2006 at the Box Office (1 Viewer)

[Adam_S]

how many theaters will dreamgirls be in on monday?

 

[David Williams]

I was under the impression it was going to be everywhere on Christmas day, but that doesn't appear to be the case. If it's going wide, it's a very shallow bow based on based on my browsing of the regional showtimes because it's only showing on one screen in Tulsa (and not even a good theater) and I can forget about the 2 theaters nearest me in Ft. Smith, AR. :frowning:

UPDATE: A quick peek at Boxofficemojo.com shows that Dreamgirls is expanding to a measly 852 screens on Christmas day.

 

[TerryRL]

Weekend Estimates
(3-Day)

#1 "Night at the Museum" $30.8 million
#2 "The Pursuit of Happyness" $15.0 million ($53.8 million) -43%
#3 "Rocky Balboa" $12.7 million ($22.4 million)
#4 "The Good Shepard" $9.9 million
#5 "Charlotte's Web" $8.0 million ($26.8 million) -30%
#6 "Eragon" $7.1 million ($37.6 million) -69%
#7 "We Are Marshall" $6.6 million
#8 "Happy Feet" $5.1 million ($159.1 million) -38%
#9 "The Holiday" $5.0 million ($35.1 million) -37%
#10 "The Nativity Story" $4.7 million ($31.4 million) +2%

4-Day holiday estimates will be posted Tuesday.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Thanks, Terry. Do you have the theater counts for the top three?

 

[TerryRL]

"Night at the Museum" is playing in 3,685 locations.

"The Pursuit of Happyness" is at 2,863 theaters.

"Rocky Balboa" is showing in 3,017 locations.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Thanks! Rocky's a little softer than I expected he'd be, especially considering the kid-friendly PG rating I thought it was because of a low theater count, but obviously that's not the case. "Happyness" is the real stand out on its second week.

 

[JediFonger]

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/arti...biggest_bombs/

loox like this thread is going to stay alive for just under a week! =^). we should be heading towards 2007@Box Office.

 

[Malcolm R]

Whenever you're ready, head on over....

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...d.php?t=245114




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[TerryRL]

Weekend Estimates
4-Day

#1 "Night at the Museum" $43.2 million
#2 "The Pursuit of Happyness" $23.1 million ($61.4 million) -13%
#3 "Rocky Balboa" $16.3 million ($25.9 million)
#4 "The Good Shepard" $13.9 million
#5 "Charlotte's Web" $9.5 million ($28.3 million) -17%
#6 "Eragon" $9.3 million ($39.8 million) -60%
#7 "Dreamgirls" $8.9 million ($9.5 million)
#8 "We Are Marshall" $8.3 million
#9 "The Holiday" $7.0 million ($37.1 million) -12%
#10 "Happy Feet" $6.2 million ($160.1 million) -26%

The Christmas Holiday Weekend frame was a good one for the industry as business was off by only 2% from last year (when "King Kong" and 'Narnia' held the top two spots), but up an impressive 30% from 2004 (when "Meet the Fockers" debuted in the top spot). It should be noted that the weekend numbers from 2004 were from a standard three-day frame instead a four-day one.

Through Sunday, 2006 has pulled in $8.821 billion domestically at the box office. 2005 had earned $8.495 billion, while 2004 had tallied $9.048 billion. 2004 has so far sold 1.340 billion theater admissions, compared to the 1.327 billion and 1.457 billion that 2005 and 2004 sold respectively.

Fox took the top spot over the long weekend as their family flick "Night at the Museum" got out of the gates with a stellar $43.2 million haul. The opening gives star Ben Stiller the third biggest opening of his career behind "Madagascar" ($47.2 million) and "Meet the Fockers" ($46.1 million). For co-stars Robin Williams and Owen Wilson, the debut of 'Museum' gives them the third and fourth best starts of their respective careers. The movie earned an impressive $11,730 per-theater average from its 3,685 locations. Look for this one to have little difficulty in ultimately passing the $100 million mark.

Sony's "The Pursuit of Happyness" held strong in the second slot as it pulled in just over $23 million for the four-day holiday. The film has so far tallied more than $61 million and is well on its way to becoming the sixth consecutive $100 million-plus earner for star Will Smith. Overall, 'Happyness' will be the tenth film of Smith's career to top the century mark.

Sony also took the third position as "Rocky Balboa" earned more than $16 million for the holiday frame. Since last Wednesday, the film has pulled in close to $26 million. The film's per-theater average of $5,403 from its 3,017 locations was the fifth best of the top ten.

Universal's "The Good Shepard" had a solid start as it earned nearly $14 million. The film earned a solid per-theater average of $6,275 from its modest 2,215 locations, giving the fourth best average of the top ten. Paramount's "Charlotte's Web" has so far tallied more than $28 million, while it took only a 17% dip in business, the film has under-performed since opening last week. Fox's "Eragon" saw the bottom fall out this weekend as it suffered a steep 60% hit. The film has now earned close to $40 million, but any chance of this turning into a franchise may have been killed due to the poor second-weekend performance.

Paramount and DreamWorks' "Dreamgirls" finished in the seventh slot after only one day in wide release. The Oscar hopeful earned nearly $9 million, giving it a fantastic per-theater average of $10,478 from its meager 852 locations, which was the second best of the top ten. This one has big hit written all over it.

WB's "We Are Marshall" got off to a disappointing start as it had a four-day mark of just over $8 million. The movie's less-than-thrilling per-theater average of $3,208 from its 2,606 locations doesn't bode well for the film's future prospects. Sony's "The Holiday" has now tallied just over $37 million, while WB's "Happy Feet" rounds out the top ten. The CG animated hit passed the $160 million mark over the weekend.

 

[Malcolm R]

Black Christmas debuted with $3.3 million on Christmas Day. On a relatively small number of screens (1,275), it had the fourth highest per-screen average of the day (behind Dreamgirls, Night at the Museum, and Pursuit of Happyness).

 

[TerryRL]

It should also be noted that the $8.7 million mark "Dreamgirls" earned yesterday is the third best Christmas opening day gross in history, trailing only "Ali" ($10.2 million) and "Catch Me If You Can" ($9.8 million). Overall, "Dreamgirls" has the tenth biggest Christmas Day tally in history.

Here is how the top ten now stack up...

#1 "Meet the Fockers" $19.5 million
#2 "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" $13.9 million
#3 "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" $12.4 million
#4 "Night at the Museum" $11.8 million
#5 "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" $11.6 million
#6 "Cast Away" $10.9 million
#7 "Ali" $10.2 million
#8 "Catch Me If You Can" $9.8 million
#9 "King Kong" $8.8 million
#10 "Dreamgirls" $8.7 million

Of the top ten, "Dreamgirls" is the only one that wasn't playing in at least 2,400 locations. The film achieved its impressive mark while in only 852 theaters, which also easily gives it the strongest (by a wide margin) per-theater average of $10,242. The closest average of the top ten belongs to "Meet the Fockers", which earned a very distant per-theater average of $5,555.

Again, "Dreamgirls" has hit written all over it.

 

[Malcolm R]

Night at the Museum seems to be kickin' butt this holiday season. Over $13m on Tuesday, about $12m on Wednesday, and I was in a sold-out screening today.

Also, Charlotte's Web looks like it may be growing a pair of legs, at least until the kids are back in school.

 

[Malcolm R]

Looks like Night at the Museum is on its way to posting a larger gross in its second weekend than its first.

Charlotte's Web is also looking good, likely to match or surpass its debut numbers, as well. Looks like this one just needed some time to be discovered.

 

[TerryRL]

Friday Estimates

#1 "Night at the Museum" $13.6 million ($92.7 million) 12% Friday-to-Friday increase
#2 "The Pursuit of Happyness" $6.8 million ($85.8 million) 27% Friday-to-Friday increase
#3 "Dreamgirls" $4.8 million ($27.8 million) 163% Friday-to-Friday increase
#4 "Charlotte's Web" $4.6 million ($45.4 million) 48% Friday-to-Friday increase
#5 "Rocky Balboa" $3.9 million ($41.2 million) 22% Friday-to-Friday drop
#6 "The Good Shepard" $3.6 million ($27.7 million) 3% Friday-to-Friday increase
#7 "Eragon" $3.0 million ($51.2 million) 10% Friday-to-Friday increase
#8 "Happy Feet" $2.9 million ($171.2 million) 59% Friday-to-Friday increase
#9 "We Are Marshall" $2.7 million ($19.7 million) 1% Friday-to-Friday increase
#10 "The Holiday" $2.4 million ($45.7 million) 31% Friday-to-Friday increase

 

[Ricardo C]

Nice to see Eragon hanging in there. I gave it a second viewing this week, and I must say I enjoyed it quite a bit. A flawed film it remains, but also a very enjoyable one.

 

[DavidPla]

It's performance must be disappointing for Fox though I would think. I know that they had plans before the film opened to do the entire trilogy of films... I wonder if that is still going to happen or dropped because of the poor box office.

 

[JediFonger]

lol, fox and their screwed up ideas about a LOTR ripoff.

 

[TerryRL]

Weekend Estimates

#1 "Night at the Museum" $37.8 million ($116.8 million) +24%
#2 "The Pursuit of Happyness" $19.3 million ($98.3 million) +30%
#3 "Dreamgirls" $15.5 million ($38.4 million) +6,709%
#4 "Charlotte's Web" $12.0 million ($52.8 million) +58%
#5 "Rocky Balboa" $11.3 million ($48.8 million) -6%
#6 "The Good Shepard" $11.2 million ($35.3 million) +13%
#7 "Eragon" $8.5 million ($56.7 million) +21%
#8 "We Are Marshall" $8.0 million ($25.0 million) +31%
#9 "Happy Feet" $7.8 million ($176.1 million) +52%
#10 "The Holiday" $6.8 million ($50.0 million) +40%

The industry enjoyed another solid frame as this weekend's New Year's holiday saw a 13% drop from last year (when 'Narnia' reclaimed the top slot), but a significant 20% improvement over 2004 (when "Meet the Fockers" remained the nation's top film). For the year, 2006 has tallied $9.201 billion, this marks the fourth time in the last five years that the overall domestic box office has eclipsed the $9 billion mark. Here is how 2006 now ranks in the history books...

#1 2004 $9.418 billion
#2 2003 $9.240 billion
#3 2006 $9.201 billion
#4 2002 $9.167 billion
#5 2005 $8.838 billion

Here is how 2006 ranks in terms of total admissions sold domestically...

#1 2002 1.578 billion
#2 2003 1.523 billion
#3 2004 1.516 billion
#4 2001 1.487 billion
#5 1998 1.481 billion
#6 1999 1.465 billion
#7 2000 1.421 billion
#8 2006 1.398 billion
#9 1997 1.388 billion
#10 2005 1.381 billion

While this year did solid business, the studios are concerned by how 2006 ranks in terms of overall ticket sales. With 2007, the industry is expecting (hoping) that the new year will result in one of the biggest on record. The studios are hoping that 2007 sells more than 1.5 billion admissions (resulting in a record-shattering $10 billion year at the box office when factoring in another ticket price increase), to vault itself among the top five best years the industry has ever seen. Although, I think they'd be very happy with anything over 1.4 billion.

As for this weekend, a pair of Hollywood's top leading men led the way. Ben Stiller, which is a recent addition to the "20/20" club, has to be enjoying the fact that "Night at the Museum" is well on its way to achieving blockbuster status, thus increasing his marketability. At #2 is the $25 million man himself, Will Smith. The actor's film, "The Pursuit of Happyness", continues to perform well above industry expectations as it will hit the $100 million mark tomorrow.

Fox's "Night at the Museum" dominated business on the last weekend of the year as it pulled in nearly $38 million during its sophomore frame, which represents a stellar 24% hike in business. The movie passed the century mark on Saturday, its ninth day of release (becoming one of 46 films to pass the $100 million plateau in under ten days), and has so far earned just under $117 million. Expect this one to ultimately flirt with a $200 million-plus final tally.

Sony concludes their best year ever with the family drama "The Pursuit of Happyness" a day away from becoming star Will Smith's sixth consecutive (tenth overall) $100 million-plus performer. The movie saw an impressive 30% bump in business and has benefitted greatly from strong word-of-mouth. Not only has Smith proven he can pretty much carry anything to hit status, the actor is also looking at earning his second Best Actor nod from the Oscars.

DreamWorks and Paramount's "Dreamgirls" continues to impress as it has so far tallied more than $38 million while remaining in less than 900 theaters. The film's per-theater average of $18,192 from only 852 locations was easily the best of the top ten. The Oscar hopeful will expand to about 1,800 theaters on January 12th. With all the Oscar buzz surrounding the film itself, as well as the spot-on performances by Eddie Murphy and newcomer Jennifer Hudson, don't be too surprised if this one ends up having little difficulty in ultimately passing the century mark before the Oscar telecast in late February.

Paramount's "Charlotte's Web" is enjoying very solid legs as took a nearly 59% bump in business this weekend. The $85 million flick has so far earned just under $53 million and may still struggle to make its production budget back. MGM/Sony's "Rocky Balboa" lost only off by 6% this weekend as it has now pulled in close to $49 million. A final tally north of the $70 million mark looks likely as this one. At a cost of only about $25 million, this one will be a profitable hit for its studio. Its also given star (as well as writer and director) Sylvester Stallone the biggest hit he's had a the headlining star in years.

Universal's "The Good Shepard" is also enjoying a leggy run as it earned a 13% increase in business this weekend. With more than $35 million in the bank so far, this one looks headed for a final tally in north of the $50 million mark, something very few predicted. Fox's "Eragon" was up 21% and has now earned nearly $57 million. WB's "We Are Marshall" is now sitting on a domestic mark of $25 million. WB's "Happy Feet" has brought in a phenomenal $176 million thus far. Sony's "The Holiday" rounds out the top ten as it has hit the $50 million plateau.

In other box office news, Sony's "Casino Royale" became only the second flick from the James Bond franchise to pass the $150 million plateau, joining 2002's "Die Another Day" which topped out with nearly $161 million. Worldwide, "Casino Royale" has become the biggest performer of the series as it has pulled in $458.8 million, passing the $431.9 million performance of "Die Another Day".

In limited release, several Oscar hopefuls made an impact this weekend. Miramax's "The Queen" has tallied $28.1 million and is still in only 302 locations. Sony Classics' "Volver" has earned $5 million and is showing in only 117 theaters. Picturehouse's fantasy, "Pan's Labyrinth" debuted in 17 theaters and earned $595K, giving it a stellar average of $35,000. Universal's "Children of Men" opened in 16 theaters and brought in $532K, giving it an average of $33,250. It will expand to about 1,200 locations next weekend. Fox Searchlight's "Notes on a Scandal" opened in 22 locations, earning $408K, giving it an average of $18,545.

Here are the top 20 hits of 2006
#1 "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (Disney) $423.3 million
#2 "Cars" (Disney/Pixar) $244.0 million
#3 "X-Men: The Last Stand" (Fox) $234.3 million
#4 "The Da Vinci Code" (Sony) $217.5 million
#5 "Superman Returns" (WB) $200.0 million
#6 "Ice Age: The Meltdown" (Fox) $195.3 million
#7 "Happy Feet" (WB) $176.1 million
#8 "Over the Hedge" (DreamWorks/Paramount) $155.0 million
#9 "Casino Royale" (Sony) $153.4 million
#10 "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" (Sony) $148.2 million
#11 "Click" (Sony/Revolution) $137.3 million
#12 "Mission: Impossible III" (Paramount) $133.5 million
#13 "Borat" (Fox) $125.9 million
#14 "The Devil Wears Prada" (Fox) $124.7 million
#15 "The Departed" (WB) $120.0 million
#16 "The Break-Up" (Universal) $118.7 million
#17 "Night at the Museum" (Fox) $116.8 million
#18 "The Pursuit of Happyness" (Sony) $98.3 million
#19 "Scary Movie 4" (Weinstein Co./Dimention) $90.7 million
#20 "Failure to Launch" (Paramount) $88.7 million

Next weekend marks the beginning of the 2007 campaign as New Line's "Code Name: The Cleaner", Paramount's "Freedom Writers", and Lionsgate's "Happily N'Ever After" hit theaters. Will these releases get the year off to a good start? We'll see what happens.

 

[Ray H]

Come on! Only $7.5 mill to go for Casino Royale to top Die Another Day domestically. I know it's already got the most money worldwide of the franchise, but I really want to see this happen. What are the odds?

 

[TerryRL]

At this point, I'd say that "Casino Royale" will definitely end up passing the domestic tally of "Die Another Day" to own both marks as best domestic 007 hit, as well as the best worldwide earner. The next Bond flick (officially, the 22nd of the franchise) will hit theaters in November of 2008.