Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is tracking to take $128 million in the first five days of release. Looking at the 5 major 2007 summer sequels I’ve calculated a formula to redict the success of the latest Potter. Using Spider-Man 3, Shrek 3, Pirates 3, Ocean’s Thirteen and Fantastic Four 2, there’s a clear pattern here. 3 of the 5 sequels opened bigger than the previous installment, and the there 2 were down only slightly. Meanwhile, the cume is down drastically for all 5. In fact, on average, this summer’s sequels have opening weekends 7% higher than the previous films in the franchise, but their total domestic take is down an average of 20%.
If we plug in those percentages for the first 5 days of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, it translates to an opening 5 days of $128M and a cume of $255M domestic. These numbers look about right to me. Here’s how I see Potter 5 penciling out on its opening 5 days.
- Wednesday, 7/11 - $32.5M (including Tuesday Midnight shows)
- Thursday, 7/12 - $19.5M
- Friday, 7/13 - $26.2M
- Saturday, 7/14 - $27.9M
- Sunday (7/15) - $21.9M
- Opening 5-Day Gross - $128M
- Friday thru Sunday - $76M
Those would be fantastic numbers, and this would easily become the best opening 5 days of any of the movies in the HP franchise. Read more at FantasyMoguls.com.
July 11th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
I think it will make more.
August 13th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Well Dylan when you have a hugely ancipatied movie of the summer like Harry Potter of course it is going to make alot of money but I think my opinon the more movies they make the more the expectation is going to be set really high for the Deathly Hallows.