F 9/11 still #1 on Saturday

[cjbuchanan]

Takes in $7.8 million or $9000 per screen!!!!
http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2004-06-25&p=.htm

Beats White Chick by about $5500 per screen.

[skooooo]

1. dang it went down a little....

from friday

[camby]

2. not to worry

I think this movie has legs.

[cjbuchanan]

3. Remember that a lot of people saw it during the day on Sat.

That means cheaper ticket prices.

It still is kicking ass.

[ShaneGR]

5. God, over 20 million on less than a 1000 screens....

In three days (Factoring in at least a 4 million dollar Sunday). If you listen really closely, you can hear the sound of jaws hitting the floor in Hollywood.

[Ready4Change]

4. Phenominal numbers for a documentary.

Much better than I expected.

[cjbuchanan]

6. Looks like it is going to beat the 'All time Doc Box office'

In just one weekend. The current record is around $21million set by Bowling for Columbine.

[ShaneGR]

7. I thought over 10 million....

Would be fantastic. But over 20? Unheard of!

[Fleshdancer]

8. 16 million in just the two days? Pretty damn good.

It'll easily make over 20 million this weekend which isn't too shabby for a documentary AND the fact that the amount of theaters it's playing at is limited.

[LoZoccolo]

9. Oh no! /White Chicks/ is gaining on us!

:+

[Kazak]

10. It's got a life of it's own now...

Woo!

[Chovexani]

11. Whee!

The best part about this is it virtually guarantees a wider release. More screens = more eyeballs. Yay!

[cjbuchanan]

12. This movie has now made all its money back

It cost $6million to make and $10million to market. It has now brought in over $16million.

Just something to think about.

What will happen next weekend when it is on a few hundred more screens?

[Caution]

15. not quite yet

quite a bit of that $16,000,000 goes to the theaters showing the film. That said it would be nearly impossible at this point for the film not to make a hefty profit (particularly if it goes into wider release as a result of this weekend's box office, not to mention the DVD sales).

[ShaneGR]

16. 90% of gate receipts go back to the distributor...

The theatres make their money from concessions. Ever wonder why popcorn is $5?

And they have a 12 million dollar advertising budget.

It will be profitable after next Friday.

[Immad2]

13. Do you think Disney and....

Michael Eisner are kicking themselves about now!!:evilgrin:

[Chovexani]

14. Eisner is so going to be toast

He was already on the outs with the Disney board anyways. Between letting the Pixar deal go and then this? Sayonara, sucka! :evilgrin:

And welcome to DU! :toast: