SHREK - Weekend 1

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

The third installment of DreamWorks Animation's Shrek franchise arrives in most international territories during the second half of June and July, but it showed its potential this weekend – when it also became the biggest animated opener ever in the US - by taking an estimated $13.1m from Russia and three smaller markets.

In Russia, according to distributor Paramount Pictures International (PPI), Shrek The Third's $11.1m was the biggest opening ever in the territory for an animated film, and the biggest ever for a foreign film. The opening was 44% bigger than Spider-Man 3's, said PPI.

The $1.075m opening in Ukraine was that territory's second biggest ever (after the second Pirates of the Caribbean film); the $1m from 78 locations in the Philippines was the market's biggest ever for an animated film; and the $120,000 in Romania was the country's biggest opening of the year and biggest animated opening ever.

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RUSSIA - Opening Weekend

Shrek 3 notched up the largest foreign opening in history, crushing Spiderman 3's opening 3 weeks ago and and improved on the 2nd installment by a humungous 436%.

The openign was up $3.5m on Ice Age 2, the previous record holder and is miles ahead of any Pixar release....surprisingly, Dreamworks and Fox have the advantage in this market.

Dnevnoy Dozor (Day Watch) - $12.2m est.
Shrek 3 - $11.1m (4-Day - 600)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $10.4m (530)
Dnevnoy Dozor (Day Watch) - $9m (2.72m adms. - 510)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $7.6m (460)
Spiderman 3 - $7.4m (4-Day incl. Ukraine)
Company 9 - $6,253,018 (or $5,036,479 3-Day without p/v - 361)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $6,213,321 (5-Day or $4.8m 3-Day - 198)
Турецкий гамбит Егор Бероев (Turkish Gambit) - $5,872,741 (6-Day or $3,442,779 3-Day - 365)
War Of The Worlds - $5.2m (283)
King Kong - $5.1m (311) or $5,757,892 week
300 - $5m (417)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $4.5m (370) or $4,959,378 by Mon
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $4,304,196 (4-Days - 225)

Over The Hedge - $4m (321)
Madagascar - $3.1m (290)
Open Season - $3.1m (479)
Shrek 2 - $2,074,595 (or $2,052,680 without p/v - 205)
Cars - $2m (300)
Shark Tale - $1,527,603 (or $1,414,013 without p/v - 180)


PHILLIPINES - Opening Weekend

Spiderman 3 was always going to be safe, toons have never been a big hit comparatively in Phillipines.

Though things are heating up with Shrek 3 become the first toon release to notch up $1m+ on opening. The previous record holder was Ice Age 2.

Spiderman 3 - $3,679,730
Superman Returns - $2.5m (1,286,502 adms. incl. $109,00 IMAX on 1 - 81)
Spiderman 2 - $2,405,379 (P158.51m 5-Day - Manila = P126.14m - 65)
Godzilla - $1.7m (5-Days - 138)
Titanic - $1.5m (104)
X-Men 3: The Last Stand - $1.5m (186)
Batman & Robin - $1.4m (or $1.6m week - 76)

Shrek 3 - $1m (78)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $783,000 (114) or $889,939 by Mon
300 - $753,000 (49)
Happy Feet - $650,000
A Bug’s Life - $556,000 (43)
The Incredibles - $550,000 (52)
Dinosaur - $538,000 (or $549,000 week - 60)
Finding Nemo - $486,000 (incl. p/v - 40)
Tarzan - $460,000 (46)
Shark Tale - $347,758 (68)
Cars - $325,000 (40)
Madagascar - $285,359 (66)


ROMANIA - Opening Weekend

2007 has been a hot year, and Shrek 3 has just become the 3rd largest opener in history.

Dreamworks has the upperhand here, doing better than most releases. Ice Age 2's record was beaten severely.

The Da Vinic Code - $141,023 (32,055 adms. - 8) or $141,669 Actuals
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $131,503 (34,360 adms. - 10)
Shrek 3 - $120,000
300 - $110,659 (279,735 Leu - 5)
War Of The Worlds - $89,209 (26,065 adms. - 8)
James Bond: Casino Royale - $84,954 (17,903 adms. - 7)
Spiderman 3 - $82,078 (8)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $80,734 (20,384 adms. - 9)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $78,958 (8) or $101,013 week
Alexander - $75,936 (24,626 adms. - 8)
Meet The Fockers - $74,779 (19,129 adms. - 7)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $72,487 (18,724 adms. - 6)

Apocalypto - $70,887 (5)*NY
Mr. Bean’s Holiday - $66,871 (162,470 Leu - 6)
Ghost Rider - $64,060 (4)
Déjà Vu - $50,818 (6)*NY

Shark Tale - $34,752 (12,493 adms. - 5)
Madagascar - $26,356 (6,377 adms. - 5)
[b]Shrek 2 - $26,201 (11,107 adms. - 7)
Happy Feet - $22,775 (5)
Fantastic Four - $22,646 (5,272 adms. - 7)
Cars - $21,827 (5,555 adms. - 9)
The Incredibles - $15,430 (5,620 adms. - 7)
Over The Hedge - $14,657 (3,346 adms. - 4)
Robots - $11,656 (3,440 adms. - 6)[/b]

Unbelievable!!! The total of the previous one is already Twiced! Shrek 3 is mega-monster!

I wonder now how much will the Pirates take in CIS next weekend! $15 mln. looks like minimum. I want to see this breaking $20 mln. in 4 days and $50 mln. total! Go, Pirates, go!

If it does $50m in Russia, it's chances at $700m have been greatly increased.....

With Spiderman and Shrek 3's performance so far, i've got no reason to doubt Pirates anymore.....i think it's going to do $700m.......it'll become the first franchise to score two $1billion dollar hits...

Us, Russians definitely like all things CGI

THAT'S AMAZING RESULT FOR SHREK 3..

1B WW!!

Hold your horses! Let us wait at least 2 more weeks before making such bold proclamations, shall we?

Shrek OS 216m
Shrek2 OS 479m

Shrek3 OS 485-515m
+ 380-400m Dom = 865-915m WW

Asia remains Shrek's weakest region....

If these early results are anything to come by....expect $550m OS and a Worldwide total well beyond $900m. It's gonna land somwhere between TTT and HP1

This is a great summary of what's coming up this Summer and the penciled in tentpoles for 08/09.......


May tentpole trend extends to '08, '09

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 204e2dc27e

Of course, it's the grande dame of film festivals, the Festival de Cannes, which has been held in May for the past 60 years. But Thomas Mallory's hoary observation about the "lusty month of May" also applies to the global boxoffice, with summer tentpoles now staking out their day-and-date claims to the month with unprecedented gusto.

Internationally, the May syndrome received a major lift early this month when Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man 3" set all-time international opening records of $176.6 million for a conventional weekend opening and $231 million for a six-day blast.

DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's animated sequel "Shrek the Third" got off the ground in four international markets this past weekend. Then, on Wednesday, Disney/BVI's third film in the "Pirates" franchise, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," lifts off in France and explodes around the globe by the end of next week.

Even before "Spidey 3" ratified that May is a hot month for tentpoles as well as maypoles, the major studios penciled in or locked in no less than six potential blockbusters for May 2008. Dibs on overseas dates, tentative or firmed, have been taken by Paramount for "Iron Man," May 2; 20th Century Fox, "The Day the Earth Stood Still," May 9; Warner Bros. Pictures, "Speed Racer," also May 9; Disney/BVI, "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," May 16; Paramount, the fourth film in the "Indiana Jones" franchise, May 22; and Fox, "Starship Dave," May 30.
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And May hopes have extended to 2009, as well. Two studios have eyes on May 22, 2009, with Fox pitching James Cameron's "Avatar" and Paramount with "Monsters vs. Aliens."

Many believe the flowers-after-showers month first came into global prominence with Universal's initial "The Mummy" in May 1999. It was a time when the overseas market was just starting to take hold as a viable summer outlet as new air-conditioned multiplexes began to proliferate.

"It is the start of the U.S. summer," Paramount Pictures International president Andrew Cripps said. "And as such, day-and-date tentpoles need to go into that period to maximize worldwide boxoffice and to certainly get out in key markets before piracy eats away at revenue potential and to tie into certain holiday times."

David Kornblum, vp international sales and distribution at Buena Vista International, is of the school that believes that giant hit movies put global audiences in the mood for more of the same. He said that a "battle royal" is in store for May 2008. "That's not unusual," he added. "And it's good for the business because they work to get people in the moviegoing habit."

Based on experience, a gang-up of blockbusters during May can work to the benefit of all concerned. In 2004, three blockbusters -- Warners' "Troy," Universal's "Van Helsing" and Fox's "The Day After Tomorrow" -- opened almost back-to-back overseas during May, and all came out with an international boxoffice of about $200 million apiece.

"There's plenty of capacity out there," 20th Century Fox International co-president Paul Hanneman said at the time.

With "Spidey 3" getting this summer off to a roaring start, it has reinforced the early optimism that this year might set an all-time record at the offshore boxoffice.

A batch of sequels with a familiar ring -- enhanced by such new tentpoles as "Transformers" (Paramount/DreamWorks), "The Simpsons Movie" (Fox) and "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney Co./Pixar) -- have overseas distribution executives gushing about a record summer for the industry.

In July, theaters worldwide will embrace the fifth in a series of "Harry Potter" money-gushers, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." The eagerly awaited latest film adaptation from Warners of the J.K. Rowling novels will open in many key foreign countries on the same July 13 weekend it opens domestically and will extend to early August in others.

Warners' second prime summer offering is "Ocean's Thirteen," the third edition of the crime caper series directed by Steven Soderbergh, which takes off in key foreign territories June 8 simultaneous with its domestic bow.

Fox International will be steering several sequel-related films through the summer sweepstakes, starting with "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," which launches in June and goes through August. "Live Free or Die Hard," the fourth time around for the action-adventure franchise famously identified with Bruce Willis, hits overseas multiplexes day-and-date in late June. "28 Weeks Later," a follow-up to 2002's sci-fi thriller "28 Days Later," is slated for some markets this month.

Fox's event-focused summer offering is "The Simpsons," the first film adaptation of the venerable animated TV sitcom, scheduled to encompass the international market in a day-and-date blast starting July 27.

Paramount will be represented by DWA's "Shrek the Third," which starts in Russia and Southeast Asia this month, but the bulk of the dates are in mid- to late June to capitalize on the period leading to school holidays.

BVI is counting on Disney/Pixar's newly minted "Ratatouille" to retain its laurels as animation's foremost purveyor. "Ratatouille," which centers on a rat in a Paris bistro who wants to be a chef, starts out in Latin America and Asia in June and July, moves to Europe from August to September and winds up in the U.K. in October.

Sony Pictures Animation's second in-house computer-animated entry, "Surf's Up," is set to follow a traditional family-film release pattern, starting day-and-date in the U.S. and Russia on June 8 and opening in new territories every month until it reaches Japan in December.

One of the most anticipated tentpoles of the summer, Paramount/DreamWorks' live-action sci-fi thriller "Transformers," has its roots in the famed animated TV series that ran from 1984-87 and in a Japanese-style animated big-screen cult version released in 1986. The Michael Bay-directed battle of the alien races, with Steven Spielberg as an executive producer, goes out July 4 in the U.S. and day-and-date in more than 30 markets worldwide.

Universal will have two sequels on its summer plate: Matt Damon will play Jason Bourne for the third time in "The Bourne Ultimatum," and Morgan Freeman will play God again in "Evan Almighty," the Steve Carell-starring sequel to 2003's "Bruce Almighty." "Ultimatum" opens day-and-date Aug. 3 in 10 countries and rolls out in August and September, while "Evan" bows in four countries June 22 and makes its way internationally during June and July.

The horror tale "Hostel: Part II," which Lionsgate Films is handling domestically, will be taken around the world by Sony International during June and July, while New Line's "Rush Hour 3" will reach the action aficionados starting in mid-August.

Since the actuals from Russia were slightly higher (by $1 mln.), Shrek 3 now holds the record for the highest opening ever with $13.2 mln. (!), out-grossing the previous 4-day opening record holder, the local monster Day Watch by at least $60 000 (I don't know the exact o/w numbers from Ukraine).
Although the difference of 60K+ is not big, the fact that Shrek has out-performed the monstrous Russian event-picture (which had the best release date of the year - January 1st, not to mention the greatest marketing campaign of all time) is simply unbelievable, because the scale of Shrek is NOWHERE near the Day Watch, and so is the marketing and the release date.

Is this Russia alone or the entire CIS?

Entire CIS with Ukraine.

Shrek will struggle to reach 350m domestic, 500-550m OS can happen. My prediction: 354+520=874 WW, under Spidey.

With HP5's new wednesday release, is it now possible for HP5 to beat SM3's worldwide record weekend? With a possible 160mil 5-day, it'd need 222mil internationally to beat it.

I know it is opening in Japan earlier than it did before so I think it can happen. Potter is defintely 2x more popular overseas than Spiderman.

It's openng in Japan 1 week latter............HP5 should open on the same level with Pirates 3.....so without Japan and Russia opening, it's going to be difficult........i don't see $220m, I think $200m is more likely..

Turkey 13 July 2007
Egypt 18 July 2007
Czech Republic 19 July 2007
India 19 July 2007
Israel 19 July 2007
Russia 19 July 2007
Slovenia 19 July 2007
Bulgaria 20 July 2007
Estonia 20 July 2007
Poland 20 July 2007
Romania 20 July 2007
Japan 21 July 2007
Finland 30 July 2007

Here's hoping your gut instinct is as off as it was with Spider-Man 3. I wish they'd just open it in every country day-for-day and destroy every record imagginable.

I read on a potter site the premier for Japan got moved up and it acted like they were going to show it in Japan earlier too. Maybe they haven't updated the release schedule for it yet.

hey, what happened to Revolution's Shrek 3 (INTL.) thread.........i was about to post Shrek 3's 2nd weekend results...