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TV Show: TV Ratings (US Broadcast & Cable Networks) | Thursday 1/5
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Malta..........
Some tiny island below Italy which barely appears on the map.....
But still the promotion was similar to that in the UK, which is not good because few people knew that it was even released. But it is definitely building up by word of mouth (especially considering EVERYONE loved the hospital scene).
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oh nice...well if it was a soldout show, then the movie made around 2500 american dollars there alone (right?) If only every showing worldwide would go house-full...but sadly its going slowly...bit WILL get a billion!
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But the real monster smash in Europe is Mamma Mia, which has dominated most cinemas.
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I really hope TDK reaches at least 400 million outside the USA, but right now I don't see that happening, so I'm sticking to my 350 million prediction.
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Originally posted by chibi
Dude! Batman higher than stoners at box office
‘Dark Knight’ now No. 3 on domestic charts, behind ‘Titanic,’ ‘Star Wars’
Estimated ticket sales for Aug. 8-10
1. “The Dark Knight,” $26 million
2. “Pineapple Express,” $22.4 million
3. “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” $16.1 million
4. “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2,” $10.8 million
5. “Step Brothers,” $8.9 million
6. “Mamma Mia!”, $8.1 million
7. “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” $4.9 million
8. “Hancock,” $3.3 million
9. “Swing Vote,” $3.1 million
10. “WALL-E,” $3 million
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26124600/
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Poor Sisterhood of the traveling pants 2 it did worse then the 1st right.
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Poor Sisterhood of the traveling pants 2 it did worse then the 1st right.
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nope it did better than the first by 1 million
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'Dark Knight' Still Ablaze in Fourth Week
by Brandon Gray
August 14, 2008
The Dark Knight spent its fourth consecutive week at No. 1, though overall business was down from the same timeframe last year due to a lack of new blockbusters. It's the first time this decade that a summer movie has reigned that long, a feat achieved through a combination of massive grosses and a relatively modest slate of pictures beneath it.
On Wednesday, its 27th day of release, The Dark Knight crossed the $450 million mark and firmly stood as the third-highest grossing picture of all time, surpassing Shrek 2 and with Star Wars in its sights. Of course, Dark Knight trails those movies if their grosses are adjusted for national ticket price inflation, which gives a better indication of theatrical popularity. By that measure, Dark Knight hit another important milestone this week as it became the biggest Batman movie on the all time adjusted chart. The $251 million final gross of the movie that kicked off the blockbuster franchise, Batman from 1989, would equal nearly $450 million today.
Over the weekend, The Dark Knight continued to hold well by summer event standards, down 39 percent to $26.1 million on approximately 7,100 screens at 4,025 theaters. Included in that gross was an estimated $3.1 million from IMAX locations and that portion was off 21 percent. The format now accounts for over seven percent of the total.
Pineapple Express opened in second place with a $23.2 million weekend on around 4,200 screens at 3,072 venues. The $27 million stoner action-comedy's initial grosses were on the high end of its sub-genre, and 58 percent of its audience was male, according to distributor Sony. While Pineapple's weekend was lower than its Seth Rogen-Judd Apatow brethren (Superbad, Knocked Up), its full week was on par. Its pre-weekend debut set an August record for a Wednesday gross: $12.3 million.
This week, Tropic Thunder didn't make nearly as big a splash as last week's Pineapple Express in its Wednesday opening. The Hollywood action spoof nabbed a solid $6.5 million on close to 4,700 screens at 3,319 locations. Its movie industry-related humor is a trickier sell than Pineapple's slacker variety, which may have led to a smaller opening rush.
Faring very well but on a more demure scale, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 brought in $10.7 million over the weekend on around 3,000 screens at 2,707 sites. The $27 million follow-up to the 2005 relationship drama, a sub-genre that rarely sees sequels let alone successful ones, has exceeded its predecessor in its first week and a half.
Among holdovers, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor unraveled 59 percent over the weekend to $16.5 million, which was a much steeper drop than the previous Mummy movies. It's also by far the least attended through the same point. On the other hand, another adventure featuring Brendan Fraser, Journey to the Center of the Earth, had the best hold of the weekend, down 27 percent to $4.9 million, though it's in the same range in overall attendance.
Meanwhile, Step Brothers continued to track similarly to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy when adjusted for ticket price inflation, and Mamma Mia! skipped past $100 million and led the comparably released Hairspray from last year by a $13 million plus margin through their fourth weeks.
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Dark Knight as of 8/15 (Day 27)$451,888,386...
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So, Tropic Thunder is the only 'big' release for this weekend?
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^ and Star Wars: Clone Wars, Mirrors, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Fly ME To The Moon 3-D and Henry Poole
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Clone Wars could go either way. It could perform very well, or not so much.
I think there's little to no doubt that Tropic Thunder will be #1, though.
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Originally posted by Red
Clone Wars could go either way. It could perform very well, or not so much.
I think there's little to no doubt that Tropic Thunder will be #1, though.
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I agree about the Clone Wars, I think it will actually take the #1 spot due to this reason:
Tropic Thunder underperformed yesterday and only took in $6.5 million, not to mention it will have already been released for 2 days, taking away from what it could've made over the weekend (ex: the Pineapple Express).
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Originally posted by mariah_4life
I agree about the Clone Wars, I think it will actually take the #1 spot due to this reason:
Tropic Thunder underperformed yesterday and only took in $6.5 million, not to mention it will have already been released for 2 days, taking away from what it could've made over the weekend (ex: the Pineapple Express).
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But the thing about TT is that more people may be waiting for the weekend, due to school starting in many areas of the country. The fact that it opened with so "little" has more to do with that and the Olympics than anything. Couple this with the fact that Tropic Thunder has so much starpower, and it should still be #1 with relative ease.
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I think Clone Wars will be an epic flop.
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Clone Wars is going to flop...there is no hype and everyone I asked don't even know it exsists or even want to see it
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Clone Wars is going to flop...there is no hype and everyone I asked don't even know it exsists or even want to see it
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Possibly, I don't know. I'm thinking that the Star Wars fans will go see it the first weekend, giving it great numbers, but then it will start plummeting down after that.
I also think that a possible 5th weekend for the Dark Knight is a possibility. If, the Clone Wars and Tropic Thunder flop, then the Dark Knight will have a better chance at #1 again, and it will more than likely land around $17 - $18 million this weekend. If it were to take 5 weekends at #1, then it would become the first movie in the 21st century to take 5 weekends at the top spot. The last movie to have 5 weekends at #1 was 1999's, The Sixth Sense in Aug./Sept.
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OMG, how could I forget about the Clone Wars movie, lol. I'd say that if TDK doesn't hold the top spot, I'd like SW to take it.
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FINAL TRACKING: 'Tropic Thunder' Targets $45M 5-Day; 'Clone Wars' Likely No. 2 with $20M-$23M; 'The Dark Knight' Falls to Third Place; 'Mirrors' Looking at $10M-$13M!
by Steve Mason
A well-placed studio source told me this week that there's probably only one "big-time" movie remaining on the release schedule for August, and, no surprise, it is Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder (DreamWorks/Paramount). With a highly anticipated performance from Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. and a buzzed-about, scene-stealing turn by Tom Cruise, Thunder has been everybody's sure-fire late summer hit for months, and industry tracking points to an excellent five-day opening, starting Wednesday, and an almost certain weekend win.
The Beijing Olympics are a huge ratings win for NBC, and films in release this weekend will need to contend with Michael Phelps's pursuit of eight gold medals at the Water Cube in China. The Baltimore-raised aquatic superstar will swim in his final event Sunday night. The Summer Olympic Games generally, and Phelps specifically — at least until/unless he loses — have the potential to dampen the weekend numbers at America's movie theaters, but Tropic Thunder, like last week's Pineapple Express (Sony) and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Warner Bros.), is getting a jump on the field with a midweek opening.
I am anticipating $11 million-$13 million on Wednesday for the DreamWorks/Paramount property, and the film will likely bank $43 million-$46 million by Monday morning, slightly better than the five-day performance for Pineapple Express last week. The traditional three-day will fall in the $24 million-$27 million range, which will probably be enough to win the weekend.
The George Lucas-produced animated Star Wars film The Clone Wars (Warner Bros.) is a likely No. 2 for the weekend, but it may struggle. A competing studio exec tells me that, according to industry tracking, the percentage of moviegoers who say that they have no interest in the film outnumbers those who say they have Definite Interest, which is not a good sign. Still, hardcore Star Wars fans could power the film to $8 million-$11 million Friday and a front-loaded three-day of $20 million-$23 million.
Mega-hit The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) will likely be knocked from the No. 1 spot this weekend, dipping to $15 million-$18 million. Last Friday, I projected $515 million-$520 million domestic for the Christopher Nolan-directed comic book adaptation, and Warner Bros. distribution president Dan Fellman offered the same numbers in a Monday Hollywood Reporter story.
Fellman also told THR that "Titanic was once in a lifetime, and I don't think we'll ever have another gross like that in the history of the industry." Those are the same sentiments I have been expressing for weeks. There has been a fundamental change in the way movies are distributed, and, with 4,000 location and 10,000 screen openings, it is completely improbable for any future Hollywood movie to demonstrate the week-after-week resilience that pushed Titanic to $600 million domestic.
The other wide release this weekend is Mirrors (20th Century Fox), from The Hills Have Eyes director Alexandre Aja. May's The Strangers (Rogue) demonstrated that there is still room in the market for an R-rated horror film, but this one does not have nearly the same market traction according to industry tracking. 24 star Kiefer Sutherland's first feature since 2006's The Sentinel seems headed for $10 million-$13 million.
There is a hodgepodge of limited releases also debuting Friday, each on fewer than 1,000 screens. I am anticipating $3 million-$5 million for Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Weinstein Co.), $2 million-$4 million for Summit's 3D animated family movie Fly Me To the Moon and $1 million-$2 million for Henry Poole Is Here (Overture), starring Luke Wilson.
PREDICTIONS FOR THE WEEKEND OF AUG. 15-17
1. Tropic Thunder (DreamWorks/Paramount) — $25 million (five-day total of $45 million)
2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Warner Bros.) — $21.5 million
3. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) — $16.6 million
4. Pineapple Express (Sony) — $12.5 million
5. Mirrors (20th Century Fox) — $11.8 million
6. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal) — $8.3 million
7. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Warner Bros.) — $6.5 million
8. Mamma Mia (Universal) — $5.4 million
9. Step Brothers (Sony) — $5.2 million
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Weinstein Co.) — $4.6 million
* Fly Me To the Moon (Summit) — $3.3 million
* Henry Poole Is Here (Overture) — $1.25 million
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I don't get the hype behind TT. I have absolutely no interest in it.
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