Box Office Bombings: Box Office Breakdown 5/28/07
Memorial Day Weekend layover has led to this slight delay (and missing the previous week). But hey, all the movies that still matter are there, for the Weekend Box Office for Monday, May 28th, 2007.
1. Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
Last Week Rank: N/A
Weekend Gross: $140 million
Total Gross: $153 million
Weeks Out: 1
Musings: Pirates! Blasted bloody pirates. The first film was a surprise success, garnering a well deserved Oscar nom for Depp. The second was a fun follow up that introduced greater special effects that actually won an Oscar. This time around? It seems that very few franchises can live up to making 3 straight good movies. Spidey wasn't well received, Shrek is stumbling (not in numbers though), even X-Men last year couldn't hold the candle that X2 did. Pirates 3 gives you more of what you want, but supposedly with far too much plot and insanity that nearly lasts 3 hours. LOTR it is not.
2. Shrek The Third
Last Week Rank: 1st
Weekend Gross: $67 million
Total Gross: $217 million
Weeks Out: 2
Musings: This was last week's champion, no surprise there. Seriously, I've never personally seen so many big blockbusters coming out at once, with still several huge movies to come in the next few months. This one finds Shrek trying to not be king, but instead trying to get Justin Timberlake to be it. Ok, I think I can see where this one doesn't quite have the bombastic joy of the first two. In fact, the second one might be even better than the first for pure pop culture referencing, but having not seen it yet, it seems like an awful lot more of a cash in than before.
3. Spider-Man 3
Last Week Rank: 2nd
Weekend Gross: $18 million
Total Gross: $308 million
Weeks Out: 4
Musings: Our little wall crawler is starting to show signs of weakness, but then with Shrek and Pirates, it's hard to not start to fall off the wagon a bit. Still, it's already made waves with over $300 million US and is in fact a much bigger hit overseas, the biggest Spidey yet internationaly. That's something to be proud of, but the real question is, does this franchise have what it takes to be a monumental 6 movies Star Wars-like franchise? Sony sure thinks so, but the stars and director may not be convinced yet.
4. Bug
Last Week Rank: N/A
Weekend Gross: $4 million
Total Gross: $4 million
Weeks Out: 1
Musings: Foolish enough to come out the same weekend as any of these BO hits isn't smart, but it managed to follow directly after all three of them, so that's impressive as it is. It's directed by Mr. Exorcist, but that doesn't automatically make it a smash hit waiting to happen or even a good horror flick. Frankly, I think Ashley Judd is only interested in movies that don't interest anyone else...oh and she's got a thing for Morgan Freeman. To be fair, so does anyone who's ever done a movie with his voiceover work.
5. Waitress
Last Week Rank: 12th
Weekend Gross: $4 million
Total Gross: $6.5 million
Weeks Out: 4
Musings: A surprise successful comedy kinda thing. Not bad to jump up from 12th to 5th, but it's still not exactly raking in the dough. I'll bet that it cost next to nothing to make though, so that's just fine for the producers involved.
6. 28 Weeks Later
Last Week Rank: 3rd
Weekend Gross: $3 million
Total Gross: $24 million
Weeks Out: 3
Musings: The rage virus continues to run rampant throughout the theaters. While it doesn't feel quite as interesting without the performance of Cillian Murphy, it's still considered a good sequel. Unfortunately, that means we might just see 28 Months Later, which again, after our rule of threequals, is probably not a smart idea, hint hint.
7. Disturbia
Last Week Rank: 5th
Weekend Gross: $2 million
Total Gross: $75 million
Weeks Out: 7
Musings: Easily the sleeper hit of the early summer season, Shia continues to roll on, not stumbling much from the big films. Does this mean he'll start trying his hand at other Hitchcock remakes? Personally, I think he should be glad he was even considered for a roll in Transformers and Indiana Jones 4. Not because both will be good, but because they're automatic cash cows and he'll look good for that either way.
8. Georgia Rule
Last Week Rank: 4th
Weekend Gross: $2 million
Total Gross: $17 million
Weeks Out: 3
Musings: Preparing to soon ship out, it's really the only major chick flick out on the market, perhaps if you don't count Waitress. That's probably because Lucky was just so awful and pathetic. Is it that hard to make movies like that without doing the same thing over and over again? I'm sure Knocked Up will have something to say about romance next week.
9. Fracture
Last Week Rank: 6th
Weekend Gross: $2 million
Total Gross: $37 million
Weeks Out: 6
Musings: Man, you really cannot stop Anthony Hopkins, the man is a beast at the movies. Even though this one doesn't likely do that much different, it's still enough to draw all his fans back time and again. Let's see if he can get BO gold by babysitting 3 out of control kids and hijinks ensue, the true test of a star's power.
10. Wild Hogs
Last Week Rank: 17th
Weekend Gross: $2 million
Total Gross: $163 million
Weeks Out: 13
Musings: What...the...hell?!?! How did this movie get resurrected back into the top ten?! This is wrong on so many levels. I want to know who went to see this drivel that it made that much money, cause the studio will just beg for a sequel that has the wives go Wild Hog instead and call it Hog Wild. Oh no, why did I just give them that idea?
-Gonch
1. Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
Last Week Rank: N/A
Weekend Gross: $140 million
Total Gross: $153 million
Weeks Out: 1
Musings: Pirates! Blasted bloody pirates. The first film was a surprise success, garnering a well deserved Oscar nom for Depp. The second was a fun follow up that introduced greater special effects that actually won an Oscar. This time around? It seems that very few franchises can live up to making 3 straight good movies. Spidey wasn't well received, Shrek is stumbling (not in numbers though), even X-Men last year couldn't hold the candle that X2 did. Pirates 3 gives you more of what you want, but supposedly with far too much plot and insanity that nearly lasts 3 hours. LOTR it is not.
2. Shrek The Third
Last Week Rank: 1st
Weekend Gross: $67 million
Total Gross: $217 million
Weeks Out: 2
Musings: This was last week's champion, no surprise there. Seriously, I've never personally seen so many big blockbusters coming out at once, with still several huge movies to come in the next few months. This one finds Shrek trying to not be king, but instead trying to get Justin Timberlake to be it. Ok, I think I can see where this one doesn't quite have the bombastic joy of the first two. In fact, the second one might be even better than the first for pure pop culture referencing, but having not seen it yet, it seems like an awful lot more of a cash in than before.
3. Spider-Man 3
Last Week Rank: 2nd
Weekend Gross: $18 million
Total Gross: $308 million
Weeks Out: 4
Musings: Our little wall crawler is starting to show signs of weakness, but then with Shrek and Pirates, it's hard to not start to fall off the wagon a bit. Still, it's already made waves with over $300 million US and is in fact a much bigger hit overseas, the biggest Spidey yet internationaly. That's something to be proud of, but the real question is, does this franchise have what it takes to be a monumental 6 movies Star Wars-like franchise? Sony sure thinks so, but the stars and director may not be convinced yet.
4. Bug
Last Week Rank: N/A
Weekend Gross: $4 million
Total Gross: $4 million
Weeks Out: 1
Musings: Foolish enough to come out the same weekend as any of these BO hits isn't smart, but it managed to follow directly after all three of them, so that's impressive as it is. It's directed by Mr. Exorcist, but that doesn't automatically make it a smash hit waiting to happen or even a good horror flick. Frankly, I think Ashley Judd is only interested in movies that don't interest anyone else...oh and she's got a thing for Morgan Freeman. To be fair, so does anyone who's ever done a movie with his voiceover work.
5. Waitress
Last Week Rank: 12th
Weekend Gross: $4 million
Total Gross: $6.5 million
Weeks Out: 4
Musings: A surprise successful comedy kinda thing. Not bad to jump up from 12th to 5th, but it's still not exactly raking in the dough. I'll bet that it cost next to nothing to make though, so that's just fine for the producers involved.
6. 28 Weeks Later
Last Week Rank: 3rd
Weekend Gross: $3 million
Total Gross: $24 million
Weeks Out: 3
Musings: The rage virus continues to run rampant throughout the theaters. While it doesn't feel quite as interesting without the performance of Cillian Murphy, it's still considered a good sequel. Unfortunately, that means we might just see 28 Months Later, which again, after our rule of threequals, is probably not a smart idea, hint hint.
7. Disturbia
Last Week Rank: 5th
Weekend Gross: $2 million
Total Gross: $75 million
Weeks Out: 7
Musings: Easily the sleeper hit of the early summer season, Shia continues to roll on, not stumbling much from the big films. Does this mean he'll start trying his hand at other Hitchcock remakes? Personally, I think he should be glad he was even considered for a roll in Transformers and Indiana Jones 4. Not because both will be good, but because they're automatic cash cows and he'll look good for that either way.
8. Georgia Rule
Last Week Rank: 4th
Weekend Gross: $2 million
Total Gross: $17 million
Weeks Out: 3
Musings: Preparing to soon ship out, it's really the only major chick flick out on the market, perhaps if you don't count Waitress. That's probably because Lucky was just so awful and pathetic. Is it that hard to make movies like that without doing the same thing over and over again? I'm sure Knocked Up will have something to say about romance next week.
9. Fracture
Last Week Rank: 6th
Weekend Gross: $2 million
Total Gross: $37 million
Weeks Out: 6
Musings: Man, you really cannot stop Anthony Hopkins, the man is a beast at the movies. Even though this one doesn't likely do that much different, it's still enough to draw all his fans back time and again. Let's see if he can get BO gold by babysitting 3 out of control kids and hijinks ensue, the true test of a star's power.
10. Wild Hogs
Last Week Rank: 17th
Weekend Gross: $2 million
Total Gross: $163 million
Weeks Out: 13
Musings: What...the...hell?!?! How did this movie get resurrected back into the top ten?! This is wrong on so many levels. I want to know who went to see this drivel that it made that much money, cause the studio will just beg for a sequel that has the wives go Wild Hog instead and call it Hog Wild. Oh no, why did I just give them that idea?
-Gonch
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