Weekend Box Office (Estimates)
Summer movie season has sadly come to an end, and it shows on the totals for this weekend, in which no movie made more than 7 million dollars. Instead of reporting about this weekend, I'll be posting the summer of 2008 biggest films - those that managed to cross over the 100 million dollar mark..jpg)
When a movie is bad, you just know it. Despite having a massive amount of promotion over the past three months, The Love Guru starring Mike Myers, Jessica Alba and Justin Timberlake only managed to collect an extremely dissapointing 14 million dollars on its opening weekend, debuting just at #4! Sad. The movie that did make a high debut at #1 was Get Smart, which pulled in a great $40 million, this movie actually had little promotion compared to that of The Love Guru, yet it made quite a nice debut on top.
Moving on to #2, we find Kung Fu Panda, film that on its third week collected $21.7 million for a total of $155 million so far - impressive.
The Incredible Hulk falls to #3 collecting 21.5 million dollars on its second week for a total so far of $96 million. Not bad.
One film did cross the $300 million dollar mark this weekend, and that's Iron Man - which was released last month to a huge opening and on its eigth week, the film now stand at $304 million thanks to the extra $4 million that it grossed this weekend. Now, get ready for this: The film's total worldwide stands at an incredible 555 million dollars! Oh, but that's not the biggest numbers we found this week. Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has collected a ridiculous $650 million worldwide so far. Unbelieveable!
Next week comes Disney Pixar's Wall-E which is expected to debut with big numbers as well. Can't wait for that one.
That's right. Opening at #1 this weekend is The Incredible Hulk, and although the numbers were lower than expected, they were more than enough to secure the film a number one debut, grossing $54 million over the past three days. At number two we find Kung Fu Panda that managed to collect a great $34 million on its second week of release. The films current total stands at an incredible $117 million. Awesome. Now, making a debut at #3 we find The Happening, film that grossed a cool $30 million, not too bad. It's already made back of its budget. Out next week will be The Love Guru and Get Smart , but the one I'm really waiting for is Disney Pixar's Wall-E coming out June 27! Can't wait for that one.
Kung Fu Panda makes splashing debut at #1 on this weekend's top box office debut! The Dreamworks film starring Jack Black grossed in $60 million over the past few days making enough to fall right in at #1. The film is great, I definitely recommend it for all ages and anyone who really wants to watch it!
You Don't Mess with the Zohan also makes a great debut at #2 bringing in $40 million. Together, the top two spots grossed 100 million dollars! Impressive. The comedy film starring Adam Sandler has already made half of its budget. Great news to them.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull falls one spot to #3 still taking in $22 million to add to their now total of 253 million dollars. Talk about a summer blockbuster! The film's total worldwide stands at an impressive $520 million! This film is on its way to being one of the highest grossing films of all times. Harrison Ford must be beyond happy.
Sex and the City fall three spots to #4 but managed to take in a very good $21 million, their total now is of $100 million, which is way more than they expected to collect.
Iron Man is another of this year's huge movies. This weekend, the film is found at #6 adding to its now total of $288 million! The movie's worldwide gross is of $530 million, this film is right up there with Indy. Crazy numbers!
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