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July 25, 2006
FGME Brought To Down To Earth?
If I am going to write about the success, I guess I have to write about the disasters...
Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest came in a stunning second all-time this Monday, the record being third week Monday non-holiday. The record of $4,308,824 was held by Spider-Man. P2 missed by a daunting $4613.00.
New Disney movie chief Oren Aviv was unable to speak – not unavailable, unable – about this crushing failure. Rumors about John Lassetter's cousin, Louie, taking Aviv's job after this embarrassment are already circulating.
There was some relief in that the film moved further ahead (by $762,450) of its closest rival for FGME status, Shrek 2. (The gap is now $8,138,481) The pain from the beatdown by Spider-Man was eased by a lead of more that $36 million over that old superhero.
Records at risk this week:
Tuesday - $3,756,252
Wednesday - $3,945,987
Thursday - $4,249,195
Did You Know?: Titanic, the top grosser by a significant margin, domestic and foreign, never had a weekend at home of more than $35.5 million.
Posted by poland at July 25, 2006 12:43 PM
Comments
Funny! David, you might have to revise your numbers for worldwide dominance of POTC 2&3 when all is said and done. Looks like DMC alone will gross closer to $1 billion just from worldwide box office alone, never mind any ancillaries.
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at July 25, 2006 01:21 PM
Yeah, I hear they're going to shelve Pirates 3 since it now appears there's no audience for it. = )
What's FGME?
Posted by: palmtree at July 25, 2006 01:21 PM
Spider-Man's 3rd Monday was probably helped by the fact that it fell on Victoria Day in Canada. Looking at Box Office Mojo, I see that Spidy fell to 2.78m on Tuesday, so expect POTC:DMC to be back in the saddle again on Tuesday.
Posted by: Colin at July 25, 2006 01:22 PM
I think FGME stands for 'Fastest Grossing Movie Ever'. Is that right Mr. Poland?
Posted by: ployp at July 25, 2006 03:43 PM
Yes, polyp
Posted by: David Poland at July 25, 2006 05:07 PM
OTMSN.TY.
Posted by: palmtree at July 25, 2006 05:32 PM
So if Spidey fell on Victoria Day... Does that give Pirates 2 the biggest NON-Holiday 3rd Monday? =D
Posted by: Tofu at July 25, 2006 08:29 PM
Pardon me for asking a dumb question, but does a Canadian holiday really impact US domestic grosses to that extent?
Posted by: palmtree at July 25, 2006 08:47 PM
US box office figures include Canada...right?
Posted by: jeffmcm at July 26, 2006 12:08 AM
Yeah, they're "North America" aren't they, but they just say America.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at July 26, 2006 04:59 AM
Here is a site that lists Canadian box office.
And here is a site with some interesting analysis of the % of a film's gross that comes from Canadian viewing.
Posted by: Kambei at July 26, 2006 06:12 AM
Wow, Horror & Comedy don't quite fly in the Great North. Pirates:DMC appears to be closing in on Goblet of Fire...
And boy, did District B13 have a terrible rollout, or what?
Posted by: Tofu at July 26, 2006 07:51 AM
Yeah, but let's face it: an action film with subtitles falls into that great crevice between mouth-breathers and art snobs, so only a handful of small-c catholics like me go see it.
Posted by: Cadavra at July 26, 2006 10:12 AM
They should have just dubbed that sucker. I hate dubs, but still if that would have opened up the market to parkour films, then why not? And besides, how important was the dialogue in that film?
Posted by: palmtree at July 26, 2006 10:36 AM
There wasn't a lot of dialogue to dub.
Posted by: jeffmcm at July 26, 2006 11:21 AM
FGME blew that Tuesday record easily. Looks like by Friday it will pass Nemo's total domestic gross...how cool is that for Disney.
Posted by: Sandy at July 26, 2006 01:11 PM
Record - $3,756,252
P2 Yesterday = $4,220,967
Posted by: David Poland at July 26, 2006 01:41 PM
Maybe it was because they had to dub all the grunts and "efforts." Merde!
Any bets on whether Pirates takes number one this weekend? Ant Bully feels soft to me and the real surprise could be Miami Vice.
Posted by: palmtree at July 26, 2006 02:02 PM
My money is def going to Vice, heck I'll pay to watch it again Sunday to help Michael
Posted by: Sharpel007 at July 26, 2006 02:30 PM
Vice is going to be big, I say 30 at least.
Posted by: martin at July 26, 2006 04:47 PM
It seems like, just as Pirates filled the 'fun' niche for a lot of moviegoers, Miami Vice is coming at the right time to fill the 'serious action' niche that has been going unfulfilled.
Posted by: jeffmcm at July 26, 2006 05:13 PM
I think VICE just edges out DMC, but I wouldn't put any money on it.
Posted by: Cadavra at July 27, 2006 10:14 AM
Edges it out how, huge weekend gross?
I wouldn't put money on that either.
Posted by: jeffmcm at July 27, 2006 10:38 AM
I meant VICE beats DMC by maybe a million or less (e.g., VICE 29, DMC 28).
Posted by: Cadavra at July 27, 2006 04:11 PM
Well, last weekend Pirates grossed $35.2m, which was a 44% drop from the previous weekend. If that persists, this weekend will see a gross of only about $20m, which I would predict Miami Vice should be able to pass.
Posted by: jeffmcm at July 27, 2006 04:27 PM
boxofficeguru is predicting $38 million for Miami Vice, but that seems a little high. Pirates won't make more than $20 million this weekend. I can't imagine Vice not being #1.
Posted by: Stella's Boy at July 27, 2006 04:38 PM
Wow, you're right. Somewhere in there I lost a week. No way DMC gets over 20.
Posted by: Cadavra at July 28, 2006 10:02 AM
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