'Fantastic Four' Snaps Hollywood Slump

[K1052]

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2005/07/11/ap2132891.html

Associated Press
'Fantastic Four' Snaps Hollywood Slump
07.11.2005, 06:35 PM

Superheroes did super business as "Fantastic Four" debuted with $56.1 million in its opening weekend, helping to end Hollywood's longest slump on record.

The overall box office rose slightly, with the top 12 movies taking in $139.5 million, up 1.2 percent from the same weekend last year. That snapped the industry's streak of 19 weekends of declining revenues compared to last year's.

The top 20 movies at North American theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. and Nielsen EDI Inc. are:

1. "Fantastic Four," 20th Century Fox, $56,061,504, 3,602 locations, $15,564 average, $56,061,504, one week.

2. "War of the Worlds," Paramount, $30,469,118, 3,910 locations, $7,793 average, $164,978,282, two weeks.

3. "Batman Begins," Warner Bros., $10,012,444, 3,344 locations, $2,994 average, $171,901,777, four weeks.

4. "Dark Water," Disney, $9,939,251, 2,657 locations, $3,741 average, $9,939,251, one week.

5. "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," 20th Century Fox, $7,872,275, 2,781 locations, $2,831 average, $158,669,309, five weeks.

6. "Herbie: Fully Loaded," Disney, $6,060,511, 3,002 locations, $2,019 average, $48,292,675, three weeks.

7. "Bewitched," Sony, $5,583,833, 3,014 locations, $1,853 average, $50,934,671, three weeks.

8. "Madagascar," DreamWorks, $4,009,053, 2,162 locations, $1,854 average, $179,259,220, seven weeks.

9. "Rebound," 20th Century Fox, $3,024,349, 2,464 locations, $1,227 average, $11,513,266, two weeks.

10. "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith," 20th Century Fox, $2,600,800, 1,355 locations, $1,919 average, $370,819,889, eight weeks.

11. "The Longest Yard," Paramount, $2,067,385, 1,226 locations, $1,686 average, $152,324,184, seven weeks.

12. "Cinderella Man," Universal, $1,802,435, 1,030 locations, $1,750 average, $57,066,155, six weeks.

13. "March of the Penguins," Warner Independent, $1,019,357, 64 locations, $15,927 average, $1,940,706, three weeks.

14. "George Romero's Land of the Dead," Universal, $933,295, 1,098 locations, $850 average, $19,114,540, three weeks.

15. "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D," Miramax, $902,712, 1,075 locations, $840 average, $36,766,260, five weeks.

16. "Crash," Lions Gate, $623,199, 317 locations, $1,966 average, $50,619,511, 10 weeks.

17. "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," Warner Bros., $493,243, 420 locations, $1,174 average, $36,799,602, six weeks.

18. "Mad Hot Ballroom," Paramount Classics, $482,279, 190 locations, $2,538 average, $4,670,589, nine weeks.

19. "The Perfect Man," Universal, $457,465, 414 locations, $1,105 average, $14,667,745, four weeks.

20. "Me and You and Everyone We Know," IFC Films, $369,577, 57 locations, $6,484 average, $917,763, four weeks.

 

[Medicine Bear]

I have an idea for Hollywood. Enough with the remakes already.

Do we really need a new version of The Bad News Bears or a big screen version of The Dukes of Hazzard?

Stop making sh1t and maybe people will actually go to the theater again

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: K1052
"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"

.....

LOL

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
I have an idea for Hollywood. Enough with the remakes already.

Do we really need a new version of The Bad News Bears or a big screen version of The Dukes of Hazzard?

Stop making sh1t and maybe people will actually go to the theater again

The sh!tty product slate is mostly to blame.

Though, I did think Batman Begins was every bit as good as the first Batman movie.

 

[zainali]

ticket prices are way too high.

tickets - $10
pepsi - $4
bag of popcorn - $6

for this price i would rather just go and buy a dvd.

 

[Qwest]

Originally posted by: zainali
ticket prices are way too high.

tickets - $10
pepsi - $4
bag of popcorn - $6

for this price i would rather just go and buy a dvd.

70% of adults prefer watching a dvd at home than going ot the theater.
Survey done by AOL a month ago.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: zainali
ticket prices are way too high.

tickets - $10
pepsi - $4
bag of popcorn - $6

for this price i would rather just go and buy a dvd.

DING DING DING We have a winner. When my girlfriend and I go it's usually $8 a ticket for each of us, plus she wants a drink, some candy, and other stuff. It ends up being $25+ when it's all said and done. For that both of us would rather go buy a couple DVDs and be able to watch the movies whenever we want.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: Qwest

Originally posted by: zainali
ticket prices are way too high.

tickets - $10
pepsi - $4
bag of popcorn - $6

for this price i would rather just go and buy a dvd.

70% of adults prefer watching a dvd at home than going ot the theater.
Survey done by AOL a month ago.

Keep in mind they are doing a survey on AOL members...

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: Qwest

Originally posted by: zainali
ticket prices are way too high.

tickets - $10
pepsi - $4
bag of popcorn - $6

for this price i would rather just go and buy a dvd.

70% of adults prefer watching a dvd at home than going ot the theater.
Survey done by AOL a month ago.

Yet when there is something good to see they all go the theatre anyway.

The last three years were very good for the the industry.

 

[orion23]

What I find most surprising is the way the always blame piracy for a movie's bad results.

Many people I know are just tired of the same stories, with differend actors. or movies simply re-done a few years later.

Also, many people preffer to stay home and wait for the DVD releases, which are out a lot faster now days.
Not only do you enjoy movies in the confort of your own home, but you don't have to deal with idiots talking during the movie, or cell phones.

Another thing about hollywood.
Do they add dvd sales to the movie profits and then compare those #s to earlier years when people simply rented movies instead of purchasing them.