Finding Nemo
Gross: $1.255 mil ($620 per-screen) - 2025 theaters
Total: $309.986 mil

10) How to Deal
Gross: $0.876 mil ($378 per-screen) - 2319 theaters
Total: $10.058 mil



HOLY SHIT! Spy Kids 3-D did MUCH better than I expected. I should have stuck with my original 25.1 Million prediction damn it, it at least would have been better. I guess the 3-D gimmick payed off big time, because I really doubt it would have done as good without it.

TOMB RAIDER 2 is definitely a disappointment. I doubt it will even make it to 100 Million. Maybe around 72-80 Million. Do you think they will do TR3 now? With the disappointment that is TR2, American Wedding should do excellent next weekend, about as much as the second one did. I guess teens and young adults were waiting for something better.

SEABISCUIT did GREAT and looks to have GREAT legs. The word of mouth is amazing and reviews were great. It should make it to 100 Million AT LEAST for sure. I'm happy for it. I guess movies with/about horses don't always = Box Office poison...

[Jedi]

I guess Seabiscuit could eventually finish at #4 or even #3 if it gets (as expected) a good Saturday increase. Shame about Tomb Raider 2.. :(

[EDsoulsurvive*]

woah WTG SPY KIDS!

Tomb Raider 2 opened pretty good all things considered. Many people hated teh original, this might show good legs...

Seabiscuit... ugh... well done, i guess...

It's also really good to see T3 still up there.

[boo]

Seabiscuit probably would have done better than Tomb Raider if it had been in more theaters. Its a shame about Tomb Raider.. not that I like the films but it seems like everything Angelina is in flops. Alexander should do great though.

Spy Kids did suprisingly well.. I guess we can expect another sequel now

[optimus1]

Welll the last TR movie didnt flop but it certainly stunk and should have flopped. This new TR flick is being panned everywhere and peeps dont get fooled two times in a row very often.

[Mike]

Originally posted by optimus1
peeps dont get fooled two times in a row very often.

I agree! MOST don't anyway... I know I wasn't going to fall for it. The first SUCKED and was boring as hell, and while this one looks like it will obviously be better (how could it not be), it still looks like more of the same for the most part, and I think it will probably only manage to be OK at best. Anyway, most people aren't going to be too eager to go back for more, which is obvious by the "not so hot" Box Office numbers.

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

And I WON'T be fooled twice ;)...



This is from Box Office Guru:


Enjoying its first number-one opener since the first Spy Kids from over two years ago, Miramax fended off tough competition from two other new releases to top the box office on Friday with Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over which grossed an estimated $11.7M in its first day of release. The 3-D gimmick and the addition of Sylvester Stallone seemed to have sparked excitement in the franchise as the one-day take easily out gunned the $6.9M opening Friday of the first Spy Kids from March 2001 (when children were still in school) and the $4.7M Wednesday bow of last August's sequel. For the weekend, Game Over might find itself with $31-35M and a spot atop the North American box office.

The weekend's other action sequel, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, debuted with an estimated $8.6M on Friday, its first day of the release. That represented a steep 52% drop from the $18M opening day gross of the first Tomb Raider which launched in June 2001. Paramount's first installment collected 38% of its total weekend gross on Friday. Cradle should perform similarly and take in $22-25M for the Friday-to-Sunday period.

Universal's acclaimed drama Seabiscuit raced into theaters on Friday and made off with an estimated $6.2M in its first day of release. One of the best-reviewed films of the summer, the PG-13 horse saga played in over 1,000 fewer theaters than its fellow freshmen titles and nearly matched the $6.6M opening Friday of last July's serious dramatic entry Road to Perdition. As an adult-skewing film, Seabiscuit should see a healthy bump on Saturday so a weekend gross of $19-21M could result.

Among holdovers, Friday-to-Friday declines were 62% for Bad Boys II, 34% for Pirates of the Caribbean, 55% for Johnny English, and 68% for How to Deal.

[Nate6]

Originally posted by Horror whore
2.) LARA CROFT AND THE CRADLE OF LIFE: TOMB RAIDER 2 - 8,646,000 (8,646,000)

Yes! Number 2, and not Number 1!

Another prediction I made in the chatroom is correct.

[Mike]

This is from Box Office Prophets:

Friday Numbers Analysis
By Tim Briody
July 26, 2003


Game Over for Lara Croft

Oh, come on. Don't act so surprised. We all saw what happened to Charlie's Angels the second time around. There was no way the same thing wasn't going to happen with the second Tomb Raider movie.


Spy Kids 3D: Game Over

The third entry in Robert Rodriguez's kiddie trilogy earned a remarkable $11.6 million Friday, more than doubling the $5.2 million first day of last year's Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, and very nearly doing the same to the $6.8 million made
by the first film.

While it's tempting to immediately to slap the 3.27 multiplier of Spy Kids 2 onto 3D, the signifigantly higher Friday number for this one clouds things up a bit. Additionally, multipliers for kids films are tempered in July, as opposed to the March release of the first film or even the August release of the second one. In any event, the weekend multiplier should be somewhere in the vicinity of 2.9 which gives Game Over an outstanding $33.6 million weekend.


Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

While Lara Croft: Tomb Raider had a first Friday of $18 million in 2001, the opening day estimated total of $8.6 million for The Cradle of Life has the sequel basically meeting the same fate that befell Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and proves that no one really wanted a sequel to this film anyway. It's still good for second place this weekend, but t will come nowhere near the $47 million of the first film. However, the 2.64 multiplier that film had is a good comparison for this one, so the $22.7 million weekend for The Cradle of Life brings this video game franchise to a screeching halt.

Seabiscuit

It's not going to win, place or show this weekend, but there's absolutely nothing wrong witht the estimated $6.2 million Friday taken in by Seabiscuit. Last year's inspirational based-on-a-true-story sports movie, The Rookie, had a 2.62 multiplier, though that was more targeted at families rather than mainly adults. We'll bump that one up to 2.9 which gives Seabiscuit a very strong $17.9 million for the weekend, where it will now rely on word-of-mouth to keep going.

Notable Holdovers

Bad boys, bad boys, what are they gonna do? Plunge 60% from last Friday, that's what. Look for a 55-60% weekend decline for the sequel.

The news wasn't much better for the other holdovers. How To Deal falls 68% and Johnny English drops 56.3% from the previous Friday.

[Tom Samborski]

Weekend Estimates

1.Spy Kids 3D: Game Over- $32,500,000
2.Pirates of the Carribean- $22,375,000
3.Bad Boys II- $22,000,000
4.Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life- $21,760,000
5.Seabiscuit- $21,521,000
6.Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines- $5,040,000
7.The League of Extraordinary Gentleman- $4,858,000
8.Johnny English- $4,274,000
9.Finding Nemo- $3,955,000
10.Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, And Blonde- $2,650,000
11.28 Days Later- $2,290,000
12.How to Deal- $2,250,000

[dh1989]

Nice numbers. Seabiscuit made a wonderful amount of money, and there was another fine hold for Pirates of the Caribbean. I'm happy. Thankfully, Paramount is probably burying the chance of Lara Croft franchise right this second.

Sadly, T3 dropped almost ANOTHER 50%.

[Mike]

HOLY FUCK! Seabiscuit made 21.521 Million this weekend :eek:! That's GREAT! It's going to have GREAT legs... I would laugh my ass off if when the actuals are released tomorrow it beat out Tomb Raider 2. My god, 21.760 Million is BAD. But that's because a lot of people weren't going to be fooled again. I thought it was funny many would even want to bother seeing this sequel in theaters, since most hated the first. I don't see a Tomb Raider 3 anytime soon, unless they have some gimmick like Tomb Raider 3-D: Lara's Breasts. Other than that, I doubt they'll be in a hurry to do one.

Wow, it's weekends like this that make the Box Office so much fun. I love it when underdogs perform above expectations, etc... The surprises make it interesting. Even if I don't think I'll see Seabiscuit until video, I'm rooting for it all the way. I hope it does great and makes a ton of money (which it obviously will).

[Tom Samborski]

Originally posted by dh1989
Sadly, T3 dropped almost ANOTHER 50%.

It actually dropped 46%. Its drops have been getting smaller each weekend, so that's a good sign.

[Nate6]

Originally posted by Tom Samborski
5.Seabiscuit- $21,521,000

:eek: That's fuckin' amazing! And it's in less than 2,000 theaters! The WOM on this movie is dynamite, and as Mike said, it'll have great legs! Hopefully Universal will get smart and expand it a little next weekend, so it'll come to my theatre...

Did anyone else notice that less than $1 million separates the #2 film from the #5 film? And that $17 million separates the #5 film from the #6 film? This has got to be one of the weirdest weekends at the BO in history...

[Jedi]

This is so fucking unbelievable! Tomb Raider opened in fourth place? FOURTH?? And with just $21M. Even LXG managed $23M. I'm shocked. Disappointed! whatever..

Good to see Spy Kids 3-D doing well. I love those movies but were excited all the way though about Tomb Raider I almost forgot it's being released this week.

[Jedi]

Originally posted by Tom Samborski
It actually dropped 46%. Its drops have been getting smaller each weekend, so that's a good sign.

I don't see it a very good sign as its weekend grosses are getting smaller each weekend. It will be great if it manages to reach $150M.

[Nate6]

Originally posted by Tom Samborski
11.28 Days Later- $2,290,000

I was a part of that :);)

[Tom Samborski]

I think it will reach $150 million. BTW, the international grosses + domestic grosses will for sure help this film make its budget back.

[Jedi]

Originally posted by Tom Samborski
I think it will reach $150 million. BTW, the international grosses + domestic grosses will for sure help this film make its budget back.

It sure will. It opened in my town in two theatres (that's as much prints of a foreign film allowed to be released in town) and so far I can't find a ticket for myself. It's all reserved for at least 5 days so I'm gonna have to wait. Not that it will count in million dollars but it is a sign of the popularity of the film.

[dh1989]

Originally posted by Tom Samborski
It actually dropped 46%.

That's why I said "almost"... ;)

[T-1000]

i am actually very happy with T3's gross this weekend. It beat Finding Nemo, LXG, and Johnny English. Plus, it also went up against stiff competition.

I was expecting T3 to drop to 9th place, but i am happy that it didnt.

i expect T3 to make it to $150-$155 million

[Nate6]

Originally posted by Mike
I don't see a Tomb Raider 3 anytime soon, unless they have some gimmick like Tomb Raider 3-D: Lara's Breasts.

OK, there's a Tomb Raider movie I actually would see...;)

[AgentSmith]

Awesome numbers for Pirates... What a great movie that was... Not to mention Seabiscuit.. Holy Shit... I expect it to be this years Road to Perdition...

[Jedi]

Originally posted by AgentSmith
Awesome numbers for Pirates... What a great movie that was... Not to mention Seabiscuit.. Holy Shit... I expect it to be this years Road to Perdition...

It could do even better. It's PG-13 and its story would appeal to a larger range of audience than that of Road To Perdition's.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Nate6
OK, there's a Tomb Raider movie I actually would see...;)

I probably would too, but they'd have to get some better friggin' glasses.


Originally posted by AgentSmith
Awesome numbers for Pirates... What a great movie that was... Not to mention Seabiscuit.. Holy Shit... I expect it to be this years Road to Perdition...

I think it will perform better than Road To Perdition. Road To Perdition was darker and "R" rated. Seabiscuit is PG-13 and families can see it. I think Seabiscuit could make 150 Million...


So, I wonder if this had started a trend now? Releasing a more serious film in July on under 2,000 screens. I think it probably will be done every year now. It's a good idea, because a lot of people are sick of the big effects filled blockbusters and sequels by this time.

[optimus1]

T3's numbers are a huge disappointment , that its not gonna make back the 175 million here in the US alone is a joke...Arnie better think about running for governor. I know with overseas it will end up making some money and then DVD will put it well over the top but its a big kick in the ass to see a pirate movie simply blow away a Terminator movie. Ya I know its PG and T3 is R but still this movie should have done a minimum of 200 million in the US. Lots of people made a mistake and thought it would suck. Obviously knowing the DVD is sure to come out soon after the movie is out of the theaters does help to kill the gross on some of these movies. In the old days a video wouldnt come out for the movie for almost 9 months to a year after the flick left the theaters. I am just disappointed cause T4 is not a definite anymore whereas if it kicked ass here it would definitely get made.

[T-1000]

T3 had to overcome many obstacles.

1. WB did a terrible job marketing the film
2. Negative buzz- no Cameron, no Hamilton, new director, etc.
3. Its a third installment
4. Tons of competition. New blockbusters are being released every week. T2 didnt have to deal with any of that.


When all of this is taken into consideration, T3's numbers arent bad at all.

WB only spent $50 million on T3, so they already made their money back. Intermedia/C2 will make their money back through the International gross. Both sides will more than likely make huge profits through DVD/VHS sales/rentals and merchandising.

[The Other]

What I find to be pretty amazing is that 5 films made $20+ million this past weekend. Christ, when was the last time that happened?

[AgentSmith]

# Title Jul 25 - 27 Jul 18 - 20 % Chg. Theaters Weeks AVG Cumulative Distributor


1. Spy Kids 3-D, $32,500,000, 3,344, 1, $9,719, $32,500,000, Miramax

2. Pirates of the Caribbean, $22,375,000, $34,034,597, -34.3, 3,416, 3, $6,550, $176,077,000, Buena Vista

3. Bad Boys II, $22,000,000, $46,522,560, -52.7, 3,202, 2, 6,871, $88,452,000, Sony

4. Lara Croft Tomb Raider II, $21,760,000, 3,222, 1, $6,754, $21,760,000, Paramount

5. Seabiscuit, $21,521,000, 1,989, 1, $10,820, $21,521,000, Universal

6. T3: Rise of the Machines, 5,040,000, $9,327,409, -46.0, 2,660, 4, $1,895, $137,436,000, Warner Bros.

7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, $4,860,000, $10,158,545, -52.2, $2,532, 3, 1,919, $52,717,000, Fox

8. Johnny English, $4,273,000, $9,134,085, -53.2, $2,236, 2, 1,911, $18,382,000, Universal

9. Finding Nemo, $3,955,000, $7,275,723, -45.6, $2,025, 9, 1,953, $312,683,000, Buena Vista

10. Legally Blonde 2, 2,650,000, $6, 122,444, -56.7, $1,250, $82,115,000, MGM

[AgentSmith]

Originally posted by The Other
What I find to be pretty amazing is that 5 films made $20+ million this past weekend. Christ, when was the last time that happened?

That is a good point... I can't remember that either...

That is very unprecedented... :D

[thompsoncory]

Unbelievable numbers! Five movies over $20 million is amazing. Good for Spy Kids 3-D. I disliked the 3-D aspect of the film but it was still a welcome addition to the series. Disappointing numbers for Tomb Raider 2 though, it was a lot better than the first film and deserved more business. If it has good legs it could make it to $80 million domestically, which is OK, and wouldn't make it a total failure. Pirates Of The Caribbean is still doing amazing business and should even pass THE MATRIX RELOADED by the end of it's run. Bad Boys II held up better than expected. This could make it to $140 million. As for Seabiscuit, I knew from the start that this would be big. It will probably make well over $100 million since the word of mouth is fabulous.

[Frank the Tank]

That's awesome that Tomb Raider didn't do that good and that Pirates is still doing great.

[movies35]

Those are amazing numbers!! I can't believe Pirates is STILL making lots of money... it deserves it. Too bad Finding Nemo is doing so bad. ;)

[dellamorte dellamore]

Those are some horrible numbers for Tomb Raider , yikes , honestly it's pretty pathetic . Maybe it's the end of the Maxim generation film , with all the pandering to the developmentally disabled 18 to 34 demographic.


I don't see how the cheesefest with emasculated Pirates is still making money , but i guess there is an audience for it . Oh no , now we have to suffer through another sequel , why oh why , i wish the film would just sink already , and take the effeminate parisian Johhny Boy Depp with it . His act is getting old , but i admit he's still somewhat cool .


Seabiscuit looks like a serious chunk blowing pretensious , look at me , please give me an oscar fest , with a ton of histrorical innacuraties thrown in for dramatic effect ( from what iv'e read ) . I hate , absolutely hate these silly period pieces , especially one about a freakin' horse . Sorry , horse rcing is not a sport , it's merely another outlet for addicted gamblers to get their fix . Never liked it , never cared for it , and i certainly don't want to see some assinine film about it .


Did i see that 28 days made around 2 mil for the weekend , i guess the cheap marketing trick snookered some people into seeing it again . Either way the film is way , way , way overrated . I know , some people hate that word , but i think it applies in certain instances , and this is easily one of them .


I don't mind BB2 doing half way decent BO , i think we need more films like it , it's a pure guy film , like i said before . A welcome respite from the Legally Blondes , Pirates , Finding Nemo's , and whatever silly film Jlo comes out with .


T3 is barely hanging in there , i wish that one out of all the others did a bit better , it's easily one of the best of the year , but it will no doubt make a profit when all is said and done , it's cleaning up overseas .


Now , honestly i'm bored with all this silly weekend BO scoreboard watching , and how obsessed the media is about it . Is it really news , is it really that important to the average lunkhead , will it improve someone's life , or cure disease or sometrhing . I'm sick of it already , it doesn't really mean to much in the end . I wish i could go back to a time when you just went to a film you thought was good and didn't give a crap about what some critic said about it , or how much money it made it's first weekend , so my vow to the shmoes is this , i'll never again post in this thread again , because i just don't give a kangaroos ass how much a particular film makes , let the pinhead executives and the broadcast / cable news concern themselves with all that nonsense .

[JCPhoenix]

WOOHOO!! Pirates is still doing great :D

I'm so glad, hopefully they'll release a kick ass loaded dvd. I have NEVER gone to see a film twice, but I'm actually thinking of going back to see it a second time in theatres...

And according to box office guru, 5 films doing over $20 million each is the first time it's ever happened in box-office history. And I hope Pirates remains #2 when the estimates come out, but I still don't see it reaching anywhere near $275 million. Pirates rocks tho!

Seabiscuit, i'm really surprised at how it did, but I'm happy, especially since i had reservations about it, and generally the word of mouth seems to be quite positive...

And thank god Tomb Raider 2 "bombed". I mean seriously, who actually liked the first one?

Hopefully this will be the year that teaches Hollywood that sequels don't automatically make more money...and hopefully it'll be the last year that we have so many damn sequels. I think the sequel factor may have even helped films like Seabiscuit do a bit better (i know a lot has to do with word of mouth, but look how well Pirates, Finding Nemo, 28 Days Later, Seabiscuit, etc are doing, a lot of it is due to the fact that there's wayyy too many sequels out there right now) and also, i think audiences are getting a bit sick of comic book adaptations too...

Please Hollywood! More ORIGINAL ideas! Less sequels...this summer has been an all sequel fest, I really wanted more original films...

[Negrotigre]

Originally posted by thompsoncory
Unbelievable numbers! Five movies over $20 million is amazing. Good for Spy Kids 3-D. I disliked the 3-D aspect of the film but it was still a welcome addition to the series. Disappointing numbers for Tomb Raider 2 though, it was a lot better than the first film and deserved more business. If it has good legs it could make it to $80 million domestically, which is OK, and wouldn't make it a total failure. Pirates Of The Caribbean is still doing amazing business and should even pass THE MATRIX RELOADED by the end of it's run. Bad Boys II held up better than expected. This could make it to $140 million. As for Seabiscuit, I knew from the start that this would be big. It will probably make well over $100 million since the word of mouth is fabulous.

That pirate movie has a long way to go before it passes up the Matrix Reloaded, I don't think it will come close.

[Negrotigre]

Originally posted by dellamorte dellamore
Those are some horrible numbers for Tomb Raider , yikes , honestly it's pretty pathetic . Maybe it's the end of the Maxim generation film , with all the pandering to the developmentally disabled 18 to 34 demographic.


I don't see how the cheesefest with emasculated Pirates is still making money , but i guess there is an audience for it . Oh no , now we have to suffer through another sequel , why oh why , i wish the film would just sink already , and take the effeminate parisian Johhny Boy Depp with it . His act is getting old , but i admit he's still somewhat cool .


Seabiscuit looks like a serious chunk blowing pretensious , look at me , please give me an oscar fest , with a ton of histrorical innacuraties thrown in for dramatic effect ( from what iv'e read ) . I hate , absolutely hate these silly period pieces , especially one about a freakin' horse . Sorry , horse rcing is not a sport , it's merely another outlet for addicted gamblers to get their fix . Never liked it , never cared for it , and i certainly don't want to see some assinine film about it .


Did i see that 28 days made around 2 mil for the weekend , i guess the cheap marketing trick snookered some people into seeing it again . Either way the film is way , way , way overrated . I know , some people hate that word , but i think it applies in certain instances , and this is easily one of them .


I don't mind BB2 doing half way decent BO , i think we need more films like it , it's a pure guy film , like i said before . A welcome respite from the Legally Blondes , Pirates , Finding Nemo's , and whatever silly film Jlo comes out with .


T3 is barely hanging in there , i wish that one out of all the others did a bit better , it's easily one of the best of the year , but it will no doubt make a profit when all is said and done , it's cleaning up overseas .


Now , honestly i'm bored with all this silly weekend BO scoreboard watching , and how obsessed the media is about it . Is it really news , is it really that important to the average lunkhead , will it improve someone's life , or cure disease or sometrhing . I'm sick of it already , it doesn't really mean to much in the end . I wish i could go back to a time when you just went to a film you thought was good and didn't give a crap about what some critic said about it , or how much money it made it's first weekend , so my vow to the shmoes is this , i'll never again post in this thread again , because i just don't give a kangaroos ass how much a particular film makes , let the pinhead executives and the broadcast / cable news concern themselves with all that nonsense .

I don't find Pirates wearing mascara all that intriguing, So I've thus far avoided the flick. Depp looks way too effeminate.

Hail, to El Negro

[AgentSmith]

Originally posted by The Other
What I find to be pretty amazing is that 5 films made $20+ million this past weekend. Christ, when was the last time that happened?

Found out...

The overall marketplace sizzled as five films grossed over $20M each over the weekend for the first time in box office history.

[Mike]

This is from Box Office Guru:


THIS WEEKEND As expected, an action sequel opened at number one, however it was the family of crimefighters in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over that topped the charts and not the video game-inspired heroine of Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life which settled for a disappointing fourth-place launch. Meanwhile, the horse racing drama Seabiscuit delivered a strong debut despite playing in a thousand less locations and led all wide releases with its solid per-theater average. The overall marketplace sizzled as five films grossed over $20M each.over the weekend for the first time in box office history. Less than one million dollars separated four of those films so rankings could change on Monday when final numbers are released. But the trio of new releases allowed the top ten to swell to its highest level in seven weeks.

Soaring above the competition, the family adventure sequel Spy Kids 3-D captured the top spot with an estimated $32.5M giving Miramax its first number one bow in over two years and Sylvester Stallone the largest opening weekend of his thirty-year career. The PG-rated film invaded 3,344 theaters and averaged a robust $9,719 per venue. Reuniting filmmaker Robert Rodriguez with Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, and Ricardo Montalban, the kidpic offered today's children their first 3-D experience and attracted a bigger opening than either of the first two Spy Kids flicks which launched with $26.5M and $16.7M, respectively.

With a reported production budget of $40M, Spy Kids 3-D was a relatively low-cost picture by summer blockbuster standards and should become another profitable installment in the series. Most industry expectaions were in the high teens going into the weekend which once again proves how unreliable pre-release tracking can be for kids movies.

Holding steady at number two was Disney's swashbuckling sensation Pirates of the Caribbean which made off with another $22.4M, according to estimates, in its third weekend. Dropping only 34%, the PG-13 adventure has raised its 19-day cume to a towering $176.1M and should become the fifth $200M+ blockbuster of the summer sometime next weekend.

After arresting the top spot last weekend, Sony's action sequel Bad Boys II fell an understandable 53% to an estimated $22M raising its ten-day total to $88.5M. The big-budget Martin Lawrence-Will Smith vehicle looks to reach $135-140M. By surpassing the $65.8M gross of its 1995 original, Bad Boys II became the first summer sequel to outperform its predecessor since The Matrix Reloaded.

Paramount's big summer tentpole Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life opened in fourth place attracting less than half of the opening weekend audience of its 2001 predecessor. The Angelina Jolie sequel collected an estimated $21.8M from an ultrawide 3,222 theaters for a decent, but not lively, average of $6,754. The first Tomb Raider broke the record for a debut for a film with a female lead opening to $47.7M in June 2001, but excitement for a new Croft adventure has clearly declined since. Plus following on the heels of a dozen other summer action movies, moviegoers were not interested in a thirteenth one.

Directed by Jan De Bont, who took over from the first film's Simon West, Cradle skewed 52% male and 55% age 25 and older. Given how sequels of this type tend to attract a large share of their audience in the first week, it will be difficult for the $95M actioner to reach a domestic gross that matches its budget. Instead, the PG-13 sequel may find its way to about half of the first hit's $131.2M gross. That comes as disappointing news for Paramount which ranks last in market share this year among the six major studios. With underwhelming results from Star Trek: Nemesis, Rugrats Go Wild, and now Tomb Raider, the Viacom-owned studio could be running low on healthy franchises.

With every other top five release playing in over 3,000 theaters, Universal's uplifting period drama Seabiscuit galloped into only 1,989 locations and held its own grossing an estimated $21.5M generating a powerful per-theater average of $10,820 - the best in the top ten. Based on the best-selling book, the PG-13 film stars Tobey Maguire as the jockey of a 1930s race horse that beats the odds to become a champion. Reviews were mostly glowing and with no other serious films exciting adults this summer, Seabiscuit swooped in and satisfied an underserved audience looking for a quality film that was new and fresh. The acclaimed drama was produced for a pricey $85M and was split with DreamWorks which will distribute overseas.

Long-term prospects seem promising and early word-of-mouth is very positive which sets the film apart from the season's endless slate of action sequels. Universal reported that a very high 97% found the Gary Ross-directed film to be "excellent" or "very good" and that 88% would definitely recommend it. Adult women were the core audience as 79% of the crowd was over the age of 30 and 59% was female, according to studio exit polls. With its strong start, critical acclaim, and growing buzz, Seabiscuit looks to stay in the top ten for the rest of summer and will likely become a member of the $100M club.

With sequels making up half of the top ten, and taking three of the top four slots, franchise fever was still hot at the box office. Sequels have opened at number one during four of the last five weeks and should continue the trend next weekend when Universal unleashes American Wedding, the third and supposedly final chapter in the American Pie series, in over 3,000 theaters. Its competitors will include the Jennifer Lopez-Ben Affleck vehicle Gigli bowing in over 2,100 locations and indie hit Bend It Like Beckham which expands into over 1,000 venues.

A pair of quickly fading July titles from aging action stars followed. Warner Bros. collected an estimated $5M, down 46%, for Terminator 3 which has pushed its take to $137.4M. For Arnold Schwarzenegger, T3 has become his biggest grosser in nine years and should eventually inch past the $146.3M of 1994's True Lies to become the actor's second largest grosser ever trailing the $204.8M of 1991's T2. Sean Connery's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen grossed an estimated $4.9M, off 52%, lifting the Fox film's cume to $52.7M.

Universal's British import Johnny English dropped 51% to an estimated $4.3M in its sophomore frame boosting the ten-day cume to $18.4M. Produced for $35M, the Rowan Atkinson spoof comedy should bumble its way to $30-33M adding to its blockbuster international cume of $117.3M.

The top ten's oldest fish, the Disney/Pixar smash Finding Nemo, faced tough competition from the family hit Spy Kids 3-D and witnessed the worst decline of its nine-week run dropping 46% to an estimated $4M. The megablockbuster toon has grossed a mammoth $312.7M and on Monday will swim past the $312.9M of 1994's original run of The Lion King to become the highest-grossing animated film ever. Ticket prices, of course, have risen substantially since Simba's day nine years ago. Next month, Nemo should pass the $328.5M lifetime gross of The Lion King which includes grosses from last year's Imax run. Currently, the fish flick sits at number 12 on the list of all-time domestic blockbusters following 2001's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring which grossed $313.4M.

Rounding out the top ten was MGM's comedy sequel Legally Blonde 2 which tumbled 57% to an estimated $2.7M in its fourth frame bringing its cume to $82.1M

Three films fell from the top ten over the weekend. Crumbling 61% in its second weekend, Mandy Moore's teen drama How to Deal grossed an estimated $2.3M. Budgeted at $16M, the New Line release has taken in just $11.4M in ten days and looks to end its run quickly with a gross that should match its cost. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle also took a nosedive plunging 63% to an estimated $1.4M in its fifth weekend. The heavily-hyped Sony title, which carries an estimated production pricetag of $120M, has grossed $93M from North America to date and should conclude with about $96M, or 23% less than the $125.3M of the first Charlie's Angels.

Fox Searchlight made the unusual move of adding an alternate ending to its horror hit 28 Days Later this weekend and saw a slim 10% decline to an estimated $2.3M. The $8M British film has grossed $37.3M domestically and is set to end with $42-45M making it the second highest-grossing film in Searchlight history after 1997's The Full Monty which brought in $45.9M.

In limited release debuts, Miramax's controversial military drug scandel pic Buffalo Soldiers had a mediocre bow in six theaters with an estimated gross of $29,000 for a mild $4,833 average. Acquired nearly two years ago by its distributor, the Joaquin Phoenix drama had been bumped around on the calendar a number of times and played only in New York and Los Angeles this weekend. Fox Searchlight saw weak results from its Mexican drama Lucia Lucia which took in a estimated $66,000 from 49 theaters for a poor $1,353 average.

The top ten films grossed an estimated $140.9M which was up 9% from last year when Austin Powers in Goldmember opened at number one with a July record $76.6M; and was even with 2001 when Planet of the Apes debuted in the top spot with a then-record $68.5M.

[sr.benitez]

Spy Kids 3-D has been made a hit by every pothead in town, including me :D it's a pretty cool experience i hope more and better movies are made like this. i'm actually surprised at how well is doing as i expected the bomb Tom Raider to do well, but as i kinda new, it bombed!! and hopefully we won't get a Tomb Raider 3.

[Horror whore]

Spy Kids 3D- I'm happy for it. The movie was good, but the 3D pretty much sucked. Hopefully it'll make a lot more money and they actually do go ahead with a 4th installment, I'm all for it.
Pirates of the Carribean- It's nice to see a movie holding up so well when almost all other movies are seeing 50+% drops every week, but I wish a better movie was the one holding up so well. This one wasn't that good, and no matter what anyone says, was not action packed..... I'm finding it to be a bit overrated.
Bad Boys II- Good for it. I thought this movie was great. Screw all the old critics like Ebert who can't see it for what it really is, a popcorn action movie.
Tomb Raider 2- The movie wasn't that bad. I kind of feel bad for it and I wish it would've done better. But it's not suprising at all seeing as the original did suck so much.
Seabiscuit- Damn, this movie did great! I thoguht it would only make around 17 million for the weekend but I was wrong. I actually wouldn't mind checking this one out in theaters but I'd have no one to go with so I'm probably just going to end up waiting for video.

[Weapon X]

Originally posted by JCPhoenix
And thank god Tomb Raider 2 "bombed". I mean seriously, who actually liked the first one?

*punches out JCPheonix*

Hey, you asked.

[Freeway]

Originally posted by Horror whore
Spy Kids 3D- I'm happy for it. The movie was good, but the 3D pretty much sucked. Hopefully it'll make a lot more money and they actually do go ahead with a 4th installment, I'm all for it.
Pirates of the Carribean- It's nice to see a movie holding up so well when almost all other movies are seeing 50+% drops every week, but I wish a better movie was the one holding up so well. This one wasn't that good, and no matter what anyone says, was not action packed..... I'm finding it to be a bit overrated.
Bad Boys II- Good for it. I thought this movie was great. Screw all the old critics like Ebert who can't see it for what it really is, a popcorn action movie.
Tomb Raider 2- The movie wasn't that bad. I kind of feel bad for it and I wish it would've done better. But it's not suprising at all seeing as the original did suck so much.
Seabiscuit- Damn, this movie did great! I thoguht it would only make around 17 million for the weekend but I was wrong. I actually wouldn't mind checking this one out in theaters but I'd have no one to go with so I'm probably just going to end up waiting for video.

You are right about POTC. T3 is action-packed, POTC simply is not. I have not seen any of the new films yet (Tomorrow I'm seeing TR2 and Seabiscuit) so I have no real comment on them other than I was surprised Spy Kids 3D did so well. It should easily make it over 100 million. Dimension should make the director keep making these films on small budgets so they can keep raking in the dough. Well done all involved for an extremely profitable kid-aimed franchise.:cool:

[JCPhoenix]

Originally posted by Weapon X
*punches out JCPheonix*

Hey, you asked.

LOL, anyone BESIDES Weapon X? anyone? anyone at all? i thought so ;)

Originally posted by Freeway
You are right about POTC. T3 is action-packed, POTC simply is not. I have not seen any of the new films yet (Tomorrow I'm seeing TR2 and Seabiscuit) so I have no real comment on them other than I was surprised Spy Kids 3D did so well. It should easily make it over 100 million. Dimension should make the director keep making these films on small budgets so they can keep raking in the dough. Well done all involved for an extremely profitable kid-aimed franchise.

I'm a huge huge fan of Pirates but I agree with this. It really isn't *THAT* action packed...i like it more for its humor than anything else :D And yeah, it's amazing what Rodriguez has done with the Spy Kids films and conserving budgets and all.

[Sad man]

YAY! Tomb Raider 2 bombed! I can belive it! Only $20...I almost feel bad for it...almost. :D

[Mike]

I think SPY KIDS 3-D will make 90-102 Million... The 3-D gimmick is the main reason this one did so well. People were curious and would check out pretty much anything in 3-D. But most everyone has said how much the 3-D for it sucks and how annoying and blurry the glasses are. Most people that were curious went opening weekend, and once word gets out about the shitty 3-D, others might just stay away. I don't see it holding up as well as the other Spy Kids movies. I'm predicting a drop of around 45% for next weekend.

[dh1989]

At my theatre, the 3-D got a great reaction, minus this one teenage bitch who kept complaining about how her eyes hurt, and I think the film will get great W.O.M. because of it.

[Jedi]

Did anyone notice how well Matrix Reloaded is doing? Despite losing many theatres every week it's still in the top 20 and it's still making a $3000+ per screen theatre! It will find no problem reaching $280M. That's cool.

Same for The Italian Job. It's made $94M and I'mhoping\guessing it'll soon reach the $100M.

..And they gave Crappy Day Care another re-release!

[Tom Samborski]

I agree with Horror Whore, Pirates of the Carribean (7.5/10) was a fun movie, I didn't think it was all that action packed, in fact, it got really boring at parts. I do find the film to be a tad overrated.

[Tom Samborski]

I agree with Horror Whore, Pirates of the Carribean (7.5/10) was a fun movie, but I didn't think it was all that action packed, in fact, it got really boring at parts. I do find the film to be a tad overrated.