Australian Box Office Report (3rd - 6th June 2004)

[FilmBuff84]

Here's the top 20 films at the Australian Box Office for the weekend Thursday the 3rd to Sunday the 6th of June 2004.

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People still looking forward to Tomorrow

(1) (1) THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
(2) (2) TROY
(3) (Debut) RAISING HELEN
(4) (Debut) THE PUNISHER
(5) (3) VAN HELSING
(6) (Debut) SUPER SIZE ME
(7) (10) WARREN MILLER'S JOURNEY
(8) (6) KILL BILL: VOLUME 2
(9) (Debut) INTERMISSION
(10) (4) TWISTED
(11) (8) STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
(12) (11) ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
(13) (5) THUNDERSTRUCK
(14) (7) GOTHIKA
(15) (12) WONDROUS OBLIVION
(16) (14) SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED
(17) (13) THE COOLER
(18) (Debut) TWIN SISTERS
(19) (Debut) BON VOYAGE
(20) (Preview Screenings) DAWN OF THE DEAD

Despite dipping 46% in its second week, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW still stood tall adding a further $3,622,193 to its total, which now comes to a very nice $12,102,958 (US $124,987,370). Still bringing in goods amount of cash, Wolfgang Petersen's action epic TROY held at #2 with a 30% drop. After 4 weeks the Brad Pitt flick has a staggering $19,142,458 (US $197,684,358), taking it #62 on the All Time Australian Box Office list. Debuting surprisingly higher than THE PUNISHER and earning a better than expected first week intake, Kate Hudson's romantic comedy/drama RAISING HELEN raised $1,353,609 for itself, but has managed $1,435,434 (US $14,823,741) taking into accounts its Mother's Day screening in early May. New kid on the Marvel block, Tom (formerly Thomas) Jane could only manage $875,581 (US $9,042,133) with THE PUNISHER earning the lowest first week intake of any of the Marvel flicks. Still claiming a position in the Top 5 after 5 weeks in release is newly crowned Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman's vampire slaying alter ego VAN HELSING. The action hit has totalled a respectable $12,012,472 (US $124,052,920), making the 9th Highest Grossing film of 2004 so far. The other two main releases for the week, SUPER SIZE ME and INTERMISSION earned higher than expected debuts both making it into the Top 10. The McDonald's based doco placed at #6 with $353,746, taking its total to $578,972 (US $5,979,049), whilst the small budget Colin Farrell comedy/thriller placed at #9 with $111,002 (US $1,146,318). Crossing the million dollar mark, but dropping 53% in the process, Ashley Judd's TWISTED thriller spent its third week just on the edge of the Top 10. The Andy Garcia accompanied flick has racked up $1,068,601 (US $11,035,453). Halle Bery saw a considerable drop this week, taking her stay in GOTHIKA out of the Top 10 where its spent a total of 5 weeks. Its 6th week is spent at #14, where it has accumulated $4,509,640 (US $46,571,098). Popping up towards the end of the chart this week was the duo of Dutch drama TWIN SISTERS and french comedy BON VOYAGE. The former, released on 12 screens, debuted with $68,170 (US $703,992), whilst the latter, with a 9 screen count, managed $61,111 (US $631,093). Rounding things off this week was DAWN OF THE DEAD which had a less than eventful weekend of Advanc e Screenings before it opens nationally this week. Not a wide release of Preview Screenings, the horror update has $47,621 (US $491,782) to call its own. Hopefully we'll add a few more million to that.

THIS WEEK (June 10th): We gear up for another year at Hogwarts; The undead live; and Amelie gets dirty.

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
DAWN OF THE DEAD
dirty pretty things

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IN THE WEEKS TO COME: Shrek 2, Mean Girls, Club Dread, Spider-Man 2, New York Minute

FLASHBACK: This time last year
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Furious franchise races back to the top
(1) 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS
(2) THE MATRIX: RELOADED
(3) PHONE BOOTH
(4) OLD SCHOOL
(5) WHALE RIDER

Highest debut - 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS - $5,724,240
Highest gross - THE MATRIX: RELOADED - $28,244,450

[XCoRyX]

hmm....one would think DOTD would be doing good $ next weekend,but with harry potter in the picture and them bad preview screenings, maybe it will flop down under?

of course, potters taking tommorow away,this coming week.

[FilmBuff84]

Horror films don't generally do amazing business down under. The Others and What Lies Beneath did well, but they're more thrillers. Horror films like Freddy Vs Jason, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Final Destination 2 did reasonably well, but they're not the huge money makers down here they are in the US. Dawn of the Dead was apparently scheduled for September, but has been bumped up, which I appreciate as I've been waiting for this, but it doesn't seem to do itself much a favour by opening head to head with Harry Potter. I'm still hoping for a relatively good debut.

[Unicron]

Oh we aussies love a good disaster flick dont we :D


With no strong oppisition, no supprise that The Day After Tomorrow remained number 1.

TROY still raking in the big bucks. Impressive $19,142,458 (US $197,684,358), so far.

Didnt watch any of the new releases this week. Saving myself for Mr Potter and that fun time a year where you can push through all the kiddy winks to get a good seat hehe

I see a HUGE opening $8million plus for Mr Potter

Keep up the good work dude