Finding Nemo leads box office, Matrix Reloaded falls below expectations

[NFS4]

http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/weekendboxofficer.html

North American moviegoers fell hook, line and sinker for the fishy fable "Finding Nemo," which sold about $70.6 million worth of tickets in its first three days, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

The computer-animated family movie, about an anxious clown fish who seeks to rescue his plucky son from an office aquarium, set a new opening record for a cartoon, surpassing the $62.5 million bow of "Monsters, Inc." in November 2001.

The top five was rounded out by the Keanu Reeves sci-fi extravaganza "The Matrix: Reloaded," which fell two places to No. 4 with $15 million in its third weekend. Its 62 percent drop was the steepest in the top 10, and observers said the Warner Bros. release will struggle to reach $300 million, a target previously thought fairly easy. The total currently stands at $232 million.

Suxors for you!

 

[GTaudiophile]

Wait until Reloaded lands in Europe and Asia. The original movie scored BIG overseas, more so than in the US.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Wait until Reloaded lands in Europe and Asia. The original movie scored BIG overseas, more so than in the US.

it was showed in Europe in the same time and the US, dont know about asia though

Finding Nemo looks good cant wait to see it

 

[theNEOone]

sucks for who?

i don't see anything wrong w/ $232 million. does anyone else?

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: theNEOone
sucks for who?

i don't see anything wrong w/ $232 million. does anyone else?

when it cost $175 million...

 

[BeauJangles]

I'm not surprised, people are getting out and telling everyone how Reloaded is crap.

 

[erikiksaz]

Everyone in my town rushed to see it (matrix) in the first few days. I've never had to park a block away from the theater to watch a movie before! I don't know if any other movie, besides for the third installment, will do that again, ever.

 

[RyanM]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: theNEOone
sucks for who?

i don't see anything wrong w/ $232 million. does anyone else?

when it cost $175 million...

The two movies cost approximately $300 million to make, so if you split that down the middle, each cost $150M.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
I'm not surprised, people are getting out and telling everyone how Reloaded is crap.

Is that the general concensus?

 

[wyvrn]

I didn't think it was crap. People expect it to break all sorts of new ground in special effects, editing, and action sequences. Sequels generally don't do that.

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
I'm not surprised, people are getting out and telling everyone how Reloaded is crap.

Is that the general concensus?

 

[EvilYoda]

hehe, it's actually not that hard to say that Finding Nemo is an all-around better movie...better storyline, great humor, gorgeous graphics. Don't get me wrong, I still really enjoyed Reloaded, but it had major flaws and just didn't fill you up like you'd expect a Matrix movie to.

<---Getting into his full-blown summer-movie craze...saw Down With Love and Sex and Lucia (DVD) on Friday, Finding Nemo yesterday, and seeing The Italian Job today.

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
I'm not surprised, people are getting out and telling everyone how Reloaded is crap.

Is that the general concensus?

nope. some people like it, some people don't. just like anything else. i myself didn't like it much the first time i want, but only because i was expecting something entirely different. but when i went to see it the second time (to figure out some details), i came out loving it - more so than the original.

 

[Angrymarshmello]

It wasn't crap but it didn't meet the super high expectations everyone had about it

 

[narzy]

won't it make that up in DVD sales?

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: NFS4
http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/weekendboxofficer.html

North American moviegoers fell hook, line and sinker for the fishy fable "Finding Nemo," which sold about $70.6 million worth of tickets in its first three days, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

The computer-animated family movie, about an anxious clown fish who seeks to rescue his plucky son from an office aquarium, set a new opening record for a cartoon, surpassing the $62.5 million bow of "Monsters, Inc." in November 2001.

The top five was rounded out by the Keanu Reeves sci-fi extravaganza "The Matrix: Reloaded," which fell two places to No. 4 with $15 million in its third weekend. Its 62 percent drop was the steepest in the top 10, and observers said the Warner Bros. release will struggle to reach $300 million, a target previously thought fairly easy. The total currently stands at $232 million.

Suxors for you!

You sure have a personal vendetta against Reloaded. Why do you feel the need to find every thing you can that is anti-Matrix?

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: theNEOone
sucks for who?

i don't see anything wrong w/ $232 million. does anyone else?

when it cost $175 million...

That's still a $57million profit. For the second movie. Plus, the third movie was included in that cost meaning anything it makes is pure profit. I'd say that the Matrix sequels were (plural stated on purpose) definitely a success.

 

[Mookow]

I think Reloaded will break 300 million if they do what they said they were going to do, ie show reloaded and revolutions back-to-back (with an intermission) at the theatres, just because some people will go out and devote an entire day to watching the matrix

Everyone in my town rushed to see it (matrix) in the first few days. I've never had to park a block away from the theater to watch a movie before! I don't know if any other movie, besides for the third installment, will do that again, ever.

Wait till the next episode for Star Wars comes out...

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: Mookow
I think Reloaded will break 300 million if they do what they said they were going to do, ie show reloaded and revolutions back-to-back (with an intermission) at the theatres, just because some people will go out and devote an entire day to watching the matrix

Everyone in my town rushed to see it (matrix) in the first few days. I've never had to park a block away from the theater to watch a movie before! I don't know if any other movie, besides for the third installment, will do that again, ever.

Wait till the next episode for Star Wars comes out...

I'm posting wirelessly from the line at the theater! (actually I'm in my backyard enjoying the weather...didn't want to freak you out too much )

 

[LeeTJ]

reloaded will get another bump when :revolutions comes out. Reloaded and Revolutions combined ticket sales will easily exceed $500 mill. not bad considering there are tons of money yet to be made on video/dvd release, toys, and other merchandise.


besides, :reloaded is an R rated film, to do as well as it's done is amazing. and it won't have the ticket resales that a G or PG film will have. my kids will want to see Nemo at least 3 or 4 times where they didn't even want to see reloaded.

 

[NakaNaka]

I agree, they will make $500 mil combined on domestic release, a couple hundred mil overseas, and then a boat load on DVD sales and rentals.

 

[Kevin]

The problem is all the geeks are downloading Reloaded instead of paying to watch it...

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: Kevin
The problem is all the geeks are downloading Reloaded instead of paying to watch it...

not true. i've downloaded the svcd, but i have yet to watch it. consider though, that i've seen the movie 4 times in the theater.

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: theNEOone

Originally posted by: Kevin
The problem is all the geeks are downloading Reloaded instead of paying to watch it...

not true. i've downloaded the svcd, but i have yet to watch it. consider though, that i've seen the movie 4 times in the theater.

You're 1 person...

 

[monk3y]

All I know is that I'm gonna watch Finding Nemo soon.

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: Kevin

Originally posted by: theNEOone

Originally posted by: Kevin
The problem is all the geeks are downloading Reloaded instead of paying to watch it...

not true. i've downloaded the svcd, but i have yet to watch it. consider though, that i've seen the movie 4 times in the theater.

You're 1 person...

well, i can say the same about you. you're one person saying that geeks are d/ling the movie instead of watching it in the theater. you have very little proof that what you're saying is true.