HP4 finished with close to $12m from a $4.1m 3-day opening, but I think HP5 will be a little more frontloaded, so probably around the same multiplier from its first two days to $16-17m.

I would be fine with anything over 15 million honestly.

Nothings beats a Hairy Potter.....



that is all.

Well, $600 million internationally is locked, I am hoping for $630+ million, though. That'd give it a WW total of $910+ million.

I think it will do at least 610 right now.

Variety as of Thrus

Australia: $28,178,305
Germany: $57,129,719
UK: $91,705,310

2.5M from weekdays after a 2.15M weekend HP is a monster in UK, 95M is now a lock.

It be amazing if it could get over 100 million in Japan.

Domestic: $278,646,000 31.9%
+ Foreign: $594,000,000 68.1%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
= Worldwide: $872,646,000

It's really amazing. Right now I'm thinking that Harry Potter 5: OOTP with such a pace might challenge PoTC3 (649 million overseas) or at least two movies will be very close.

Holy crap...what happened?....last week's Sunday to Sunday gross was 42.7m$...i.e. it went upto 552.7m$ from 510m$...thus grossing 42.7m$...but it also got boost cause of the release in China and Turkey last weekend.....this week's Sunday to Sunday gross is 41.3m$...i.e. from 552.7m$ to 594m$.....so its almost flat compared to last week and without any releases in any territories....thats shocking....

Boxofficeguru reports 16.2m$ weekend...then to reach 594m$, OOTP needs 25.1m$ from weekdays.....seems unlikely...or it is 584m$..typo??

A 16M weekend is wonderful, it's really performing like DMC. If you look at Japan and UK, 25M from weekdays is possible, but even 584M would be very good.
Now we can say 900M WW is a lock.

Yep...900m$ is lock even if its at 584m$.....594m$ is possible...may be cause of super strong weekdays in Japan

It is probably 584 which is still great.

Warner's "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" conjured up $16.2 million at 6,800, down a decent 37% and led by China's soph sesh of $4 million. With a $594 million foreign cume, it's about to become the eighth pic to gross more than $600 million overseas, joining "Titanic," "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King," the last two "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the first, second and fourth "Potter" pics.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111797 ... id=13&cs=1

Maybe it's not a typo. The only things I can think of is either the weekday numbers were great in Japan or some territories finally updated its numbers. So we can say 600 will happen by next weekend and 900 will follow. Now high can it go? I think it can make 615 OS at least. Maybe 615 and 287 in the U.S to put it at 902 WW.

The Simpsons Movie regains international lead
Jeremy Kay in Los Angeles
19 Aug 2007 23:47


Homer's remarkable box office odyssey saw The Simpsons Movie reclaim the
number one overseas spot by a nose at the weekend as preliminary
results put it ahead of Universal/UPI's The Bourne Ultimatum by an
estimated $23.4m versus $22m.

Last weekend Fox International's animated hit appeared to have
vanquished the fifth Harry Potter episode in a photo finish, however
Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) emerged the winner on that
occasion when the studios released official figures on Monday [13].

The result from 7,000 screens in 61 markets puts The Simpsons on a
remarkable $270m running total. Key drivers were a pair of number one
launches that delivered $5m from 545 screens in Russia, and $3m from
459 in Brazil for Fox's biggest opening of the year and the biggest
animated debut of the year.

The film also generated $801,000 from 200 screens in Holland, where
the film scored the biggest animated opening day of all time on
Thursday [16] of Euros 164,181 ($221,626).

In its fourth weekend, The Simpsons Movie added $3.1m from 517 in the UK for
$68.6m for a top three finish, $2.1m from 679 in France for second
place and $22.7m, $1.5m from 948 in Germany for $32.7m, and $1.4m from
406 in Australia for third place and $24.3m.

In its third weekend the film added $887,000 from 724 in Mexico and
still ranks number one on $13.7m.

Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer added $5.5m from 1,900
screens in 13 markets. In a pair of second weekend holds, the comic book adaptation added $2.7m from 729
in France for second place and $8.5m, and $1.5m from 510 in Spain for
second place and $7m.

Die Hard 4.0 grossed $4.5m from 2,200 screens in 31 markets for $213m.
It opened top in Argentina on $364,000 from 105, and held in second
place in its second weekend in Australia on $1.6m from 362 screens for
$6m.

Universal's The Bourne Ultimatum is currently tracking 76% ahead of
2004's The Bourne Supremacy and took $22m from 1,470 venues in 19
territories for an early overseas tally of $27.8m.

The spy thriller launched in eight territories including the UK where
it ranked top on $13m (£6.5m) from 458 sites and took a 39% bite out
of the market share.

At this rate the film will overtake the £7.9m final gross of the 2002
franchise opener The Bourne Identity this week and the £11.7m final
result of The Bourne Supremacy next weekend.

The film opened top in Spain on an excellent $5m from 373 sites, and
capitalised on last Tuesday's [14] launch ahead of the national
holiday on Wednesday.

There were also number one debuts in Denmark on $475,000 from 50
sites, Finland on $222,000 from 26, and Singapore on $755,000 from 29
for Universal's fourth biggest opening weekend for a non-holiday
release behind Jurassic Park 3, Mr Bean's Holiday and Van Helsing.

There are 36 more territories to open over the next three months
including major releases in Russia on Aug 23, Brazil on Aug 24,
Australia on Aug 30, France on Sept 12, and Japan on Nov 10.

Evan Almighty added $5.9m from 3,600 venues in 30 territories for
$33m, and I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry grossed $2.3m from 375
in six territories for an early $5.2m. The result was buoyed by a
number one launch in Australia that generated $1.9m from 228 sites.
There are 50 territories to open over the next three months including
France on Aug 29, and the UK and Germany at the end of Sept.

Knocked Up raised its tally by $1.1m from 400 venues in 13 territories
to $18.2m, and Mr Bean's holiday grossed $750,000 from 350 sites in
seven territories for $188.9m. The film opened in South Korea on
$676,000 from 129 sites. The last international release will be in
Japan through Toho Towa in January 2008.

In its sixth weekend, WBPI's Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
took a big stride toward the $600m mark as it dropped off 37% on
$16.3m from 6,800 prints in 61 territories for a phenomenal $594m.

The film ranked number one in its fifth weekend in Japan on $2.6m
(Â¥305m) from 630 screens for $65m (Â¥7.7bn). In its second weekend
China was projected to generate $4m (RMB 30.5m) from 528 prints, which
would put the running total at $14.2m (RMB 76.6m).

Latest figures put the UK on $93.7m, Germany on $58.4m, France on
$47.9m, Australia on $29.3m, and Italy on $26.8m.

Ocean's Thirteen added $3.4m from more than 1,200 prints in 43 markets
for $179m, boosted by $2.5m (Â¥298m) from 455 screens in the second
weekend in Japan for second place and $14.4m (Â¥1.7bn).

The romantic comedy No Reservations grossed $940,000 in 12 mostly
Latin American markets from 516 prints for an early $5m tally.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International's (WDSMPI)
Ratatouille grossed $15.4m from 3,483 screens in 30 territories for
$149.5m, a most promising tally considering the film has only opened
in half its territories.

The Pixar film stayed top in France for the third straight weekend as
$7.1m from 723 sites raised the running total there to $34.7m.
Ratatouille should overtake The Incredibles by the end of the week to
become the second biggest Pixar release in France behind Finding Nemo.

After one month the film stands at $22.7m in Japan. In the third
weekend it added $1.6m from 520 sites in Spain for $14.2m. Portugal
generated the biggest Disney animated launch of all time on $998,000
from 80 screens, which is the second biggest animated debut ever
behind Shrek The Third.

Paramount/PPI's Transformers added $11.8m from 4,750 sites in 60
territories for $354m. Key drivers were Japan, which produced $2.5m
from 312 screens for $22.5m, and the UK, which produced $1.8m from 443
sites for $41.1m.

The fantasy adventure Stardust added $4.6m from 667 screens in four
territories for an early $8.8m overseas running total. The film opened
in South Korea on $2.4m from 176 sites including previews. It also
opened in Russia and the Ukraine, generating $1.7m from 400 sites and
$600,000 respectively.

Shrek The Third added $1.4mn from 1,961 venues in 54 territories for a
formidable $415m.

Sony Pictures Releasing International's (SPRI) animated release Surf's
Up grossed $6.8m from 2,170 screens in 44 markets for $24.6m.

The major business came from Spain, where the film opened in fourth
place on $2.5m from 452 screens. Elsewhere, it opened top in Venezuela
on $330,000 from 60, fourth in the Philippines on $155,000 from 60,
fourth in Argentina on $150,000 from 50, and fourth in Taiwan on
$45,000 from 56.

http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyA ... &Category=

UK ---$93.7m
Germany ----$58.4m
France -------$47.9m
Australia -----$29.3m
Italy ----------$26.8m
Japan --------$65m
China --------$14.2m

Insane numbers from Japan,UK and China....
Go harry.....

At least it has rebounded in Japan. It looks like it should make 75-80 million there.

Wow, almost $9m for the entire week, only behind Transformers' $11m second week and way ahead of SM3's $4.6m and POTC3's $4.5m. It's on pace for a $24-25m total now.

That is a amazing, should be second biggest foreign film there now.

Warner Bros. is starting to cheat so they can beat POTC3

Chinese total should be 10.5m $ and not 14.2m $.

Aha, good catch; correct, 76.6m RMB is $10.2m. Still the math isn't right if it really grossed $4m for the Friday-to-Sunday portion. That'd mean really weak weekdays. Anyway, suppose the total of 76.6m RMB so far is correct, the gross for the entire second week would be $4.8m, which would point to a $15-16m finish.