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TV Show: TV Ratings (US Broadcast & Cable Networks) | Thursday 1/5
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Originally posted by rapisalive
Actually I was talking about The Simpsons movie lol
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People are foreseeing it to gross 59.8 mill on Box Office Mojo
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and Harry Potter fans (like me) finished readin it in less than 48 hours, and the book solf 75.1 million copies since it went on sale (thats WW)
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Lindsay's new movie flopped (as expected) & The Simpsons dominate:
1 The Simpsons Movie - $71,850,000
2 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry - $19,063,000
3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - $17,065,000
4 Hairspray - $15,550,000
5 No Reservations - $11,755,000
6 Transformers $11,524,000
7 Ratatouille - $7,234,000
8 Live Free or Die Hard - $5,350,000
9 I Know Who Killed Me - $3,400,000
10 Who’s Your Caddy? - $2,900,000
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Simpsons. Awesome! With these figures, maybe little Maggie is right!
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Haha. In your face, people who thought it would do poorly.
I'm not talking about people here, i'm just saying in general. 100M is a guaranteee. Could get to 150M or higher.
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Originally posted by Ryanstorm
Haha. In your face, people who thought it would do poorly.
I'm not talking about people here, i'm just saying in general. 100M is a guaranteee. Could get to 150M or higher.
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Um, if it grosses 150M, I would consider it a flop. If a movie opens that huge and only totals at 150M, that's pretty bad. It would really have to tank in its next weeks to end up with that number. Plus with its rave reviews, I'm predicting a total that's a nice amount higher than 200M, assuming you're talking about the Simpsons
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'Simpsons' Leaps to Big Screen Success
by Brandon Gray
July 29, 2007
Cashing in on 18 years of pop cultural prominence, The Simpsons Movie drew a stellar estimated $71.9 million on approximately 5,500 screens at 3,922 theaters over the weekend. The $75 million animated feature helped propel the weekend to the highest attendance on record for the final frame of July.
The Simpsons Movie snared the biggest debut ever for a television adaptation, eclipsing Mission: Impossible II, and it more than doubled the previous top opening for a television cartoon adaptation, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and will soon surpass The Rugrats Movie as that category's highest grosser. The Simpsons's start also ranks third among animation overall and fifth for the month of July.
While the television series is still a steady performer in its 18th season, it is no longer among the most popular programs. Viewership was 8.6 million on average this past season, according to Nielsen Media Research, which means that more people may have paid to see the movie over the weekend than those who watch a first run episode.
The movie's success depended on former and casual fans returning to the fold, and the fact that it was the Simpsons in their first movie apparently was enough. After all, the prospect of a movie has been buzzed about for a decade, and distributor 20th Century Fox's ubiquitous marketing campaign offered no compelling reason other than that it was the Simpsons in a movie. The advertising maintained the franchise's brand of manic parody and random humor, from trailers pitching it as ugly two-dimensional animation in the age of 3-D to converting 7-Eleven convenience stores into the "Qwik-E-Marts" from the show.
"I think we did a great job courting the family audience and catching fantastic reviews," said Chris Aronson, Fox's senior vice president general sales manager, who claimed the studio expected an opening in the $40 million range. "It's a multi-generational appeal picture. You have people who started watching 18 years ago. They may not watch the show anymore, but the Simpsons are beloved."
Last weekend's comedy debuts, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Hairspray, each fell around 44 percent. Chuck and Larry held slightly better than Adam Sandler's last three major comedies, grossing an estimated $19.1 million for $71.6 million in ten days. There's less to compare Hairspray to as most recent musical successes had platform releases, but it's drop was similar to Moulin Rouge!. Hairspray scored an estimated $15.6 million for $59.3 million in ten days.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix posted another series low weekend gross, an estimated $17.1 million, but with potent summer weekdays it's accumulated more than its predecessors through the same point, $241.8 million in 19 days. It's the fifth highest-grossing picture of the season behind Transformers, which is now tracking ahead of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End but slightly behind Shrek the Third with $284.6 million in 27 days. The robo-spectacle generated an estimated $11.5 million over the weekend, off 44 percent.
Aaron Eckhart and Catherine Zeta-Jones in No Reservations
Opening in fifth place, Warner Bros.' chef romantic comedy-drama No Reservations garnered an estimated $11.8 million at 2,425 locations, which was in the low teen million range that many high profile romantic comedies have been relegated to in recent years. The market's other chef movie, Ratatouille, eased 34 percent to an estimated $7.2 million for $179.7 million in 31 days. It's on track to be the least attended Pixar feature but has done exceptionally well for its subject matter.
Live Free or Die Hard enjoyed the strongest hold among wide releases, down 25 percent to an estimated $5.4 million. Demonstrating better staying power than expected, the action sequel could exceed the attendance level of the original Die Hard.
Also debuting, I Know Who Killed Me, which did not feature the thrills its fun title suggested in its marketing, eked out a skimpy estimated $3.4 million at 1,320 sites, while golf comedy Who's Your Caddy? managed only an estimated $2.9 million at 1,019 venues.
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The Simpson's Movie's final total was $74 million.
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Originally posted by Nick The Third
Um, if it grosses 150M, I would consider it a flop. If a movie opens that huge and only totals at 150M, that's pretty bad.
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Well, considering that a lot of people didn't expect it to make 100M, much less 70M+ in its first weekend, I don't think it could possibly be considered a flop even if it ended up with 150M just because of that fact.
The only reason why I said 150M is because it could be frontloaded, as in, everyone came to see it in the first weekend. I don't know, I hope you're right about it making 200M, but i'm still skeptical.
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Originally posted by Ryanstorm
Well, considering that a lot of people didn't expect it to make 100M, much less 70M+ in its first weekend, I don't think it could possibly be considered a flop even if it ended up with 150M just because of that fact.
The only reason why I said 150M is because it could be frontloaded, as in, everyone came to see it in the first weekend. I don't know, I hope you're right about it making 200M, but i'm still skeptical.
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Well, the only reason I say that it would be a flop if it did that is because it would have performed EXACTLY like The Hulk [which opened with about 62 million, and wound up with only 132 million], which I consider to be a flop. And people haaaated The Hulk, so unless people hate this movie (which doesn't seem like the case), there is no chance in hell that it's going to only make 150m. So no need to be skeptical.
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why IKWKM flops? is it that bad?
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Originally posted by imuya
why IKWKM flops? is it that bad?
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one word:
LOHAN
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The Simpsons will probably garner 250 mill by the end of its run, its HUGE
i dont expect it to drop more than 50% next week and all major summer movies have done so, so far. I think its 10 day gross will be near 125 mill or more
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Originally posted by JerseyBoy
The Simpsons will probably garner 250 mill by the end of its run, its HUGE
i dont expect it to drop more than 50% next week and all major summer movies have done so, so far. I think its 10 day gross will be near 125 mill or more
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It might and all the movies that came out before it like Harry Potter, Hairspray, & Chuck & Larry are sliding down the money pole fast, so it looks solid for daily totals this week and it's only competition would be the Bourne Ultimatum this week and Rush Hour 3 next week and that's about it.
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Originally posted by mariah_4life
It might and all the movies that came out before it like Harry Potter, Hairspray, & Chuck & Larry are sliding down the money pole fast, so it looks solid for daily totals this week and it's only competition would be the Bourne Ultimatum this week and Rush Hour 3 next week and that's about it.
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yea and it got 9 mill on Moday, which brings it to 83million
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Originally posted by JerseyBoy
yea and it got 9 mill on Moday, which brings it to 83million
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It looks to break the $100 million mark before the weekend and I'm sure it will. I probably would go to say that it will break $150 million with it's weekend total this week.
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ugh...cant wait to see the simpsons...i'll watch it saturday...
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Th weekend actuals are as follows:
TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N The Simpsons Movie Fox $74,036,787 - 3,922 - $18,877 $74,036,787 $75 1
2 1 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Uni. $19,132,965 -44.1% 3,501 +6 $5,465 $71,680,080 $85 2
3 2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix WB $17,733,085 -45.5% 4,005 -280 $4,427 $242,439,214 $150 3
4 3 Hairspray (2007) NL $15,899,890 -42.1% 3,121 - $5,094 $59,657,287 - 2
5 N No Reservations WB $11,704,357 - 2,425 +1,925 $4,826 $11,704,357 - 1
6 4 Transformers P/DW $11,643,129 -43.2% 3,349 -413 $3,476 $284,677,134 $150 4
7 5 Ratatouille BV $7,455,594 -31.6% 2,934 -468 $2,541 $179,904,396 $150 5
8 6 Live Free or Die Hard Fox $5,618,728 -20.9% 2,271 -456 $2,474 $125,396,389 $110 5
9 N I Know Who Killed Me Sony $3,506,291 - 1,320 - $2,656 $3,506,291 - 1
10 N Who's Your Caddy? MGM/W $2,756,661 - 1,019 - $2,705 $2,756,661 - 1
11 20 Rescue Dawn MGM $1,650,282 +371.7% 500 +443 $3,300 $2,954,746 - 4
12 7 License to Wed WB $1,287,411 -64.0% 1,610 -915 $799 $41,707,459 - 4
13 25 Sunshine FoxS $1,262,996 +419.8% 461 +451 $2,739 $1,625,497 - 2
14 10 Knocked Up Uni. $1,227,605 -46.5% 792 -496 $1,550 $145,162,955 $30 9
15 11 Sicko LGF $1,173,740 -39.7% 850 -267 $1,380 $21,493,605 $9 6
16 9 Evan Almighty Uni. $1,146,335 -55.1% 1,010 -769 $1,134 $96,333,065 $175 6
17 8 1408 MGM/W $1,139,669 -56.5% 981 -470 $1,161 $69,926,874 $25 6
18 19 Talk to Me Focus $801,709 +125.4% 115 +79 $6,971 $1,884,170 - 3
19 18 Shrek the Third P/DW $634,797 +65.3% 455 +47 $1,395 $319,835,929 $160 11
20 13 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Fox $467,792 -37.8% 390 -211 $1,199 $129,757,156 $130 7
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Originally posted by mariah_4life
It looks to break the $100 million mark before the weekend and I'm sure it will. I probably would go to say that it will break $150 million with it's weekend total this week.
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yea hope so, but im 100% sure that it'll cross 140 mill by sunday
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