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Box Office Guru Wrapup: Moviegoers Line Up for Museum For Third Straight Weekend

by Gitesh Pandya | January 08, 2007

Summary

There was no stopping the runaway smash comedy Night at the Museum which North American audiences picked as their favorite film for the third straight weekend. New releases were met with varying levels of success. Both the futuristic saga Children of Men and the high school drama Freedom Writers earned high marks while playing in moderate national play. However, the animated film Happily N'Ever After and the action-comedy Code Name: The Cleaner were both met with soft openings. Back to Article

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ozoz writes:
on Jan 08 2007 09:58 AM

Freedom Writers was good. Children of men did OK. It has a long way to go if it is going to make its 76 million back. Happy to see Dreamgirls still have the best theaters AVG. It comes out wide this weekend.

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nogard64 writes:
on Jan 08 2007 10:14 AM

Best theatre average means so little! They open it in fewest screens and in the biggest city, of course they will pack the house.

I am happy to see Pursuit doing so well, it really is turning into a boxoffice jugernaught! Kudos to Will Smith for doing a great and very brave performance.

Saw Children of men its a really great film but not for everyone.

Next two movies hoping to see are Inland Empire and Curse of The Golden Flower

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ozoz writes:
on Jan 08 2007 10:50 AM

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Best theatre average means so little! They open it in fewest screens and in the biggest city, of course they will pack the house.

You are right, But when a movies makes 55 million in 14 days playing in 852 theaters. That means alot alot. the film will be put into 1852 theaters this weekend were it could make as much as 79 million in 3 weeks.

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nogard64 writes:
on Jan 08 2007 10:56 AM

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haha maybe in Dreamgirl land you can extrapolate data like that, but in the real world it wont work.

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curtis writes:
on Jan 08 2007 11:10 AM

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Yes Dreamgirls is doing very well. Making almost 55 million playing only in 852 theaters is great. But why is Dreamgirls doing well. Maybe because it has an 80% on rotten tomateos with an 85% COTC. Maybe because it has 5 globs nods. Maybe because PGA and a Sag Nod. Who know why it is doing well. When it comes out wide this weekend it will make past 75 million. The rest is just money in the bank.

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daycare writes:
on Jan 08 2007 11:17 AM

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Dreamgirls is doing well because it is the best reviewd musical sice Chicago. That is why it has made more then all the other after Chicago. The studio is very smart on how they are putting out Dreamgirls. By friday Dreamgirls would have made 60 million befour it comes out wide. the Budget for the film was 70 million so if it makes 10 million it is a hit. WOM is great for the film that is why people are packing the theaters. It will expand to 1,852 theaters on this MLK weekend witch is great. I wish they would have did the same thing for Childrean of men.

Chicago- 88%, COTC 94% Fresh Boxoffice 170 million

The Producers- 52% COTC 26%- Rotten Boxoffice 19 million

Rent- 47% COTC 41 - Rotten Boxoffice 29 million

Moulin Rouge- 76% CotC 65%- Fresh Boxoffice 51 million

The Phanton of the Opera- 33% COTC 28%- Rotten Boxoffice 51 million

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Dreamgirls- 80% COTC 85% Freash 55 million in just two weeks. Not even out wide yet.

Lets put it to rest. Dreamgirls was made to be a boxoffice hit just like NATM. The reviews are really helping the film also.

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ozoz writes:
on Jan 08 2007 03:59 PM

Great, another hit movie for Beyoce. At least this film got good reviews.

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Parenti writes:
on Jan 08 2007 09:03 PM

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Children of Men's foreign gross is very good so that should help them to make up their money.

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Jan 09 2007 09:33 AM

The Good Shepherd was ok, Damon was very unemontional which didn't help make it a very fast three hours, that is mostly talking in the first place. I screwed up and wasn't able to see Children of Men, so I guess I'll go see it this weekend. Hopefully Notes on a Scandal, and The Painted Veil keep doing well so they will eventually expand to my city.

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