Monday, July 28, 2008

Weekend Roundup: You Can't Kill the Batman


By Katey Rich

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Despite the Joker's best efforts, pretty much nothing can kill the Batman. The Dark Knight dropped just over 50% in its second weekend, bringing in $75 million to set two records-- the highest-grossing second weekend ever, and the fastest film to reach $300 million. Optimistic prognosticators are now saying Dark Knight could break $500 million domestically, shooting past all films other than Titanic.



Unbelievably, Dark Knight wasn't the only movie to have a stellar weekend-- Step Brothers, the R-rated John C. Reilly & Will Ferrell comedy, opened to $30 million, despite aiming for the exact same young audience that was seeing Dark Knight a second and third time this weekend. X-Files: I Want to Believe, on the other hand, floundered in its debut, bringing in just $10 million and landing at #4.



In-between the newcomers was Mamma Mia!, which fell just 35% in its second weekend and made another $17 million. It has a partner in solid performance with Journey to the Center of the Earth, dropping just 23% in its second weekend to come in at #5 with $9 million.



The rest of the top 10 was filled with a few blockbusters and a few not-so-blockbusters. Hancock came in at #6 with $8.2 million, good enough to cross the $200 million mark. Right behind it was Wall-E, with $6 million for the weekend and looking poised to cross $200 million itself. Hellboy II: The Golden Army, on the other hand, is experiencing a far-faster box-office death than it deserved; it made $4.9 million this weekend as it starts dropping theatres.



Wrapping things up, Space Chimps continues to fail to make an impression on moviegoers, bringing in $4.3 million. And making its last appearance in the top 10, Wanted earned $2.7 million, bringing its total to a healthy $128 million.



Outside the top 10, and even the top 20, there were a whole lot of interesting specialty debuts, so we'll include them courtesy of Box Office Mojo. Brideshead Revisited, another adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel, debuted strong with a $10,000 per-theatre average from 33 locations. Man on Wire was an even stronger contender, becoming the only movie to beat Dark Knight's per-theatre average for the weekend with $48,000 from two theatres. American Teen was right behind it but notably less competitive, with just $42,800 from five theatres. And CSNY: Deja Vu, which sounds more like another "CSI" spinoff than the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young documentary it actually is, made a meager $36,100 from 24 theatres.






































































































































































































































































































































































































































TWLWTitle (click to view)StudioWeekend Gross% ChangeTheater Count / ChangeAverageTotal GrossBudget*Week #
11The Dark KnightWB$75,630,000-52.3%4,366-$17,322$314,245,000$1852
2NStep BrothersSony$30,000,000-3,094-$9,696$30,000,000$651
32Mamma Mia!Uni.$17,865,000-35.6%2,990+14$5,974$62,714,000$522
4NThe X-Files: I Want to BelieveFox$10,200,000-3,185-$3,202$10,200,000$301
54Journey to the Center of the EarthNL$9,415,000-23.7%2,688-142$3,502$60,185,000$603
63HancockSony$8,200,000-41.6%3,309-467$2,478$206,371,000$1504
76Wall-EBV$6,349,000-37.0%3,044-266$2,085$195,235,000$1805
85Hellboy II: The Golden ArmyUni.$4,934,000-51.2%3,018-194$1,634$65,894,000$853
97Space ChimpsFox$4,375,000-39.1%2,538+27$1,723$16,006,000$372
108WantedUni.$2,727,000-46.2%1,754-679$1,554$128,616,000$755
119Get SmartWB$2,300,000-44.2%1,420-715$1,619$124,214,000$806
1210Kung Fu PandaP/DW$1,030,000-44.6%917-588$1,123$208,972,000$1308
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1313Kit Kittredge: An American GirlPicH$593,000-37.7%535-234$1,108$15,267,000-6
1412Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullPar.$550,000-42.5%477-280$1,153$313,626,000$18510
1514Sex and the CityNL$460,000-36.2%347-168$1,325$150,854,000$659
1617Tell No OneMBox$430,000+7.2%77+22$5,584$1,661,000-4
1715The Incredible HulkUni.$425,000-32.2%403-253$1,054$132,543,000$1507
1811Meet DaveFox$375,000-77.4%503-2,508$745$10,833,000$603
19NBrideshead RevisitedMira.$332,000-33-$10,060$332,000-1
2016Iron ManPar.$289,000-36.0%274-101$1,054$314,905,000$14013
2125The WacknessSPC$241,000+59.9%120+86$2,008$1,072,000-4
-20MongolPicH$165,000-35.9%144-51$1,145$5,174,000$188
-31Brick LaneSPC$62,200-25.4%49+1$1,269$653,000-6
-NMan on WireMagn.$48,000-2-$24,000$48,000-1
-NAmerican TeenParV$42,800-5-$8,560$42,800-1
-NCSNY: Deja VuRAtt.$36,100-24-$1,504$36,100-1
-30The Love GuruPar.$36,000-58.4%107-76$336$31,891,000$626
-48Before the RainsRAtt.$32,850+10.9%16-6$2,053$910,000-12
-46TranssiberianFirst$26,500-23.4%2-$13,250$80,000-2
-44The FallRAtt.$19,500-45.8%30-8$650$2,140,000-12
-61War, Inc.First$17,400+42.6%25+5$696$566,000-10
-109BagheadSPC$17,200+2,023.5%7+5$2,457$49,200-7
-NBoy AWein.$11,400-2-$5,700$13,100-1
-68Lou Reed's BerlinTRR$4,070-50.8%2-$2,035$19,000-2

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