..Gary
Dretzka
..Noah
Forrest
..Leonard
Klady
..R.J.
Matson
..David
Poland
..Douglas
Pratt
..Ray
Pride
..Michael
Wilmington
August 12, 2007
Weekend Finals
Feel the Rush ...
Three was a charm for Rush Hour as it debuted at the top of the charts with an estimated $50.8 million. The heat from the Chan-Tucker action comedy got minimal assistance from a trio of other national debuts. The fantasy adventure Stardust failed to sparkle with a fourth place $8.8 million gross; Daddy Day Camp needed emergency rehab from it $3.5 million weekend and the horror entry Skinwalkers pealed off a spare $540,000.
Niche freshmen were in better shape with the Bollywood bow of Chak de India looking strong with $390 k at 75 locations and the romantic comedy 2 Days in Paris posting a $20,500 average at eight venues. The American indie Rocket Science had OK results of $56,300 from its six launch pads.
There was considerable nervousness about the third installment of the Rush Hour franchise with pundits skeptical that its late season arrival in a season already chock-a-block with sequels could post hefty opening numbers. Previews assuaged those concerns but many pegged the bow at no more than $40 million prior to opening day.
Conversely, there was greater enthusiasm for Stardust than translated at the box office. A kid lit favorite, it appeared to be well placed behind the Harry Potter slipstream and had the type of talent quotient that might bring a nice slice of the adult audience to the multiplex. The reality was no better than lukewarm.
While weekend ticket sales took a 13% hit from last weekend's Bourne juggernaut, it continued to outpace the 2006 tempo by 22%. A year ago Talladega Nights led the pack with $22.1 million, followed by debuts of Step Up and World Trade Center with respective openings of $20.7 million and $18.7 million.
Ticket buyers weren't buying Daddy Day Camp without Eddie Murphy and while sequels aren't necessarily equals, this follow up wasn't even a contender. It jump started the weekend with a Wednesday bow that generated an additional $1.5 million.
There were good expansion results for the upscale Becoming Jane, the tweedy romantic and fanciful Austen biography but both Hot Rod and Bratz experience that sinking feeling along with the Latino musical saga El Cantante.
Mirroring the American summer, Bollywood is experiencing a late surge with the likes of Partner and now Chak De India. The promising start for 2 Days in Paris also reflects the picture's solid initial returns in the European art house circuit.
Weekend Finals - August 10-12, 2007
- - Title 1 New Rush Hour 3 49,100,158 - 3778 49,100,158 1 2 1 The Bourne Ultimatum 32,879,125 -52% 3686 131,552,425 2 3 2 The Simpsons Movie 11,269,651 -55% 3552 152,381,993 3 4 New Stardust 9,169,779 - 2540 9,169,779 1 5 6 Hairspray 6,396,666 -31% 2805 92,139,670 4 6 3 Underdog 6,352,377 -45% 3013 24,643,289 2 7 4 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry 5,877,915 -45% 2799 103,777,170 4 8 5 Harry Potter & the Order of Phoenix 5,432,130 -43% 2585 272,047,388 5 9 7 No Reservations 3,855,029 -41% 2053 32,025,018 3 10 New Daddy Day Camp 3,402,678 - 2332 4,887,285 1 11 8 Transformers 3,236,060 -46% 1803 302,869,658 6 12 16 Becoming Jane 2,902,117 199% 601 4,502,593 2 13 11 Ratatouille 2,373,416 -40% 1835 193,415,390 7 14 9 Hot Rod 2,223,876 -58% 2607 11,016,352 2 15 10 Bratz 1,420,336 -66% 1509 7,566,705 2 16 12 El Cantante 1,401,148 -56% 537 5,579,231 2 17 New Skinwalkers 753,520 - 745 753,520 1 18 13 Live Free or Die Hard 685,463 -62% 503 131,888,585 7 19 New Les 3 p'tits cochons 462,252 - 98 462,252 1 20 17 Talk to Me 401,942 -40% 193 3,509,574 5 21 New Chak De! India 351,887 - 62 351,887 1 22 21 Shrek the Third 316,698 -31% 344 321,329,057 13 23 19 Knocked Up 311,910 -39% 281 146,842,550 11 24 23 Evan Almighty 303,655 -19% 318 97,898,890 8 25 35 Ocean's Thirteen 303,368 129% 321 116,267,510 10 26 18 Rescue Dawn 268,848 -52% 403 4,826,789 6 27 20 Sicko 265,871 -47% 204 23,249,325 8 28 25 Once 259,923 -9% 124 6,964,084 13 29 24 Fantastic Four: Rise of Silver Surfer 229,449 -37% 255 130,788,105 9 30 15 Who's Your Caddy? 187,169 -83% 311 5,371,428 3 31 29 La Vie en Rose 186,188 -15% 128 8,773,678 21 32 27 Surf's Up 186,072 -20% 253 58,365,173 10 33 22 Sunshine 180,704 -60% 116 3,166,574 4 34 New 2 Days in Paris 173,641 - 10 173,641 1 35 33 Deep Sea 3-D 167,340 -5% 30 31,284,990 76 36 14 I Know Who Killed Me 146,205 -87% 334 7,032,372 3 37 30 Pirates of Caribbean: At World's End 136,536 -29% 139 307,592,347 12 38 51 No End in Sight 118,581 169% 21 235,594 3 39 26 License to Wed 113,446 -52% 135 42,893,457 6 40 34 My Best Friend 113,219 -21% 60 819,988 5 41 28 1408 106,058 -54% 135 70,918,071 8 42 37 The Ten 102,725 -15% 40 292,939 2 43 31 Nancy Drew 101,061 -43% 189 25,355,848 9 44 36 Spider-Man 3 77,571 -39% 151 336,436,184 15 45 40 Goya's Ghosts 65,981 -12% 39 590,322 4 46 45 Broken English 65,887 4% 41 818,674 8 47 41 Wild Hogs 63,550 -13% 83 168,502,638 24 48 42 Waitress 59,778 -18% 65 18,699,775 15 49 New Rocket Science 58,536 - 6 58,536 1 50 54 Magnificent Desolation 52,875 32% 5 20,620,011 99 51 57 Moliere 50,671 54% 26 153,605 3 52 46 Paris je t'aime 41,315 -34% 31 4,940,593 14 53 38 Meet the Robinsons 41,146 -50% 95 97,690,955 20 54 52 Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia 39,573 -5% 10 1,023,826 20 55 53 Wild Safari 3-D 39,117 -5% 10 14,653,852 123 56 63 This is England 33,459 76% 9 95,849 3 57 55 Interview 30,653 -20% 26 307,590 5 58 56 Golden Door 27,019 -22% 23 996,031 12 59 47 Arctic Tale 25,108 128% 24 147,890 3 60 50 Disturbia 23,069 -51% 47 80,207,510 18 61 49 Mr. Brooks 20,340 -43% 55 28,476,219 11 62 83 Gypsy Caravan 19,396 44% 13 250,418 30 63 65