Comments on: Weekend Box Office- ‘Bruno’ At The Top

By: Xavier

Xavier — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:26:50 +0000

Anyone knows the when the Hurt locker will actually move out of the cities to closeby suburban centers. This is agonizing

By: Xavier

Xavier — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:26:04 +0000

Anyone knows the when the Hurt loker will actually move out of the cities to closeby suburban centers. This is agonizing

By: SK

SK — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:32:32 +0000

And how about the time for The Proposal? It just seems like it was perfectly placed in the summer season against robots and cartoons. $40 million production and a still going strong $113 million box-office. Maybe release dates and counter-programming mean as much as marketing.

By: SK

SK — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:13:22 +0000

Public Enemies should do pretty well once it's released to all of its foreign markets as well. It could make up for just a decent domestic run. And dropping 44% isn't too bad. With Harry Potter being the only blockbuster opening up Enemies might hold really well.

Comparing Ice Age and Up is really interesting too. The three Ice Age movies cost $60, $80 and $90 million respectively, while Up cost $175 million.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:40:24 +0000

You might be right about Enemies, but Taking of Pelham opened to $20 mill opening week and is now at $61 domestic after 4 weeks.

Enemies opened at $25 mill and is now at $66 mill domestic after 2 weeks. The longtail math suggests that time is on their side.

By: gabetoro

gabetoro — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:31:32 +0000

I doubt "Enemies" has the jucie for $100 mil. And "Bruno" is gonna meet with strong resistance from the public soon.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:55:12 +0000

Also if Public Enemies can hit $100 million, which seems mostly doable, the film will still be counted as a loss, but not such an embarrassing one.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:53:46 +0000

Man, those are some pretty good numbers for Ice Age after 2 weeks. It prolly has the legs to hit the $200 million mark.

Funny about Bruno: Niki Finke had "sources" (something scribbled on a bathroom wal) tell her it could go as high as $50 million and then quickly changed the headline to $40 million. I wonder what it changed to now.