TAIWAN - Opening Weekend

Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $4.6m (5-Day or $3m 3-Day - 50)
War Of The Worlds - $4.1m (66)
Spiderman 2 - $4m
Kung Fu Hustle - $4m
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $3.6m (184)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $3.6m (5-Day - 178)
Constantine - $3.4m (NT$107.3m 5-Day)*CNY
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $3,366,899 (4-Day - 218)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $3.2m (100)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $3.1m (157)
The Day After Tomorrow - $3,021,643 (248)
Hero - $3m
Troy - $2.6m (240)
The Mummy Returns - $2.4m (52)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $2.3m (58)


TAIPEI (TWD) - Opening Weekend

Largest opening of the year for the regular 2-Day frame and the 2nd largest of all-time behind Kung Fu Hustle.

War Of The Worlds - 66,620,455 (5-Day or 33,046,880 2-Day) - 21
Spiderman 2 - 60,628,635 (34,707,130 2-Day) - 21
Kung Fu Hustle - 60,605,530 (45,000,910 2-Day)*Christmas - 20
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - 56,290,115 (36,265,930 2-Day) - 21
Harry Potter 4: GOF - 54,904,315 (42,680,345 2-Day) - 22
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - 53,521,040 (5-Day or 30,920,450 2-Day) - 17
Harry Potter 2: COS - 49,051,240 (40,536,985 2-Day) - 19
Constantine - 48,747,655 (5-Day or 17,775,725 2-Day)*CNY - 21
The Day After Tomorrow - 46,937,210 (36,823,860 2-Day) - 18
Harry Potter 3: POA - 45,139,165 (36,014,570 2-Day) - 21
Troy - 39,678,450 (31,600,090 2-Day) - 21
Men In Black 2 - 39,135,295 (30,029,310 2-Day) - 18
Spiderman 1 - 37,314,930 (29,685,730 2-Day) - 18
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - 35,284,035 (28,584,370 2-Day) - 18
The Matrix: Revolutions - 34,290,895 (20,550,275 2-Day) - 20

Is a sequel to 7 Zwerge in the works?

You're right, this year has been very ordinary for local pics......Raumshiff, 7 Werge and Der Untergang were lethal last year.

DENMARK - Opening Weekend

GOF holds the record for the largest 3-Day opening of All-Time.

1) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $4,057,585 ($2,236,822/ 13,477,972 DKR/ 162,624 adms. 3-Day - 123)
2) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $2,852,196 (18,171,914 DKR/ 217,975 adms. 3-Day - 97)
3) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $2.75m
4) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $2,066,909 (4-Day or $1,398,893/ 8,305,510 DKR/ 113,204 adms. 3-Day - 92)
5) Harry Potter 2: COS - $1.9m
6) Harry Potter 3: POA - $1,801,456 (10.9m DKR - $185,691/ 1,149,241 DKR/ 163,781 adms. 3-Day – 98/137)
7) Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $1.8m
8) Troy - $1,578,094 (9.2m DKR incl. p/v or $876,007/ 5,423,274 DKR/ 64,824 adms. 3-Day- 78)
9) The Matrix: Reloaded - $1.5m
10) Spiderman 2 - $1,451,244 (5-Day or $795,121/ 4,772,237 DKR/ 49,198 adms. 3-Day - 97)

Harry Potter 1: PS - $1,283,153 (89)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $1,173,324 (5-Day or $635,169/ 4,115,260 DKR/ 61,225 adms. 3-Day - 79)
Shrek 2 - $1,159,747 (or $1,042,094/ 6,429,931 DKR/ 54,033 adms. without p/v - 119)


DENMARK - Opening Weekend

On par with ROTK's 3-Day and not too far behind the 4-Day opening of HP3

Lord of The Rings: ROTK - $4,813,063 (5-Day or $3,293,912 4-Day or $2,792,321/ 20,549,528 SKR 3-Day - 169)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $3.5m (151)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $3m+
Harry Potter 3: POA - $2,672,579 (20m SKR 5-Day or $1,506,154/ 11,473,881 SKR 3-Day - 163)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $2,597,181 (4-Day or $1,838,970/ 13,452,433 SKR 3-Day - 129)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $2,584,417 (or $2,379,141/ 19,531,795 SKR 3-Day - 168)
Finding Nemo - $2,028,297 (or $1,788,010/ 13,604,968 SKR - 3-Day - 181)
Spiderman 2 - $1,924,248 (5-Day or $1,134,924/ 8,416,823 SKR 3-Day - 118)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $1,911,894 (or $1,131,042/ 8,824,390 SKR - 3-Day - 134)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $1.9m (156)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $1,608,987 (or $1,058,051/ 8,846,364 SKR 3-Day - 87)
Star Wars 1: PM - $1.6m (100)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $1.525m (138)
The Day After Tomorrow - $1,518,407 (4-Day or $1,203,424/ 8,971,887 SKR 3-Day - 100)


SWITZERLAND - Opening Weekend

Huge opening cosidering it only opened in the German region of Switzerland. Grosses will be bolstered as it opens in France and Italy.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $2,737,841 ($2,122,457/ 2,673,447 SFR 4-Day - 134)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $2,038,933 (or $1,914,464/ 2,384,848 SFR 4-Day - 133)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $1,929,930 (5-Day or $1,543,614/ 1,906,363 SFR 4-Day - 124)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough - $1.9m (or $2.3m week - 88)
Finding Nemo - $1,728,619 (or $1,632,109/ 1,632,109 SFR 4-Day - 100)
Spiderman 2 - $1,651,591 ($1,547,788/ 1,898,053 SFR 4-Day - 133)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $1,647,297 (2,176,738 SFR 4-Day - 103)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $1.544m ($1m German on 68 + $0.544m French on 27)
Meet The Fockers - $1,511,162 (or $1,144,275/ 1,353,563 SFR 4-Day - 95)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $1,504,539 (5-Day or $1,232,925/ 1,686,642 SFR 4-Day - 119)
Ocean’s Twelve - $1,379,890 (1,536,418 SFR - 112)
Spiderman - $1.3m (106)
Hitch - $1,209,149 (or $1,175,134/ 1,175,134 SFR - 96)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $1.2m (97)
The Day After Tomorrow - $1,161,641 (or $1,112,562/ 1,395,598 SFR 4-Day - 101)
Troy - $1,156,809 (1,502,117 SFR -115)
Kingdom Of Heaven - $1,126,565 ($992,252/ 1,195,465 SFR 4-Day - 109)
Star Wars 1: PM - $1.1m (92)
My Name Is Eugen - $1,071,433 (or $768,262/ 976,231 SFR 4-Day - 59)
Titanic - $992,000 ($1.2m week - 56)
Shrek 2 - $950,942 (or $815,137/ 1,012,074 SFR 4-Day - 107)


FINLAND - Opening Weekend

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $1,466,798 (5-Day or $1,055,809 4-Day or $873,801/ €707,342/ 80,485 adms. 3-Day - 68)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $1.1m (70)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $1,023,950 (5-Day or $662,838 4-Day - 58)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $1m
Harry Potter 3: POA - $971,311 (€792,454 or $508,970/ €415,248/ 51,338 adms. 3-Day - 70)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $953,854 (5-Day or $663,500 3-Day - 66)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $856,527 (66)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $722,000
The Matrix: Revolutions - $674,740 (5-Day or $427,894/ €373,124/ 46,662 adms. 3-Day - 59)
Independence Day - $650,000+ (89,200 adms.)
Spiderman 2 - $618,535 ((5-Day or $375,994/ €303,491/ 38,691 adms. 3-Day - 60)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough - $590,000 (45)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $568,543 (or $867,069 incl. p/v - 56)
Star Wars 1: PM - $544,689 (3,024,878 Markka - 73,900 adms. - 55)
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $532,501 (45)
Titanic - $499,000 (45)
The Day After Tomorrow - $446,989 (or $393,607/ €322,325/ 40,059 adms. 3-Day - 52)
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason - $437,239 (40)
Jurassic Park 1 - $435,000 (33)

Yep, it is in works: 7 Zwerge: Der Wald ist nicht genug (The Forest is not Enough).

Coming out next Ocotber.

This year has been just as miserable for the film industry in Germany as it was in the USA. The admissions declined quite a bit. It's up to Potter, Narnia and Kong to save the day.

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Weekend estimate: Nov. 23 - Nov. 27, 2005* in millions1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
$81.4
2 Walk the Line
$27.6
3 Yours, Mine and Ours
$24.5
4 Rent
$18.1
5 Chicken Little
$16.7
6 Just Friends
$13.6
7 Pride & Prejudice
$9.4
8 Derailed
$6.3
9 IN THE MIX
$6.2
10 The Ice Harvest
$5.1

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Harry's setting the world on fire once again as "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" dominated foreign box office with $95.4 million from more than 9,400 prints in 42 markets in its second weekend.
Thanks to impressive launches in Japan, Spain and Italy and solid holdover perfs, "Goblet" has now hit $207 million offshore -- $2 million ahead of the foreign cume for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" at the same point of its run in June 2004 on its way to a final international gross of $543 million.

Warner has now racked up more than $2 billion overseas from its quartet of "Potter" pics in addition to topping $1 billion on the domestic side. "Goblet" still has plenty of gas in the tank with openings next weekend in Australia, France and South Korea.

The stellar start for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" provides some badly needed holiday season cheer for the industry, which has seen grosses lag this year in many key foreign markets. Rival distribs are optimistic that moviegoers' support for "Goblet," which has given extensive exposure to trailers for BVI's "The Chronicles of Narnia" and UIP's "King Kong," can maintain current momentum for the rest of 2005.

"Goblet of Fire" obliterated comparative results from the same frame of 2004, when "The Incredibles" led with a still-sizeable $44.3 million. Should final weekend numbers for "Goblet" top $100 million, it would mark the first frame with a pic hitting nine figures since "War of the Worlds" launched with $102 million in July.

"Goblet" posted its top opening in Japan with $14.3 million at 851 playdates including sneak previews, representing the fifth-highest launch in that market. PerfPerf wasn't a major surprise as "Azkaban" conjured up $121 million in Japan for its best foreign total.

"Goblet" also set all-time records for debut weekends in two markets -- Italy with $9.4 million at 855, topping the mark set by local hit "Pinocchio," and Belgium with $2.4 million at 177 amid snowstorms, 16% ahead of the previous record set by "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."

The fourth "Potter" pic also launched large with a trio of markets recording their second-biggest openings ever -- in Spain with $8 million from 527 prints, behind Spanish blockbuster "Torrente 3"; in Brazil with $4.1 million at 550; and in Greece with $1.3 million at 84, trailing only "Troy."

Holland auds fended off snowstorms for a "Goblet" debut of $2.5 million at 251 for that market's third-biggest opening including previews. Argentina's debut hit $1.07 million at 156 for the best launch among the "Potter" films.

The U.K. led among holdover markets with $15.9 million at 536 playdates, representing a respectable 38% decline to lift the BlightyBlighty cume to $51.3 million. Snowstorms and outages hampered German bizbiz, which fell 54% to $10 million at 1,248 but still pushed the Teutonic total to $35.5 million.

The Mexican soph seshsesh for "Goblet" slid 48% to $3.7 million at 654 engagements. Despite the decline, the frame still represented the largest second weekend for a Warner film and lifted cume to $13.6 million.

Competitors were mostly content to again ride the "Potter" coattails, opting for a few targeted counterprogrammed openings plus holdovers -- tactics employed by BVI for "Flightplan" with $9.6 million at 3,662 playdates in 42 markets. The Jodie FosterJodie Foster thriller has grossed $86.4 million overseas to nearly match its Stateside cume.

Sony scared up respectable grosses for "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" with $7.8 million at 2,340 sites in 41 markets, lifting foreign cume to nearly $32 million and the worldwide total to $107 million. BVI's "Chicken Little," also on a gradual release pattern, continued to feather its nest with $5.7 million, lifting foreign cume to $32 million, with Mexico the top contributor at $10 million.

UIP launched "Just Like Heaven" in half a dozen markets with $2.8 million, mostly from France with a decent $1.8 million at 443 playdates. The romantic comedy, starring Reese WitherspoonReese Witherspoon, is based on a French book.

UIP, prepping for its worldwide Dec. 14 launch of "King Kong," stuck mostly with holdovers such as "The Constant Gardner" with $2 million at 631 engagements in six markets, "Elizabethtown" with $1.7 million in 1,905, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" with $1.5 at 2,506 and "Doom" with $1 million at 770. "Wallace & Gromit" has cumed $122 million internationally and $177 million worldwide.

Sony saw continued solid returns from "Melissa P," its first Italian local production, with $1.68 million at 318 playdates, down 31% for a $4.75 million cume.

The worldwide total stands at $408 million for Potter now.


The opening in Japan is disappointing, I'd say, the past two Potter flicks opened bigger. Here is hoping for a good multiplier, but in any case it is a lock to pass $100 million total there.


Next weekend its biggest opening markets are France and Australia. I am sensing another $70+ million international weekend. The hold in Germany should be good. This weekend was GREATLY affected by the snowstorms in my state. Some regions don't have electricity for three days already. Should drop no more than 30% in Germany next weekend, especially as nothing big opens.

$900 million worldwide is looking better with each day.

UPDATE FROM GERMANY:


Huge snowstorms in my state (North Rhine Westfalia) affected the movies immensly, since my state if the most populated in the country. The estimated admissions number for the weekend is 1,275,000 admissions for a total of 4,525,000 admissions. This is the 9th biggest 2nd weekend of all time. Not as good as the distributors hoped for, but the mild drop next weekend should make up for that somewhat. I expect around 900,000 admissions next weekend.

Japan is a huge dissapointment, $14.5m is the 2nd lowest for the franchise....below POA and COS. Very surprising, i was expecting a new weekend record around $20m.

While i don't think this will stop it from hitting $120m.....i might not go any higher with Mr & Mrs Smith, Memoirs of a Geisha, King Kong and Chicken Little coming in the next 4 weeks before New Years.

FINLAND - Week 1

GOF gained only $0.4m since the record 3-Day ($1.1m) opening....it's now trailing HP3.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $2,046,630 ($1,451,281 + $595,349 2-Days - 68)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $1,545,830 ($1,247,304 + $298,526 2-Days - 55)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $1,515,899 ($1,154,787 + $361,112 2-Days - 58)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $1,511,385 ($1,057,139 + $454,246 2-Days - 70)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $1,498,687 (or $1,390,208 without p/v - 70)
Vares - $1,235,474 (or $430,603 without p/v - 40)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $1,160,541 (8-Day or $1,160,541 7-Day - 66)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $1,144,216 (69)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $1m+
Harry Potter 1: PS - $1m+
Bad Boys: A True Story - $998,216 (or $982,805 without p/v - 52)


GERMANY - Opening Weekend

In terms of US$ and Euros, GOF's 4-Day (really 5-Day) trails ROTK....understandbly, since ROTKs gross is made up of more full-priced adult tickets.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $23,248,457 (€18,819,626/ 2.666.776 adms. 5-Day or $17,750,498/ 2.050.776 adms. 4-Day - 1337 TC)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $21,653,719 (€18,497,906/ 2,685,158 adms. incl. p/v - 1243 TC)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $19.8m (€19.4m/ 2.634.701 adms. 5-Day or $15.2m/ €14,918,968/ 2.021.239 adms. 4-Day - 1266 TC)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $17,791,749 (€13,614,242/ 1.964.960 adms. 4-Day - 1182 TC)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $16.28m (€16,175,918/ 2.489.952 adms. - 1249 TC)
(T)Raumschiff Surprise: Periode 1 - $15,832,093 (€13,064,093/ 2.164.909 adms. - 899 TC)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $15,273,992 (€12,477,782/ 1.987.285 adms. - 1204 TC)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $14.8m (€16,666,356/ 2.590.464 adms. - 1226 TC)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $14.7m (€16.5m/ 2.239.864 adms. 5-Day or ~$12m/€13,526,170/ 1.813.898 adms. 4-Day - 1070 TC)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $14.1m (€12,144,229 - 1.788.781 adms. - 1124 TC)
Finding Nemo - $13,325,026 (€11,166,372/ 2.032.136 adms. - 1004 TC)
Men In Black 1 - $12.7m (€11,794,738/ 1.954.972 adms. - 885 TC)
Star Wars 1: PM - $12.4m (€11,938,134/ 1.786.960 adms. - 1001 TC)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $11.8m (€12,965,392/ 1.846.885 adms. - 1038 TC)
Sieben Zwerge - Männer Allein Im Wald (7 Dwarfs) - $11,713,970 (€9,209,055/ 1,565,655 adms. or $11,253,301 without p/v - 777 TC)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $11,548,813 (€7,614,516 - 6 Days - 1.193.025 adms. - 958 TC)


UNITED KINGDOM - Opening Weekend

Easily the 3-Day opening champion, however, stretching things out.....it's the 6th largest opening regardless of days.

1) Harry Potter 3: POA - $43,749,885 (£23,882,688/ €34,629,898 7-Day* or $17,478,583/ £9,346,002/ €13,787,106 3-Day - 535 TC)
2) Harry Potter 2: COS - $29,810,019 (£18,871,829 incl. $13,822,955/ £8.75m p/v or £10.7m 3-Day - 524 TC)
3) Shrek 2 - $29,591,472 (£16,220,752/ €23,520,090 incl. $10,225,144 p/v or $19,366,328/ £10,673,350 3-Day - 512 TC)
4) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $27,501,871 (£14,361,469 4-Day or $20,155,733/ £11,029,267 3-Day - 490 TC)
5) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $26,521,471 (£15,021,761 - $20,672,672 4-Day - $16.8m/ £9.7m 3-Day - 494 TC/1299p)
6) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $25,593,661 (£14,933,901 3-Day - 535 TC)
7) Harry Potter 1: PS - $23,049,154 (£16,335,627 incl. $9,334,343/ £6,665,818 2-Day p/v on 491 - 507 TC/1168p)
8) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $20,921,781 (£13,063,560 5-Day - 501 TC)
9) The Matrix: Reloaded - $19,894,155 (£12,165,276 5-Day - 481 TC)
10) Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason - $19,376,954 (£10,435,193/ €15,131,030 incl. $5.9m/ £3.3m p/v - 496 TC)
11) The Incredibles - $18,702,239 (£9,874,782 incl. $6.5m/ £3.5m ($151,044-$230,582/ £81,307 on 1) p/v or $18,471,657/ £9,753,035/ £6.3m without p/v - 494 TC)

12) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $16,595,553 (£11,386,209 - 467 TC)
13) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit - $16,559,973 (£9,374,932 incl. $4.9m/ £2.7m p/v - 501 TC)
14) Spiderman 2 - $16,058,334 (£8,766,902/ €12,712,008 or $13,180,732/ £7,080,731/ €10,290,873 3-Day without p/v - 504 TC/1117p)
15) Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $15,910,169 (£11,058,045 - 470 TC)
16) War Of The Worlds - $15,313,246 (£8,644,787 - 507 TC)
17) Star Wars 1: PM - $14.865m (£9,512,295 incl. $3.1m p/v - 460 TC/779p)
18) Meet The Fockers - $14,837,008 (£7,917,661 or $13,596,555 without Thu p/v - 456 TC)
19) The Matrix: Revolutions - $14,591,107 (£8,712,350 incl. £3.9m p/v - 467 TC/925p)
20) James Bond: Die Another Day - $14,294,312 (£9,122,344 - 430 TC)

Well HP4 has suprised me in a good way

It's 3 day weekend numbers where 417 421 admissions which is above all expectations

I am sure it will hit $120 million.

Uhhh...I just read an international weekend report in German and it said that the Japanese opening of HP4 was the franchise-best. Anything we should know about?

I think I read it only had two days in Japan and no previews. So 14.5 million in two days is huge.

No the variety article specifically stated $14.5m including sneaks.....

ITALY (70%) - Opening Weekend

Largest 3-Day opening weekend in history....

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $9,824,000 (€7,741,312 4-Day or $8,281,016/ €6,525,441 3-Day TC)^
The Passion Of The Christ - $9,225,806 (€7,643,580 5-Day or $6,880,664/ €5,700,630 3-Day - 553 TC)^
Spiderman 2 - $8,993,096 (€7,392,595 5-Day or $7,758,521/ €6,377,737 3-Day - 631 TC)^
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $8,486,019 (697 TC)^
Madagascar - $7,314,011 (or $5,936,914 without p/v - 470 TC)^
Harry Potter 3: POA - $6,283,045 (€5,132,808 - 637 TC)^
Meet The Fockers - $5,724,641 (497 TC)^
Troy - $5,679,412 (€4,725,839 - 704 TC)^
War Of The Worlds - $5,465,608 (€4,567,226 5-Day or $3,325,143/ €2,778,589 3-Day - 554 TC)^
The Incredibles - $4,962,920 (524 TC)^
National Treasure - $4,687,934 (€3,545,531 or $2,499,274/ €1,890,226 without 4-Day p/v - 395 TC)^
Fantastic Four - $4,591,796 (or $4,066,340 without p/v - 482 TC)^
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason - $4,291,627 (€3,289,103 - 399 TC)^
Shrek 2 - $4,120,875 (€3,109,159 - 449 TC)^
Tu la Conosci Claudia? - $4,065,078 (5-Day or $3,262,311/ €2,461,381 3-Day - 384 TC)^
Shark Tale - $3,945,692 (401 TC)^
La Tigre e la Neve (The Tiger And The Snow) - $3,740,934 (754 TC)^
Alexander - $3,708,917 (446 TC)^
Manuale d'Amore (Love Manual) - $3,707,000 (€2,789,740 or $3,698,156/ €2,789,740 without p/v - 482 TC)^
The Day After Tomorrow - $3,678,270 (€3,009,679 or $3,675,270 without p/v - 543 TC)^
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $3,654,456 (624 TC)^


ITALY (70%) - Opening Weekend

Huge opening despite the disruptions.....in euros, it's the 2nd largest of all-time for the 5-Day and the largest over the regular 4-Day frame.

Opening Days are as follows:

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $645,164 (€523,680 - 199) - Record
Harry Potter 3 - $542,696 (€442,772 - 302)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $433,123 (€368,242 - 252)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $361,966 (€354,000 - 130)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $288,962 (€180,014 - 115)

Harry Potter 3: POA - $2,810,590 (€2,296,055 5-Day or $2,270,300/ €1,854,676 4-Day - 307)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $2,766,188 (€2,239,229 5-Day or $2,119,270/ €1,715,549 4-Day - 199)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $2,693,928 (€2,290,378 5-Day or $2,260,805/ €1,922,136 4-Day - 252 TC)
Shrek 2 - $2,088,928 (€1,698,173 or $1,613,129/ €1,311,377 4-Day without p/v - 224) or $2,059,442 ($1,676,349) Actuals
Harry Potter 2: COS - $1.94m (€1,950,000 - 275)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $1,919,733 (€1,654,000 - 145)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $1,807,062 (€1,575,758 5-Day or $1,461,870/ €1,274,751 4-Day - 152)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $1.7m (€1,999,000 - 248)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $1,696,308 (€1,301,528 5-Day or $1,407,346/ €1,121,514 4-Day - 115)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $1.6m (€1,402,796 - 154)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $1.5m (€1,302,000 - 112)
War Of The Worlds - $1,412,727 (€1,182,170 5-Day or $1,200,449/ €1,004,536 4-Day - 113)
Ocean’s Twelve - $1,359,501 (€1,025,730 - 134)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $1,350,595 (or $1,275,030/ €1,133,502 without p/v - 110)
Jurassic Park 1 - $1.3m (€1,174,000 - 94)
Independence Day - $1.3m (€1,107,000 - 100)

UPDATE FROM GERMANY:

Over the weekend - 1,263,778 admissions . That's around 47.5% down from the opening 4-day weekend. Total admissions number - 4,526,532. It was the 9th biggest 2nd weekend ever.

Harry Potter's opening week was 2,977,754 admissions. Not very strong weekdays.


Harry Potter admissions after 11 days in Germany:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 5,119,871
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 4,969,745
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 4,526,532 (however, it had one extra day, Wednesday, on which it had around 285,000 admissions)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 3,821,060


Next weekend should give it a better hold since this one was hurt by the snowstorms. I see a total of around 8 million as still possible.

Didn't Chamber barely made 8 million? How many admissions had Azkaban?

SS - 12,556,007
CoS - 9,693,596
PoA - 6,545,279

I see...

SPAIN - Opening Weekend

3rd largest opening of the year overall; however it's the 2nd largest 3-Day weekend ever behind Torrente 3.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $9,966,990 (€8,307,566/ 1,755,599 adms. 5-Day or $8,217,791/ €5,993,683/ 1,209,495 adms. 4-Day or $7,404,179 / €5,993,683/ 1,209,495 adms. 3-Day - 512 TC)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $9,700,099 (4-Day or $7,958,766/ €6,140,665/ 1,166,777 adms. 3-Day - 495 TC)
Shrek 2 - $9,588,644 (€8,282,781/ 1.726.144 adms. 5-Day or $7,524,665/ €6,117,101/ 1,223,487 adms. 3-Day - 478 TC)
Torrente 3: The Protector - $8,700,774 (€7,216,335/ 1,387,652 adms. - 465 TC)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $7,921,447 (€6,752,004/ 1,288,009 adms. - 527 TC)
Spiderman 2 - $7,822,023 (€6,284,761 5-Day or $5,408,382/ €4,345,473/ 868,972 adms. 3-Day - 603 TC)
War Of The Worlds - $7,724,470 (5-Day or $5,771,358/ €5,771,358/ 912,646 adms. 3-Day - 465 TC)
Alexander - $7,231,632 (€5,542,323 5-Day or $4,627,281/ €3,546,348 3-Day - 420 TC)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $7.1m (€7,170,000 5-Day or €5,261,000/ 1.091.279 adms. 3-Day - 471 TC/483 SC)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $7m (€6,026,420/ 1.150.939 adms. or €5,616,033/ 1.150.939 adms. without p/v - 528 TC)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $6,412,438 (€5,290,261/ 1,066,914 adms. - 498 TC)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $6,364,192 (€5,500,000 incl. p/v or $4,834,114/ €4,122,055/ 871,205 adms. 3-Day - 467 TC)
Troy - $6,296,301 (€5,310,615/ 1.049.756 adms. - 464 TC)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $6.1m (incl. p/v or $5,375,873 5-Day Wed or $3,658,550/ €3,252,451/ 666,051 adms. 3-Day - 581 TC)
Scary Movie 3 - $5,627,072 (€4,662,029 incl. p/v or $3,763,999/ €3,118,473/ 624,491 adms. 3-Day - 433 TC)
Finding Nemo - $5,613,542 (€4,416,929/ 954.894 adms. - 380 TC)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $5.6m (€5,673,070/ 1.208.684 adms. - 617 TC)
The Day After Tomorrow - $5,558,822 (€4,552,119/ 903.331 adms. - 475 TC)
The Last Samurai - $5,477,261 (€4,266,786/ 848,618 adms. incl. p/v - 425 TC)
The Incredibles - $5,446,512 (€4,107,487 or $5,160,636/ €3,891,894/ 759,721 adms. 3-Day without p/v - 420 TC)
La Gran Aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón - $5.4m (€5,103,480/ 1.064.645 adms. - 325 TC)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $5.4m (€4,474,427/ 1.006.000 adms. - 395 TC)
The Village - $5,229,929 (€4,263,072/ 848,450 adms. - 404 TC)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $5,069,450 ($4,044,097/ €3,595,202/ 733,015 adms. 3-Day - 343 TC)
Fantastic Four - $5,039,633 (or $4,439,391/ €3,686,293/ 711,487 adms. 3-Day - 425 TC)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $5,024,777 (€4,137,653/ 792,040 adms. - 461 TC)
Van Helsing - $4,922,957 (€4,091,610/ 883.937 adms. - 404 TC)
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $4.9m (378 TC)
Kingdom Of Heaven - $4,872,716 (€3,793,166/ 732,818 adms. - 435 TC)
Spiderman - $4.7m (€5,014,690/ 1.081.223 adms. - 701 TC)
Meet The Fockers - $4,680,029 (3,616,165/ 700,404 adm. - 363 TC)
I, Robot - $4,647,588 (€3,860,101/ 768,553 adms. - 445 TC)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $4.36m (€5,010,517/ 1.142.000 adms. - 375 TC)


ITALY (100%) - Opening Weekend

Easily the largest opening of the year.....this year has been very ordinary for the Italian market.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $12,186,637 (4-Days or $10.3m 3-Day - 730 TC)
The Passion Of The Christ - $11.5m-$12m (5-Day or ~$9m 3-Day - 553 TC)
Spiderman 2 - $10,387,388 (4-Day or $9,042,307 3-Day without p/v - 800 TC)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $9.4m (855 TC)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $9,387,445 (800 TC)
Pinocchio - $8.9m (€9m 940 TC)
Madagascar - $7.4m (or $6.1m without p/v - 294 TC)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $6.9m (€6m - 743 TC)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $6.7m (€5,349,118 3-Day - 723 TC)
Finding Nemo - $6.6m (5-Day - 470 TC)
War Of The Worlds - $6.5m (5-Day - 560 TC)
The Last Samurai - $6.4m (€4,640,957 - 600 TC)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $6.3m (594 TC)
Troy - $6.1m (€5.2m or $5,679,412/€4,725,839^ - 822 TC)
Independence Day - $6m+ (521 TC)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $5.981m (€4,875,211 5-Day or €3,581,456 3-Day - 489 TC)
Spiderman - $5.9m (582 TC)
Jurassic Park 1 - $5.9m
Meet The Fockers - $5,875,424 (301 TC)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $5.6m (€5,859,000 - 700 TC)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $5.5m (11bil Lire - 467 TC)
Fireworks - $5.4m (247 TC)
Natale In India - $5.4m (€4,318,461 - 504 TC)
The Incredibles - $5.4m (524 TC/ 755p)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $5.35m (€5.37m - 648 TC)


NETHERLANDS - Opening Weekend

GOF wasn't able to claim the opening weekend record over the 5-Days however it wasn't far off.

Harry Potter 3: POA - $2,810,590 (€2,296,055 5-Day or $2,270,300/ €1,854,676 4-Day - 307)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $2,766,188 (€2,239,229 5-Day or $2,119,270/ €1,715,549 4-Day - 199)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $2,693,928 (€2,290,378 5-Day or $2,260,805/ €1,922,136 4-Day - 252)
Shrek 2 - $2,088,928 (€1,698,173 or $1,613,129/ €1,311,377 4-Day without p/v - 224)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $1.94m (€1,950,000 - 275)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $1,919,733 (€1,654,000 - 145)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $1,807,062 (€1,575,758 5-Day or $1,461,870/ €1,274,751 4-Day - 152)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $1.7m (€1,999,000 - 248)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $1,696,308 (€1,301,528 5-Day or $1,407,346/ €1,121,514 4-Day - 115)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $1.6m (€1,402,796 - 154)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $1.5m (€1,302,000 - 112)
War Of The Worlds - $1,412,727 (€1,182,170 5-Day or $1,200,449/ €1,004,536 4-Day - 113)
Ocean’s Twelve - $1,359,501 (€1,025,730 - 134)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $1,350,595 (or $1,275,030/ €1,133,502 without p/v - 110)
Jurassic Park 1 - $1.3m (€1,174,000 - 94)
Independence Day - $1.3m (€1,107,000 - 100)


BELGIUM - Opening Weekend

GOF easily claimed the largest opening of all-time,

Harry Potter 4: GOF - $2,760,107 (or $2,523,498/ €2,150,954 5-Day - 177)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $2.2m
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $2,167,055 ($2,062,059/ €1,669,237 5-Day or $1,602,888 3-Day - 112)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $1,858,540 (€1,518,297 - 145)
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - $1,807,712 (or $1,028,702/ €833,835 5-Day without p/v - 80)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $1,754,152 (€1,398,182 - 114)
Shrek 2 - $1,678,836 (€1,378,576 5-Day or $1,269,062/ €1,042,090 3-Day - 109)
Finding Nemo - $1,675,561 (or $1,190,909/ €993,218 without p/v - 140)
Jurassic Park 1 - $1.5m+ (Larger than JP2)
Independence Day - $1.5m+ (Larger than JP2)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $1.4m (99)
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $1.4m (79)
War Of The Worlds - $1,355,777 (or $1,248,010/ €1,045,845 5-Day without p/v - 85)
Meet The Fockers - $1,350,229 (or $1,010,312/ €773,242 without p/v - 51)
The Incredibles - $1,302,143 (€1,613,600 or $1,110,181/ €837,243 without p/v - 123)
Mission Impossible 2 - $1.3m (72)
Ocean’s Twelve - $1,227,032 (€907,102 or $916,124/ €673,525 without p/v - 70)
The Day After Tomorrow - $1,222,161 (€1,000,828 - 95) or $1,547,554 by Mon
Spiderman 2 - $1,221,138 (€981,148 or $1,171,084/ €940,931 without p/v - 87) or $1,168,366 Actuals
Hannibal - $1.2m (5-Days or $1.3m week - 68)
Titanic - $1.2m ($1.5m week - 86)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $1.14m (124)



BELGIUM - Opening Weekend

Franchise record.....and 3rd largest opening of all-time in terms of NZ$ (or 2nd largest in US$).

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $1,673,072 (NZ$2,609,992 - 114)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $1,447,226 (NZ$2,098,477 - 90)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $1,375,904 (NZ$1,967,542 - 75)
Shrek 2 - $1,367,733 (NZ$2,202,050 - 86)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $1,179,862 (NZ$2,290,584 - 103)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $1,128,962 (NZ$1,790,534 - 82)
Ocean’s Twelve - $1,115,276 (8-Day or $473,335/ NZ$676,869 4-Day - 67)*Boxing
The Incredibles - $1,106,349 (8-Day or $526,008/ NZ$752,191 4-Day - 74)*Boxing
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $1.1m (NZ$2,125,910)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $1,014,341 (3-Day - 70)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $979,824 (or $885,230/ NZ$1,558,004 4-Day - 65)
Madagascar - $950,700 (or $639,466/ NZ$914,436 without p/v on 61 - 79)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - $908,957 (NZ$1,290,719 - 80)
War Of the Worlds - $855,063 (5-Day or $722,552/ NZ$1,047,700 4-Day - 78)
Men In Black 1 - $821,000 (47)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $820,000 (NZ$1.6m)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $800,000+
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $799,000 (43)

GOF is up to 550 WW and 330 overseas, it is doing great so far.

UPDATE FROM GERMANY:


Over the weekend, Harry Potter had a nice drop of 35% to 820,000 admissions and a total of 5,650,000 admissions after the 3rd weekend. It barely edged out ROTS already for the 2nd biggest movie of the year here (behind Madagascar).

Ohter Harry Potter flicks after the same time frame:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 7,028,406 admissions
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 6,331,487 admissions
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 4,718,009

GoF is tracking well ahead of the third movie, but also way behind the first two. I see it ending with around 8,500,000 admissions.

Should be #1 movie there for the year, unless Kong tops it.

It will easily be #1 worldwide and #1 overseas for the year. As of now, I see around $900 million worldwide.

"In a stunning third weekend display that underlines the might of the international arena, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire added an estimated $92.6m from more than 11,600 prints in 57 markets for a $330.6m running total.

Combined with the estimated $229m domestic tally the family picture's worldwide gross now stands at more than $560m.

Goblet Of Fire's weekend performance was powered by 15 openings led by a mighty French launch that produced $19.7m from 950 prints and 2.8million admissions nationwide. This was the biggest ever opening for a Warner Bros title, the biggest Harry Potter release ever and the second biggest industry opening weekend of all time behind Star Wars Episode III.

Australia generated $9.2m from 553 prints for the second biggest Warner Bros release behind The Matrix Reloaded and the fifth biggest industry opening weekend ever.

South Korea produced $6.2m including previews from 331 prints for the fourth biggest industry opening weekend and the biggest in the Harry Potter franchise.

South Africa produced $790,000 including previews from 85 for the biggest launch in the franchise, while Venezuela deserves mention for a sensational $558,000 launch on 85 prints including previews that resulted in the biggest industry opening weekend of all time.

The UK led the holdovers with a third weekend $8.7m weekend haul from 1,300 prints that raised the running total to a magnificent $64.3m. In other third weekend holds, Germany added $6.2m from 1,256 for $4.1m, and Mexico grossed $1.8m from 654 to stay top on $16.8m.

Japan led the second weekend holds, beating a strong opening by Mr And Mrs Smith to hold on to first place with $8.6m from 858 for a $29.9m running total.

Italy added $5.2m from 880 for $18m after two, Spain added $4.1m from 531 for $13.1m, and Brazil grossed $2.3m from 550 for $7.9m, a strong result that ranks as Warner Bros' biggest ever second weekend."

Source: http://www.screendaily.com/story.asp?storyid=24390

85m.+ weekend for 3 weeks in row!!

the opening number in Egypt will be out tonight (takes so long, huh?)..