Posts Tagged ‘how do you know’
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
Weekend Estimates – January 14-16, 2010
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
% change * |
Theaters |
Cume |
| The Green Hornet |
Sony |
33.2 (9,270) |
NEW |
3115 |
33.2 |
| Dilemma |
Uni |
17.4 (5,910) |
NEW |
2940 |
17.4 |
| True Grit |
Par |
10.8 (3,130) |
-26% |
3459 |
126 |
| The King’s Speech |
Weinstein Co. |
9.0 (5,810) |
40% |
1543 |
44.5 |
| Black Swan |
Fox Searchlight |
8.0 (3,450) |
-1% |
2328 |
72.9 |
| Little Fockers |
Uni |
7.3 (2,140) |
-46% |
3394 |
134.4 |
| Tron: Legacy |
BV |
5.7 (2,350) |
-43% |
2439 |
157 |
| Yogi Bear |
WB |
5.3 (1,950) |
-21% |
2702 |
82 |
| The Fighter |
Par/Alliance |
5.1 (2,100) |
-28% |
2414 |
65.7 |
| Season of the Witch |
Relativity |
4.5 (1,600) |
-57% |
2827 |
18 |
| Tangled |
BV |
4.0 (1,940) |
-22% |
2048 |
181 |
| Country Strong |
Sony |
3.6 (2,550) |
-51% |
1424 |
13.2 |
| Chronicles of Narnia: Dawn Treader |
Fox |
2.3 (1,340) |
-51% |
1704 |
98 |
| Gulliver’s Travels |
Fox |
2.0 (1,220) |
-56% |
1666 |
37.6 |
| The Tourist |
Sony |
1.6 (1,150) |
-57% |
1420 |
64.2 |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows, Part 1* |
WB |
1.4 (1,460) |
-42% |
1507 |
289.8 |
| Blue Valentine |
Weinstein Co. |
1.4 (5,910) |
93% |
230 |
2.8 |
| Megamind |
Par |
.62 (1,820) |
125% |
341 |
145.4 |
| The Heart Specialist |
FreeStyle |
.48 (1,140) |
NEW |
422 |
0.48 |
| Yamla Pagla Deewana |
Eros |
.43 (5,270) |
NEW |
82 |
0.43 |
| How Do You Know |
Sony |
.41 (660) |
-78% |
615 |
29.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
|
$123.70 |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Year) |
|
-27% |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Week) |
|
15% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Also debuting/expanding |
|
|
|
|
|
| Barney’s Version * |
Sony Class/eOne |
.37 (8,270) |
259% |
45 |
0.8 |
| Rabbit Hole |
Lions gate |
.26 (2,620) |
138% |
100 |
0.9 |
| Somewhere |
Focus |
.25 (4,680) |
52% |
53 |
0.73 |
| Mirapakaya |
Bharat |
.23 (8,820 |
|
26 |
0.13 |
| Another Year |
Sony Classics |
.12 (9,380) |
40% |
13 |
0.34 |
| Anaganga o Dheerudu |
Blue Sky |
66,500 (2,290) |
|
29 |
0.07 |
| The Illusionist |
Sony Classics |
63,400 (9,060) |
92% |
7 |
0.25 |
| Aadukalam |
Big Cinemas |
25,600 (4,270) |
|
6 |
0.03 |
| Kaavalan |
Big Cinemas |
21,800 (1,680) |
|
13 |
0.02 |
| Siruthai |
Bharat |
18,200 (2,020) |
|
9 |
0.02 |
| Every Day |
Image |
8,800 (2,930) |
|
3 |
0.01 |
| Ong Bak 3 |
Magnolia |
5,500 (1,830) |
|
3 |
0.01 |
| A Somewhat Gentle Man |
Strand |
5,100 (5,100) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
Tags: a somewhat gentle man, Aadukalam, Anaganga o Dheerudu, Another Year, Barney's Version, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, Chronicles of Narnia: Dawn Treader, Country Strong, Dilemma, Every Day, Gulliver's Travels, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows, how do you know, Kaavalan, Little Fockers, Megamind, Mirapakaya, Ong Bak 3, Part 1, Rabbit Hole, Season of the Witch, Siruthai, Somewhere, Tangled, The Fighter, The Green Hornet, The Heart Specialist, The Illusionist, The King's Speech, The Tourist, Tron - Legacy, True Grit, Yamla Pagla Deewana, Yogi Bear
Posted in MCN Originals, MCN Weekend, Movie City News, The Weekend Report | Comments Off on The Weekend Report — January 16
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
Haply New Year
True Grit closed the gap with Little Fockers but couldn’t quite overtake the seasonal gag fest. Fockers emerged at the top of the charts with an estimated $26.2 million with Grit a trot behind at $24.5 million.
The closing frame of 2010 provided no new national releases and just two additions to the last gasp of the awards season. The searing drama Blue Valentine provided an opening weekend of $174,000 from four screens while the acclaimed Brit import Another Year bowed on six screens with $117,000.
Estimates for the year peg domestic box office at $10.52 billion, which translates into a 1.5% downturn from 2009. Admissions declined by a more sizable 7% drop largely as a result of premium pricing for 3D and large format movies. Eight of the top 10 top grossing movies of the year fell into that category and 2011 promises even more stereoscopic offerings.
Theater owners are scrambling to convert screens to digital 3D to capitalize in what no one can yet proclaim as either a temporary craze or the future of film going. The enhancements have been a finger in the dike of the eroding audience but with the arrival of 3D home entertainment this year that nagging recession may not abate. And there’s little doubt that the “windows” issue — the time between theatrical and ancillary release — will intensify with exhibition making grudging concessions that can only ramp up bad blood with major suppliers.
This year’s New Year weekend box office experienced a 13% uptick from the Christmas holiday session. However, it was 29% less fulsome than the same period last year when weekend three of Avatar grossed $68.5 million with Sherlock Holmes and Alvin: The Squeakquel adding $36.6 million and $35.2 million respectively.
Adult/awards fare, which includes The Fighter, Black Swan and The King’s Speech — all likely Oscar contenders — held their own with the holiday frivolity. That still leaves seven slots for films as diverse as Toy Story 3 and Blue Valentine in year that most film reviewers have characterized as overall sub-par.
True Grit has already become The Coen Brothers biggest grossing domestic release and actor Jeff Bridges can claim the rare distinction of having two holiday films (Grit, TRON: Legacy) that will gross in excess of $100 million. He’s easily the comeback kid in a year where seemingly more audience-friendly performers (and filmmakers) have taken it on the chin.
__________________________________________________
Weekend Estimates – December 31-January 1, 2010
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
% change * |
Theaters |
Cume |
| Little Fockers |
Uni |
26.2 (7,380) |
-15% |
3554 |
103.1 |
| True Grit |
Par |
24.5 (7,960) |
-1% |
3083 |
86.7 |
| Tron: Legacy |
BV |
18.4 (5,480) |
-4% |
3365 |
131 |
| Yogi Bear |
WB |
12.6 (3,580) |
62% |
3515 |
65.7 |
| Chronicles of Narnia: Dawn Treader |
Fox |
10.3 (3,500) |
9% |
2948 |
87 |
| The Fighter |
Par/Alliance |
10.0 (3,960) |
32% |
2534 |
46.4 |
| Tangled |
BV |
9.9 (3,820) |
53% |
2582 |
167.9 |
| Gulliver’s Travels |
Fox |
9.0 (2,910) |
42% |
3089 |
27.1 |
| Black Swan |
Fox Searchlight |
8.4 (5,420) |
35% |
1553 |
47.3 |
| The King’s Speech |
Weinstein Co. |
7.5 (10,760) |
67% |
700 |
22.7 |
| The Tourist |
Sony |
6.7 (2,420) |
25% |
2756 |
54.7 |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows, Part 1* |
WB |
4.5 (2,580) |
32% |
1732 |
283.4 |
| How Do You Know |
Sony |
4.5 (1,800) |
28% |
2483 |
24.9 |
| Megamind |
Par |
.57 (750) |
56% |
764 |
144.1 |
| Unstoppable |
Fox |
.53 (1,180) |
61% |
450 |
79.5 |
| The Social Network |
Sony |
.47 (1,890) |
71% |
249 |
93.2 |
| Burlesque |
Sony |
.42 (1,270) |
19% |
330 |
37.8 |
| Due Date |
WB |
.31 (770) |
10% |
404 |
98.8 |
| 127 Hours |
Fox Searchlight |
.27 (2,620) |
42% |
103 |
10.4 |
| Red |
Summit |
.26 (860) |
44% |
303 |
89.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
|
$153.60 |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Year) |
|
-29% |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Week) |
|
13% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Also debuting/expanding |
|
|
|
|
|
| Blue Valentine |
Weinstein Co. |
.17 (43,500) |
|
4 |
0.27 |
| Another Year |
Sony Classics |
.12 (19,550) |
|
6 |
0.17 |
| Somewhere |
Focus |
.14 (17,870) |
20% |
8 |
0.44 |
| Rabbit Hole |
Lionsgate |
.13 (3,850) |
52% |
34 |
0.42 |
| Casino Jack |
IDP |
79,700 (4,430) |
63% |
18 |
0.23 |
| The Illusionist |
Sony Classics |
50,200 (16,730) |
30% |
3 |
0.13 |
| Country Strong |
Sony |
42,600 (21,300) |
40% |
2 |
0.12 |
Domestic Market Share (Jan. 1 – Dec. 23, 2010)
| Distributor (releases) |
Gross |
Market Share |
| Warner Bros. (30) |
1900.7 |
18.30% |
| Paramount (20) |
1684.9 |
16.20% |
| Fox (20) |
1470.5 |
14.10% |
| Buena Vista (17) |
1408.5 |
13.50% |
| Sony (26) |
1258.5 |
12.10% |
| Universal (19) |
844.2 |
8.10% |
| Summit (11) |
522.8 |
5.00% |
| Lionsgate (16) |
519.6 |
5.00% |
| Fox Searchlight (8) |
119.5 |
1.20% |
| Overture (8) |
87.5 |
0.80% |
| Focus (8) |
75.3 |
0.70% |
| CBS (3) |
72.7 |
0.70% |
| Weinstein Co. (9) |
72 |
0.70% |
| Sony Classics (22) |
59.7 |
0.60% |
| MGM (1) |
50.4 |
0.50% |
| Other * (324) |
257.5 |
2.50% |
|
10404.3 |
100.00% |
| * none greater than .04% |
Tags: 127 Hours, Another Year, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, Burlesque, Casino Jack, Chronicles of Narnia: Dawn Treader, Country Strong, Due Date, Gulliver's Travels, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, how do you know, Little Fockers, Megamind, Rabbit Hole, Red, Somewhere, Tangled, The Fighter, The Illusionist, The King's Speech, The Social Network, The Tourist, Tron - Legacy, True Grit, unstoppable, Yogi Bear
Posted in MCN Originals, MCN Weekend, Movie City News, The Weekend Report | Comments Off on Weekend Box Office Report –January 2
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
Little Fockers (One and a Half Stars)
U. S.: Paul Weitz (2010)
I wonder if there’s any real need to say anything at all about Little Fockers — the latest sequel to the Robert De Niro-Ben Stiller Meet the Parent-Meet the Fockers comedy franchise — except just this: This movie is not funny.
This movie is not even vaguely funny. If this movie and its representatives claim they are doing anything funny, they should apologize. And if your friends disagree with me, if they insist that I‘m a pompous snob, and that you yourself will attend the local showings of Little Fockers with lots of real people convulsed with real laughter and slapping real knees, you should get them to sign notarized affidavits explaining where all the jokes are. Or where they went.
(more…)
Tags: Gulliver's Travels, how do you know, Little Fockers
Posted in Columns, MCN Originals, MCN Weekend, MCN Weekend Reviews, Movie City News, Wilmington | 1 Comment »
Sunday, December 26th, 2010
Grit and Bear It
Little Fockers and True Grit led the Christmas charge with respective opening debuts estimated at $34 million and $25.5 million that topped weekend movie going. The session also featured a Christmas day bow for the animated Gulliver’s Travels, which netted a two-day gross of $6.9 million.
Bollywood’s seasonal offering Tees Maar Khann rang up an impressive $700,000. However, several other Hindi, Telegu and Tamil releases were non-starters. China’s If You Are the One 2 opened up day-and-date (a first) with its Mainland release and chimed in with a potent $208,000 launch.
The frame also featured a clutch of last-minute releases for award season consideration. Best of the bunch was Venice-prized Somewhere with $148,000 from seven venues. The animated The Illusionist displayed comparable strength with a two-day tally of $52,600 on two screens and a four screen push for Barney’s Version in Canada proved effective with $64,400 (a single U.S. Oscar qualifying run was unreported). Lastly, Country Strong lilted $33,800 from two sneak peeks.
Overall the Christmas session got clobbered with calendar positioning that landed the eve on Friday (expect something similar with New Years). And while an estimated $155 million weekend provided an 11% boost from the prior weekend it translated into a pounding 45% drop from 2009. As the door quickly closes on the year, box office gross has slipped behind the prior year and admissions are approaching close to double digit erosion. A year ago Avatar’s second weekend grossed $75.6 million and debuts of Sherlock Holmes and The Alvin Squeakquel added $62.4 million and $48.9 million respectively.
All that said, tracking wasn’t exactly on target for new entries and holdovers. The third in the Fockers series was expected to render a first weekend of between $40 million and $45 million while the sophomore edition of TRON: Legacy was pegged at $25 million. Conversely True Grit outperformed pundits soothsaying that had it shy of $20 million.
Holiday crowds clearly voted for The Fighter, Black Swan and The King’s Speech as their Oscar favorites. Still there are seven additional slots to fill and the campaigning is apt to intensify in the upcoming weeks.
__________________________________________________
Weekend Estimates – December 24-26, 2010
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
% change * |
Theaters |
Cume |
| Little Fockers |
Uni |
34.0 (9,610) |
NEW |
3536 |
48.2 |
| True Grit |
Par |
25.5 (8,360) |
NEW |
3047 |
36.6 |
| Tron: Legacy |
BV |
20.6 (5,960) |
-53% |
3451 |
88.7 |
| Chronicles of Narnia: Dawn Treader |
Fox |
10.9 (3,240) |
-12% |
3350 |
63.9 |
| The Fighter |
Par/Alliance |
8.6 (3,430) |
-29% |
2511 |
27.7 |
| Yogi Bear |
WB |
8.4 (2,380) |
-55% |
3515 |
36.3 |
| Gulliver’s Travels * |
Fox |
6.9 (2,700) |
NEW |
2546 |
6.9 |
| Tangled |
BV |
6.7 (2,590) |
-24% |
2582 |
143.8 |
| Fox Searchlight |
6.4 (4,390) |
-23% |
1466 |
28.9 |
| The Tourist |
Sony |
5.6 (2,020) |
-35% |
2756 |
41.1 |
| The King’s Speech |
Weinstein Co. |
4.6 (6,530) |
317% |
700 |
8.4 |
| How Do You Know |
Sony |
3.7 (1,480) |
-51% |
2483 |
15.1 |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 1* |
WB |
3.3 (1,920) |
-34% |
1732 |
273.1 |
| Tees Maar Khan |
UTV |
.70 (6,780) |
NEW |
103 |
0.7 |
| Due Date |
WB |
.37 (910) |
-71% |
404 |
98.3 |
| Unstoppable |
Fox |
.36 (920) |
-80% |
393 |
78.5 |
| Megamind |
Par |
.35 (460) |
-49% |
764 |
142.6 |
| Burlesque |
Sony |
.33 (660) |
-77% |
501 |
36.7 |
| The Social Network |
Sony |
.31 (1,230) |
9% |
249 |
92.3 |
| If You Are the One 2 |
China Lion |
.21 (9,040) |
NEW |
23 |
0.21 |
| 127 Hours |
Fox Searchlight |
.20 (1,720) |
-64% |
115 |
9.8 |
| * Christmas Day opening |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
|
$145.90 |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Year) |
|
-45% |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Week) |
|
11% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Also debuting/expanding |
|
|
|
|
|
| Somewhere |
Focus |
.15 (21,140) |
|
7 |
0.2 |
| Rabbit Hole |
Lionsgate |
88,700 (2,610) |
65% |
34 |
0.16 |
| Barney’s Version |
eOne |
64,400 (16,100) |
|
4 |
0.06 |
| Casino Jack |
IDP |
60,500 (4,030) |
75% |
15 |
0.11 |
| The Illusionist * |
Sony Classics |
52,600 (26,300) |
|
2 |
0.05 |
| Country Strong |
Sony |
33,800 (16,900) |
|
2 |
0.05 |
| The Tempest |
Miramax/Maple |
32,700 (2,520) |
-44% |
13 |
0.19 |
| Toonpur Ka Superhero |
Eros |
9,600 (400) |
|
24 |
0.01 |
| Isi Life Mein |
Rajshri |
4,500 (250) |
|
18 |
0.01 |
Domestic Market Share (Jan. 1 – Dec. 23, 2010)
| Distributor (releases) |
Gross |
Market Share |
| Warner Bros. (30) |
1861 |
18.40% |
| Paramount (19) |
1634.7 |
16.10% |
| Fox (19) |
1442.4 |
14.20% |
| Buena Vista (17) |
1349.1 |
13.30% |
| Sony (26) |
1239.1 |
12.20% |
| Universal (18) |
798.7 |
7.90% |
| Summit (11) |
522.2 |
5.20% |
| Lionsgate (16) |
519.3 |
5.10% |
| Fox Searchlight (8) |
105 |
1.00% |
| Overture (8) |
87.4 |
0.90% |
| Focus (7) |
75.2 |
0.70% |
| CBS (3) |
72.5 |
0.70% |
| Weinstein Co. (9) |
65.5 |
0.60% |
| Sony Classics (22) |
59.5 |
0.60% |
| MGM (1) |
50.4 |
0.50% |
| Other * (317) |
253.5 |
2.50% |
|
10135.5 |
100.00% |
| * none greater than .04% |
Top Limited Releases * (Jan. 1 – Dec. 23, 2010)
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross |
| Hubble 3D |
WB |
19,359,509 |
| The Ghost Writer |
Summit |
15,569,712 |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
Music Box/Alliance |
11,287,817 |
| The Young Victoria * |
Apparition/Alliance |
11,131,232 |
| 127 Hours |
Fox Searchlight |
9,321,571 |
| Get Low |
Sony Classics |
9,106,802 |
| Fair Game |
Summit |
8,650,388 |
| A Single Man * |
Weinstein Co. |
7,935,872 |
| The Girl Who Played with Fire |
Music Box/Alliance |
7,848,496 |
| Cyrus |
Fox Searchlight |
7,461,082 |
| Babies |
Focus |
7,444,272 |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
E1/Sony Classics |
7,394,171 |
| Conviction |
Fox Searchlight |
6,768,063 |
| City Island |
Anchor Bay |
6,671,036 |
| The Last Station |
Sony Classics |
6,617,867 |
| Waiting for “Superman” |
Par Vantage |
6,410,257 |
| The Secret in Their Eyes |
Sony Classics |
6,391,436 |
| It’s Kind of a Funny Story |
Focus |
6,362,514 |
| Winter’s Bone |
Roadside Attraction |
6,237,371 |
| Under the Sea 3D * |
WB |
5,732,362 |
| * does not include 2009 box office |
Tags: 127 Hours, A Single Man, Babies, Barney's Version, Black Swan, Burlesque, Casino Jack, Chronicles of Narnia: Dawn Treader, City Island, Conviction, Country Strong, Cyrus, Due Date, Fair Game, Get Low, Gulliver's Travels, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, how do you know, Hubble 3D, If You Are the One 2, Isi Life Mein, It's Kind Of A Funny Story, Little Fockers, Megamind, Part 1, Rabbit Hole, Somewhere, Tangled, Tees Maar Khan, The Fighter, The Ghost Writer, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Illusionist, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The King's Speech, The Last Station, The Secret In Their Eyes, The Social Network, The Tempest, The Tourist, The Young Victoria, Toonpur Ka Superhero, Tron - Legacy, True Grit, Under the Sea 3D, unstoppable, Waiting For 'Superman', Winter's Bone, Yogi Bear
Posted in MCN Originals, MCN Weekend, The Weekend Report | Comments Off on Weekend Box Office Report — December 26
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
Da Doo Tron Tron
TRON: Legacy commanded the multiplex with an opening salvo estimated at $43.4 million. The movie stocking was stuffed with two other new releases plus a couple of platform films that went wide to significant response.
Yogi Bear filched $16.6 million to rank second in the marketplace while the star-laden romantic comedy How Do You Know struggled to position eight with $7.5 million.
The Fighter proved itself a contender with a $12.1 gross and Black Swan spread its wings with an impressive $7.9 million. Meanwhile there were two freshmen titles tossing their hat into the ring for award season. The starkly dramatic Rabbit Hole had an encouraging $51,700 from five venues while Casino Jack failed to beat bank with $32,100 at seven tables. In Quebec, local action comedy L’Appat had a soft debut of close to $170,000.
Overall weekend revenues saw a significant boost from the early December doldrums, but couldn’t quite overtake 2009 box office when Avatar arrived at the multiplex. Friday domestic box office inched past $10 billion (4 days faster than last year) and through the weekend it stands just 1% better than at this point last year.
The current session promised an even better result than transpired with new entries appealing to different demographics. Only TRON: Legacy conformed to tracking that predicted a result between $40 million and $45 million. The 28-year hiatus from the original has allowed the 1982 movie to accrue a cult status and brought out an avid young male audience. Stereoscopic engagements accounted for an unusually strong 80% plus, though their numbers accounted for 55% of its screen count. Its ultimate potency will be determined by building a wider audience.
The animated-live action Yogi Bear was expected to gross in the low $20 million but came up short several pic-a-nic baskets. It won’t expand beyond the family market and should limp through the holiday season. How Do You Know is already hobbled and while there were low expectations of $10 million to $12 million it failed to meet an already low bar.
The session generated roughly $135 million for a 47% bump from the prior weekend but dipped 4% from 2009. Last year’s Avatar bow of $77 million led the frame with The Princess and the Frog trailing behind with $12.2 million and Did You Hear About the Morgans? limping into theaters with $6.6 million.
Black Swan shows early signs of becoming the season’s adult hit. Though the film has divided critics and the public, it has generated fierce debate that’s translated into sales … an asset in short supply for the likes of such films as 127 Hours and Fair Game. The Fighter, while not a knockout, looks likely to get traction from awards season recognition in a race that seems — despite already announced critics awards and the Golden Globe announcement — a bit amorphous.
__________________________________________________
Weekend Estimates – December 17-19, 2010
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
% change * |
Theaters |
Cume |
| Tron: Legacy |
BV |
43.4 (12,580) |
NEW |
3451 |
43.4 |
| Yogi Bear |
WB |
16.6 (4,710) |
NEW |
3515 |
16.6 |
|
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
Fox |
12.5 (3,530) |
-48% |
3555 |
42.9 |
| The Fighter |
Par |
12.1 (4,850) |
|
2503 |
12.6 |
| Tangled |
BV |
8.7 (2,720) |
-39% |
3201 |
127.9 |
| The Tourist |
Sony |
8.4 (3,040) |
-49% |
2756 |
30.5 |
| Black Swan |
Fox Searchlight |
7.9 (8,260) |
140% |
959 |
15.3 |
| How Do You Know |
Sony |
7.5 (3,030) |
NEW |
2483 |
7.5 |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 1* |
WB |
4.8 (1,690) |
-43% |
2860 |
265.5 |
| Unstoppable |
Fox |
1.8 (980) |
-51% |
1874 |
77.4 |
| Burlesque |
Sony |
1.3 (880) |
-58% |
1510 |
35.4 |
| Due Date |
WB |
1.2 (1,060) |
-52% |
1157 |
97.3 |
| Love and Other Drugs |
Fox |
1.1 (970) |
-64% |
1093 |
30.2 |
| The King’s Speech |
Weinstein Co. |
1.1 (24,880) |
81% |
43 |
2.9 |
| Megamind |
Par |
.69 (680) |
-73% |
1025 |
141.6 |
| 127 Hours |
Fox Searchlight |
.51 (1,660) |
-49% |
307 |
9.3 |
| Faster |
CBS |
.41 (620) |
-76% |
660 |
22.5 |
| Red |
Summit |
.31 (710) |
-28% |
439 |
88.4 |
| The Social Network |
Sony |
.29 (1,270) |
2% |
228 |
91.9 |
| Fair Game |
Summit |
.23 (860) |
-59% |
268 |
8.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
|
$129.60 |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Year) |
|
-4% |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Week) |
|
47% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Also debuting/expanding |
|
|
|
|
|
| L’Appat |
Alliance |
.17 (2,350) |
|
72 |
0.17 |
| I Love You Phillip Morris |
Roadside |
.14 (2,830) |
-10% |
49 |
0.51 |
| The Tempest |
Miramax/Maple |
52,400 (2,490) |
22% |
21 |
0.12 |
| Rabbit Hole |
Lionsgate |
51,700 (10,320) |
|
5 |
0.05 |
| Casino Jack |
IDP |
32,100 (4,440) |
|
7 |
0.03 |
| La Rafle |
Seville |
28,200 (2,170) |
|
13 |
0.03 |
Domestic Market Share (Jan. 1 – Dec. 16, 2010)
| Distributor (releases) |
Gross |
Market Share |
| Warner Bros. (29) |
1837.8 |
18.40% |
| Paramount (19) |
1622.6 |
16.20% |
| Fox (19) |
1427.1 |
14.30% |
| Buena Vista (16) |
1296.2 |
13.00% |
| Sony (25) |
1221.2 |
12.20% |
| Universal (18) |
798.5 |
8.00% |
| Summit (11) |
521.7 |
5.20% |
| Lionsgate (15) |
518.9 |
5.20% |
| Fox Searchlight (8) |
96.1 |
1.00% |
| Overture (8) |
87.3 |
0.90% |
| Focus (7) |
75.2 |
0.70% |
| CBS (3) |
72.1 |
0.70% |
| Weinstein Co. (9) |
64.5 |
0.60% |
| Sony Classics (22) |
59.4 |
0.60% |
| MGM (1) |
50.4 |
0.50% |
| Other * (315) |
251.4 |
2.50% |
|
10000.4 |
100.00% |
| * none greater than .04% |
Top Domestic Grossers * (Jan. 1 – Dec. 16, 2010)
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross |
| Avatar * |
Fox |
476,899,300 |
| Toy Story 3 |
BV |
415,071,937 |
| Alice in Wonderland |
BV |
334,191,110 |
| Iron Man 2 |
Par |
312,445,596 |
| Twilight: Eclipse |
Summit |
300,551,386 |
| Inception |
WB |
292,485,544 |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 |
WB |
260,701,257 |
| Despicable Me |
Uni |
250,322,315 |
| Shrek Forever After |
Par |
238,667,087 |
| How to Train Your Dragon |
Par |
218,685,707 |
| The Karate Kid |
Sony |
176,797,997 |
| Clash of the Titans |
WB |
163,214,888 |
| Grown Ups |
Sony |
162,171,789 |
| Megamind |
Par |
140,950,962 |
| The Last Airbender |
Par |
131,733,601 |
| Shutter Island |
Par |
128,051,522 |
| The Other Guy |
Sony |
119,534,389 |
| Tangled |
BV |
119,142,932 |
| Salt |
Sony |
118,485,665 |
| Jackass 3D |
Par |
116,857,736 |
| * does not include 2009 box office |
Tags: 127 Hours, Alice in Wonderland, Avatar, Black Swan, Burlesque, Casino Jack, Chronicles of Narnia: Dawn Treader, Clash of the Titans, Despicable Me, Due Date, Fair Game, Faster, Grown Ups, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, how do you know, How to Train Your Dragon, I Love You Phillip Morris, Inception, Iron Man 2, Jackass 3D, L'Appat, La Rafle, Love and Other Drugs, Megamind, Part 1, Rabbit Hole, Red, Salt, Shrek Forever After, Shutter Island, Tangled, The Fighter, The Karate Kid, The King's Speech, The Last Airbender, The Other Guy, The Social Network, The Tempest, The Tourist, Toy Story 3, Tron - Legacy, Twilight: Eclipse, unstoppable, Yogi Bear
Posted in MCN Originals, MCN Weekend, Movie City News, The Weekend Report | Comments Off on Weekend Box Office Report — December 19
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
TRON: Legacy|43.4|NEW|43.4
Yogi Bear|16.6|NEW|16.6
Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader|12.5|-48%|42.9
The Fighter|12.1|NEW |12.6
Tangled|8.7|-39%|127.9
The Tourist|8.4|-49%|30.5
Black Swan|7.9|140%|15.3
How Do You Know|7.5|NEW|7.5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt 1|8.6|-50%|257.8
Unstoppable|1.8|-51%|77.4
Tags: Black Swan, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, how do you know, Tangled, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Fighter, The Tourist, Tron - Legacy, unstoppable, Yogi Bear
Posted in Estimates, MCN Weekend | Comments Off on Weekend Estimates — December 19
Saturday, December 18th, 2010
TRON: Legacy|17.1|3451|NEW|17.1
Yogi Bear|4.6|3515|NEW|4.6
The Fighter |3.8|2503|3748%|4.2
Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader|3.5|3555|-57%|33.9
How Do You Know|2.5|2483|NEW|2.5
The Tourist |2.5|2756|-59%|24.6
Black Swan|2.4|959|142%|9.8
Tangled |2.1|3201|-38%|121.3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt 1 |1.3|2860|-47%|261.2
Unstoppable|0.55|1874|-54%|76.1
Also Debuting
L’Appat|50,800|68||50,800
Rabbit Hole|15,300|5||15,300
Casino Jack|8,300|7||8,300
La Rafle|5,700|13||5,700
* in millions
Tags: Black Swan, Casino Jack, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt 1, how do you know, L'Appat, La Rafle, Rabbit Hole, Tangled, The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Fighter, The Tourist, Tron - Legacy, unstoppable, Yogi Bear
Posted in Friday Box Office Estimates, MCN Originals, MCN Weekend, Movie City News | Comments Off on Friday Estimates — December 18
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Our Players|Coming Soon|Box Office Prophets|Box Office Guru|EW|Box Office . com
TRON: Legacy |46.5|47.6|40|45|44
Yogi Bear|23.7|26.8|19|21|19
The Fighter |13.5|13.7|11|13|12.5
How Do You Know |11.3|14.5|13|10|10
Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader|12.7|11.3|11|12|12
Black Swan |6.8|6.4|9|n/a|8.5
Tags: Black Swan, how do you know, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Fighter, Tron - Legacy, Yogi Bear
Posted in Box Office Hell, MCN Originals, MCN Weekend, Movie City News | Comments Off on Box Office Hell — December 16
It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?
So I decided on three writers that I might be able to option their material and get some producer, or myself as producer, and then get some writer to do a screenplay on it, and maybe make a movie.
And so the three projects were “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “Naked Lunch” and a collection of Bukowski. Which, in 1975, forget it — I mean, that was nuts. Hollywood would not touch any of that, but I was looking for something commercial, and I thought that all of these things were coming.
There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.
I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.
So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.
But then I did, and then I realized who it was, and I thought, “Wait, he’s in that realm, maybe he knows Philip K. Dick.” I said, “You know a guy named—” “Yeah, sure — you want his phone number?”
My friend paid my rent for a year while I wrote, because it turned out we couldn’t get a writer. My friends kept on me about, well, if you can’t get a writer, then you write.”
~ Hampton Fancher
“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.
~ David Simon
