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[DarienA]

1 Shark Tale $49,100,000
2 Ladder 49 $22,785,000
3 The Forgotten $12,000,000
4 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow $3,375,000
5 Mr. 3000 $2,601,000
6 Woman, Thou Art Loosed $2,500,000
7 Shaun of the Dead $2,431,000
8 Resident Evil: Apocalypse $2,300,000
9 First Daughter $2,150,000
10 Cellular $2,025,000

BTW Let's give it up for Hero which is at $51,139,000!

 

[DMczaf]

The Forgotten pissed me off. Most shocking ending since The Sixth Sense my ass!!!!!

 

[Meier]

If I had to guess, the actual will be a bit lower than that. I think they just wanted to put the estimate over Scary Movie 3 so they could claim the biggest October opening ever at least for a day.

Sad it made that much but it was inevitable -- should have pretty bad legs though and be lucky to get to $150 million.

 

[Mrbob]

Holy crap I can't believe Shark Tale did so well.

 

[Dan]

Well, there isn't another movie to take the young audience away until The Incredibles on November 5th... so unfortunately Shark Tale has the entire youth audience until then. We'll see whether bad reviews keep desperate kids and parents away from the theaters for an entire month.

I'd love to see it really dwindle and have kids be completely amped for something by the time The Incredibles arrives, just to see that really take off.

 

[Willco]

Shaun of the Dead, woo!

 

[J2 Cool]

what the fuck, great, expect another 20 shitty CG movies with big name voices to go into production tomorrow

 

[Memles]

It opened in so very many theatres.

Too many. Incredibles better open in more, or I'll be uber-pissed.

While I agree it has the entire kids market...is there much of a kid's market in October? By the time the major kids movie holiday (Thanksgiving) rolls around, Incredibles will be out.

 

[Rorschach]

The Forgotten pissed me off. Most shocking ending since The Sixth Sense my ass!!!!!

Spoiler me, pls.

 

[DMczaf]

Spoiler me, pls.

Spoiler

At the beginning you find out that a bunch of kids were killed in a plane crash 14 months ago. The ending is that they were abducted by aliens to perform experiments on the connection of parent/mother and child! FUCK YOU!

 

[Rorschach]

Spoiler

At the beginning you find out that a bunch of kids were killed in a plane crash 14 months ago. The ending is that they were abducted by aliens to perform experiments on the connection of parent/mother and child! FUCK YOU!

:lol :lol Thank you, I needed a laugh.

 

[DMczaf]

:lol :lol Thank you, I needed a laugh.

Spoiler

Not only that, the kids come back and everything is set back to "normal" after the experiment fails because Julianne Moore wouldn't "forget" about the children. Blah

 

[Celicar]

Shark Tale was expected to do better (around 60 mil). I am surprised it even made 50 mil. The previews made it look awful, and the reviews didn't help either.

 

[shuri]

Go Shaun!

 

[LakeEarth]

Spoiler

Not only that, the kids come back and everything is set back to "normal" after the experiment fails because Julianne Moore wouldn't "forget" about the children. Blah

Like killing her didn't seem to cross their minds.

 

[Brian Fellows]

GO SHAUN GO!

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Spoiler

Not only that, the kids come back and everything is set back to "normal" after the experiment fails because Julianne Moore wouldn't "forget" about the children. Blah

They probably threw water on them and was let go. Go kids. They are smart.

 

[Paradox]

Like killing her didn't seem to cross their minds.

mmm... It dident matter if they killed her. That wasent the point.


I liked the movie, It was entertaining.. The Car crash scene was pretty fucking awesome. And the abductions were pretty damn cool

 

[Flynn]

Shaun is holding fast. Not much of a drop from last week!

 

[cvxfreak]

Good to see Resident Evil Apocalypse holding on at a good, steady pace. It's already become profitable.

 

[Meier]

Yep, actuals are in and Shark Tale ate up $47,604,606 rather than the estimated 49.1 million -- a total lower than SM3's opening (and therefore the second highest ever in October rather than the 1st) as I suggested.

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

 

[Willco]

Estimates were wrong. Shaun of the Dead was actually in 6th place! Rising on the charts! Woo!

1 Shark Tale
$47,604,606
2 Ladder 49
$22,088,204
3 The Forgotten
$11,820,733
4 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
$3,278,417
5 Mr. 3000
$2,526,420
6 Shaun of the Dead
$2,481,020
7 Resident Evil: Apocalypse
$2,310,267
8 Woman, Thou Art Loosed
$2,225,000
9 First Daughter
$2,158,637
10 Cellular
$2,014,074

Good to see Resident Evil Apocalypse holding on at a good, steady pace. It's already become profitable.

Uh, no. It cost over $70 million to get out in theatres domestically, and it hasn't even surpassed that if you include worldwide grosses (which don't count for worldwide marketing costs).

Also, drops of 63%, 53% and 43% is not "holding on at a good, steady pace". It's also dropped 1,200 screen in under two weeks. That's pretty ugly.

Holding on a good steady pace is the real zombie movie, Shaun of the Dead, with an uncanny 25% drop and actually managed to climb the charts higher. Not only that, Shaun of the Dead did $3,846 per theatre in its second weekend, contrasting Resident Evil's $2,635 figure. This despite the fact Shaun of the Dead played in only 645 theatre this last weekend, whereas Resident Evil was in 3,284.

Shaun of the Dead > Resident Evil