..Gary
Dretzka
..Leonard
Klady
..Emanuel
Levy
..David
Poland
..Doug
Pratt
..Ray
Pride
Weekend Finals
Monster Mash!
The tuss up between Alien vs. Predator vanquished the competition to lead weekend movie ticket sales with an estimated $38.8 million. The freshman class also included good grades for second place The Princess Bride 2: Royal Engagement with $22.8 million and a fourth place finish of $9.6 million for the Japanese anime feature Yu-Gi-Oh!
Still overall business was down roughly 7% from 2003's comparable frame when another classic confrontation - Freddy vs. Jason - was the leading audience magnet.
Sporting an instant classic of a tag line: Whoever Wins … We Lose, Alien vs. Predator was a marketing campaign that easily outstripped its product on a quality basis. While little attempt was made to broaden the picture's appeal to young men, that target crowd responded significantly. With some venues bowing with Midnight screenings, Saturday business experienced a steep 25% drop and Sunday is expected to suffer in similar fashion. And while the Monster duo won't hit 6-figures, its performance is well above expectations.
Regardless of where Fox places in the summer scoreboard, it's difficult to argue a better studio record this season. Its blockbuster titles The Day After Tomorrow and I, Robot performed to expectation while Dodgeball, Garfield and this weekend's AVP exceeded initial tracking projections.
The sequel to The Princess Diaries bowed Wednesday and entered the weekend with an impressive 2-day gross of $14.2 million. Its additional $22.8 million was on par with the original but saw some of its potential sapped by the Wednesday jump-start so next weekend will provide a better indication as to whether chapter two will have comparable longevity.
It's fair to say that Yu-Gi-Oh! has the dubious distinction of generating the biggest opening for a film with an unfathomable title. It experienced 30% erosion from opening day biz and shapes up as a fast burner with a strong profit center in ancillaries.
Weekend business should tally to close to $140 million for a timely boost of 22% from seven days earlier but dipped once again from 2003 levels. A year ago Freddy vs. Jason bowed comparably to this weekend's leader and the combination of Open Range and Uptown Girls was roughly equal to Princess Diaries 2. However, the rest of the field was deeper and more vibrant than the 2004 class.
The second weekend of Collateral took a comparatively modest 37% hit and The Bourne Identity is emerging as the summer's best heat resistance title. Conversely, The Village experienced another sizeable downturn and came up just shy of a $100 million cume.
Among the specialized debuts, the dour drama We Don't Live Here Anymore had an impressive near $14,000 average from seven exclusives. It expands to 10 markets next weekend.
There was fair response of $160,000 from 51 venues for Kyon Ho Gaya Na Pyar on the Bollywood circuit but other limited bows displayed little dynamism. The non-fiction Tom Dowd & the Language of Music was eyeing about $15,500 from 10 theaters while Lions Gate's acquisition of the Aussie offbeat comedy Danny Deckchair generated a wan $9,800 from four locations. Lions Gate's nail biter Open Water added just eight screens but maintained a healthy $14,000 average and should display considerably more bite when it expands next weekend
Weekend Finals - Ending August 15, 2004
Title Weekend % Change Theaters Cume Alien vs. Predator 38,291,056 3395 38,291,056 Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 22,956,453 3142 37,140,203 Collateral 16,174,309 -35% 3205 52,560,520 Yu-Gi-Oh! 9,485,494 2411 9,485,494 The Bourne Supremacy 8,600,575 -40% 2976 139,697,965 The Village 7,157,635 -57% 3142 99,862,707 The Manchurian Candidate 6,013,857 -41% 2612 47,989,278 I, Robot 3,866,317 -41% 2178 133,967,480 Little Black Book 3,784,115 -47% 2445 14,644,825 Spider-Man 2 3,512,027 -35% 1907 360,973,268 Napoleon Dynamite 1,756,496 1% 563 15,880,823 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle 1,404,200 -56% 1206 15,820,102 Garden State 1,387,775 171% 175 2,640,971 The Notebook 1,155,431 -38% 925 74,694,064 Fahrenheit 9/11 1,011,855 -47% 716 115,487,706 Catwoman 933,383 -68% 1175 38,244,199 Open Water 894,747 -19% 55 2,527,632 A Cinderella Story 869,210 -70% 1205 49,378,271 De-Lovely 691,617 -24% 393 9,786,184 Anchorman: Legend of Ron Burgundy 650,415 -59% 707 83,470,623 Shrek 2 567,582 -37% 567 435,640,772 Maria Full of Grace 495,492 -8% 107 2,605,693 Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban 451,429 -38% 310 246,244,214 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 306,438 -30% 320 112,539,175 Garfield 256,481 -25% 347 73,997,058 The Door in the Floor 254,943 -10% 134 2,881,127 Before Sunset 234,820 -27% 162 4,250,961 The Day After Tomorrow 230,161 -29% 263 185,667,752 Intimate Strangers 229,874 87% 59 581,082 Thunderbirds 224,755 -82% 569 6,555,895 Nascar: The Imax Experience 221,194 -8% 56 17,507,189 The Stepford Wives 209,851 279% 197 58,907,713 Around the World in 80 Days 190,366 -10% 226 23,519,011 Kyon? Ho Gaya Pyu 171,966 51 171,966 King Arthur 171,352 -73% 201 50,640,885 The Terminal 153,377 -50% 235 76,861,215 White Chicks 140,260 -51% 180 69,148,997 What the #$*! Do We Know 140,095 82% 32 1,875,993 Bugs! 132,479 -5% 28 12,101,249 Riding Giants 131,562 -15% 63 1,469,929 A Home at the End of the World 124,849 2% 65 612,791 Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk 122,485 -2% 17 7,646,308 Space Station 116,437 -4% 9 53,734,670 We Don't Live Here Anymore 101,295 7 101,295 The Chronicles of Riddick 98,965 -35% 120 57,637,485 Zatoichi 97,583 20% 34 651,603 Camping Sauvage 96,208 -46% 54 3,479,302 Two Brothers 83,905 -40% 173 18,947,630 Festival Express 82,173 1% 34 401,160 Saints and Soldiers 79,789 -43% 26 278,257 The Corporation 65,161 -19% 25 2,847,224 Mujhse Shaadi Karogi 63,186 -67% 38 833,648 Mean Girls 55,489 -41% 102 85,888,167 Raising Helen 53,840 -38% 116 37,379,556 Control Room 51,047 -25% 44 2,222,612 Troy 48,162 -47% 142 133,228,348 The Story of the Weeping Camel 47,709 -16% 40 1,362,527 Super Size Me 47,597 1% 71 11,199,273 Outfoxed: War on Journalism 44,847 -43% 11 151,292 Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey 41,003 -9% 8 7,203,219 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster 38,626 -71% 53 1,069,995 Code 46 38,247 90% 12 69,082 Touch of Pink 36,507 3% 21 385,858 13 Going on 30 32,922 -54% 79 57,139,723 T-Rex: Back to the Cretacious 29,164 -19% 3 48,996,763 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … 25,902 33% 12 2,259,717 The Clearing 25,750 -62% 48 5,629,834 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 25,035 -39% 72 84,185,387 She Hate Me 22,431 -34% 11 185,429 Van Helsing 21,345 -40% 42 120,150,546 Sleepover 20,548 -18% 31 9,408,183 Seducing Dr. Lewis 19,226 -3% 13 238,344 Ju-on: The Grudge 18,435 92% 5 101,983
Estimates - Ending August 15, 2004
Title Alien vs. Predator - 3395 38.8 Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement - 3472 37 Collateral -37% 3205 52 Yu-Gi-Oh! - 2411 9.6 The Bourne Supremecy -42% 2976 139.5 The Village -57% 3142 99.8 The Manchurian Candidate -41% 2612 48 Little Black Book -46% 2445 14.7 I, Robot -44% 2178 133.8 Spider-Man 2 -35% 1907 361 Napoleon Dynamite -3% 563 15.8 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle -57% 1206 15.8 Garden State 153% 175 2.6 The Notebook -36% 925 74.7 Fahrenheit 9/11 -46% 716 115.5 Catwoman -68% 1175 38.2 A Cinderella Story -72% 1205 49.3 Open Water -30% 55 2.4 Anchorman -56% 707 83.5 De-Lovely -30% 393 9.7 Shrek 2 -28% 567 435.7 Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban -27% 310 246.3 Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) - % Change (Last Year) - % Change (Last Week) - Also Debuting/Expanding Maria Full of Grace -15% 107 2.6 Kyon? Ho Gaya Na Pyar - 51 0.16 We Don't Live Here Anymore - 7 0.1 Tom Dowd: Language of Music - 10 0.02 Danny Deckchair - 4 0.01
Top Worldwide Releases - January 1 - August 12, 2004
Shrek 2 818,268,671 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 739,847,510 Spider-Man 2 686,489,796 The Passion of the Christ 623,427,871 Lord of the Rings: Return of King * 545,355,621 The Day After Tomorrow 534,499,361 Troy 490,157,825 The Last Samurai * 322,311,224 Van Helsing 274,256,885 I, Robot 213,999,598 Something's Gotta Give * 200,716,230 50 First Dates 192,790,726 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 178,965,519 Along Came Polly 170,924,753 Starsky & Hutch 161,554,755 Fahrenheit 9/11 155,761,458 Kill Bill Vol. 2 152,814,154 Brother Bear * 149,204,836 Cold Mountain * 147,893,665 Cheaper by the Dozen * 133,633,128 * does not include 2003 box office
Domestic Market Share - January 1 - August 12, 2004