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Transformers 2 Earns $201.2 Million in First 5 Days
Posted on Sunday, June 28th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has earned an estimated $201.2 million, besting Spider-Man 2’s $152.4 million to become the second biggest five day domestic gross of all time.
Transformers 2 Breaks Wednesday Release Record with $60.6 Million
Posted on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has scored the best opening day ever for a Wednesday release, with an estimated $60.6 million domestically. The previous record-holder was Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which grossed $44.2 million on a Wednesday in July 2007. The $60.6 million includes a confirmed $16 million from midnight shows, the third largest overnight numbers of all time behind only The Dark Knight ($18.5 million) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ($16.9 million).
The film could earn anywhere between $150-$170 million by Monday morning. That number would be enough to beat Spider-Man 2’s $152.4 million 5-day opening, which would put it as the fifth biggest five day opening of all time (under The Dark Knight, Revenge of the Sith, Pirates 2 and Spider-Man 3).
source: Variety
Box Office: The Hangover Headed For Second Week Win
Posted on Friday, June 12th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Steve Mason has checked in with the Friday night box office estimates and The Hangover is heading for another win, with $10.2 million on Friday and $32 million weekend. Pixar’s Up added another $8.3 million on Friday and is heading for #2 with a $28.5 million 3-day. Sony’s The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 will likely end the weekend at #3, with an estimated $9 million on Friday, and $26 million 3-day. Full numbers available after the jump.
Box Office: Land of the Lost Disappoints, Up and The Hangover Battle It Out For #1
Posted on Friday, June 5th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Steve Mason has checked in with the Friday night box office estimates. Pixar’s Up might end up winning the weekend, adding another $13.5 Million on Friday for an estimated $45 Million 3-Day. The Hangover took in an estimated $17 Million on Friday, headed for #2 for the weekend with $44 Million. The real loser this week is Land of the Lost, which made an estimated $8 Million on Friday, and is expected to end the weekend with only $23 Million. The movie was made for over $100 million. Star Trek remains in the top five, while Drag Me To Hell falls to #6 in the film’s second weekend. Full Box office estimates after the jump.
Box Office Tracking: Transformers 2 Could Take $175 Million In First Five Days
Posted on Monday, June 1st, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Rival movie studios are claiming that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is tracking to open huge at the box office. According to Nikki Finke’s sources, the movie might open with a high $175 million 5-day opening when the big giant robots are unleashed on Wednesday June 24th. If this number turns out to be true, it could be the second biggest 5-day opening of all time. Which film claims the 5-Day record? Answer after the jump.
Box Office: Pixar’s Up Flies High with 68.2 Million
Posted on Sunday, May 31st, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
The Sunday night estimates are in over at Box Office Mojo:
1. Up - $68.2 million
2. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - $25.5 million ($105.3 million)
3. Drag Me to Hell - $16.6 million
4. Terminator Salvation - $16.1 million ($90.7 million)
5. Star Trek - $12.8 million ($209.5 million)
Our previous report available after the jump.
Terminator Salvation Makes $13.3 Million on Thursday Opening
Posted on Friday, May 22nd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Terminator Salvation took in an estimated $13.37 million on Thursday, including $3 million from midnight screenings. Steve Mason was predicting that the film would make around $70 million for the first five days of release, and these first day numbers fall in line with that estimate.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opened on the same Thursday last year with $25 million, and went on to make $152 in the first five days (memorial day weekend). It’s not unreasonable to think that Salvation could make about half that, despite strong competition from Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian.
source: Variety
Terminator Salvation Makes $3 Million at Midnight
Posted on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Wednesday night midnight screenings of Terminator Salvation have made an estimated $3 million, an an unknown amount of screens. The film is playing today at 3,580 play-dates, and will be adding 50 more on Friday.
It will be interesting to see if the negative critical reaction will hurt the film (I doubt it will). So far the reaction of general audiences has been pretty positive, showing one of the biggest divides in critic/audience reaction of the year so far. You can check out some of the general audience comments on our feedback post or on Twitter.
Steve Mason is predicting that the film will make $70 million in the first five days of release, falling short of Night at the Museum 2’s expected $75 million. Star Trek will likely take another $40 million while Dance Flick is expected to make $14 million (which is about $14 million more than it should make)
Star Trek Exceeds Expectations, Breaks IMAX Records
Posted on Monday, May 11th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek exceeded the Sunday morning predictions, grossing $3 million more than expected. The Mother’s Day numbers elevated the film’s opening weekend box office to $79.2 million.
Box Office: Abrams’ Star Trek Goes Where No Trek Has Gone Before: $33M in 29 Hours
Posted on Friday, May 8th, 2009 by Steve Mason
Rebooting Bond with Daniel Craig was Bold. Christopher Nolan’s Reinvention of Batman was genius. But some thought it was overly-ambitious, even audacious, to attempt to restart the Star Trek franchise. It has begun to pay off already for Paramount Pictures, and there will dividends for years to come.
Box Office: Star Trek Thursday Night Previews Deliver a Possible $6.5M-$7.5M!
Posted on Friday, May 8th, 2009 by Steve Mason
Several sources at competing studios have told me that J.J. Abrams’ all-new reboot of Star Trek (Paramount), which debuted last night at 7pm at many of its 3,849 locations, may have grossed as much as $6.5M-$7.5M. Studio honchos are “locked down tight” about actual numbers, but that is in the same ballpark as Transformers (Dreamworks/Paramount), which grabbed $8.8M in its previews starting at 8pm on Monday, July 2 during the summer of 2007. (What portion of ticket sales fall into Thursday and what percentage fall into Friday will likely be an open question even after final numbers are in.)
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Box Office Tracking: Star Trek Could Reach $65M for 4 Days! Easily Biggest Trek Opening Ever!
Posted on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 by Steve Mason
The all-new J.J. Abrams reboot of Star Trek (Paramount) will win the second weekend of the Hollywood Summer Box Office season by at least a couple of light years over Fox’s fast-fading X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but some of the astronomical numbers I’ve seen floating around in the blogosphere are very over-heated. Make no mistake, this movie will open extraordinarily well, but it’s not going to play out as a typical front-loaded blockbuster. Moviegoers need time to shake off the disappointment of the final TV series Enterprise (starring Scott Bakula and canceled after four seasons) and the disastrous 2002 final film Star Trek: Nemesis ($43.3M domestic). It will take time for a new generation of fans to discover the magic of Gene Rodenberry’s vision of the future through Abrams’ magical lens.
