The Box Office Thread

[Formusic]

Let s talk about our favorite movies and their respective grosses. You can also contribute with more charts

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Weekly Box Office

March 9-15, 2012

TW LW Title Studio Weekly Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #

1 1 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Uni. $52,744,185 -36.4% 3,746 +17 $14,080 $135,623,015 $70 2
2 N John Carter BV $39,657,453 - 3,749 - $10,578 $39,657,453 $250 1
3 2 Project X WB $15,550,851 -45.6% 3,055 - $5,090 $44,125,846 - 2
4 3 Act of Valor Rela. $9,619,772 -45.2% 2,951 -102 $3,260 $58,720,369 $12 3
5 N Silent House ORF $8,491,744 - 2,124 - $3,998 $8,491,744 - 1
6 N A Thousand Words P/DW $8,352,821 - 1,890 - $4,419 $8,352,821 $40 1
7 4 Safe House Uni. $6,689,280 -32.0% 2,144 -409 $3,120 $117,493,095 $85 5
8 6 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island WB $5,575,075 -33.2% 2,525 -535 $2,208 $92,605,686 $79 5
9 7 The Vow SGem $5,449,509 -31.9% 2,478 -348 $2,199 $119,063,255 $30 5
10 8 This Means War Fox $5,260,432 -27.9% 1,949 -393 $2,699 $48,399,782 $65 4
11 5 Tyler Perry's Good Deeds LGF $3,813,884 -56.6% 1,516 -616 $2,516 $31,356,333 - 3
12 11 The Artist Wein. $2,910,396 -41.4% 1,505 -251 $1,934 $41,065,419 $15 16
13 9 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Sony $2,782,245 -52.2% 1,804 -683 $1,542 $48,882,392 $57 4
14 N Friends with Kids RAtt. $2,729,982 - 369 - $7,398 $2,729,982 - 1
15 10 Wanderlust Uni. $2,359,980 -54.8% 1,220 -782 $1,934 $16,224,100 - 3
16 13 Chronicle (2012) Fox $1,307,089 -46.6% 595 -459 $2,197 $62,669,961 $12 6
17 12 Gone Sum. $1,260,812 -67.5% 1,144 -1,042 $1,102 $11,092,094 - 3
18 19 A Separation SPC $1,039,858 -21.6% 281 +38 $3,701 $5,091,690 - 11
19 15 The Descendants FoxS $927,049 -44.7% 517 -177 $1,793 $81,704,811 - 17
20 16 Hugo Par. $860,876 -45.5% 313 -93 $2,750 $72,506,680 - 16


Nation/Territory #1 Movie #1 Movie Wknd Gross


ARGENTINA John Carter $963,151
AUSTRALIA John Carter $3,272,307
AUSTRIA John Carter $401,401
BAHRAIN Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $708
BELGIUM John Carter $389,336
BOLIVIA John Carter $125,023
BRAZIL John Carter $2,385,954
BULGARIA John Carter $182,852
COLOMBIA John Carter $532,882
CROATIA John Carter $26,221
CZECH REPUBLIC The Iron Lady $122,576
DENMARK Hvidsten gruppen $1,291,624
EAST AFRICA John Carter $15,459
ECUADOR John Carter $367,760
EGYPT John Carter $48,375
FINLAND Risto Räppääjä ja viileä Venla $161,302
FRANCE Les infidèles (The Players) $4,093,705
GERMANY Intouchables $3,348,837
GREECE John Carter $264,526
HONG KONG Tao jie (A Simple Life) $1,073,532
HUNGARY John Carter $212,536
ICELAND Svartur á leik (Black's Game) $87,478
INDONESIA Hugo $320,662
ITALY Posti in piedi in paradiso $2,817,412
JAPAN Eiga Doraemon: Nobita to kiseki no shima - Animaru adobenchâ $5,305,991
MEXICO John Carter $3,418,258
NETHERLANDS John Carter $551,447
NEW ZEALAND John Carter $311,305
NIGERIA Safe House $10,785
NORWAY John Carter $321,083
PERU John Carter $432,869
PHILIPPINES John Carter $823,935
POLAND John Carter $608,974
PORTUGAL Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $227,425
RUSSIA - CIS John Carter $16,548,928
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO Sesir profesora Vujica $25,449
SINGAPORE John Carter $868,818
SLOVAKIA John Carter $52,256
SLOVENIA The Iron Lady $17,838
SOUTH AFRICA (ENTIRE REGION) John Carter $271,576
SOUTH KOREA Helpless $4,240,711
SPAIN John Carter $2,720,677
SWEDEN John Carter $526,701
THAILAND John Carter $808,154
TURKEY Fetih 1453 $1,935,383
UKRAINE John Carter $1,513,973
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES John Carter $982,975
UNITED KINGDOM John Carter $3,128,233
VENEZUELA John Carter $564,797

[summer]

Great idea I'll try to add smth

[Timmy94]

In Germany, movies are ranked by viewers and not by gross...
Can the numbers be posted here, too?

[cristy]

Great idea.
Weekend forecast (per Box Office Mojo):

Weekend Forecast (March 16-18)
1. 21 Jump Street - $32.5 million
2. The Lorax - $24.9 million (-36%)
3. John Carter - $15.1 million (-50%)
4. Project X - $5.2 million (-53%)
5. Act of Valor - $3.8 million (-46%)

I'm hoping 'Friends With Kids' maintains some good numbers with this weekend's expansion.
And I hope 'Kid With A Bike' does solid business in it's limited release. I've just seen it and really enjoyed it, I highly recommend it.

[Formusic]

In Germany, movies are ranked by viewers and not by gross...
Can the numbers be posted here, too?

Of course you can also post the numbers of tickets if you like, it will be interseting ^^ (Gross/tickets per country)

[Formusic]

Weekly Box Office

March 18, 2012




TW LW Title Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #

1 N 21 Jump Street Sony $35,000,000 - 3,121 - $11,214 $35,000,000 $42 1
2 1 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Uni. $22,800,000 -41.3% 3,769 +23 $6,049 $158,400,000 $70 3
3 2 John Carter BV $13,515,000 -55.2% 3,749 - $3,605 $53,172,000 $250 2
4 3 Project X WB $4,005,000 -64.1% 2,922 -133 $1,371 $48,131,000 - 3
5 6 A Thousand Words P/DW $3,750,000 -39.3% 1,895 +5 $1,979 $12,103,000 $40 2
6 4 Act of Valor Rela. $3,678,000 -47.4% 2,765 -186 $1,330 $62,398,000 $12 4
7 7 Safe House Uni. $2,800,000 -41.7% 1,920 -224 $1,458 $120,200,000 $85 6
8 10 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island WB $2,460,000 -31.9% 1,935 -590 $1,271 $95,066,000 $79 6
9 N Casa De Mi Padre LGF $2,200,000 - 382 - $5,759 $2,200,000 - 1
10 9 This Means War Fox $2,125,000 -43.4% 1,660 -289 $1,280 $50,525,000 $65 5
11 8 The Vow SGem $2,100,000 -45.3% 2,175 -303 $966 $121,100,000 $30 6
12 5 Silent House ORF $2,084,000 -68.7% 2,124 - $981 $10,576,000 - 2
13 13 Friends with Kids RAtt. $1,500,000 -25.7% 640 +271 $2,344 $4,230,000 - 2
14 11 Tyler Perry's Good Deeds LGF $1,400,000 -51.8% 1,016 -500 $1,378 $32,756,000 - 4
15 12 The Artist Wein. $1,067,000 -48.7% 1,155 -350 $924 $42,132,000 $15 17
- N Jeff, Who Lives at Home ParV $840,000 - 254 - $3,307 $840,000 - 1
- 15 Wanderlust Uni. $520,000 -68.6% 698 -522 $745 $16,744,000 - 4
- 18 A Separation SPC $510,000 -30.0% 282 +1 $1,809 $5,602,000 - 12
- 16 Chronicle (2012) Fox $485,000 -46.4% 432 -163 $1,123 $63,155,000 $12 7
- 20 Hugo Par. $475,000 -23.8% 383 +70 $1,240 $72,982,000 - 17

This Week :

-The Hunger Games
-Last Day on Earth
-Brake
-The Deep Blue Sea
-Musical Chairs
-The Raid : Redemption
-The Trouble With Bliss

[PDC1987]

Channing is on a roll.

[Timmy94]

German weekly No.-1-movies from 2012 on (by viewers):

Sherlock Holmes: Spiel im Schatten 313,000
Sherlock Holmes: Spiel im Schatten 335,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 468,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 614,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 614,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 556,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 476,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 481,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 465,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 341,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 336,000
Türkisch für Anfänger 369,000

[Formusic]

Ziemlich beste Freunde 468,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 614,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 614,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 556,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 476,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 481,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 465,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 341,000
Ziemlich beste Freunde 336,000

wow impressive is this movie eligible in the all time list in Germany with these numbers ?

[cristy]

You can check the German box office results (in dollars) on Box Office Mojo's website.
Link
I assume 'Ziemlich beste Freunde' is The Intouchables, the French film that has been wreaking havoc on the box office charts, already making 270 million dollars, in Europe alone (and it hasn't even opened in all European territories, just around 10 of them).
So far it grossed 166 million in France, and 62 million in Germany.
Can't wait to see how it does in the other major markets.

[Timmy94]

And as I'm having too much time now , here are the numbers of previous years...

2007:
Nachts im Museum 790,000
Nachts im Museum 346,000
Das Streben nach Glück 361,000
Die wilden Kerle 4 652,000
Ghost Rider 268,000
Ghost Rider 161,000
Mitten ins Herz – Ein Song für Dich 290,000
Neues vom Wixxer 272,000
Neues vom Wixxer 179,000
Mr. Bean macht Ferien 715,000
300 746,000
Mr. Bean macht Ferien 279,000
Born To Be Wild 300,000
Born To Be Wild 185,000
Spider Man 3 1,432,000
Spider Man 3 467,000
Spider Man 3 383,000
Fluch der Karibik 3 1,860,000
Fluch der Karibik 3 928,000
Fluch der Karibik 3 459,000
Fluch der Karibik 3 ?
Shrek – Der tollkühne Held ?
Stirb Langsam 4.0 ?
Stirb Langsam 4.0 410,000
Harry Potter und der Orden des Phönix 2,087,000
Harry Potter und der Orden des Phönix 1,050,000
Die Simspons – Der Film 1,460,000
Die Simspons – Der Film 600,000
Die Simspons – Der Film 356,000
Rush Hour 3 400,000
Beim ersten Mal 202,000
Beim ersten Mal 197,000
Bourne Ultimatum 471,000
Bourne Ultimatum 253,000
Bourne Ultimatum 170,000
Chuck & Larry: Wie Feuer und Flamm 275,000
Ratatouille 890,000
Ratatouille 750,000
Ratatouille 755,000
Lissi und der wilde Kaiser 507,000
Lissi und der wilde Kaiser 515,000
Lissi und der wilde Kaiser ?
American Gangster 240,000
American Gangster 170,000
Warum Männer nicht zuhören und Frauen schlecht einparken 170,000
Der goldene Kompass 460,000
Der goldene Kompass 343,000
Keinohrhasen ?
Keinohrhasen ?

Year-End-Chart:
1. Harry Potter und der Orden des Phönix 7,060,000
2. Fluch der Karibik 3 6,070,000
3. Ratatouille 5,910,000
5. Shrek – Der tollkühne Held ?
7. Spider Man 3

[Timmy94]

wow impressive is this movie eligible in the all time list in Germany with these numbers ?

It's currently at 6.7 mio. viewers (which is already breaking last year's most-seen movie Harry Potter 7.2 which had 6.4 mio. viewers) and it takes 7.4 mio. viewers to reach the all-time-list, so as it just had another 200k+ viewers last week, it'll get there soon .

[Timmy94]

2008:
Keinohrhasen 588,000
I Am Legend 980,000
I Am Legend 500,000
Das Vermächtnis des geheimen Buches 522,000
Asterix bei den Olympischen Spielen 330,000
Saw IV 280,000
Unsere Erde – Der Film 340,000
DWK 5: Hinter dem Horizont 445,000
DWK 5: Hinter dem Horizont 370,000
10.000 B.C 255,000
Horton hört ein Hu 333,000
Die Welle 310,000
Daddy ohne Plan 216,000
Die Welle 174,000
21 170,000
Sommer 223,000
Sommer 126,000
Iron Man 267,000
Love Vegas ?
Love Vegas 228,000
Indiana Jones und das Königreich des Kristallschädels 900,000
Sex and the City 450,000
Sex and the City 290,000
Sex and the City 227,000
Sex and the City 106,000
Sex and the City 89,000 - lowest viewers number of 2008
Hancock 1,070,000
Hancock 664,000
Mamma Mia! 454,000
Mamma Mia! 264,000
Die Chroniken von Narnia: Prinz Kaspian von Narnia 320,000
Die Mumie 560,000
Leg Dich nicht mit Zohan an 474,000
The Dark Knight 700,000
The Dark Knight 376,000
Wanted 285,000
The Dark Knight 168,000
Tropic Thunder 135,000
Wall-E 562,000
Wall-E 703,000
Wall-E 298,000
Wall-E 234,000
High School Musical 3: Senior Year 776,000
High School Musical 3: Senior Year 413,000
Ein Quantum Trost 1,380,000
Ein Quantum Trost 870,000
Ein Quantum Trost 441,000
Ein Quantum Trost 245,000
Madagascar 2 1,500,000
Madagascar 2 913,000
Madagascar 2 660,000
Madagascar 2 473,000

Year-End-Chart:
1. Keinohrhasen 6,200,000
2. Ein Quantum Trost 4,600,000
3. Madagascar 2 4,500,000
4. Mamma Mia! 4,200,000
5. Hancock 3,800,000
6. Unsere Erde – Der Film 3,600,000
7. Wall-E – Der Letzte räumt die Erde auf 3,200,000
8. Kung Fu Panda 3,100,000
9. Indiana Jones und das Königreich des Kristallschädels 2,800,000
10. I Am Legend 2,400,000

[Timmy94]

2009:
Madagascar 2 387,000
Transporter 3 486,000
Twilight – Biss zum Morgengrauen 600,000
Operation Walküre - Das Stauffenberg Attentat 396,000
Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button 434,000
Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button 361,000
Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button 238,000
Hexe Lilli 220,000
Der Vorleser 337,000
Marley & ich 359,000
Marley & ich 238,000
Männersache 610,000
Der Kaufhaus Cop 456,000
Fast & Furious – Neues Modell. Originalteile 631,000
Fast & Furious – Neues Modell. Originalteile 308,000
Crank 2 298,000
Crank 2 102,000
Wolverine 360,000
Star Trek 348,000
Illuminati 968,000
Illuminati 703,000
Illuminati 461,000
Terminator – Die Erlösung 398,000
Illuminati 244,000
Nachts im Museum 2 140,000 - 5th week
Transformers 2 790,000
Ice Age 3 1,100,000
Ice Age 3 1,300,000
Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz 1,700,000
Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz 806,000
Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz ?
Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz 243,000
Selbst ist Braut 175,000
Inglourious Basterds 334,000
Inglourious Basterds 254,000
Final Destination 4 ?
Wickie und die starken Männer 1,070,000
Wickie und die starken Männer 640,000
Wickie und die starken Männer 424,000
Wickie und die starken Männer 488,000
Männerherzen 421,000
G-Force — Agenten mit Biss ?
Die Päpstin 372,000
This Is It 610,000
Die Päpstin 276,000
2012 1,000,000
2012 663,000
New Moon 1,130,000
Zweiohrküken 755,000
Zweiohrküken 619,000
Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 807,000
Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 809,000

Year-End-Chart:
1. Ice Age 3 8,700,000
2. Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz 6,100,000
3. Wickie und die starken Männer 4,900,000
4. Illuminati 4,600,000
5. Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 3,900,000
6. Zweiohrküken 3,500,000

[Timmy94]

Decade-End-Chart:
1. Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen 12,300,000
2. Der Schuh des Manitu 11,700,000
3. Der Herr der Ringe – Die Gefährten 11,000,000
4. Der Herr der Ringe – Die Rückkehr des Königs 10,400,000
5. Der Herr der Ringe – Die zwei Türme 10,200,000

[Timmy94]

2010:
Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 725,000
Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 615,000
Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 586,000
Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 565,000
Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 513,000
Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 535,000
Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 392,000
Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 369,000
Shutter Island 325,000
Alice im Wunderland 529,000
Alice im Wunderland 501,000
Alice im Wunderland 338,000
Drachenzähmen leicht gemacht 241,000
Der Kautions-Cop 328,000
Kampf der Titanen 468,000
Kampf der Titanen 212,000
Kampf der Titanen 107,000
Mit dir an meiner Seite 119,000
Iron Man 2 317,000
Robin Hood 542,000
Prince Of Persia 309,000
Sex and the City 2 583,000
Sex and the City 2 339,000
Sex and the City 2 189,000
Sex and the City 2 160,000
Sex and the City 2 61,000
Für immer Shrek 390,000
Für immer Shrek 256,000
Twilight Saga: Eclipse 992,000
Twilight Saga: Eclipse 527,000
Inception 607,000
Kindsköpfe 520,000
Kindsköpfe 381,000
Die Legende von Aang 355,000
The Expendables 285,000
Step Up 3D 177,000
Beilight 347,000
Resident Evil: Afterlife 335,000
Eat Pray Love 241,000
Ich – Einfach unverbesserlich 412,000
Ich – Einfach unverbesserlich 300,000
Ich – Einfach unverbesserlich 344,000
Ich – Einfach unverbesserlich 251,000
R.E.D. – Älter, Härter, Besser 233,000
Stichtag 359,000
Stichtag 256,000
Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes (Teil 1) 1,740,000
Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes (Teil 1) 900,000
Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes (Teil 1) 483,000
Rapunzel – Neu Verföhnt 572,000
Rapunzel – Neu Verföhnt 370,000
Rapunzel – Neu Verföhnt 201,000

Year-End-Chart:
1. Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora 7,800,000
2. Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes – Teil 1 4,900,000
3. Eclipse – Bis(s) zum Abendrot 3,700,000
4. Inception 3,400,000
5. Alice im Wunderland 2,900,000

[Timmy94]

2011:
1. "Rapunzel – Neu verföhnt" 395.000
2. "Rapunzel – Neu verföhnt" 380.000
3. "The Green Hornet" 292.000
4. "Black Swan" 265.000
5. "Tron: Legacy" 307.000
6. "Kokowääh" 832.000
7. "Kokowääh" 738.000
8. "Kokowääh" 542.000
9. "Kokowääh" 348.000
10. "The King's Speech" 255.000
11. "The King's Speech" 222.000
12. "The King's Speech" 172.000
13. "Gnomeo & Julia" 151.000
14. "Sucker Punch" 147.000
15. "Rio" 221.000
16. "Rio" 199.000
17. "New Kids Turbo" 203.000
18. "Fast & Furious V" 818.000
19. "Fast & Furious V" 400.000
20. "Fast & Furious V" 311.000
21. "Pirates Of The Caribbean" 1.320.000
22. "Pirates Of The Caribbean" 749.000
23. "Hangover 2" 1.030.000
24. "Hangover 2" 697.000
25. "Kung Fu Panda 2" 538.000
26. "Bad Teacher" 496.000
27. "Transformers 3" 834.000
28. "Transformers 3" 417.000
29. "Harry Potter 7.2" 1.580.000
30. "Harry Potter 7.2" 1.010.000
31. "Harry Potter 7.2" / "Cars 2" 601.000
32. "Die Schlümpfe" 536.000
33. "Planet der Affen: Prevolution" 411.000
34. "Planet der Affen: Prevolution" 160.000
35. "What A Man" 340.000
36. "What A Man" 250.000
37. "Freunde mit gewissen Vorzügen" 240.000
38. "Männerherzen 2" 252.000
39. "Männerherzen 2" 170.000
40. "Wickie Auf Großer Fahrt" 196.000
41. "Johnny English – Jetzt erst recht" 366.000
42. "Johnny English – Jetzt erst recht" 261.000
43. "Johnny English – Jetzt erst recht" 212.000
44. "Die Abenteuer von Tim und Struppi: Das Geheimnis der Einhorn" 358.000
45. "Die Abenteuer von Tim und Struppi: Das Geheimnis der Einhorn" / "Paranormal Activity 3" 266.000
46. "Krieg der Götter" 173.000
47. "Krieg der Götter" 119.000
48. "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Bis(s) zum Ende der Nacht – Teil eins" 1.050.000
49. "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Bis(s) zum Ende der Nacht – Teil eins" 589.000
50. "Der gestiefelte Kater" 556.000
51. "Der gestiefelte Kater" 425.000
52. "Sherlock Holmes: Spiel im Schatten" 260.000

Year-End-Chart:
1. "Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes – Teil zwei" 6,430,000
2. "Pirates of the Caribbean - Fremde Gezeiten" 4,370,000
3. "Kokowääh" 4,300,000
4. "Hangover 2" 4,080,000
5. "Breaking Dawn - Bis(s) zum Ende der Nacht - Teil 1" 3,110,000

[Formusic]

International : March 18, 2012



Nation/Territory #1 Movie #1 Movie Wknd Gross

ARGENTINA John Carter $963,151
AUSTRALIA John Carter $3,272,307
AUSTRIA John Carter $401,401
BAHRAIN Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $708
BELGIUM John Carter $389,336
BOLIVIA John Carter $125,023
BRAZIL John Carter $2,385,954
BULGARIA John Carter $182,852
CHILE John Carter $331,545
COLOMBIA John Carter $532,882
CROATIA John Carter $26,221
CZECH REPUBLIC The Iron Lady $122,576
DENMARK Hvidsten gruppen $1,291,624
EAST AFRICA John Carter $15,459
ECUADOR John Carter $367,760
EGYPT John Carter $48,375
FINLAND Risto Räppääjä ja viileä Venla $161,302
FRANCE Les infidèles (The Players) $4,093,705
GERMANY Intouchables $3,348,837
GREECE John Carter $264,526
HONG KONG Tao jie (A Simple Life) $1,073,532
HUNGARY John Carter $212,536
ICELAND Svartur á leik (Black's Game) $87,478
INDONESIA Hugo $320,662
ISRAEL John Carter $171,468
ITALY Posti in piedi in paradiso $2,817,412
JAPAN Eiga Doraemon: Nobita to kiseki no shima - Animaru adobenchâ $5,305,991
LEBANON John Carter $73,890
MALAYSIA John Carter $1,574,665
MEXICO John Carter $3,418,258
NETHERLANDS John Carter $551,447
NEW ZEALAND John Carter $311,305
NIGERIA Safe House $10,785
NORWAY John Carter $321,083
PERU John Carter $432,869
PHILIPPINES John Carter $823,935
POLAND John Carter $608,974
PORTUGAL Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $227,425
RUSSIA - CIS John Carter $16,548,928
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO Sesir profesora Vujica $25,449
SINGAPORE John Carter $868,818
SLOVAKIA John Carter $52,256
SLOVENIA The Iron Lady $17,838
SOUTH AFRICA (ENTIRE REGION) John Carter $271,576
SOUTH KOREA Helpless $4,240,711
SPAIN John Carter $2,720,677
SWEDEN John Carter $526,701
THAILAND John Carter $808,154
TURKEY Fetih 1453 $1,935,383
UKRAINE John Carter $1,513,973
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES John Carter $982,975
UNITED KINGDOM John Carter $3,128,233
URUGUAY The Devil Inside $21,598
VENEZUELA John Carter $564,797

[Formusic]

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3398&p=.htm

Forecast: 'Hunger Games' Targets Record Books
by Ray Subers
The Hunger Games



March 22, 2012

Happy Hunger Games, indeed.

The big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins' international best-seller finally hits theater on Friday, and it's riding a wave of anticipation unheard of for the first movie in a prospective series. The Hunger Games is set to play on at least 10,000 screens at 4,137 locations, which is the widest release ever for a non-sequel and for a movie released by a non-major studio (in this case, it's from mid-major studio Lionsgate). With pre-sales at nearly-unprecedented levels, it now looks like a foregone conclusion that The Hunger Games will score one of the top openings in movie history.

With over 24 million copies in worldwide circulation, The Hunger Games has drawn abundant comparisons to the Twilight series: both The Hunger Games and Twilight are extremely popular genre-oriented young adult franchises that feature a love triangle between a female protagonist and two hunky suitors. That's about the extent of the association, though. While romance is the main focus in Twilight, in The Hunger Games it takes a backseat to an action-packed survival story set in a dystopian future. Thanks to these sci-fi elements, The Hunger Games has appealed to young men in a way that Twilight never really could.

Without mincing words, this is by far Lionsgate's biggest release ever—their current highest-grossing movie is Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 at $119.2 million, which is a figure that The Hunger Games could legitimately eclipse within its first three days in theaters. Largely due to expectations that The Hunger Games will be a massive hit, Lionsgate's stock price has risen 75 percent so far this year, which indicates just how much the company has riding on this title.

Considering what's at stake, Lionsgate has executed about as well as one could expect here. They hired a reputable director (Gary Ross of Seabiscuit and Pleasantville) and an Oscar-nominated up-and-coming star (Jennifer Lawrence), and shot a reportedly faithful adaptation on a budget under $80 million after tax rebates. Lionsgate then spent a light $45 million on prints and advertising that focused almost exclusively on the events that occur prior to the games in order to set up the high stakes without revealing too much. The icing on the cake is the surprisingly strong reviews—as of Thursday afternoon, it's at 87 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes—which should help generate additional ticket sales from more discerning adult audiences.

So, how high can The Hunger Games open? Industry tracking is showing incredibly high levels of interest across all ages and both genders, with the greatest interest obviously coming from younger women (though young men aren't really far behind). According to Fandango, it has sold out over 2,500 showtimes and currently ranks as the third-highest advanced ticket seller ever behind The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Those movies opened to $142.8 million and $169.2 million, respectively, and were both highly-anticipated sequels.

Based on the information available, The Hunger Games should open higher than 2010's Alice in Wonderland ($116.1 million), which will give it the top opening ever for a January-April release and also the best debut for a non-sequel. The big question is whether it can pass The Twilight Saga: New Moon's $142.8 million opening (best in the Twilight franchise)—while that is entirely possible, I'm going to play it a little safer with a forecast below $140 million.

The Hunger Games is also opening in at least two-thirds of the international marketplace, and should wind up scoring over $200 million worldwide (domestic plus foreign) this weekend.

Even though all of the attention is going to be on The Hunger Games this weekend, Toronto International Film Festival sensation The Raid: Redemption also opens in at least 13 locations in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington D.C. Sony Pictures Classics has an extensive roll-out planned for the action-packed martial arts movie over the next few weeks, and with strong word-of-mouth it could wind up becoming one of the bigger foreign language movies of the past few years.

Weekend Forecast (March 23-25)
1. The Hunger Games - $135 million
2. 21 Jump Street - $23 million (-41%)
3. The Lorax - $12.7 million (-44%)
4. John Carter - $7.3 million (-46%)

[Formusic]

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3401&p=.htm

Weekend Report: 'The Hunger Games' Devours $155 Million

by Ray Subers

The Hunger Games



March 25, 2012

The odds were definitely in The Hunger Games favor this weekend: the big screen adaptation of the immensely popular young adult novel opened to an enormous estimated $155 million, which ranks third all-time behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($169.2 million) and The Dark Knight ($158.4 million). Remarkably, it debuted above all of the Twilight movies, and it also topped Alice in Wonderland ($116.1 million) for highest debut ever for a non-sequel.

Among all the impressive Hunger Games statistics, two lesser-discussed ones are worth highlighting. First, the movie had an incredible hold on Saturday—it only fell 25 percent to $51 million, which ranks second all-time behind Spider-Man 3 ($51.3 million). This suggests that demand for The Hunger Games exists across a wide array of moviegoers, and isn't just rooted in the type of rabid fans that drove the front-loaded openings for recent Harry Potter and Twilight movies.

The other crazy statistic is one that should result in a noteworthy spike in champagne sales in Santa Monica, California this week—after just over two days in theaters, The Hunger Games has already passed Fahrenheit 9/11 ($119.2 million) to become Lionsgate's highest-grossing movie ever.

Knowing that they had something special on their hands, the company went all-in with one of their most expensive productions ever (just under $80 million after tax rebates). Lionsgate followed that up with a nicely targeted marketing effort that consistently built up anticipation until it reached a fevered level over the past month. Aside from just reaching out to fans of the book, though, they went a step further by clearly outlining the high stakes and making the movie seem accessible and interesting to a broad range of potential moviegoers.

While a majority of the audience for The Hunger Games were women (61 percent), the fact that it did have some appeal to men as well surely helped it get as high as it did. In comparison, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1's crowd was 80 percent female. The Hunger Games audience also skewed slightly older (56 percent were 25 years of age and up), and they awarded the movie a strong "A" CinemaScore.

On 268 IMAX screens, The Hunger Games grossed an estimated $10.6 million this weekend. That's roughly $40,000 per screen, which is a very impressive figure for a 2D movie that doesn't include any footage shot in IMAX.

Thanks to the mammoth movie in first place, the Top 12 earned an estimated $206.9 million this weekend. That's the ninth-highest aggregated weekend ever, and first all-time in the month of March.

While The Hunger Games was obviously the biggest draw this weekend, there were other movies in theaters as well. 21 Jump Street took second place with an estimated $21.3 million, which is off 41 percent from last weekend. Through 10 days in theaters, the movie has earned $71.05 million, which is a bit ahead of Jonah Hill's Superbad through the same point.

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax dipped 43 percent to $13.1 million in its fourth weekend in theaters. With a total of $177.3 million, it's now lagging behind Despicable Me by $13 million; regardless, it still looks like a lock to close with over $200 million.

This may have been the weekend where John Carter officially transitioned from domestic disappointment to disaster. The movie plummeted 63 percent to just over $5 million, bringing its 17-day total to just $62.3 million (or less than The Hunger Games made on opening day). It is playing better overseas, but it's still not at the levels needed to really ease the pain over at the Mouse House.

Act of Valor rounded out the Top Five this weekend with $1.95 million. The combat flick, which features active-duty Navy SEALs, has earned a very solid $65.9 million so far.

Abortion drama October Baby opened in 390 locations and wound up in eighth place with an estimated $1.7 million. Further down the chart, Indonesian action movie The Raid: Redemption scored $221,000 from 14 locations for a solid per-theater average of $15,786.

Weekly Box Office

March 25, 2012

TW LW Title Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N The Hunger Games LGF $155,000,000 - 4,137 - $37,467 $155,000,000 $78 1
2 1 21 Jump Street Sony $21,300,000 -41.3% 3,121 - $6,825 $71,051,000 $42 2
3 2 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Uni. $13,100,000 -42.5% 3,677 -92 $3,563 $177,300,000 $70 4
4 3 John Carter BV $5,014,000 -63.1% 3,212 -537 $1,561 $62,347,000 $250 3
5 5 Act of Valor Rela. $2,062,000 -44.8% 2,216 -549 $931 $65,942,000 $12 5
6 4 Project X WB $1,950,000 -51.8% 2,065 -857 $944 $51,752,000 - 4
7 6 A Thousand Words P/DW $1,925,000 -47.0% 1,787 -108 $1,077 $14,926,000 $40 3
8 N October Baby (2012) Gold. $1,718,000 - 390 - $4,405 $1,718,000 - 1
9 7 Safe House Uni. $1,400,000 -48.5% 1,330 -590 $1,053 $122,600,000 $85 7
10 8 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island WB $1,373,000 -42.5% 1,340 -595 $1,025 $97,155,000 $79 7
11 9 Casa De Mi Padre LGF $1,100,000 -51.9% 475 +93 $2,316 $3,948,000 - 2
12 10 This Means War Fox $1,000,000 -53.3% 1,188 -472 $842 $52,285,000 $65 6
- 13 Friends with Kids RAtt. $877,000 -39.7% 556 -84 $1,577 $5,574,000 - 3
- 12 The Vow SGem $850,000 -59.4% 1,258 -917 $676 $122,785,000 $30 7
- 22 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen CBS $700,000 +52.0% 124 +62 $5,645 $1,626,000 - 3
- 11 Silent House ORF $665,000 -68.5% 1,202 -922 $553 $11,988,000 - 3
- 17 Jeff, Who Lives at Home ParV $600,000 -29.9% 254 - $2,362 $1,787,000 - 2
- 14 Tyler Perry's Good Deeds LGF $600,000 -56.4% 621 -395 $966 $33,670,000 - 5
- 15 The Artist Wein. $489,000 -53.1% 576 -579 $849 $43,052,000 $15 18
- 21 A Separation SPC $348,000 -26.1% 261 -21 $1,333 $6,095,000 - 13
- 23 The Iron Lady Wein. $254,000 -40.4% 327 -129 $777 $29,100,000 - 13
- 20 Hugo Par. $250,000 -48.7% 283 -100 $883 $73,438,000 - 18

[Blondini]

UK Box Office for last weekend: http://www.mymovies.net/charts/default. ... UK&s=1&n=3

It‘s a little ironic isn‘t it? The Hunger Games‘ has watching children hunt each other down for sport as a representation of the darkest side of the human psyche, and yet we‘re all flocking in our droves to see it.

The movie hit the bullseye in the UK as it took £4.9million at the UK box office this weekend, the highest opening of the year.

21 Jump Street kept everything in order in second while raking in another £1.1million, and it was a slow weekend for bookings at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which refused to vacate its room at three.

The Devil Inside was exorcised from first to fourth with weekend takings of £643,000, while We Bought A Zoo and Contraband stayed afloat in fifth and sixth respectively.

Continuing his slow–going battle against 12–foot tall barbarians on Mars, John Carter fell to seventh, leaving everyone wondering why he doesn‘t just give up the ghost.

This week‘s only other new debut Navy Seals drama Act Of Valour manoeuvred up the charts in eighth, with an opening weekend taking of £262, 935.

While The Woman In Black is still haunting the chart at nine and The Muppets carry on with their high–jinx in tenth.

[Timmy94]

Germany:
1. Die Tribute von Panem – The Hunger Games 366,000

[Wayne]

Hunger Games is doing well. I wonder if it will keep Titanic at bay - some weeks ago, Titanic was forecast to do $45m on its "opening" weekend.

[Blondini]

Hunger Games is doing well. I wonder if it will keep Titanic at bay - some weeks ago, Titanic was forecast to do $45m on its "opening" weekend.

I think so. Might be a bit trickier in UK where it hasn't grossed so hugely - 4 mill is some way off "3rd biggest ever".

More UK box office: http://industry.bfi.org.uk/article/1787 ... March-2012

Notice Wild Bill flopping despite heavy advertising.

More US box office (weekend): http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ ... =12&p=.htm

[Formusic]

Worldwide



Weekend Ending March 25

Nation/Territory #1 Movie #1 Movie
Wknd Gross
AUSTRALIA The Hunger Games $9,480,183
BRAZIL The Hunger Games $3,149,051
CZECH REPUBLIC Probudim Se Vcera (I Wake Up Yesterday) $179,951
FINLAND The Hunger Games $541,202
FRANCE The Hunger Games $3,803,910
GERMANY The Hunger Games $4,263,708
HUNGARY The Hunger Games $126,182
JAPAN Eiga Doraemon: Nobita to kiseki no shima - Animaru adobenchâ $3,027,582
MEXICO The Hunger Games $3,569,133
NETHERLANDS The Hunger Games $760,763
NEW ZEALAND The Hunger Games $1,331,070
PORTUGAL Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $254,072
SOUTH AFRICA (ENTIRE REGION) Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $250,984
SOUTH KOREA Architecture 101 $3,839,949
SPAIN Intouchables $1,846,638
TURKEY The Hunger Games $664,110



2012 WORLDWIDE GROSSES

Rank Title Studio* Worldwide Domestic / % Overseas / %

1 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island WB $308.7 $97.3 31.5% $211.4 68.5%
2 The Intouchables Wein. $291.7 n/a 0.0% $291.7 100.0%
3 John Carter BV $234.9 $62.8 26.7% $172.1 73.3%
4 The Hunger Games LGF $222.6 $163.4 73.4% $59.3 26.6%
5 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Uni. $199.7 $178.4 89.3% $21.3 10.7%
6 Safe House Uni. $189.7 $122.7 64.7% $67.0 35.3%
7 The Vow SGem $169.9 $122.9 72.3% $47.0 27.7%
8 Underworld Awakening SGem $159.0 $62.3 39.2% $96.7 60.8%
9 The Secret World of Arrietty BV $144.6 $18.3 12.6% $126.4 87.4%
10 This Means War Fox $130.7 $52.4 40.1% $78.4 59.9%
11 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Sony $122.1 $50.4 41.2% $71.7 58.8%
12 Chronicle (2012) Fox $116.8 $63.6 54.4% $53.2 45.6%
13 The Woman in Black CBS $112.7 $53.8 47.7% $58.9 52.3%
14 Let the Bullets Fly Vari. $104.3 $52.7k 0.1% $104.3 99.9%
15 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) Fox $97.7 $43.2 44.2% $54.5 55.8%
16 The Devil Inside Par. $97.3 $53.3 54.7% $44.0 45.3%
17 21 Jump Street Sony $88.1 $72.1 81.8% $16.0 18.2%
18 Contraband Uni. $87.2 $66.5 76.3% $20.7 23.7%
19 Project X WB $72.5 $51.9 71.6% $20.6 28.4%
20 The Grey ORF $71.5 $51.4 71.8% $20.2 28.2%