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[FoneBone]

Already posted in the Batman thread, but these warrant their own thread.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

Herbie certainly wasn't very frontloaded.

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Much like Lohan herself! WAH WAH WAH.

 

[Cold-Steel]

Star Wars still in the Top 10. Impressive.

 

[UltraMarioMan]

I'm willing to bet LotD already made a good bite of its budget back.

 

[Brian Fellows]

I'm getting ready to take my parents to see Batman. So add another whopping 15 bucks to its total.

 

[Memles]

Star Wars still in the Top 10. Impressive.

This is a bit of a disappointing drop this week, to be honest. It's a little higher than last week's, but it's still only dropping at a rate of about 35%...which means it'll probably at LEAST reach $375 Million. Which is DAMN impressive.

On Batman itself, 45% drop on a Friday isn't bad at all...I expect its drops to actually be a little less on Saturday and Sunday. Land of the Dead and Bewitched aren't really matinee films and Herbie won't eat into Batman at all. It should be interesting, but I'd say a box office win is pretty much a guarantee, which is a definite boost for the film if only in mindshare. It gives the studio great PR like "#1 Film 2 Weeks Running!" to advertise it to attempt to stay strong in the wake of War of the Worlds.

 

[Fuzzy]

I'm willing to bet LotD already made a good bite of its budget back.

This page says the budget was only $15 million so it might gross that much by the end of the weekend.

 

[SteveMeister]

Star Wars still in the Top 10. Impressive.

Yeah, ROTS is hanging in there pretty well. On a day-by-day basis, Phantom Menace should pass ROTS within the next 10 days, but ROTS is well ahead of AOTC and trending similarly. Unless something changes, ROTS should end up at around $375M domestic. Currently it's at $358M overseas, and it hasn't opened in Japan yet -- that should add anywhere from $70M to $100M, judging by AOTC's and TPM's Japanese box office takes.

 

[border]

Was Land of the Dead really only budgeted at 15 million?

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Looking at Box Office Mojo's list for zombie movies, it appears that after that single day, Land of the Dead (4.3 million) is right behind the final totals for Day of the Dead (5 million in 1985, budget of 3.5 million) and Night of the Living Dead remake (5.8 million in 1990, budget N/A).

 

[Kabuki Waq]

Looking at Box Office Mojo's list for zombie movies, it appears that after that single day, Land of the Dead (4.3 million) is right behind the final totals for Day of the Dead (5 million in 1985, budget of 3.5 million) and Night of the Living Dead remake (5.8 million in 1990, budget N/A).

yea but remember the ticket prices in those days?

 

[Error]

Herbie's fate rided along Lohan's breast they were reduced digitally for the film and well that sealed Herbie's fate

edit: just kidding

 

[Gregory]

LOTD MUST do well. Romero really deserve some success now.

 

[FoneBone]

Herbie's fate rided along Lohan's breast they were reduced digitally for the film and well that sealed Herbie's fate

I think that was just a rumor.

 

[Dan]

I think that was just a rumor.

Not to mention irrelevant. It's a G-rated movie targeted at youths. Somehow I doubt Lohan's appearance is the key factor in their interest, or lack of interest as it appears.

 

[Error]

Not to mention irrelevant. It's a G-rated movie targeted at youths. Somehow I doubt Lohan's appearance is the key factor in their interest, or lack of interest as it appears.

Don't take my post seriously I was kidding guys

 

[GhaleonEB]

Was Land of the Dead really only budgeted at 15 million?

I've read that number everywhere, boxofficemojo.com, IMDB.com, etc. Seems to be the official studio number.

The movie looks like it will make back its production and marketing budget in the US alone. Tack on international (especailly Europe, where the Romero movies are at least as popular) and this should turn a solid profit in its theatrical run. Tack on the sure-to-be-big uncut DVD sales and box sets of the four Romero zombie flicks, and I'd say it will do very well indeed.

 

[Coin Return]

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Will Romero wait 20 years again before making another zombie film?

"That depends on how this one performs, as they say," he says. "People have been wondering, 'Is this the beginning of a new trilogy?' Well, if I live long enough. I see 'Land of the Dead' as the fourth in a series of 10."

He adds that a quick sequel is likely if "Land" does well at the box office.

 

[Escape Goat]

Night, Dawn, Day, Land.....Planet, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe???????

I ran out of titles.

 

[Fuzzy]

I think the real test for Herbie will be the Saturday and Sunday totals since it's a kids movie.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I think the real test for Herbie will be the Saturday and Sunday totals since it's a kids movie.

it opened on a wednesday though, and most kids are out of school so if it was gonna do good numbers it would have done them earlier. And with it being summer, weekends just mean more potential viewers (kids/families) could be out vacationing or shit like that. Herbie=bomb.

 

[Fuzzy]

it opened on a wednesday though, and most kids are out of school so if it was gonna do good numbers it would have done them earlier. And with it being summer, weekends just mean more potential viewers (kids/families) could be out vacationing or shit like that. Herbie=bomb.

I forgot that it opened on Wednesday.

 

[evil ways]

Night, Dawn, Day, Land.....Planet, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe???????

I ran out of titles.

Lust of the Dead, where zombies finally discover that sex > food, and they evolve into rapists.

or

Conquest of the Dead, where the zombies finally take over and learn how to herd the living as cattle so that they reproduce and keep the steady flow of food coming.

 

[Baron Aloha]

I'm glad Batman looks like it will hang on to the #1 spot. I just saw it today. Great movie.

I'm gonna try and see Land of the Dead tomorrow. I kinda wish I would have seen it before Batman though because I know it won't be as good.

 

[Comfort_Eagle]

Was Land of the Dead really only budgeted at 15 million?

Thats crazy if true. Great movie....if you're into zombies. ha.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

A "quick" sequel would seem a little strange to me. It's just that thus far they've all been the product of different decades, and the 90s were skipped. Not that he can really afford to put things off if he's at all interested in making several more of them, unless he can direct as a zombie, too.

Me, I don't think I'll be adding to Land's theater millions... these are movies I've found work best watching alone late at night rather than with others.

 

[Shinobi]

Not to mention irrelevant. It's a G-rated movie targeted at youths. Somehow I doubt Lohan's appearance is the key factor in their interest, or lack of interest as it appears.

It'd give a reason for the dad's to take their kids to the movie though. :lol

Bewitched will probably drop off faster then the XFL...that movie got absolutely murdered in reviews. To be honest I'm surprised it made as much as it did.

 

[Willco]

Land of the Dead cost a little bit less than $15 million, actually.

 

[Brannon]

Multiverse of the Dead, where if you don't kill ALL of a particular zombie, the other zombies in the leftover universes gain the essense of the dead zombies and become THE ONE of the DEAD. Starring Keanu Reeves and Jet Li.

I'd pay to see that!