My mum went to see the film because of him too. She thinks he's just darling. Just couldn't tell father, who also went!
Orlando is a good lad with a great heart when I knew him while he was here in NZ. He deserves every success that comes hisw way. Give him time and he will find his niche.

This is for my dear Nazgul9, i love you heaps, "We Belong Together" baby :razz:

There's also a section below the ancient epic movies which lists the Top openers of 2005 for the major markets....although i doubt i'll be posting updates every day, i'll try my best to give an update once a week.... okie dokie smokie :razz:


OPENING Weekends

United Kingdom:
Troy - $11,015,061 (£6,151,581 incl. $4.3m/£2.4m prev. weekend p/v - or $10,775,016/ £6,017,523 without p/v - 506 TC)
Gladiator - $5.5m (£3,555,446 - 417 TC)
The Passion Of The Christ - $5,044,101 (£2,784,344 - incl. 2 weeks in Ireland and $568,000 p/v or $3,092,630/£2,019,935 without - 323 TC)
The Last Samurai - $5,024,135 (£2,723,081 - 430 TC)
King Arthur - $3,472,400 (£1,908,084/ €2,766,722 - 400 TC)
Alexander - $2,241,512 (£1,200,083 incl. $301,758 p/v and $434,931/ €333,331 Ireland - 415 TC)

Meet The Fockers - $14,837,008 (£7,917,661 or $13,596,555 without Thu p/v - 456 TC)
Hitch - $8,303,705 (£4,309,540 or $8,152,097/ £4,230,857 without p/v - 448 TC/709p)
Ocean’s Twelve - $6,399,615 (£3,394,100 - 450 TC)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - $6,243,634 (£3,298,262 4-Day or $5,407,301/ £2.7m without p/v - 465 TC)
Robots - $5,023,184 (£2,622,253 - 474 TC)
Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events - $4,274,734 (£2,210,979/ €3,205,920 - 452 TC)
The Ring Two - $3,896,030 (£2,062,792 - 419 TC)


Germany:
Troy - $8,513,913 (€7,181,060/ 1.012.331 adms. - 1003 TC/1158p)
The Last Samurai - $4,936,918 (€3,845,859/ 544,251 adms. - 829 TC)
Gladiator - $4.8m (692 TC)
King Arthur - $3,070,718 (€2,490,352/ 451,337 adms. - 752 TC)
The Passion Of The Christ - $2,366,432 (€1,917,993/ 285.936 adms. - 403 TC)
Alexander - $1,973,071 (€1,450,582/ 198,367 adms. - 499 TC)

Hitch - $8,871,055 (€6,698,179/ 1,057,976 adms. - 796 TC)
Meet The Fockers - $5,899,761 (4,515,382/ 704,080 adms. - 629 TC)
Ocean’s Twelve - $5,236,271 (€3,950,714/ 597,929 adms. - 795 TC)
Constantine - $3,807,854 (€2,914,341/ 436,028 adms. - 511 TC)


France: Full Week 1
Gladiator - $7,258,098 (695 TC)
Joan Of Arc - $6,001,179 (590 TC)
Troy - $5,370,241 (743 TC)
The Last Samurai - $5,034,921 (€4,051,568 - 729.476 adms. - 600 TC)
King Arthur - $4,332,674 (608 TC)
The Passion Of The Christ - $4,153,979 (502 TC)

Brice de Nice - $9,638,376 (555 TC)
Iznogoud - $8,008,431 (664 TC)
Hitch - $6,373,015 (495 TC)
Meet The Fockers - $5,467,777 (599 TC)


Spain:
Alexander - $7,231,632 (€5,542,323 5-Day or $4,627,281/ €3,546,348 3-Day - 420 TC)
Troy - $6,296,301 (€5,310,615/ 1.049.756 adms. - 464 TC)
The Last Samurai - $5,477,261 (€4,266,786/ 848,618 adms. incl. p/v - 425 TC)
The Passion Of The Christ - $3,199,592 (€2,632,944/ 525,767 adms. - 298 TC)
King Arthur - $2,715,707 (€2,198,609/ 442,053 adms. - 403 TC)
Gladiator - $2.4m (263 TC)

Meet The Fockers - $4,680,029 (3,616,165/ 700,404 adm. - 363 TC)
Ocean’s Twelve - $3,498,292 (€2,639,426/ 509,842 adms. - 426 TC)
Blade 3: Trinity - $3,287,247 (€2,442,227/ 477,977 adms. - 367 TC)
The Ring Two - $3,061,230 (€2,362,045/ 463,097 adms. - 352 TC)
Constantine - $2,737,286 (€2,094,982/ 407,162 adms. - 308 TC)


Italy (70%):
The Passion Of The Christ - $9,225,806 (€7,643,580 5-Day or $6,880,664/ €5,700,630 3-Day - 553 TC)^
Troy - $5,679,412 (€4,725,839 - 704 TC)^
Alexander - $3,708,917 (446 TC)^
King Arthur - $2,268,700 (€1,830,478 or $2,267,845/ €1,829,788 without p/v - 346 TC)^
Gladiator - $2.1m (353 TC)

Manuale d'Amore (Love Manual) - $3,707,000 (€2,789,740 or $3,698,156/ €2,789,740 without p/v - 482 TC)^
Shall We Dance? - $2,989,347 (€2,350,105 - 406 TC)^
The Aviator - $2,759,240 (438 TC)^
The Ring Two - $2,651,646 (376 TC)^
Hitch - $2,495,372 (288 TC)^
Constantine - $2,246,586 (324 TC)^
Finding Neverland - $2,120,139 (or $2,118,357 without p/v - 269 TC)^
Ocean’s Twelve - $2,085,804 (€1.6m - 289 TC)^


Japan:
The Last Samurai - $8,355,132 (Â¥915,000,000 - or $5,477,064/Â¥597,000,000 without p/v - 540 TC)
Troy - $6,011,647 (¥687.7m or $4.8m/ ¥536.4m without p/v - 569 TC)
King Arthur - $3,134,755 (incl. p/v - 422 TC)
The Passion Of The Christ - $2,483,165 (153 TC)
Gladiator - $2.2m (215 TC)
Alexander - $1,941,729 (261 TC)

Ocean’s Twelve - $6,767,972 (or $5,378,979 without Sat p/v - 510 TC)
National Treasure - $5,090,335 (or $2,873,512 without p/v - 341 TC)
Constantine - $3,695,429 (incl. p/v - 347 TC)
The Phantom Of The Opera - $3,255,417 (269 TC)
Rockman Exe & Duel Masters - $3,052,076 (256 TC)
Kung Fu Hustle - $2,994,346 (344 TC)*NY
Lorelei: The Witch Of The Pacific Ocean - $2,914,308 (263 TC)


Australia:
Troy - $6,641,426 (US$4.7m - 418 SC)
Gladiator - $5,927,458 (US$3.5m - 287 SC)
The Last Samurai - $3,401,421 (US$2.64m - 274 SC)
King Arthur - $3,346,615 (or $3,348,338/ US$2,447,787 incl. p/v - 300 SC)
The Passion Of The Christ - $2,973,157 (US$2,300,315 or $3,610,581/US$2,797,409 5-Day - 145 SC)
Alexander - $1,667,851 (US$1.3m - 187 SC)

Hitch - $3,507,820 (US$2,760,304 - 373 SC)
Constantine - $2,986,988 (US$2.345m - 289 SC)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - $2,682,774 (US$2.1m - 244 SC)
Robots - $2,516,713 (or $2,558,474/ US$1.9m - 385 SC)*Easter
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous - $2,396,125 (US$1.87m - 295 SC)*Easter


South Korea (Admissions)
Troy - 889,000 adms. (190,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul) - US$4.9m
Alexander - 801,000 adms. (130,600 adms. 2-Day Seoul) - US$4.5m
The Passion Of The Christ - 706,640 adms. (132,610 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
King Arthur - 450,000 adms. (96,571 adms. 2-Day Seoul)
The Last Samurai - 361,000 adms. (92,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)

Another Public Enemy (Public Enemy 2) - 1,017,000 adms. (178,700adms. 2-Day Seoul - 408) - US$5.9m
Constantine - 980,500adms. (123,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul)*CNY - US$6.1m
Hauru No Ugoku Shiro (Howl’s Moving Castle) - 763,550 adms. (151,803 adms. 2-Day Seoul) - US$3.8m
Running Boy (Marathon) - 695,000 adms. (142,000 adms. 2-Day Seoul) - US$4.2m


Belgium:
The Last Samurai - $1,011,176 (€816,019 or €693,020 without p/v - 82)
Troy - $982,767 (€828,915 - 87)
The Passion Of The Christ - $571,440 (€473 438 - $486,169/ €402,791 without p/v - 49)
Alexander - $550,307 (or $521,147/ €399,407 without p/v - 46) or $572,195 Actuals
King Arthur - $426,111 (or $414,076/ €343,915 without p/v - 65)

Hitch - $836,786 ($722,127/ €536,497 - 57) or $819,626 Actuals
Constantine - $597,310 (or $596,991/ €452,573 without p/v - 49)
The Pacifier - $591,788 (€460,606 - 47)
The Aviator - $543,280 (or $446,638/ €343,304 without p/v - 42)
Iznogoud - $513,950 (or $366,095/ €284,324 without p/v - 28)

Denmark:
Troy - $1,578,094 (9.2m DKR incl. p/v or $876,007/ 5,423,274 DKR/ 64,824 adms. 3-Day- 78)
The Last Samurai - $537,753 ($492,261/ 2,884,647 DKR/ 35,067 adms. 3-Day - 50)
King Arthur - $471,545 ($457,502/ 2,825,350 DKR/ 41,501 adms.3-Day - 61)
Alexander - $422,930 ($419,602/ 2,350,696 DKR/ 26,792 adms. 3-Day - 48) or $419,602 Actuals
The Passion Of The Christ - $308,405 ($268,499/ 1,645,361 DKR/ 23,685 adms. - 28)

Adams Aebler (Adam’s Apples) - $684,796 (or $637,728/ 3,676,184 DKR/ 53,716 adms. 3-Day - 69)
Constantine - $448,322 ($335,943/ 1,895,324 DKR/ 26,467 adms. 3-Day - 40)
Nordkraft (Angels In Fast Motion) - $428,895 ($382,645/ 2,150,544 DKR/ 31,082 adms. 3-Day - 54)
Solkongen - $395,878 ($362,912/ 2,097,814 DKR/ 31,893 adms. 3-Day - 68)
Meet The Fockers - $374,124 (or $354,039/ 2,036,364 DKR/ 30,453 adms. 3-Day - 35)
The Phantom Of The Opera - $369,990 (or $334,891/ 1,902,783 DKR/ 31,131 adms. 3-Day - 60)


Sweden:
King Arthur - $1,185,424 (or $631,074/ 4,799,128 SKR 3-Day - 95)
Troy - $1,019,369 (or $933,618/ 7,214,253 SKR 3-Day - 111)
The Last Samurai - $665,306 (4,803,509 SKR - 88)
Alexander - $474,567 (3,190,846 SKR - 61)
The Passion Of The Christ - $362,225 (2,753,272 SKR - 49)

Innan Frosten (Before The Frost) - $521,057 (3,604,255 SKR - 86)
Constantine - $411,355 (411,355 SKR - 61)
Meet The Fockers - $410,158 (2,877,833 SKR - 50)
Robots - $379,831 (or $298,254/ 2,047,961 SKR 3-Day - 118)


Switzerland:
Troy - $1,156,809 (1,502,117 SFR -115)
The Last Samurai - $654,831 (or $646,779/ 788,423 SFR 4-Day - 69)
King Arthur - $620,002 ($571,804/ 709,209 SFR 4-Day - 74)
Gladiator - $450,000 (52)
Alexander - $378,876 ($350,277/ 415,849 SFR 4-Day - 31)
The Passion Of The Christ - $310,717 (392,560 SFR - 30)

Meet The Fockers - $1,511,162 (or $1,144,275/ 1,353,563 SFR 4-Day - 95)
Hitch - $1,209,149 (or $1,175,134/ 1,175,134 SFR - 96)
Constantine - $561,102 (or $532,726/ 630,162 SFR 4-Day - 73)
The Ring Two - $457,545 (or $415,443/ 497,784 SFR 4-Day - 53)

This is Arch as we know and love him, full of stats! :razz:

Once per week would be more than perfect! Thanks in advance, mate.

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Ouch. If only I had kept that prediction...

#-o

"KINGDOM'' Rules the World

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2005--KINGDOM's reign has begun! Ridley Scott's sweeping epic KINGDOM OF HEAVEN has already proven to be box office royalty as it commences its day-and-date release around the globe. The Orlando Bloom-starrer began its charge through nearly 100 planned markets with remarkable strength and has been coronated #1 in most markets.


Europe

KINGDOM was HEAVEN-sent in Germany, where the film debuted at $2.1 million (estimated, includes Wednesday previews), marking the best opening of the year so far in that territory. Germany's Thursday opening was just above "Troy" and 95% more than "Gladiator's" debut. In Belgium, KINGDOM was supreme; Thursday's box office of $281K was 174% of "Troy's" Thursday opening. The Dutch also embraced KINGDOM; their Thursday opening of $274K ranked as the best opening of the year, and was 120% of "Troy's" gross in the equivalent timeframe. Switzerland's openings in the French and German sectors have grossed $463K before the weekend begins, with Thursday's figures outperforming "Troy's" bow by 197%. Russia reaped a royal $404K on opening Thursday, to become the fourth best Fox opening day after only "The Day After Tomorrow," "Die Another Day," and "I, Robot," and just shy of the opening of the highest grossing film in Russia -- "Turkish Gambit."

Asia/Pacific

Moviegoers in the Asia/Pacific region also welcomed the arrival of KINGDOM: Korea's #1 opening collected an outstanding $1.2 million through Thursday. Singapore's excellent opening day gross of $113K was 100% of "Troy's" bow and 206% of "Gladiator's" opening. In Malaysia, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN earned a glowing $52K, representing 100% of "Troy's" debut and 203% of that of "Gladiator." Thailand's outstanding opening day of $204K outperformed the openings for both "Troy" and "Gladiator."

Latin America

HEAVEN shined in Latin America as well: Mexico's Thursday Opening of $530K was 40% higher than "Gladiator," which opened on a Friday. Puerto Rico's excellent opening at $49K was 108% of "Troy" and 270% of "Gladiator."

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN will continue its triumphant crusade throughout the world this weekend, and will bow next week in Japan.

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is a monumental epic about tolerance and honor, starring Orlando Bloom and set during the turbulent, emotionally charged and world-shaping Crusades. From master filmmaker Ridley Scott ("Gladiator"), it traces the story of a common man of extraordinary conscience who rises to knighthood and embarks on a life-changing journey to find peace and a better world.

Twentieth Century Fox International is a unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation Company.
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I'm in Egypt, from the crowd I saw at theater.. this movie WILL break Passion's record for best opening of all time..

source: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/sit ... ewsLang=en

found the link at Oscarwatch.com forum

Well its a very good thing that Kingdom of Heaven is doing better than Troy was overseas. At least people overseas have better taste than americans

I'd expect it to do well overseas if it opens in 100 freakin markets.

Great opening day figures, even better than Troy's, which itself made a killing internationally! :razz: Screw the USA!

What has the number of markets to do with its performance in the respective regions? :???:

From BOM:


With an estimated $56m overseas it almost tripled its domestic opening take. How is this compared to Troy?

What's also interesting is Fox claiming that they were expecting only around $17m and thus are now delighted with the result. I'm doubting the validity of that claim...

Troy made $54.7 million in 47 markets in its opening weekend.

The key to Troy's success overseas, however, were also the good legs it had mostly everywhere. I don't see this type of legs for Kingdom of Heaven. Should top out at around $220-250 million internationally. Still great considering the domestic performance.

Any major markets not amongst these 47 (besides Japan)?

Anyway, i don't see it doing Troy numbers internationally either, still becoming one of the highest grossing movies of its type in recent years (with only Troy, The Last Samurai and Gladiator having grossed more) is nothing to sneeze at. Epics just aren't everyone's cup of tea...

Exactly. It's not like it only made 20M total in those 100 markets and barely edged out for No. 1 this week. It made 57M freaking dollars and was No. 1 in almost all the markets that it opened. That's pretty impressive.

No, I think it had pretty much the same opening pattern as Kingdom of Heaven.

The international gross is encouraging, yet overall the box-office turn-out is disappointing.

I wonder if SW: ROTS can have a $100+ million international weekend when it comes out...

'Kingdom' reaps $56 million

By DAVE MCNARY
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111792 ... id=13&cs=1

Fox's "Kingdom of Heaven" conquered the world's offshore markets in an impressive launch: Its estimated $56 million at 6,500 playdates in 100 territories during the Friday-Sunday frame was nearly triple the domestic opening.
The results underline the ever-increasing importance of foreign markets, particularly for big-budget tentpoles, and the strategy of day-and-date openings worldwide. Japan and China were the only major markets where Ridley ScottRidley Scott's Crusades epic didn't launch.

The international opening for "Kingdom" mirrors a pair of May 2004 launches -- UIP's "Van Helsing," with $53 million at 5,245 playdates during the same frame last year, and Warner's "Troy," with $54.8 million at 6,722 sites a week later.

In key European markets, "Kingdom" benefited from cooler weather following the warmer temps during the previous frame, when "XXX: State of the Union" posted relatively moderate numbers in its launch. "Kingdom" delivered its top number in Germany with $7.1 million at 842 engagements, including previews, to finish 20% behind "Troy."

Spain saw solid bizbiz with $5.2 million at 435 playdates, $1.1 million behind "Troy" but about equal to Scott's "Gladiator."

U.K. biz for "Kingdom" generated a beefy $4.8 million at 443 engagements, double the takings for "Alexander" and "Braveheart." France checked in with an estimated $4.5 million, 13% short of "Troy," while South Korea grossed $4 million at 333 screens and Italy grossed $3.9 million. (Fox Intl. is not handling distribution of the epic in France and Italy.)

"Kingdom" saw three other territories above $2 million -- Mexico with $2.8 million at 540, Russia with $2.2 million at 363 and Australia with $2 million at 361. Belgium, Brazil, Greece, Holland, Switzerland and Taiwan all topped $1 million.

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INTERNATIONAL: Largest Opening Weekends
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $126.8m (UK/Germany/France/Scandinavia/Latin America – 28/7403)
The Matrix: Revolutions - $119,037,452 (Most markets - 80+/10,013)
Harry Potter 3: POA - $113.51m (UK/France/Germany/Italy/LatinAmerica/Netherlands - 24/7885) or $135.8m week
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $99.8m (UK/Germany/France/Scandinavia/Latin America - 27/5400)
The Day After Tomorrow - $85,384,957 (Most markets except Japan - or $109.1m incl. Mon - 110/9276)
X-Men 2: X-Men United - $69,270,300 (Most markets - 93/7585)
Star Wars 2: AOTC - $69.1m (Most markets - 72/5854)
Harry Potter 2: COS - $59.5m (UK/Germany/Taiwan - 9/4265 - 7.1m tickets)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $58m (UK/France/Spain)
Kingdom Of Heaven - $56m (All except Japan/China - 100/6500)
Van Helsing - $55,172,254 (Most markets - $51.6m from UIP - 4984 - $3.6m from Russia/Iceland/Philip’- 41/5204)
Troy - $54.7m (Every major market except UK/Italy/Japan/SKorea/Taiwan - 47/9500+(6722))

INTERNATIONAL: Largest Weekends
1) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $126.8m (28/7403) – Wk. 1
2) The Matrix: Revolutions - $119,037,452 (80+/10013) – Wk. 1
3) Harry Potter 3: POA - $113.51m (24/7885) – Wk. 1
4) The Matrix: Reloaded - $113.2m (62/8924) – Wk. 2
5) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $99.8m (27/5400) – Wk. 1
6) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $85m (38/11700) – Wk. 2
7) The Day After Tomorrow - $85,384,957 (or $109.1m incl. Mon - 110/9276) – Wk. 1
8) Troy - $71.045m (58/10272) – Wk. 2
9) X-Men 2: X-Men United - $69,270,300 (93/7585) – Wk. 1
10) Shrek 2 - $69.2m (or $79.3m incl. UK p/v - 32/5199) – Wk. 4*

Star Wars 2: AOTC - $69.1m (72/5854) – Wk. 1
Harry Potter 3: POA - $66.42m (40/9900) – Wk. 2
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $64.6m (30+/6450) – Wk. 2
Harry Potter 1: PS - $62.3m (37/8524) – Wk. 4
Harry Potter 1: PS - $60.9m (31/6574) – Wk. 3
Harry Potter 2: COS - $60.5m (41/9850) – Wk. 4
Harry Potter 2: COS - $59.5m (9/4265) – Wk. 1
Harry Potter 2: COS - $58.8m (32/8201) – Wk. 3
Harry Potter 2: COS - $58.7m (20/5249) – Wk. 2
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $58m – Wk. 1
Spiderman 2 - $ 56,711,495 (57/9318) – Wk. 3
Kingdom Of Heaven - $56m (100/6500) – Wk. 1
The Matrix: Reloaded - $55.3m (62/9300) – Wk. 3
Van Helsing - $55,172,254 (41/5000+) – Wk. 1
Troy - $54.7m (47/9500+) – Wk. 1


Very strong openings by KOH in all markets, i was kinda dissapointed though with the UK and Australian takings, it's not up to par with everywhere else. There are a few standouts in the smaller markets such as Belgium and Switzerland where KOH's opening day is not too far off the likes of Matrix:Reloaded and TTT.

Star Wars looks primed for a $100m opening Weekend IMO, AOTC did a huge $70m. Like KOH it will debut everywhere (only Japan gets delayed to July). If we factor in the exchange rate, that $70m would equate to around $90m today and of course, considering the current marketplace. It will surely be the 4th movie to get $100m after Revolutions, ROTK and HP3.

The current record for overall Worldwide Opening weekend is held by ROTK at $250.9m......something which ROTS has a shot at for sure.

I think KoH has a good shot at $300m worldwide, which will cover most if not all production and marketing costs and make the DVD pure profit. No slouch.

That sentence gets a :-#.
If women want to salivate over a younger man, then the all power to them. I don't see anybody raving how "sadly true" and it is that older men have been lusting after younger women (some not even of age) for the past 4000 years. [-(


In other news, I stuck my neck out with my predic, and really got chopped, didn't I..

That sentence gets a :-#.
If women want to salivate over a younger man, then the all power to them. I don't see anybody raving how "sadly true" and it is that older men have been lusting after younger women (some not even of age) for the past 4000 years. [-(


In other news, I stuck my neck out with my predic, and really got chopped, didn't I..

Technically The Matrix Reloaded did $100+ millio internationally as well. Just in its 2nd weekend

Hey Arch, long time, no speak!

Like I said, this will do Braveheart numbers.

The historical epic genre is dead. They past 3 have done bad (Kingdom of Heaven, Alexander, King Arthur) and 1 has underperformed (Troy). The genre should remained closed until 2010 or so and then re-opened, but only release 1 per year not 3 or more (like 2004).

Only that it'll soar past Braveheart overseas very fast.

No TTT disaster for you this time. Good call...

As for it doing Braveheart numbers, in NA no since that had great (Oscar) legs, worldwide easily.

Really? You guys think it will do more than 200 mill WW? I'm not so sure about that. And as for reaching 75 mill, I don't think it has any shot of that. So it will be worse that Braveheart.

$75,600,000 (USA)
£10,812,243 (UK) (19 November 1995)
£3,342,433 (UK) (12 September 1995)
$16,679,000 (UK)
$202,600,000 (Worldwide)
$127,000,000 (Non-USA)
€6,878,567 (Spain) (10 July 2003)
ESP 1,136,000,000 (Spain)

source: imdb