Recent content by Eidan

Twilight wasn't nominated? The Razzies have failed.

Star Wars had several small re-releases in the run up to the larger one in the 80's. But yeah, the thing made a lot of money back in its day.

As I'm sure people here have probably mentioned (didn't care to read everything), one of Superman's biggest problems is his perceived invulnerability. 13 year old boys have hard ons for super human abilities and strengths. Mainstream audiences like flawed characters. Heroes who bleed. Warner...

It's probably going to make something in the area of 17-19 million next weekend.

Nah, I doubt it will be number 1 next weekend. I do think it can possibly be number 3 depending on how Clone Wars performs. I'd say the number 2 slot is possible, but not entirely likely. Also, it's interesting to note that The Dark Knight will be surpassing the original Star Wars when the...

SATURDAY PM: Studio sources tell me that very early domestic numbers show that Warner Bros' The Dark Knight won its 4th straight weekend after taking in $26 million, compared to No. 2, Sony's Pineapple Express with $22 million. The Batman installment's easy win was fueled by Saturday's +37%...

Opening on a Wednesday almost always naturally absorbs demand, and deflates the weekend gross. Spider-Man 2 opened on a Wednesday, and despite having one of the largest opening weeks ever, it had an opening weekend that was "only" $88 million. So if Pineapple Express opened on a Friday, I'd...

Like I said, Pineapple Express' opening on a Wednesday gives the movie a shot. Apatow comedies, though usually big successes, have shown a fairly limited reach on opening weekends, usually in the low 30's. With this one opening on a Wednesday, and not have some of the cross demographic appeal...

Pineapple Express opens on a Wednesday. I can actually see Dark Knight holding on to the top spot again over the weekend because of this, but I'm sure it'll be close. Both movies with duke it out somewhere in the upper 20's. If Dark Knight can pull it off, it'd be the first movie to be #1 for...

Huh? The Dark Knight - $394,887,000 Spider-Man 2 - $372,585,825 Superman Returns - $200,081,192 Superman - $134,218,018 Are you talking about the inflation adjusted grosses? Because even then, The Dark Knight is going to pass every film you've mentioned, including the original Spider-Man and...

Oh, my mistake. I thought $500 million was still under question. Well to answer the Titanic question, you're right. It's not going to make it. But it's nice to know it will at least show that a film today can at least come within striking distance. Titanic will be topped in the next five...

The movie is in its third weekend and making about $40 million. By Monday or Tuesday it will have $400 million. I'm sorry, but I'm starting to question how anyone could think it wasn't a lock for $500 million at this point. After its third Friday, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest...

The Dark Knight is on track to beat Spider-Man's adjusted gross as well. And I personally don't like to consider the adjusted gross the "actual" gross. Do you really think that Gone With the Wind would gross 1.4 billion dollars domestically if released today? Adjusted grosses are a nice way...

? The Dark Knight is sitting at over $300 million after its second weekend. What makes you think passing Spider-Man ($403 million) will be tough? I don't think the this has sunk in for many yet, but this movie is currently on a trajectory of over $500 million. This thing isn't gunning for...

The international gross is a nice gauge to look at, but I typically ignore it because it's tallied in US dollars. Depending on the strength or weakness of the dollar, you have foreign grosses in US dollars that differ drastically from country's own comparative gross. That being said, The Dark...