what did "Passion" gross on opening night?

[grasswire]

The freepers are saying $25 million.

Anyone know?

[Gothmog]

1. It was on 2300+ screens

You can not compare the two movies. F 9/11 is on only 850 screens and is doing great for a documentary.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Passion also opened on over 2000 screens.

Big difference.

[Dookus]

5. actually

it opened on over 3000 screens, and peaked at approx. 3,400 screens.

[Dookus]

3. it's opening weekend was almost 84 million

That was on 3 times as many theaters as Fahrenheir 9/11. It also 30 million to produce and 25 million to market.

[NYCGirl]

11. But its "weekend" was really 5 days,

since it opened on a Wednesday and the extra two days were factored in.

[Burma Jones]

4. Don't fall into this Freeper trap

Farenheit 911 is not the opposite of the Passion of the Christ. I saw Passion and will see Farenheit 911.

However, a better measure would be the per theater gross.

[ibegurpard]

16. I agree.

Why the hell is this comparison being made? :shrug:

[shockingelk]

6. over 3x that of F11

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=open&p.htm

[wuushew]

7. Please remember there was a religious conspiracy at work

Churches buying out whole theaters most certainly boosted sales over what would have happened if it was simply like minded individuals going to a showing.

[NYCGirl]

8. The numbers...

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2004/PASON.php

According to this source, it made $26.5 million on the first day, but it was playing in over 3,000 theaters.

Per screen breakdown is:

Passion of the Christ $7,837
Fahrenheit 9/11 $9,447

(Edit to add per screen numbers)

[Curious Dave]

9. The Passion

was a movie about history. F9/11 is making history!

[seabeyond]

10. what, i didnt know their was a competition here

repug vs dem movie. is this it. repugs dont have hold on passion, their isnt a competition between the two movies, totally different stories.........

this is silliness

[Beware the Beast Man]

17. Agreed. It's not a Dem/Repub issue.

Passion is a historical/religious period piece. F911 is a politically-themed documentary. Yes, folks on both ends are willing to take up sides, but these are 2 entirely different films. I still want to see the Passion, though, to decide for myself, but I've heard the book is better :)

[Pachamama]

20. Eventually, F 9/11 will be a historical/religious piece..

Showing a sad time in our history and becoming my religion atleast...I'm a convert!

:kick:

[Dastard Stepchild]

12. Movie stats

Passion Of Christ Total gross since open: $370,143,886

Opening night gross: $26,556,573

F911 Estimate opening night: $8,358,000

This really isn't bad, considering that you don't have a large percentage of youth groups, church groups, churchs, etc. encouraging mass viewings of the film as a group.

As an example, Supersize Me has been around since May 7th, and it's total gross to date is $9,128,974. So, not a bad opening night for a documentaary. Most docs range a gross of 1 million to 8 million during their entire run. Columbine's lifetime gross is $21,576,018. I think he'll beat that.

All info From Box Office Mojo website. Great site!

[TexasSissy]

13. Great stats! Anyone know how many theatres "Passion" was in on 1st night?

[NYCGirl]

14. 3,006 (eom)

NT

[Must_B_Free]

19. Farenheit beats Passion

$9216.58 per screen for Farenheit
$8834.52 per theater for Passion

We beat them.

Farenheit will play longer because the viewers learn something. Passion is sonethint they already know.

[stickdog]

15. IT ISN'T BAD???

It will break all opening weekend box office records for an under 1000 theater opening.

It will be the biggest grossing documentary in history AFTER ONE WEEKEND!

[Dastard Stepchild]

18. I exercise "cautious optimism"....

A nasty habit I picked up living in a Republican infested county as a youth. When it surpasses those stats, I break out the party hat.

I'm going today, so I'll be doing my part to up the numbers. Can't wait, actually.

[Dover]

21. Interesting that freepers consider the Passion 'theirs'. lol!

Typical freeper mindset: Let's see we've got God on our side and more people in the pews...er...theatre.

I think the comparison is interesting only in that it was the most recent record-breaking blockbuster, so it would be interesting to compare them just on that basis.....not regarding content.