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[Willco]

From BoxOfficeMojo.com! Someone set Jude Law up the bomb!

1 THE INCREDIBLES 3,933 $20,800,000
-- / $5,289
$20,800,000 / 1

2 THE GRUDGE 3,336 $4,400,000
281.6% / $1,319
$80,480,000 / 15

3 RAY 2,463 $4,050,000
199.1% / $1,644
$30,047,000 / 8

4 SAW 2,467 $3,650,000
171.7% / $1,480
$27,951,000 / 8

5 ALFIE 2,215 $2,200,000
-- / $993
$2,200,000 / 1

6 SHALL WE DANCE 2,542 $1,700,000
160.7% / $669
$38,180,000 / 22

7 SHARK TALE 2,817 $1,200,000
120.3% / $426
$150,676,000 / 36

8 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS 2,110 $975,000
195.3% / $462
$55,257,000 / 29

9 LADDER 49 1,670 $850,000
186.4% / $509
$68,157,000 / 36

10 TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE 1,702 $600,000
85.1% / $353
$29,201,000 / 22

 

[Kabuki Waq]

TEam America Deserves better INcredibles too

 

[Willco]

The Grudge looks like it could break $100 million and become one of the most profitable films of the year.

 

[evil ways]

I bet Raimi and Rob Tapert get to pocket some if not most of those profits. Plus then there's the sequel.

 

[Willco]

I bet Raimi and Rob Tapert get to pocket some if not most of those profits. Plus then there's the sequel.

Probably not. That money will go right back into Ghost House Productions. This is their first flick, but they're pretty ambitous with what they want to do.

This just moves them one step closer to a completely independent. big-budget Evil Dead flick.

 

[All Hail C-Webb]

The Grudge looks like it could break $100 million and become one of the most profitable films of the year.

Saw is going to be just a little more profitable than The Grudge....
After The Sunset sneaks are today, with all the dissapointing movies latel, I really hope ot turns out well.

 

[Willco]

Saw is going to be just a little more profitable than The Grudge....
After The Sunset sneaks are today, with all the dissapointing movies latel, I really hope ot turns out well.

No, it's not. The Grudge cost less than $10 million and will probably break $100 million, and then some. Saw cost close to $2 million and it's not going to come close to $100 million. I'm not sure where you got that math from!

 

[Ninja Scooter]

im not suprised Alfie is bombing. After seeing the commercial a million times, and seeing Jude Law on various talk shows promoting it, i still have no idea wtf the movie is about, other than "Jude Law gets to sex up a dozen hot women".

 

[Coop]

It sucks that Team America is doing so bad. I'm not surprised the Incredibles is diong good, it was packed when i saw it last night.

 

[All Hail C-Webb]

No, it's not. The Grudge cost less than $10 million and will probably break $100 million, and then some. Saw cost close to $2 million and it's not going to come close to $100 million. I'm not sure where you got that math from!

Where did you get those numbers? The Grudge cost 8 times more than Saw, and I just don't see it grossing $300,000,000+.
Anyway, both movies blew dick. Saw made no sense, and The Grudge had no point, and neither were scary.

 

[Willco]

Where did you get those numbers? The Grudge cost 8 times more than Saw, and I just don't see it grossing $300,000,000+.

You can get those Grudge numbers for any number of sites. It was a big deal its first weekend since nobody expected it to be number one and make that kind of money, and it was an especially big hit since Raimi and Co. invested less than $10 million in it.

As for Saw, James Wan was on (if I think back correctly) Creature Corner almost a year ago talking about the movie, saying that it cost about $2 million to make. And that he was extremely proud because it looked great and he nabbed big name actors like The Princess Bride and Lethal Weapon.

Let's say Saw caps out at about $60 million, which it looks like it will. And The Grudge stops short of $110 million

$105 million
- $10 million
--------------
$95 million

$60 million
- $2 million
-------------
$58 million

The Grudge makes more money! You can debate that percentage-wise that Saw wins, but nobody looks at that in the industry but directors trying to say how awesome their movie performed. Hollywood is going to look at The Grudge, saw that Raimi put less than $10 million in it, and made over $100 million.

Japanese remakes x 10 = Go!

 

[All Hail C-Webb]

You can get those Grudge numbers for any number of sites. It was a big deal its first weekend since nobody expected it to be number one and make that kind of money, and it was an especially big hit since Raimi and Co. invested less than $10 million in it.

As for Saw, James Wan was on (if I think back correctly) Creature Corner almost a year ago talking about the movie, saying that it cost about $2 million to make. And that he was extremely proud because it looked great and he nabbed big name actors like The Princess Bride and Lethal Weapon.

Let's say Saw caps out at about $60 million, which it looks like it will. And The Grudge stops short of $110 million

$105 million
- $10 million
--------------
$95 million

$60 million
- $2 million
-------------
$58 million

The Grudge makes more money! You can debate that percentage-wise that Saw wins, but nobody looks at that in the industry but directors trying to say how awesome their movie performed. Hollywood is going to look at The Grudge, saw that Raimi put less than $10 million in it, and made over $100 million.

Japanese remakes x 10 = Go!

Percentage is a lot more important than you give it credit for. If a studio see's that a producer can make cheap movies and bring in 10-20 times the budget. they're going to be alot more eager to invest in his movies than a someone spending 100 mil + and only bringing in 2-3x returns.

10 - 100
1.5 - 50

I would take the 1.5 every time.

 

[Willco]

Percentage is a lot more important than you give it credit for. If a studio see's that a producer can make cheap movies and bring in 10-20 times the budget. they're going to be alot more eager to invest in his movies than a someone spending 100 mil + and only bringing in 2-3x returns.

10 - 100
1.5 - 50

I would take the 1.5 every time.

Percentage is important when you're dealing with bigger budget movies or a phenomenon like Farenheit 9/11 or The Passion of The Christ. If you've got two movies that are $8 million apart in budget but with a $50 million difference in total revenue, you're not going to pay attention to the percentage.

 

[LakeEarth]

It sucks that Team America is doing so bad. I'm not surprised the Incredibles is diong good, it was packed when i saw it last night.

Yeah, but it almost made it's production budget back. Keep in mind this is a very DVD friendly movie. It'll for sure make it's money back and Trey can make more movies (hopefully).

 

[Dan]

Yeah, but it almost made it's production budget back. Keep in mind this is a very DVD friendly movie. It'll for sure make it's money back and Trey can make more movies (hopefully).

It will, definitely. It doesn't start opening in international territories until the end of this month, and not in a major way until January. It'll be interesting to see how well it does outside the US (and Canada). The DVDs will be icing on the cake.

 

[COCKLES]

im not suprised Alfie is bombing. After seeing the commercial a million times, and seeing Jude Law on various talk shows promoting it, i still have no idea wtf the movie is about, other than "Jude Law gets to sex up a dozen hot women".

Watch the original with Micheal Caine.

Law's PC version is just un-neccesary into today's domesticated, moisteriser-using, metrosexual man age.

 

[All Hail C-Webb]

Percentage is important when you're dealing with bigger budget movies or a phenomenon like Farenheit 9/11 or The Passion of The Christ. If you've got two movies that are $8 million apart in budget but with a $50 million difference in total revenue, you're not going to pay attention to the percentage.

You win this time, but I will be back next week better than ever.

 

[DMczaf]

You win this time, but I will be back next week better than ever.

Like the Kings!!...er.

 

[Willco]

It sucks that Team America is doing so bad. I'm not surprised the Incredibles is diong good, it was packed when i saw it last night.

I don't think Team America is doing that badly. It's a R-rated puppet movie that is called "Team America: World Police" and released in a country that just re-elected George W. Bush. I think this will do very well abroad and on DVD. They'll break even at the box office.

 

[human5892]

im not suprised Alfie is bombing. After seeing the commercial a million times, and seeing Jude Law on various talk shows promoting it, i still have no idea wtf the movie is about, other than "Jude Law gets to sex up a dozen hot women".

It sounds like you have exactly the right idea of what the movie is about.