Archive for the 'Box Office Totals' Category

21
Dec
09

Nothing fake about Avatar at the Box Office

As anticipated, the world of Avatar ruled the universe at the box office with $73 million, $3 million more than experts predicted. Thursday night’s midnight showing was the highest ever 3-D opening with $3.5 Million. With positive reviews and strong word of mouth, Avatar will surely dominate throughout the holiday. The Princess and the Frog took a big hit down to $12.2 million. The Blind Side continues another strong weekend at $10 million bringing it’s total to almost $165 since it’s opening. Twilight is quickly dissappearing but not before raking in $274 million.

1
Avatar
Weekend gross: $73M
Total Gross: $73M
2
The Princess and the Frog
Weekend gross: $12.2M
Total Gross: $44.7M
3
The Blind Side
Weekend gross: $10M
Total Gross: $164.7M
4
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Weekend gross: $7M
Total Gross: $7M
5
Twilight: New Moon
Weekend gross: $4.4M
Total Gross: $274.5
18
Dec
09

AVATAR midnight opening totals and celeb comments

Avatar is finally here and hordes of sci-fi nerds and James Cameron fans will be out in droves to experience the long anticipated 3-D adventure. But no screening could be as cool as one held on Wednesday night. Cameron threw a private viewing party inviting his peers and other industry professionals to critic his new work. Variety Magazine reported these comments: 

Michael Bay: “Avatar puts you in another world, and that’s the highest praise.”

Michael Mann: “There’s before this movie and after this movie.”

Steven Spielberg: “The most evocative and amazing science-fiction movie since ‘Star Wars.’

“Simpsons” creator Matt Groening: “I feel like this is a landmark in the history of cinema: it’s great storytelling using completely artificial means.”

Wow, I bet that was some party.

Avatar’s Thursday midnight totals were 3.5 million dollars in 2000 theaters (most in 3-D). Twilight: New Moon holds the current record at 26.3 million. We also have to remember the mega-hit Titanic (opening same weekend in ‘97) opening day was less than 9 million. It went on to be the highest grossing film of all time at 600 million domestically.

First reviews of Avatar coming soon. Check out our other posts on Avatar.

14
Dec
09

The princess is crowned queen at the box office

The new Disney animated tale is treated like royalty coming in at $25 million. This is fairly lackluster for the once king of the animated kingdom. However with little competition, it easily landed in number one. The Blind Side continues to surprise with another strong performance at $15.5 million bringing it’s total to an unexpected $150 million. Not bad for a movie budgeted at only $29 million. I guess no one saw the Blind Side coming. Invictus had very poor opening weekend totals at $9 million.

1
The Princess and the Frog
Weekend gross: $25M
2
The Blind Side
Weekend gross: $15.5M
3
Invictus
Weekend gross: $9.1M
4
Twilight: New Moon
Weekend gross: $8M
5
A Christmas Carol
Weekend gross: $6.9M
07
Dec
09

Hit from the Blind Side (Box Office Dec 4-6th)

The Blind Side comes back with an extremely strong 3rd week in release overtaking the juggernaut, Twilight: New Moon (both released on Nov 20th). It’s obvious that strong word of mouth and overall positive message helped bring its total to $130 million in just a few weeks. Twilight still beat all competitors raking in over $250 million domestically. However, it’s no doubt that The Blind Side took a ’bite’ out of Twilight’s profits. Great to see a movie about hope and justice doing well at the theaters.

1
The Blind Side
Weekend gross: $20.4M
2
Twilight: New Moon
Weekend gross: $15.7M
3
Brothers
Weekend gross: $9.7M
4
A Christmas Carol
Weekend gross: $7.5M
5
Old Dogs
Weekend
Weekend gross: $6.9M
30
Nov
09

New Moon edges out The Blind Side at Box Office

While New Moon continues to dominate the past two weeks at the box office, The Blind Side comes out of nowhere with an even stronger 2nd weekend (+18%). This is unusual for any ‘non-holiday’ movie. Obviously strong word of mouth helped it to almost take 1st place over force of nature New Moon. It be interesting to see if it can take first place in its third week, which is unheard of. Good luck to The Blind Side!

#1
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$42,500,000 -70 10 4,042 $10,515 $230,700,000 N/A #66
#2
The Blind Side
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$40,100,000 +18 10 3,140 $12,771 $100,200,000 N/A #436
#3
2012
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$18,000,000 -32 17 3,444 $5,226 $138,800,000 N/A #222
#4
Old Dogs
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$16,800,000 N/A 5 3,425 $4,905 $24,000,000 N/A N/A
#5
Disney’s a Christmas Carol
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$16,000,000 +30 24 3,013 $5,310 $105,400,000 N/A #388
23
Nov
09

Twilight converts the weekend masses

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Box Office Numbers
#1
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$140,700,000 N/A 3 4,024 $34,965 $140,700,000 N/A #211
The Blind Side Box Office Numbers
#2
The Blind Side
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$34,510,000 N/A 3 3,110 $11,096 $34,510,000 N/A N/A
2012 Box Office Numbers
#3
2012
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$26,500,000 -59 10 3,408 $7,776 $108,221,000 N/A #369
Planet 51 Box Office Numbers
#4
Planet 51
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$12,600,000 N/A 3 3,035 $4,152 $12,600,000 N/A N/A
Disney's a Christmas Carol Box Office Numbers
#5
Disney’s a Christmas Carol
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$12,230,000 -45 17 3,578 $3,418 $79,790,000 N/A #590
16
Nov
09

2012 annihilated the world

2012 Box Office Numbers
#1
2012
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$65,000,000 N/A 3 3,404 $19,095 $65,000,000 N/A #790
Disney's a Christmas Carol Box Office Numbers
#2
Disney’s a Christmas Carol
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$22,325,000 -26 10 3,683 $6,062 $63,289,000 N/A #822
The Men Who Stare at Goats Box Office Numbers
#3
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$6,200,000 -51 10 2,453 $2,528 $23,376,000 N/A N/A
Precious Box Office Numbers
#4
Precious
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$6,090,000 +225 10 174 $35,000 $8,914,000 N/A N/A
Michael Jackson's This Is It Box Office Numbers
#5
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$5,100,000 -61 19 3,037 $1,679 $67,211,000 N/A #749
02
Nov
09

The King of Pop…and of the weekend

Michael Jackson's This Is It Box Office Numbers
#1
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$21,300,000 N/A 5 3,481 $6,119 $32,510,000 N/A N/A
Paranormal Activity Box Office Numbers
#2
Paranormal Activity
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$16,540,000 -22 38 2,404 $6,880 $84,780,000 N/A #527
Law Abiding Citizen Box Office Numbers
#3
Law Abiding Citizen
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$7,300,000 -41 17 2,764 $2,641 $51,380,000 N/A N/A Continue reading ‘The King of Pop…and of the weekend’
31
Oct
09

Top grossing horror movies of all time

JawsFilmCover

Happy Halloween from the crew of BabbleOn 5. In honor of the ‘day of the dead’, we wanted to list the top 5 horror movies of all time. The classic beast movie, Jaws has been at number one for over 30 years! Jaws reminded the world that it was not safe to go back in the water. With the exception of Mummy Returns, the top movies are all classics in their own right. Personally, I was relieved that ‘McMovies’ like the SAW franchise did not earn its way past a masterpiece like Exorcist. So if you are looking for a good scary movie to watch tonight with friends, you won’t go wrong with one of these. Have a scary and safe Halloween!

Rank Title Studio Adjusted Gross Domestic Box Office1 Gross Domestic Box Office
1 Jaws (1975) UNIVERSAL $795,369,426 $260,000,000
2 The Exorcist (1973) WARNER BROS $686,631,452 $232,671,011
3 The Sixth Sense (1999) BUENA VISTA $357,566,366 $293,506,292
4 The Mummy Returns (2001) UNIVERSAL $221,650,716 $202,019,785
5 Jaws 2 (1978) UNIVERSAL $215,603,340 $81,766,007
27
Oct
09

Paranormal Activity scares back to #1

Paranormal Activity Box Office Numbers
#1
Paranormal Activity
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$22,000,000 +12 31 1,945 $11,311 $62,480,000 N/A #832
Saw VI Box Office Numbers
#2
Saw VI
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$14,800,000 N/A 3 3,036 $4,875 $14,800,000 N/A N/A
Where the Wild Things Are Box Office Numbers
#3
Where the Wild Things Are
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$14,420,000 -56 10 3,735 $3,861 $53,960,000 N/A #995
Law Abiding Citizen Box Office Numbers
#4
Law Abiding Citizen
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$12,713,000 -40 10 2,890 $4,399 $40,318,000 N/A N/A
Couples Retreat Box Office Numbers
#5
Couples Retreat
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$11,097,000 -36 17 3,074 $3,610 $78,213,000 N/A #598
19
Oct
09

Box office gone wild…

Where the Wild Things Are

This Wk Last Wk Title Dist. Weekend Gross Cumulative
Gross
Rlse
Wks
# of
Theaters
1 - Where the Wild Things Are Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $32,470,000 $32,470,000 1 3735
2 - Law Abiding Citizen Overture Films $21,250,000 $21,250,000 1 2890
3 4 Paranormal Activity Paramount Pictures $20,163,000 $33,717,000 4 760
4 1 Couples Retreat Universal Pictures $17,949,000 $63,339,000 2 3009
5 - The Stepfather Sony Pictures Entertainment $12,300,000 $12,300,000 1 2734
13
Oct
09

Love conquers zombies in the box office

Couples Retreat Box Office Numbers
#1
Couples Retreat
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$35,340,000 N/A 3 3,000 $11,780 $35,340,000 N/A N/A
Zombieland Box Office Numbers
#2
Zombieland
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$15,000,000 -39 10 3,038 $4,937 $47,801,000 N/A N/A
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Box Office Numbers
#3
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$12,000,000 -24 24 2,992 $4,011 $96,251,000 N/A #446
Toy Story Box Office Numbers
#4
Toy Story
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$7,674,000 -39 5,073 1,752 $4,380 $22,676,000 N/A N/A
Surrogates Box Office Numbers
#5
Surrogates
Gross Weekly Change Days In Release Theaters Average Total Worldwide US All Time
$4,115,000 -43 17 2,992 $1,375 $32,572,000 N/A N/A



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