Daily Box-Office Numbers: August 25 - August 31

[Tom Samborski]

Monday's Numbers

1.Freddy v.s Jason- $1,265,000
2.S.W.A.T- $1,126,358
3.Freaky Friday- $1,046,027
4.Open Range- $861,624
5.Pirates of the Carribean- $834,818
6.The Medallion- $747,093
7.Uptown Girls- $691,725
8.American Wedding- $653,755
9.Seabiscuit- $646,170
10.My Boss's Daughter- $555,000
11.Bad Boys II- $215,952
12.Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life- $159,806

[XCoRyX]

Am I the only one who considers them very low numbers?I mean I know its a weekday and all...

[slasherfan]

You should see what Marci X made.....

[Mike]

Originally posted by XCoRyX
Am I the only one who considers them very low numbers?I mean I know its a weekday and all...

It's that time of the year again---the end of summer. It's always sad to see the Box Office numbers get so low. It just reminds you that summer is officially over :(. Let's all take some time to grieve...

[XCoRyX]

indeed mike...indeed..

[dh1989]

I am truly happy that summer is over! Sure, the box office'll be deader than the people who saw The Medallion for a couple of weeks, but soon, the weekends'll spark up again, and most weekend will have MULTIPLE heavy-hitters, thus it'll be more exciting than: "Oh, one film came out and grossed 66 million.... Yipee."

THANK GOD!

[Sad man]

Now that the summer is over, maybe some small movies can make more money, without all those big blockbuster movies.

[XCoRyX]

Tuesdays Numbers (hope nobody gets pissed i posted them instead of the usual posters)

1 S.W.A.T.- $1,152,990

2 FREDDY VS. JASON- $1,123,000

3 FREAKY FRIDAY- $1,077,526

4 OPEN RANGE- $918,466

5 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN- $911,997

6 THE MEDALLION- $727,892

7 UPTOWN GIRLS- $711,579

8 SEABISCUIT- $709,520

9 AMERICAN WEDDING- $690,760

10 MY BOSS'S DAUGHTER- $483,000


okay,why did i quickly post these numbers up...because...how the fuck is SWAT beating F Vs. J out?That ain't too shabby or cool man...

[Fisting Ackbar]

Originally posted by XCoRyX
boxoffice Tuesday


You pasted the numbers from Monday, although keeping the correct order of the top films.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2003-08-26&p=.htm

[XCoRyX]

oh shit im sorry,i'll fix it now.

[Mike]

**********WEEKEND THEATER COUNTS**********


NEW


Jeepers Creepers 2 (MGM) / 3,124

Civil Brand (Lions Gate) / 35

Nola (IDP) / 19

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (SPC) / 6 (LA, NYC)




EXPANDING


Freaky Friday (Disney) / 3,067 (+9) / 4

The Medallion (Sony/Screen Gems) / 2,652 (+4) / 2

Seabiscuit (Universal) / 2,550 (+16) / 6

Open Range (Disney) / 2,244 (+81) / 3

My Boss's Daughter (Dimension) / 2,206 (+5) / 2

The Italian Job (Paramount) / 1,964 (+1,900) / 14

Finding Nemo (Disney) / 1,053 (+215) / 14

Le Divorce (Fox Searchlight) / 701 (+279) / 4

Whale Rider (Newmarket) / 499 (+161) / 13

Dirty Pretty Things (Miramax) / 383 (+143) / 7

The Matrix Reloaded (Warner Bros.) / 325 (+235) / 16

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (DreamWorks) / 246 (+157) / 9

The Magdalene Sisters (Miramax) / 203 (+142) / 5

The Secret Lives of Dentists (Manhattan) / 160 (+74) / 5

Camp (IFC) / 116 (+47) / 6

American Splendor (Fine Line) / 88 (+56) / 3

Step Into Liquid (Artisan) / 76 (+26) / 4

Thirteen (Fox Searchlight) / 73 (+68) / 2

And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (Paramount Classics) / 48 (+3) / 5

The Battle of Shaker Heights (Miramax) / 12 (+7) / 2

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (Palm) / 8 (+7) / 2

Km.0 (TLA) / 4 (+3) / 8



NO CHANGE


Marci X (Paramount) / 1,200 / 2

Jet Lag (Miramax) / 6 / 12

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (Miramax) / 2 / 3

Venus Boyz (First Run) / 1 / 2



DECLINING


Freddy vs. Jason (New Line) / 2,929 (-85) / 3

S.W.A.T. (Sony) / 2,781 (-423) / 4

Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (Dimension) / 2,385 (-44) / 6

Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney) / 2,227 (-177) / 8

Uptown Girls (MGM) / 2,166 (-329) / 3

American Wedding (Universal) / 1,805 (-662) / 5

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (Paramount) / 1,030 (-242) /
6

Bad Boys II (Sony) / 869 (-333) / 7

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (MGM) / 817 (-170) / 9

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Sony) / 334 (-208) / 10

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Warner Bros.) / 325 (-86) / 9

Grind (Warner Bros.) / 303 / (-1,950) / 3

Bruce Almighty (Universal) / 290 (-42) / 15

Swimming Pool (Focus) / 214 (-21) / 9

The Hulk (Universal) / 185 (-76) / 11

2 Fast 2 Furious (Universal) / 170 (-45) / 13

Rugrats Go Wild (Paramount) / 152 (-111) / 12

Johnny English (Universal) / 150 (-67) / 7

Northfork (Paramount Classics) / 56 (-8) / 8

I Capture the Castle (IDP) / 30 (-9) / 8

Passionada (IDP) / 27 (-9) / 3

Chicago (Miramax) / 26 (-28) / 36

Mondays in the Sun (Lions Gate) / 16 (-4) / 6

Buffalo Soldiers (Miramax) / 12 (-8) / 6

The Man on the Train (Paramount Classics) / 9 (-5) / 17

The Trip (TLA) / 5 (-2) / 17

City of God (Miramax) / 2 (-1) / 33



It's going to be interesting to see how a lot of the limitedly released movies perform this weekend with all of the expansions.

[XCoRyX]

yeah indeed mike,hopefully thirteen does ok and expands to somewhere closer.

[XCoRyX]

and sad news for horror schmoes like myself,on thursday, Freddy Vs. Jason dropped to the #4 spot...not good man...

[Frank the Tank]

Holy Shit!! Freddy Vs Jason dropped to number 6 for Friday and now at the rate it is going it will end up with at lest 80mil dollars. Open Range is having good legs and was at 4. POTC was at 5. Jeepers Creepers 2 made 5 mil at number 1 for Friday.

[Mike]

1) Jeepers Creepers II
Gross: $5.2835 mil ($1691 per-screen) - 3124 theaters
Total: $5.284 mil

2) Freaky Friday
Gross: $2.4935 mil ($813 per-screen) - 3067 theaters
Total: $80.740 mil

3) S.W.A.T.
Gross: $2.167 mil ($779 per-screen) - 2781 theaters
Total: $94.092 mil

4) Open Range
Gross: $1.9805 mil ($883 per-screen) - 2244 theaters
Total: $34.715 mil

5) Pirates of Caribbean
Gross: $1.9625 mil ($881 per-screen) - 2227 theaters
Total: $266.162 mil

6) Freddy vs Jason
Gross: $1.828 mil ($624 per-screen) - 2929 theaters
Total: $67.254 mil

7) Seabiscuit
Gross: $1.5135 mil ($594 per-screen) - 2550 theaters
Total: $97.099 mil

8) Uptown Girls
Gross: $1.262 mil ($583 per-screen) - 2166 theaters
Total: $26.082 mil

9) The Medallion
Gross: $1.2025 mil ($453 per-screen) - 2652 theaters
Total: $11.860 mil

10) My Boss's Daughter
Gross: $1.0395 mil ($471 per-screen) - 2206 theaters
Total: $7.856 mil

[Nate6]

Unexciting numbers. JC2 is on track for $13-15 million, I'd say...not bad, not very good either.

We're now in the lull between the end of the summer movie season and the beginning of the fall movie season.

[Frank the Tank]

Thanks for posting them Mike, when I posted them last week it took me a while to get them up, and I didn't want to do that again.

[Nate6]

Does anyone know, just for fun, how Marci X did on Friday? Er, how it didn't do? ;)

[Frank the Tank]

It made 51,000.

[Nate6]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
It made 51,000.

Muahahahaha! That's a whooping average of $42.50 per theatre! Gotta love it!

Thanks, Frank!

[Mike]

This was my original prediction for JC2:

Friday - 5.1 Million
Saturday - 5.0 Million
Sunday - 3.9 Million

Total - 14 Million


Then I decided to change it just a tad to this:

Friday - 5.1 Million
Saturday - 4.9 Million
Sunday - 3.8 Million

Total - 13.8 Million


I'm hoping for my sake that it drops to 4.9 Million on Saturday and then 3.8 Million on Sunday. Otherwise I will kick my ass for lowering Saturday and Sunday from my original prediction.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
Thanks for posting them Mike, when I posted them last week it took me a while to get them up, and I didn't want to do that again.

No problem!


In case anyone is interested, here's more of Friday's numbers:

11. AMERICAN WEDDING - $1,073,000

12. THE ITALIAN JOB - $747,000

13. SPY KIDS 3D: GAME OVER - $528,000

14. LE DIVORCE - $445,000

15. BAD BOYS II - $362,000

16. FINDING NEMO - $326,000

17. DIRTY PRETTY THINGS - $297,000

18. LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE - $251,000

19. WHALE RIDER - $242,000

20. AMERICAN SPLENDOR - $227,000

21. THIRTEEN - $185,000


Jeez, MARCI X wasn't even in the top 21. It really bombed, which means it will be getting a Special Edition DVD ;).

[Nate6]

Originally posted by Mike
Jeez, MARCI X wasn't even in the top 21. It really bombed, which means it will be getting a Special Edition DVD ;).

Hopefully with commentary, where Damon Wayans and Lisa Kudrow repeatedly apologize for the travesty.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Nate6
Hopefully with commentary, where Damon Wayans and Lisa Kudrow repeatedly apologize for the travesty.

I hope it's a 2-Disk version. One where the second disk even includes the sequel, MARCI vs. GIGLI ;).

[Freeway]

Friday's numbers weren't all that surprising IMO. JC2 is going to be number one and should make around what the original did while in theatres, maybe a little more or less. I'm betting that the prequel will get made. On another note, Mike your avatar is really cool. Especially the nod to a great show like The O.C.

[PorcheRacer]

Originally posted by Mike
[b]1) Jeepers Creepers II
Gross: $5.2835 mil ($1691 per-screen) - 3124 theaters
Total: $5.284 mil

Hmm..here are my predictions for JEEPERS CREEPERS 2

Friday Gross: $4.50 mil
Saturday Gross: $4.42 mil
Sunday Gross: $2.60 mil.

Grand total of -- 11.52

Looks like I won't be winning a DVD this week :(

[Mike]

Originally posted by Freeway
On another note, Mike your avatar is really cool. Especially the nod to a great show like The O.C.

Thanks! I wanted an avatar for The O.C. ever since I saw the first episode, but I couldn't find any good pics for it. The selection was rather limited. So then I decided to just go with this one, since it's better than nothing and I needed an O.C. avatar.

[XCoRyX]

thirteens still doing ok...cmon do better i want it to get pushed up with the screen counts!

not surprised JC2 is number 1...has no competition really.

F v J is really dropping,sad :(

[Nate6]

Originally posted by XCoRyX
F v J is really dropping,sad :(

Not surprising at all though, with JC2 going after the same audience and the zero longevity horror/slasher films regularly show.

[Mike]

This is from Box Office Prophets:

Friday Numbers Analysis
By Tim Briody
August 30, 2003



Jeepers Creepers 2

The sequel to one of the few films to actually break out over the box office dead zone that is Labor Day weekend earned a pretty decent $5.2 million Friday, which is ahead of the $4.3 million the original made its first Friday. Smart money here says that this one is more front-loaded and won't quite make the 3.6 multiplier Jeepers Creepers had over the four-day weekend. Give it $13.5 million for the three-day weekend, and a 3.3 multiplier and $17.4 million for four days, which breaks the Labor Day opening record set two years ago by Jeepers Creepers.

Notable Holdovers

As is the case with this holiday weekend, older films in the marketplace either have a negligible decline (or even a small gain) from last weekend, or collapse completely.

In the first category, we have films that have already shown their legginess during the month of August, such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Freaky Friday and Seabiscuit. Each of these films will see drops of under 10% for the four-day weekend.

In the latter category, we have two of last week's openers, The Medallion and My Boss's Daughter, as well as last week's champ, Freddy vs. Jason. Cannibalized by a new horror entry into theaters, the battle of the horror heavyweights will fall from first to sixth at best as it should decline around 50% even over the four-day weekend.

[sharkstank]

i guess everyone who's seen f vs j has seen it already, huh:(

oh well, it has done awesome. so i'm happy:D

[XCoRyX]

yeah,it already indeed is a success,and it still has a few more million to make in theaters,and then throw in rentals and sales,and youve got yourselfs a winner folks.

[optimus1]

It's pretty funny that Kevin Costner has a winner on his hands for the first time in a long while and it will probably not even make 50 million domestically.I guess the key is not paying all the stars of the movie 5 million each or more. Also why is Thirteen not being released to more theaters?

[Frank the Tank]

Weekend Numbers
from Box Office Mojo


1 N Jeepers Creepers 2 MGM $15,610,000 - 3,124 - $4,996 $15,610,000 $25 / - 1
2 4 Freaky Friday Dis. $9,600,000 3.2% 3,067 +9 $3,130 $87,800,000 $20 / $25 4
3 3 Open Range Dis. $8,200,000 -13.5% 2,244 +81 $3,654 $41,000,000 $22 / $20 3
4 2 S.W.A.T. Sony $8,100,000 -23.5% 2,781 -423 $2,912 $100,000,000 $80 / $30 4
5 6 Pirates of the Caribbean Dis. $8,000,000 10% 2,227 -177 $3,592 $272,200,000 $140 / $40 8
6 1 Freddy vs. Jason NL $6,700,000 -49.1% 2,929 -85 $2,287 $72,000,000 $30 / $25 3
7 7 Seabiscuit Uni. $6,400,000 3.7% 2,556 +22 $2,503 $102,000,000 $87 / $25 6
8 5 The Medallion SGem $4,700,000 -42.1% 2,652 +4 $1,772 $15,400,000 - / - 2
9 8 Uptown Girls MGM $4,150,000 -26% 2,166 -329 $1,915 $28,970,000 $20 / $20 3
10 9 American Wedding Uni. $3,800,000 -30.5% 1,810 -657 $2,099 $96,700,000 $55 / $30 5
11 10 My Boss's Daughter Dim. $3,300,000 -32% 2,206 +5 $1,495 $10,400,000 $14 / - 2
12 41 The Italian Job Par. $2,800,000 2003.9% 1,964 +1,900 $1,425 $99,700,000 $60 / $25 14
- 14 Le Divorce FoxS $1,550,000 13.3% 701 +279 $2,211 $5,740,000 - / - 4
- 42 Thirteen FoxS $635,000 446.2% 73 +68 $8,698 $855,000 $2 / - 2

[thompsoncory]

After the four-day weekend, I believe Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, S.W.A.T., Seabiscuit and The Italian Job will have crossed $100 million, with Freaky Friday and American Wedding close behind. Good news for all of these movies, they deserve it.

Freddy Vs. Jason might make it to $85 million, extremely good for a horror film. It deserves the success it is getting, I saw it last night and had a great time at the movies.

My Boss's Daughter didn't fall too hard, which is good news. Hopefully it can at least make $20 million, but I doubt it. That sucks. It was a really funny movie.

Marci X won't even make it to $1.5 million domestically. And some people were predicting more for OPENING WEEKEND than that. It just seems kind of funny.

[XCoRyX]

thirteen did well in my view...hopefully the distributor and such agrees and decides to extend its theater count and such....\

sad to see f vs j drop to #6 but atleast other horror took the top spot...it had to go down sometime though.this was a pretty weird box office numbers weekend.

[Frank the Tank]

Who would have expected Freaky Friday to basically reach 100 million. When I first heard about it I didn't think it would break 40 million.

[thompsoncory]

I don't know about everyone else, but I always had a feeling that FREAKY FRIDAY would make $100+ million. It is just the kind of summer movie that appeals to all audiences and has a good message. I personally loved the film (9/10) and reccomend it to everyone who hasn't seen it.

[EDsoulsurvive*]

1. Jeepers Creepers 2 - $18.5M, $18.5M
2. Freaky Friday - $11.7M, $90.0M
3. S.W.A.T. - $10.5M, $102.4M
4. Pirates of the Caribbean - $10.2M, $274.4M
5. Open Range - $10.2M, $42.9M
6. Seabiscuit - $8.2M, $103.7M
7. Freddy vs. Jason - $8.1M, $73.4M
8. The Medallion - $5.7M, $16.4M
9. Uptown Girls - $5.2M, $30.1M
10. My Boss's Daughter - $4.5M, $11.6M

[EDsoulsurvive*]

Originally posted by thompsoncory
My Boss's Daughter didn't fall too hard, which is good news. Hopefully it can at least make $20 million, but I doubt it. That sucks. It was a really funny movie.
[/B]

yeah, it definitely is good news. This was a hilarious movie, I think it sucks that its not doing better.

[Horror whore]

Here are Monday's actual numbers if anyone cares:

1) Freaky Friday
Gross: $3.382 mil ($1103 per-screen) - 3067 theaters
Total: $90.868 mil

2) Jeepers Creepers II
Gross: $3.096 mil ($991 per-screen) - 3124 theaters
Total: $18.365 mil

3) Pirates of Caribbean
Gross: $2.849 mil ($1279 per-screen) - 2227 theaters
Total: $275.018 mil

4) Open Range
Gross: $2.674 mil ($1192 per-screen) - 2244 theaters
Total: $43.472 mil

5) Seabiscuit
Gross: $2.543 mil ($995 per-screen) - 2556 theaters
Total: $104.646 mil

6) S.W.A.T.
Gross: $2.445 mil ($879 per-screen) - 2781 theaters
Total: $102.705 mil

7) Freddy vs Jason
Gross: $1.549 mil ($529 per-screen) - 2929 theaters
Total: $74.008 mil

8) The Medallion
Gross: $1.527 mil ($576 per-screen) - 2652 theaters
Total: $17.065 mil

9) Uptown Girls
Gross: $1.353 mil ($625 per-screen) - 2166 theaters
Total: $30.433 mil

10) Spy Kids 3-D
Gross: $1.222 mil ($512 per-screen) - 2385 theaters
Total: $107.255 mil

[RickySlade]

Wow, Freaky Friday is holding up extremley well and it's been out for a month. I see it breaking 100 this weekend.

[The1TrueFrog]

I wonder what the hell happened this weekend -- it's like someone took all the spots and shuffled them like a deck of cards -- Freddy vs. Jason also dropped to no.7....

[Ed]

look at Freaky Friday at #1!! i love that film, i'm happy for it's success. Is it it's firt time at #1?

[slasherfan]

Just incase anyone is wondering (I'm looking in Sad Mans direction)

Marci X 37. $267,330 Total Gross $1,528,652.

Looks like Finding Nemo and Pirates has computition! for biggest grosser of the year!

[AgentSmith]

As Pirates of the Carribean continues its onward climb!!