The Incredibles touches down in UK next weekend and what better way to start than 2 days worth of previews totalling a mamoth $6.5m.

http://www.screendaily.com/story.asp?storyid=20044

In the UK, two-day paid previews generated $6.5m. The picture launches there next weekend, as well as in a host of territories including Italy and Spain.

This is absolutely insane, even stronger than BJ2's $5.9m gross. More importantly, the total is greater than Shark Tale's $4.5m preview and is the first Pixar to have such a wide preview release.

Both Toy Story and Nemo only previewed at the Odeon to around $300k...this is no doubt a response to Dreamworks Animation and Harry Potter successful preview strategy.

The current record for a preview is held by HP3 which had 4 days of insane grosses totally $26m and HP2 $14m.......the closest match which is also the current animation champ, Shrek 2 totalled $10m from a more generic preview release pattern.

UNITED KINGDOM: Opening Weekend

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) 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)
5) 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)
6) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $20,921,781 (£13,063,560 - 501 TC)
7) The Matrix: Reloaded - $19,894,155 (£12,165,276 - 481 TC)
8) Bridget Jones’ Diary - $19,376,954 (£10,435,193 incl. $5.9m/ £3.3m p/v - 496 TC)
9) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $16,595,553 (£11,386,209 - 467 TC)
10) 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)

11) Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $15,910,169 (£11,058,045 - 470 TC)
12) Star Wars 1: PM - $14.865m (£9,512,295 incl. $3.1m p/v - 460 TC/779p)
13) The Matrix: Revolutions - $14,591,107 (£8,712,350 incl. £3.9m p/v - 467 TC/925p)
14) James Bond: Die Another Day - $14,294,312 (£9,122,344 - 430 TC)
15) Spiderman - $13,926,679 (£9,426,969 incl. $5.2m p/v on 492 - 509 TC)
16) Shark Tale - $13,531,947 (£7,545,074/ €10,940,357 or $9,036,122/ £5,021,868 without p/v (490 TC) - 504 TC)
17) The Day After Tomorrow - $13,434,189 (£7,321,633/ €10,616,368 or $13,424,336 without p/v or $16,022,264 by Mon - 429 TC/914 SC)
18) Monsters Inc - $13,190,862 (£9,200,257 incl. $148,678 p/v on 1 - 503 TC)
19) Finding Nemo - $12,632,460 (£7,590,845 incl. $254,655/ $347,106 p/v on 2 - 453 TC)
20) Toy Story 2 - $12.346m (£7,971,539 incl. $249,340 p/v on 1 - 496 TC)

All I've got to say is expect a major shakeup in the Top 5 strongest openings.....anywhere between $20m-$26m could be possible.

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In other news......i'm sure you've heard of Howl's Moving Castle's Record breaking opening in Japan.......well......here's to put everything in perspective with the inclusion of previews.

JAPAN: Opening Weekend

The Matrix: Reloaded - $18,677,181 (incl. $7.5m p/v - 631 TC)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $17.2m (¥1.9bn incl. $3.8m/ ¥412.1m p/v - 782 TC)
Star Wars 1: PM - $16.7m (incl. 2-Days p/v or $12.2m without p/v - 916,540 adms. - $20.1m/2.5bil Yen 5-Days - 403 TC)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $16,676,912 (862,958 adms. - incl. $3.7m on 777 TC - 858 TC)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $14,882,041 (638 TC/900p)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $14,676,989 (or $11.1m without p/v - $21,130,324 5-Days - 729 TC)
Howl’s Moving Castle - $14.2m (¥1.48bn/ 1.1m adms. - 450 TC)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $13,714,649 (incl. $3m p/v - 630 TC)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away) - $13.1m (3-Day Holiday or $8,897,909 without p/v - 321 TC) or $23.8m week
Mission Impossible 2 - $13.1m (or $18.2m 5-Days week - 356 TC)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $12,896,242 (645 TC)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $12,359,141 (incl. p/v or $9.5m without - 550 TC)
Artificial Intelligence - $11,261,483 (or $8,553,416 without p/v - 1,037,879 adms. - $16.07m/2bil Yen 5-Days - 524 TC)
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $10.8m (or $15.3m week - 284 TC)
Bayside Shakedown 2 - $10,489,418 (408 TC)
Finding Nemo - $10,331,939 (incl. $1.8m p/v - 654 TC)
Spiderman 2 - $10,045,607 (696 TC) or $9,965,335 (incl. p/v or $7,516,538 2-Day - 700 TC) Actuals
The Day After Tomorrow - $10,002,367 (incl. $1.7m p/v - 631 TC) or $9,424,476 Actuals

The Princess Monoke - $7.5m+

"The Incredibles" drew $797,000 in Singapore (36% ahead of "Finding Nemo""Finding Nemo"), $550,000 in Malaysia (50% bigger than prior animated champ "Dinosaur""Dinosaur") and $280,000 in its platform at two London venues. Through its second weekends, PixarPixar pic has pocketed a juicy $2.2 million in Sweden (off 34%), $1.9 million in Taiwan (slipping by 25%) and $1.5 million in Denmark (down 41%). After just two weekends at the 2,000-seat Grand Rex in Paris, "Incredibles" has racked up $644,000 and on Sunday it notched 14,200 admissions, a single-day theater record in the country.

source - Variety

Great week for The Incredibles!

But I'm amazed by its performance in Taiwan.. it's just WOW!

Take a look;

TAIWAN (TAIPEI): after 3rd weekend
*in Taiwan Dollar

Title - Total Gross after 3rd Weekend (Weekend Gross, %drop)

LOTR: ROTK - 152,215,480 (11,407,570, -55.6%)
Harry Potter 2:COS - 132,450,135 (16,565,160, -45.5%)
LOTR: TTT - 129,836,215 (10,984,550, -58.8%)
The Day after Tomorrow - 128,720,825 (16,333,090, -14.0%)
Spider Man 2 - 121,022,130 (7,638,240, -58.6%)
Harry Potter 3:POA - 102,388,780 (9,679,560, -49.6%)
Spider Man - 97,063,302 (11,569,760, -41.9%)
Troy - 80,967,255 (3,538,720, -74.5%)
Minority Report - 80,830,600 (5,512,570, -63.3%)
MIB II - 79,556,565 (4,108,560, -64.1%)
The Last Samurai - 76,473,440 (8,773,320, -37.2%)
I, Robot - 71,662,085 (6,001,450, -45.2%)
The Incredibles - 66,560,215 (13,030,880 , -25.1%)
Shrek 2 - 61,802,790 (5,635,700, -45.0%)
Finding Nemo - 58,070,655 (5,470,820, -46.9%)
The Matrix Reloaded - 56,606,535 (6,862,000, -14.8%)
Star Wars: EP II: AOTC - 44,229,825 (3,968,710, -50.4%)

TOP 10 of 2004;
01 Day After Tomorrow, The - 181,388,280
02 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 134,387,485
03 Spider Man 2 - 132,943,400
04 Last Samurai, The - 102,575,835
05 TROY - 94,156,895
06 I, Robot - 85,226,160
07 Shrek 2 - 76,829,725
08 Van Helsing - 70,896,640
09 Incredibles, The - 66,560,215
10 Resident Evil: Apocalypse - 49,780,550

Animation Comparisons:
Mulan - 100,342,100
Bug's Life, A - 94,333,780
Shrek 2 - 76,829,725
Tarzan - 76,034,765
Toy Story 2 - 74,412,220
Finding Nemo - 71,252,000
Dinosaur - 69,934,700
Ice Age - 56,502,529
Monsters, Inc. - 49,778,435

Here we go for 100m!!

Alexander opens this week. Let's see how much would it effect The Incredibles...

SINGAPORE: Week 1

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!

Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $2m (incl. p/v - 40)
James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies - $1.4m (41)
Spiderman - $1.2m (52)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $1,167,561 (4-Day - 60)
Twister - $1.1m+
The Mummy Returns - $1.08m (49)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $1.05m (54)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $1m+
The Mummy - $1m (31)
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $1m (50)
Godzilla - $1m (or $754,000 without p/v - 40)
Hero - $982,000
The Matrix: Reloaded - $963,000 (incl. p/v - 59)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $954,000 (60)
Deep Impact - $937,922 (34)
Mission Impossible 2 - $893,000 (or $1m week - 39)
Jurassic Park 3 - $891,075 (incl. $280,000 p/v - or $1m week - 28)
Gone In 60 Seconds - $855,000 (78)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $847,347 (53)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $838,836 (52)
Air Force One - $827,000 (37)
The Incredibles - $797,000
Johnny English - $783,000 (48)
Face/Off - $775,000 (33)
Men In Black 2 - $772,000 (43)
Star Wars 1: PM - $755,000 (or $932,000 6-Days - 42)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $750,000 (50)
Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle - $750,000 (49)
Armageddon - $745,000 (or $840,000 week - 38)
Van Helsing - $724,488 (incl. p/v - 26)
Pearl Harbor - $738,000 (42)
Men In Black 1 - $734,000 (36)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $700,000+
Bruce Almighty - $680,000 (33)
Cast Away - $665,000 (27)
X-Men 1 - $664,000 (or $764,000 week - 30)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough - $661,534 (36)
Rush Hour 2 - $659,149 (42)
Starship Troopers - $625,000 (35)
Speed 2: Cruise Control - $611,000 (37)
Lethal Weapon 4 - $593,000 (incl. p/v - 25)
The Hulk - $592,000 (28 Screens)
Catch Me If You Can - $582,000 (26)
The Passion Of The Christ - $577,000 (32)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - $575,000 (28)
Minority Report - $569,000 (45)
Shrek 2 - $565,000 (26)
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - $563,000 (44)
Finding Nemo - $560,000 (33)
Hellboy - $560,000 (38)
The Peacemaker - $556,000 (24)
The Sixth Sense - $549,000 (or $680,000 4-Days - 27)
Signs - $525,000 (29)
Planet Of The Apes - $524,000 (48)
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $524,000 (40)
End Of Days - $522,000 (33)
Rush Hour 1 - $520,000 (30)
Shanghai Noon - $513,000 (32)
The Scorpion King - $511,000 (26)
Daredevil - $510,000 (43)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle Of Life - $509,901 (26)
Tarzan - $502,170 (35)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $500,000 (40)
Charlie’s Angels 1 - $499,000 (69)
Alien: Resurrection - $494,613 (38)
Mulan - $485,000 (32)
What Lies Beneath - $481,000 (26)
Dinosaur - $475,000 (or $651,000 week - 31)
Antz - $473,000 (6-Days - 29)
Monsters Inc - $460,000 (38)
Meet The Parents - $459,000 (29)
The Perfect Storm - $458,000 (30)
The Matrix - $456,000 (or $580,000 week - 25)
Gladiator - $453,000 (or $547,000 week - 33)
The Prince Of Egypt - $450,400 (31)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - $449,000 (or $519,000 week - 31)
The Replacement Killers - $448,860 (32)
Artificial Intelligence - $437,000 (42)
Shrek - $430,000 (35)
Hollow Man - $406,000 (30)
Toy Story 2 - $391,000 (or $542,000 week - 32)
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Archangel, Could you please complete the rest
(Malaysia Opening week, Sweden+Norway+Denmark 2dn week)

Pleaseeeeee

Those charts look strangely familiar :wink:

Very well........i'll see what i can do.....

MALAYSIA: Opening Weekend

Animation are not known for the big grossers in the smaller Asian countries where action dominates.....

Incredibles is miles ahead of the other Animation pics.....probably because of its Superhero premise and the growing popularity of such Animation,

Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $1.8m (or $2.2m week - 65)
James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies - $1.5m (66)
Spiderman 2 - $1,311,596 (or $1,085,971 without p/v - 67) - Record
Godzilla - $1.2m (or $881,000 without p/v - $1.5m/$1.1m week - 70)
Eraser - $1.1m+
Spiderman - $1.02m (44)
Batman & Robin - $885,000 (72)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $856,000 (54)
Pearl Harbor - $783,000 (40)
The Day After Tomorrow - $665,000 (92)
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $596,800 (87)
Jurassic Park 3 - $561,847 (incl. $200,000 p/v - or $641,000 week - 41)
Shanghai Noon - $550,000 (51)
The Incredibles - $550,000
The Hulk - $542,000 (38)
Armageddon - $540,000 (or $700,000 week - 60)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough - $531,013 (48)
Face/Off - $526,000 (50)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $513,098 (56)
Star Wars 1: PM - $511,000 (or $553,000 5-Days 41)
Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid - $505,571 (or $384,963 without p/v - 41)
Men In Black 1 - $502,000 (60)
Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle - $500,000 (44)
The Replacement Killers - $497,625 (55)
Mission Impossible 2 - $488,000 (or $600,000 week - 38)
Alien vs. Predator - $488,000

Dinosaur - $366,000 (44)
Tarzan - $295,000 (80)
Finding Nemo - $260,000 (29)
A Bug’s Life - $254,000 (53)
Shark Tale - $235,974 (4-Day or $194,139 3-Day - 33) or $251,441 Actuals
Toy Story 2 - $209,000 (or $243,000 week - 42)
Shrek 2 - $170,100 (31)


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SINGAPORE: Opening Weekend

Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $2m (incl. p/v - 40)
Spiderman 2 - $1,471,703 (58) – Record (weekend + Sat)
James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies - $1.4m (41)
Spiderman - $1.2m (52)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $1,167,561 (4-Day - 60)
Twister - $1.1m+
The Mummy Returns - $1.08m (49)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $1.05m (54)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $1m+
The Mummy - $1m (31)
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $1m (50)
Godzilla - $1m (or $754,000 without p/v - 40)
Hero - $982,000
The Matrix: Reloaded - $963,000 (incl. p/v - 59)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $954,000 (60)
The Day After Tomorrow - $938,240 (by Mon)
Deep Impact - $937,922 (34)
Mission Impossible 2 - $893,000 (or $1m week - 39)
Jurassic Park 3 - $891,075 (incl. $280,000 p/v - or $1m week - 28)
Gone In 60 Seconds - $855,000 (78)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $847,347 (53)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $838,836 (52)
Air Force One - $827,000 (37)
The Incredibles - $797,000
Johnny English - $783,000 (48)
Face/Off - $775,000 (33)
Men In Black 2 - $772,000 (43)
Star Wars 1: PM - $755,000 (or $932,000 6-Days - 42)

Shark Tale - $692,943 (4-Day or $446,264 3-Day - 26) or $746,479 Actuals
Finding Nemo - $560,000 (33)
Shrek 2 - $551,649 (26)
Tarzan - $502,170 (35)
Mulan - $485,000 (32)
Dinosaur - $475,000 (or $651,000 week - 31)
Antz - $473,000 (6-Days - 29)
Monsters Inc - $460,000 (38)
Shrek - $430,000 (35)
Toy Story 2 - $391,000 (or $542,000 week - 32)


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NORWAY: Weekend 2

BJ2 became the 4th movie to gross more than $1m on opening weekend (S2, HP3, SM2) this year.....Incredibles was obviously affected.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $5,509,504 ($1,414,947)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $4m+ est.
Harry Potter 3: POA - $3,387,014 ($868,111)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $2,985,736 ($826,144)
Shrek 2 - $2,927,772 ($704,452, -44%) or $2,923,023 ($704,920) Actuals
Finding Nemo - $2,694,701 ($763,255)
Spiderman 2 - $2,445,538 ($454,143, -52%)
The Matrix: Reloaded - $2,102,904 ($304,168)
Spiderman - $2,094,432 ($405,504)
James Bond: Die Another Day - $1,984,096 ($550,800)
The Day After Tomorrow - $1,883,925 ($516,981) or $1,901,427 Actuals
The Matrix: Revolutions - $1,804,624 ($328,939)
Bruce Almighty - $1,653,075 ($437,013)
Troy - $1,610,198 ($520,191)
Monsters Inc - $1,599,284 ($842,392 - weekly gross)
Mors Elling - $1,584,839 ($470,576)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $1,566,360 ($235,608)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $1,478,835 ($424,944)
Brother Bear - $1,462,853 ($355,227)
Men In Black 2 - $1,411,768 ($245,656)
The Incredibles - $1.3m (-40%)

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DENMARK: Weekend 2

Would've had a better hold without the arrival of BJ2 and AVP.

Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $7,670,471 ($2,048,301/ 12,244,746 DKR/ 146,170 adms., -9%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $3.8m (12-Days - 86)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $3,467,810 ($881,752/ 5,404,696 DKR/ 79,321 adms., -52%)
Troy - $2,648,828 ($538,722/ 3,281,196 DKR/ 38,860 adms., -40%)
Harry Potter 1: PS - $2.6m
Spiderman 2 - $2,463,232 ($342,976/ 2,048,905 DKR/ 30,903 adms., -57%)
Shrek 2 - $2,418,333 ($872,643/ 5,277,659 DKR/ 88,095 adms., -18%) or $2,419,870 ($873,189) Actuals
Brother Bear - $2,387,999 ($667,937/ 3,891,336 DKR/ 73,755 adms., +21%)
My Sister’s Kids In Egypt - $2,284,369 ($973,877/ 5,803,527 DKR/ 104,051 adms., +104%)
Terkel In Trouble - $1,929,994 ($496,328/ 3,061,548 DKR/ 50,498 adms., -22%)
Brats - $1,818,972 ($573,810/ 3,664,926 SKR/ 72,397 adms., +221%)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $1,813,498 ($286,975/ 1,813,971 DKR/ 26,920 adms., -56%)
The Day After Tomorrow - $1,592,981 ($405,900/ 2,465,194 DKR/ 38,400 adms. -43%) or $1,620,713 Actuals
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $1,571,011 ($264,759/ 1,748,205 DKR/ 27,508 adms., -44%)
The Incredibles - $1,558,744 ($448,893/ 2,554,290 DKR/ 44,132 adms., -41%)
Finding Nemo - $1,464,155 ($525,536/ 3,276,191 DKR/ 46,144 adms., -17%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $1,423,450 ($468,366/ 3,066,395 DKR/ 47,589 adms., -24%)

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DENMARK: Weekend 2

The trend so far in the Northern European/Scandinavian markets has been solid grossers but not super-blockbuster performance.....Christmas will surely change all that....

Lord of The Rings: ROTK - $10,135,134 ($3,087,201/ 22,579,788 SKR, +10%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $5.4m (12-Days - 123)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $4,477,938 ($871,452/ 6,579,811 SKR, -43%)
Finding Nemo - $3,948,880 ($1,483,182/ 11,140,180 SKR, -18%)
Spiderman 2 - $3,260,596 ($467,057/ 3,453,793 SKR, -59%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl - $3,159,691 ($897,545/ 7,415,517 SKR, -16%)
Star Wars 1: PM - $3.1m ($893,000, -20%)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $3,015,768 ($569,300/ 4,331,804 SKR, -51%)
Evil (Ondskan) - $2,745,981 ($897,347/ 6,942,774 SKR, -18%)
Troy - $2,418,746 ($709,617/ 5,361,653 SKR, -26%)
The Incredibles - $2,290,689 ($740,286/ 5,076,141 SKR, -31%)
The Day After Tomorrow - $2,282,431 ($492,055/ 3,674,867 SKR, -59%) or $2,320,745 Actuals
Brother Bear - $2,215,497 ($832,304/ 5,947,228 SKR, -15%)
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - $2.2m (13-Days, -43%)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $2,093,976 ($324,342/ 324,342 SKR, -51%)
King Arthur - $1,960,457 ($315,025/ 2,417,470 SKR, -50%)

Shrek 2 - $1,313,048 ($524,553/ 3,879,069 SKR, -16%) or $1,305,732 ($521,630, -15%) Actuals

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This coming weekend sees the arrival of Polar Express and Alexander into the smaller European market......as markets receive more than 1 semi-big to big debuts each weekend from now until Christmas.

Czech Republic 20 November 2004 (Brno Film Festival)
Belgium 24 November 2004
France 24 November 2004
Netherlands 24 November 2004
Czech Republic 25 November 2004
Hungary 25 November 2004
Israel 25 November 2004
Italy 26 November 2004
Spain 26 November 2004
Switzerland 26 November 2004 (Italian speaking region)
UK 26 November 2004

You probably don't need me to tell you that this will be the biggest weekend for quite some time.......i'm expecting north of $60m for Incredibles with a $20m+ opening in UK, $10m+ in France, $8m+ in pain/Italy alone.

UK opening weekend prediction inc. previews : 27.1M

Heh, I created the exact same thread here a while ago, but who cares. Poland's numbers:




POLAND: WEEKEND 1


Ok, first, the bad news: It didn't even come close to Shrek 2. Probably didn't make as much as Shrek 2 did on its Saturday. Good news: virtually no other film has ever done anything close to what Shrek 2 has. This year, only The Passion comes close in terms of totals, and even that one was blown out of the water. Shrek 2's run in Poland is unbelievable! $13,259,696 is the final it had before dropping out of the top 12 (week 13), so it probably finished with $13.3-13.5M. Nemo, in comparison, finished with ~$4.9M. Shrek 2, btw, has made about as much as TDAT/Troy/HP3 combined, and those weren't small films


But enough of this Shrek 2 film!

The Incredibles did alright, not spectacular, but it's a very good number from a relatively small market, which does, however, seem to be a great one for animation. The best comparison I can find is Finding Nemo, which opened higher, and had a nice run throughout Nov/Dec. So the holidays should help The Incredibles somewhat. However, I don't see Christmas as being as lucrative as here in North America; ROTK for example was held off until January.

At this point, I'd say it will have a better run than Shark Tale, but fall short or match Nemo, so $3.5-4.5M is my current prediction for Poland.


Ok, now for some stats.


POLAND: OPENING WEEKENDS



Shrek 2 $2,303,026 ( 101 | $22,802 | $2,509,090 )
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,813,534 ( 150 | $12,090 | $2,429,478 )
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $1,627,304 ( 135 | $12,054 | $1,627,304 )
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets $1,488,211 ( 126 | $11,181 | $1,488,211 )
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason $1,359,766 ( 94 | $14,466 | $1,359,766 )
The Passion of the Christ $1,230,796 ( 85 | $14,480 | $1,244,627 )
The Matrix Revolutions $1,026,918 ( 145 | $7,082 | $1,458,668 )
Nigdy w życiu! $923,079 ( 60 | $15,385 | $969,991 )
Finding Nemo $832,231 ( 120 | $6,935 | $937,569 )
The Day After Tomorrow $732,835 ( 103 | $7,115 | $732,835 )
Shark Tale $719,993 ( 88 | $8,182 | $820,052 )
The Incredibles $702,547 ( 125 | $5,620 | $852,406 )
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban $623,509 ( 67 | $9,306 | $752,118 )
Bruce Almighty $613,864 ( 57 | $10,770 | $642,036 )
Zemsta $508,460 ( 107 | $4,752 | $508,460 )
Troy $488,043 ( 86 | $5,675 | $742,169 )
Brother Bear $451,247 ( 87 | $5,187 | $459,416 )
The Village $404,646 ( 81 | $4,996 | $495,686 )
Signs $387,786 ( 65 | $5,966 | $387,786 )
Alien vs. Predator $369,767 ( 65 | $5,689 | $436,250 )
Chicago $357,417 ( 50 | $7,148 | $357,417 )
The Last Samurai $355,221 ( 80 | $4,440 | $371,309 )
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $351,140 ( 89 | $3,945 | $401,836 )
Minority Report $331,560 ( - | - | $331,560 )
I, Robot $324,296 ( 85 | $3,815 | $327,667 )
The Pianist $324,259 ( 65 | $4,999 | $324,259 )
Van Helsing $303,928 ( 80 | $3,799 | $303,928 )
Spider-Man 2 $303,237 ( 96 | $3,159 | $303,237 ) :? :?:
Scary Movie 3 $302,902 ( 60 | $5,048 | $318,901 )
Die Another Day $297,178 ( 50 | $5,944 | $297,178 )
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over $295,110 ( 55 | $5,366 | $382,572 )
King Arthur $275,496 ( 121 | $2,277 | $275,496 )
Garfield: The Movie $263,634 ( 60 | $4,394 | $329,560 )
Johnny English $260,089 ( 60 | $4,335 | $260,089 )
Home on the Range $254,184 ( 80 | $3,177 | $312,053 )
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 $251,675 ( 76 | $3,312 | $266,624 )
Stara baśń. Kiedy słońce było bogiem $236,239 ( 74 | $3,192 | $236,239 )
The Terminal $222,445 ( 50 | $4,449 | $229,788 )
Der Untergang $191,250 ( 30 | $6,375 | $205,894 )
The Haunted Mansion $191,164 ( 50 | $3,823 | $191,164 )
Collateral $183,973 ( 45 | $4,088 | $187,877 )
La Mala educación $164,150 ( 42 | $3,908 | $164,150 )
Cold Mountain $157,040 ( 60 | $2,617 | $165,355 )
Around the World in 80 Days $152,168 ( 60 | $2,536 | $157,891 )
RRRrrrr!!! $147,073 ( 56 | $2,626 | $151,111 )
Treasure Planet $139,805 ( 63 | $2,219 | $139,805 )
The Bourne Supremacy $139,181 ( 42 | $3,314 | $142,393 )
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron $114,563 ( 40 | $2,864 | $114,563 )
8 Femmes $110,736 ( 40 | $2,768 | $110,736 )
Fahrenheit 9/11 $110,104 ( 28 | $3,932 | $120,988 )
X2 $100,720 ( 55 | $1,831 | $100,720 )
Mona Lisa Smile $99,723 ( 38 | $2,624 | $99,723 )
Stuart Little 2 $90,562 ( 60 | $1,509 | $90,562 )
The Santa Clause 2 $84,341 ( 30 | $2,811 | $84,341 )
Hulk $76,587 ( 50 | $1,532 | $81,757 )
Anger Management $69,928 ( 40 | $1,748 | $71,220 )
Basic $51,932 ( 30 | $1,731 | $52,540 )


TOTALS AFTER WEEKEND 1

Basically, ranking using previews, etc.


Shrek 2 $2,509,090 ( $2,303,026 | 101 | $22,802 )
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $2,429,478 ( $1,813,534 | 150 | $12,090 )
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $1,627,304 ( $1,627,304 | 135 | $12,054 )
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets $1,488,211 ( $1,488,211 | 126 | $11,181 )
The Matrix Revolutions $1,458,668 ( $1,026,918 | 145 | $7,082 )
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason $1,359,766 ( $1,359,766 | 94 | $14,466 )
The Passion of the Christ $1,244,627 ( $1,230,796 | 85 | $14,480 )
Nigdy w życiu! $969,991 ( $923,079 | 60 | $15,385 )
Finding Nemo $937,569 ( $832,231 | 120 | $6,935 )
The Incredibles $852,406 ( $702,547 | 125 | $5,620 )
Shark Tale $820,052 ( $719,993 | 88 | $8,182 )
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban $752,118 ( $623,509 | 67 | $9,306 )
Troy $742,169 ( $488,043 | 86 | $5,675 )
The Day After Tomorrow $732,835 ( $732,835 | 103 | $7,115 )
Bruce Almighty $642,036 ( $613,864 | 57 | $10,770 )
Zemsta $508,460 ( $508,460 | 107 | $4,752 )
The Village $495,686 ( $404,646 | 81 | $4,996 )
Brother Bear $459,416 ( $451,247 | 87 | $5,187 )
Alien vs. Predator $436,250 ( $369,767 | 65 | $5,689 )
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $401,836 ( $351,140 | 89 | $3,945 )
Signs $387,786 ( $387,786 | 65 | $5,966 )
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over $382,572 ( $295,110 | 55 | $5,366 )
The Last Samurai $371,309 ( $355,221 | 80 | $4,440 )
Chicago $357,417 ( $357,417 | 50 | $7,148 )
Minority Report $331,560 ( $331,560 | - | - )
Garfield: The Movie $329,560 ( $263,634 | 60 | $4,394 )
I, Robot $327,667 ( $324,296 | 85 | $3,815 )
The Pianist $324,259 ( $324,259 | 65 | $4,999 )
Scary Movie 3 $318,901 ( $302,902 | 60 | $5,048 )
Home on the Range $312,053 ( $254,184 | 80 | $3,177 )
Van Helsing $303,928 ( $303,928 | 80 | $3,799 )
Spider-Man 2 $303,237 ( $303,237 | 96 | $3,159 )


Ok, why did my Spidey do so bad in Poland?

Ok, for anyone out there interested in Nemo's and Shrek 2's performances in Poland, here they are:


FINDING NEMO


Weekend 1 ( 1 ) : $832,231 ( | 120 | $6,935 | $937,569 )
Weekend 2 ( 1 ) : $623,925 ( -25.03% | 120 | $5,199 | $1,821,724 )
Weekend 3 ( 1 ) : $764,010 ( 22.45% | 120 | $6,367 | $2,878,228 )
Weekend 4 ( 1 ) : $307,784 ( -59.71% | 120 | $2,565 | $3,450,361 )
Weekend 5 ( 1 ) : $122,517 ( -60.19% | 120 | $1,021 | $3,835,560 )
Weekend 6 ( 1 ) : $175,804 ( 43.49% | 120 | $1,465 | $4,074,520 )
Weekend 7 ( 2 ) : $112,643 ( -35.93% | 120 | $939 | $4,284,110 )
Weekend 8 ( 2 ) : $92,822 ( -17.60% | 120 | $774 | $4,507,844 )
Weekend 9 ( 4 ) : $83,778 ( -9.74% | 120 | $698 | $4,681,112 )
Weekend 10 ( 5 ) : $62,894 ( -24.93% | 120 | $524 | $4,762,940 )
Weekend 11 ( 6 ) : $52,297 ( -16.85% | 120 | $436 | $4,848,151 )
Weekend 12 ( 10 ) : $37,027 ( -29.20% | 120 | $309 | $4,897,112 )


SHREK 2



Weekend 1 ( 1 ) : $2,303,026 ( | 101 | $22,802 | $2,509,090 )
Weekend 2 ( 1 ) : $1,781,195 ( -22.66% | 101 | $17,636 | $6,197,002 )
Weekend 3 ( 1 ) : $1,000,206 ( -43.85% | 101 | $9,903 | $8,761,697 )
Weekend 4 ( 1 ) : $619,518 ( -38.06% | 101 | $6,134 | $9,816,218 )
Weekend 5 ( 1 ) : $410,136 ( -33.80% | 101 | $4,061 | $10,857,799 )
Weekend 6 ( 1 ) : $294,073 ( -28.30% | 101 | $2,912 | $11,704,797 )
Weekend 7 ( 2 ) : $249,894 ( -15.02% | 101 | $2,474 | $12,100,106 )
Weekend 8 ( 3 ) : $201,502 ( -19.37% | 101 | $1,995 | $12,426,010 )
Weekend 9 ( 3 ) : $137,391 ( -31.82% | 101 | $1,360 | $12,425,239 )
Weekend 10 ( 3 ) : $89,136 ( -35.12% | 101 | $883 | $12,724,760 )
Weekend 11 ( 6 ) : $64,192 ( -27.98% | 101 | $636 | $13,128,110 )
Weekend 12 ( 6 ) : $48,418 ( -24.57% | 101 | $479 | $13,259,696 )

You can add to your dates December 17th on Mexico i cant wait that long!

Conquering Europe simply 'Incredible'

'Incredible' Euro bow; 'Treasure' finds gold
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111791 ... =1278&cs=1

Incredible! PixarPixar/Disney's "The Incredibles" conquered Europe over the weekend, amassing an estimated $45.5 million, which marks a company record haul overseas for Buena Vista Intl.
Meanwhile, "National Treasure" found gold in Germany, Australia, Austria and the Philippines, "Alexander" saw a heroic debut in Taiwan and "The Polar Express" attracted a reasonable number of tykes in Germany, Mexico, Brazil and Japan.

Collectively, "Incredibles" outran the debuts of "Finding Nemo""Finding Nemo" in 12 markets by 16%, smashing toontoon records in Italy and Greece, although it came in below the fish tale in France and Belgium.

Superheroes saga drummed up a projected $18.6 million in the U.K., including $6 million in sneaks, the industry's second biggest animated debut behind "Shrek 2." Family pic drew an estimated $8.9 million in France (bringing the local cume to $9.6 million including its two week platform at the Grand Rex in Paris); $5.8 million in Italy; $5.5 million in Spain (trailing "Shrek 2"); $1.3 million in Belgium and $525,000 in Greece. Its cume rocketed to $60 million.

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Well, the numbers speak for themselves, UK's gross is simply staggering, Potter Territory there.

The Incredibles's $18.6m weekend gross counts as the 2nd largest of All-Time without previews behind Shrek 2. With Christmas still ahead and Polar Express unlikely to do any damage, i wouldn't be too surprised if this ends up outperforming Shrek 2 to claim the #1 spot of 2004. $100m is definately not out of reach now methinks.....

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) 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)
5) The Incredibles - $24.6m (or $18.6m without p/v)
6) 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)
7) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $20,921,781 (£13,063,560 - 501 TC)
8) The Matrix: Reloaded - $19,894,155 (£12,165,276 - 481 TC)
9) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - $19,376,954 (£10,435,193/ €15,131,030 incl. $5.9m/ £3.3m p/v - 496 TC)
10) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $16,595,553 (£11,386,209 - 467 TC)

How do you figure? The closest HP film to it is HP3, but that had massive previews; TI is ahead only including previews...


I'm not terribly happy with the UK number, not when Shrek 2 had $29m...

Taking away the previews, it outperformed ALL Harry Potter pics and is 2nd only to Shrek 2......i don't see how that can be dissapointing......it cleared $20m with ease.....

There's only a $5m gap between Incredibles and Shrek 2, something which can easily be made with Christmas......Shrek 2 didn't eactly have super good legs......

The $18.6m figure includes previews, right? It says:Superheroes saga drummed up a projected $18.6 million in the U.K., including $6 million in sneak

So its wknd gross is ~$12.6M.

EIther way, it'll still make $70-90m, maybe $95m.

Sorry mates, but I guess I am one of the few on the planet who isn't all that terribly interested in this film! :?

I don't see the attraction at all!

Ok, that brought me done to earth......i was so excited at the potential of a super gross...... .........thanks for the correction.....

That does change things a lot.........back down to #9 including previews.....moving it behind Bridget Jones 2.

Without p/v it did $12.1m (p/v = $6.5m).....moving it out of the Top 10 and behind Spiderman 2.

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) 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)
5) 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)
6) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $20,921,781 (£13,063,560 - 501 TC)
7) The Matrix: Reloaded - $19,894,155 (£12,165,276 - 481 TC)
8) Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason - $19,376,954 (£10,435,193/ €15,131,030 incl. $5.9m/ £3.3m p/v - 496 TC)
9) The Incredibles - $18.6m (incl. $6.5m p/v)
10) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $16,595,553 (£11,386,209 - 467 TC)

Oh, a lot dont care. Only SW and LOTR have a large enough fanbase where you can claim that only few others aside from you (if you dislike either) dont care.

You are not alone, i'm not exactly anticipating this.....or any other CGI pic of recent for that matter.......

I'd rather see Phantom or Blade Trinity over this come Boxing Day.....

I don't know, I've watched the trailers. I guess very few films call me out where I must go to the cinema and see them and this is not one of them! I wish that weren't the case!

I'm glad you lot like it though! It is interesting to see others excitement and comments over the films that command them!

I just checked that Shrek 2's 3-day was $19,366,863, no wonder the $29m seemed so extraordinarily high.

Bad legs though; a multiplier of 3x, compared to Nemo's 5 or so.

Nemo had an awesome run until MatRev came along; it had a 51% that weekend. It dropped 62% when Brother Bear opened a few weeks afterwards.


P.s., My favourite among those big grossers: FOTR and TTT. A beauty of a run for both.

Right now, Phantom is my only anticipation for the entire year, and before you brought forth word of it Arch, there was nothing at all this year that I remember or that sticks out for me!

I'll still watch Alexander despite the dreadful WOM when it comes here and I'll leave Blade III for DVD rental.

The problem is that we are being swamped by the CGI films.

DW wants to produce at least 2 a year; they've promised investors that that's what they want.

In addition, Disney struck a deal with some UK company to produce cheap CGIs for them. The first, Valiant, is coming out this spring, and it looks baddd (it's about a group of pigeons during WW2...ya, I know).

If that's not enough, you have:

1) Disney making their own CGIs in addition (Chicken Little, etc.)

2) Fox doing it too (Robots)

And others as well. There's one about frogs and aliens, and another that's a fairytale about lizard-like beings.

And all of that next year :?

Another Correction: Shrek 2 still has the weekend record because both Matrix: Reloaded and TTT's gross are both 5-Day.

Take away Harry Potter 3's ridiculous p/v gross, Shrek 2 is the outright opening champ....it grossed extremely well even after those preview days........

However, as you said, that cost it big time with harsher drops compared to Pixar.....

And BTW - how could you not mention ROTK in UK BO office......the 2nd movie to gross $100m there and within 3 weeks it hauled in both Harry Potter 3 and Shrek 2......

It's not a bad December actually, it's just that the absence of LOTR does hit us fans quite hard......

I really want to see both Ocean's 12 and Lemony Snickets as well......but like you, Phantom remains my #1 preference by quite a long margin.

I can't wait to see the first BOMB from CGI, i honeslt don't think most of them deserve their gross......heavy emphasis for Shark Tale. :x

And if all goes to plan, Pixar might have there first stinker with Cars, the trailer is atrocious and i can't wait to see it being crushed by Harry Potter 4 or something else......

In fact, the only thing that looks remotely watchable is Robots...

Because I knew ROTK would do amazingly well. With FOTR, I had never seen a film like that doing so well so consistently. So ok, Titanic was a huge accident that had huge numbers everywhere, and HP1 was as British as it gets (and the Brits love British films- check Bridget Jones). But FOTR was just amazing.


Also, FOTR did beat ROTK in Pounds. Shrek 2 is only close to the LOTR films because of exchange rates and the falling dollar


1 TITANIC £69,025,646
2 HARRY POTTER PHILOSOPHER'S STO £66,096,060
3 LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP £63,009,288
4 LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN KING £60,880,923
5 LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS £57,600,094
6 HARRY POTTER CHAMBER SECRETS £54,780,731
7 THE FULL MONTY £52,232,058
8 STAR WARS EP.1: PHANTOM MENACE £51,063,811
9 SHREK 2 £48,104,138
10 JURASSIC PARK £47,886,423
11 HARRY POTTER PRISONER AZKABAN £45,964,918
12 TOY STORY 2 £44,306,070
13 BRIDGET JONES' DIARY £42,007,008
14 MONSTERS, INC. £37,907,451
15 STAR WARS: EP.II-ATTACK CLONES £37,545,260
16 FINDING NEMO £37,364,251
17 INDEPENDENCE DAY £37,128,685
18 LOVE ACTUALLY £36,800,418
19 DIE ANOTHER DAY £36,056,878
20 MEN IN BLACK £35,820,921
21 THE MATRIX RELOADED £33,423,117
22 GLADIATOR £31,201,143
23 NOTTING HILL £31,006,109
24 CHICKEN RUN £29,514,237
25 A BUG'S LIFE £29,449,272
26 SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE £29,025,619
27 SHREK £29,004,582
28 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH £28,576,504
29 THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN £28,171,721
30 FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL £27,762,648
31 SPIDER-MAN 2 £26,717,026
32 OCEAN'S ELEVEN £26,473,267
33 THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK £25,799,961
34 THE SIXTH SENSE £25,791,880
35 AUSTIN POWERS 2 £25,772,822
36 THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW £25,212,419
37 CATS AND DOGS £24,057,768
38 BRUCE ALMIGHTY £23,642,290
39 AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER £23,428,992
40 GHOST £23,341,978
41 THE LION KING £23,144,442
42 SCOOBY-DOO £22,596,370
43 SHARK TALE £22,587,273
44 TOY STORY £22,297,733
45 MEN IN BLACK 2 £22,262,097
46 HANNIBAL £21,578,566
47 AMERICAN BEAUTY £21,340,511
48 MRS. DOUBTFIRE £21,289,965
49 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE £20,814,996
50 MINORITY REPORT £20,699,883
51 BRIDGET JONES: EDGE OF REASON £20,691,687
52 X-MEN 2 £20,660,229
53 101 DALMATIANS £20,659,530
54 CALENDAR GIRLS £20,427,788
55 THE MUMMY RETURNS £20,390,060
56 THE FLINTSTONES £20,301,695
57 BABE £20,280,379
58 ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES £20,214,246
59 BATMAN FOREVER £20,204,821
60 DOCTOR DOLITTLE £19,921,603
61 TOMORROW NEVER DIES £19,884,412
62 JOHNNY ENGLISH £19,650,225
63 SEVEN £19,516,175
64 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN £19,233,566
65 TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF MACHINES £18,909,904
66 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE £18,654,037
67 MOULIN ROUGE £18,496,366
68 BILLY ELLIOT £18,386,715
69 JURASSIC PARK 3 £18,307,718
70 AMERICAN PIE 2 £18,258,034
71 GOLDENEYE £18,245,572
72 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY £18,179,609
73 TARZAN £18,158,801
74 TROY £18,002,561
75 THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS £17,992,877
76 I, ROBOT £17,980,964
77 BEAN £17,972,562
78 STUART LITTLE £17,830,060
79 THE MUMMY £17,796,828
80 THE MASK £17,416,845
81 WHAT WOMEN WANT £17,314,892
82 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 £17,291,606
83 MATRIX £17,285,889
84 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS £17,119,333
85 AMERICAN PIE: THE WEDDING £17,093,190
86 PLANET OF THE APES £17,028,887
87 THE BODYGUARD £17,001,069
88 ABOUT A BOY £16,942,370
89 ARMAGEDDON £16,506,605
90 SCOOBY-DOO TOO £16,490,226
91 CHICAGO £16,419,445
92 ALADDIN £16,416,742
93 STAR WARS (RE:97) £16,358,034
94 FORREST GUMP £16,353,864
95 ELF £16,344,883
96 SIGNS £16,245,914
97 CASPER £16,222,841
98 GODZILLA £15,974,736
99 INDIANA JONES-THE LAST CRUSADE £15,923,168
100 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY £15,918,690


But ya, ROTK did amazing business, obviously.

IMO, its most amazing markets were Scandinavia. I think it was to Scandinav. what SW was to the US in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Heh, seeing how things turned out this year, the top 10 next year will all be CGI...

You're right, Cars looks awful, awful, awful. I'm still giving Pixar the benefit of the doubt, and plus, Paul Newman is in the film, but Potter will rule that November.

I epxect Nov 2005 to fall short of this year's, simply because there is no NT or SpongeBob I can find anywhere. I think Dec. 2005, however, will pull 2005 ahead.

The one I'm most excited about is the SW3-WOTW period, though I'm not sure if WOTW will have everything together by ID2005. It would be smarter for them to move to Signs' opening; that way, you've got all of August and September.

Well, it's quite obvious that the exchange rate is in play at the momment.....without it, Spiderman 2 would've come nowhere near the original......

I was biting my nails when ROTK opened, like so many other fans , to gross 60m pounds is no easy feet, and to get back from TTT's 57m is an achievement in itself. At one point, all things were pointing to a 65m pound finish and a US gross near Titanic at around $120m.......but i think it was pulled out too quickly and didn't really receive any substantial boost to cash in on the Oscars......

In terms of legs, the best performer is not HP, LOTR or even Titanic.......that title belongs to The Full Monty which holds the record for the most weeks above $1m......i think it did something like 20 weeks above $1m.....

I wonder if Narnia can make any impression on the Top 7....

Well, Narnia seems to have a huge following as well, practically everywhere, right?

So it's very much possible.


Amazing how close HP1 came to Titanic. And it was such a mediocre film; it's like an appendix to the books. LOTR on film was almost a seperate world...


I'm not sure what could dethrone Titanic in Britain. In France, I wouldn't be shocked it if were either a French film, or Nemo's sequel

Maybe a CGI about a doomed romance on a doomed shipliner,with male strippers and a boy wizard, and Orlando Bloom as the male lead searching for some ring along with Keira Knightley.