Final domestic predictions for HP7.2 are now in the neighborhood of $360-$380 million. The final global cume will reach about $1.2 billion. Both marks will easily make this the biggest movie of the franchise. The series worldwide tally will end up being about $7.6 billion cementing Harry Potter...
HP7.2 earned the biggest four-day haul in history as it's Monday gross pushed it to $187.2 million, coming in $4.3 million ahead of the former four-day king "The Dark Knight", which earned $182.9 million after the same amount of time in theaters. HP7.2's Monday haul ($18.0 million) now ranks as...
http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/final-harry-potter-already-wrecking-records/ As a Warner Bros exec tells me, "Unbelievable!" Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 flew to $92.1M in the U.S. and Canada Friday (including that record-setting $43.5M from midnight showings) and $44.2M...
I figured HP7.2 would likely be the biggest of the series because it was going to be so action heavy. I didn't figure a $92 million first-day gross, but I thought it would do something like $325 mil domestically. With an opening tally in the area of $180 million, it should earn no less than $400...
Historically, the Potter flicks don't have the strongest of legs domestically. While they are hugely successful, the mark these films really make is how popular they are overseas. In saying that, I think HP7.2 could earn in the area of $425-$475 million ultimately, meaning it'll have the...
If the $92.1 million figure holds, that means that close to 12 million people paid to see the movie yesterday, adding yet another record to the film's growing list of accomplishments. HP7.2 becomes the tenth film in history to sell more than 7 million theater admissions during its opening day of...
I opted not to see it in 3D as well. 2D is just fine with me. When my family and I saw it the theater was sold out. I figured it would challenge TDK's opening record, but $95 mil in one day? Unreal.
http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/final-harry-potter-already-wrecking-records/ As a Warner Bros exec tells me, "Unbelievable night!" Sources say Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 will fly past $95M in the U.S. and Canada today (including that record-setting $43.5M from midnight...
http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/final-harry-potter-already-wrecking-records/ Warner Bros said today that Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 grossed $43.5M last night from 3,800 North American locations helped by higher 3D ticket prices, shattering the previous midnight screenings...
Most box office watchers feel that these five movies will be the top grossers of next year (i.e. the movies expected to earn more than $300 million domestically)...
#1 "The Dark Knight Rises"
#2 "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
#3 "The Amazing Spider-Man"
#4 "The Avengers"
#5 "The Twilight...
http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/final-harry-potter-already-wrecking-records/ I've learned that Warner Bros is giving Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 a mega-release into 4,375 theaters and over 11,000 screens alone on Friday. This will make it the widest domestic Harry Potter release...
Doh! Forgot the point in there. That should say $38.7 million. And yes it is a helluva gross for a Woody Allen movie. In fact, 'Midnight' will mark only the second time a film directed by Allen has earned more than $40 million domestically, joining 1986's "Hannah & Her Sisters" which tallied...
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3204&p=.htm As expected, the weekend's two new comedies couldn't slow down Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which easily retained the top spot on Friday. Despite settling for second, Horrible Bosses got off to a competent start, but the same couldn't be said...
Disney is reporting that Pirates 4 will hit the billion-dollar mark in worldwide box office earnings sometime today (Saturday). This will give star Johnny Depp who, along with Will Smith, is the industry's highest paid actor, his third time seeing a film he has starred in top $1 billion...
http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/transformers-3-hosting-3000-midnights-and-2700-sneaks-for-exclusive-3d-tuesday/ There look to be fireworks for some Hollywood action and family movies this Fourth Of July long weekend but not for Hollywood stars. Right now total U.S. and Canadian moviegoing for...
From what I understand, the studio is hoping for a domestic run between the $319.2 million and the $402.1 million respective hauls of TF1 and TF2. They are expecting TF3 to be the biggest overseas performer of the franchise. Paramount believes that the movie will have little difficulty passing...
You're probably right. With Reynolds inked to a multi-picture deal the ball probably got rolling on a sequel weeks ago. Plus, as the article linked in Patrick's post indicates, the studio is going to need the rather large void left by the ending of the Harry Potter series to be filled...
Ballsy. Given how big of a loss (financially) GL's lower-than-expected box office performance is going to be for the studio, I'm surprised (more like stunned actually) that they are going forward with another one. I think we can pretty much count on one thing for the next movie...a much...
WB/DC will very likely opt to use Hollywood's favorite R word right now...reboot in regards to "Green Lantern". Look for the studio to attempt to once again launch a GL flick after they put together a "Justice League" movie. That way they can also launch films based on characters like The...
http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/first-box-office-cars-2-bad-teacher-look-to-be-overperforming-friday/ After last weekend's disappointing outcome, Summer 2011 returns with bigtime North American grosses. Expect an overall total of $230M, which is up +40% from last year. Here's the Top 10...
WB now finds itself in a good news/bad news type situation. The good news? "Green Lantern" will open with about $52-$55 million this weekend. The bad news? Saturday business was off by 21% compared to Friday, meaning the film could already be showing signs of suffering bad...
WB's "The Hangover" became the 28th film series in history to top the $1 billion mark in total worldwide box office earnings. This gives WB's parent company, Time Warner, it's sixth such franchise joining Batman, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, and the Ocean's series.
Looks like GL is going to come in on target with WB's opening weekend predictions, but this one may end up sinking like a stone in the coming weeks due to poor WOM. If the movie does stellar business overseas, than the studio will green-light a sequel. The studio is playing the wait-and-see...
I agree with pretty much everything you just said. Zemeckis would be an inspired choice, but I would love to see Burton's take on the material. And to this day I think Davy Jones is the best CG character I've ever seen in a movie.
I really like the idea of Tim Burton helming the next installment of the series. Personally, I've always thought that the Pirates films would be something that would be right up Burton's alley. With the Pirates franchise now earning over $3.6 billion globally, I doubt Disney would balk at...