| Film | Weekend | Per | Total | |
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 | $125,120,000 | $30,332 | $125,120,000 |
| 2 | Megamind | $16,175,000 (-44.5%) | $4,280 | $109,476,000 |
| 3 | Unstoppable | $13,100,000 (-42.3%) | $4,082 | $41,962,000 |
| 4 | Due Date | $9,150,000 (-40.7%) | $2,834 | $72,669,000 |
| 5 | The Next Three Days | $6,750,000 | $2,633 | $6,750,000 |
| 6 | Morning Glory | $5,233,000 (-43.1%) | $2,057 | $19,856,000 |
| 7 | Skyline | $3,431,000 (-70.7%) | $1,190 | $17,643,000 |
| 8 | Red | $2,467,000 (-50.4%) | $1,213 | $83,574,000 |
| 9 | For Colored Girls | $2,400,000 (-63.2%) | $1,974 | $34,540,000 |
| 10 | Fair Game | $1,470,000 (+44.0%) | $3,808 | $3,739,000 |
This just in: more paramedics.
Harry Potter gonna make some cash. This is the biggest three day opening of the franchise, though most of the openings have been five days. Part one of the Deathly Hallows is the first half of a movie, and as the film will likely be out on DVD by the time of the second half, it will not get the bump last chapters get, even if it is half of the last chapter. RotS and RotK did more money than their predecessor, whereas this looks more likely to be an opening weekend picture. Actually, between midnights and Friday Potter did $60 Million, which means that one day did almost half of the business of the weekend. This often translates to a steep fall-of, but *boom* next weekend is Thanksgiving so there’s more cushion for the landing (also: pushing) so it should be over $200 by next Sunday. The drop the weekend after that is going to be bad, but $250 Million is the lowest it’ll go, though the franchise has had problems getting over $300 Million (only two of the previous six have). I would split the difference, and expect a $270-ish total. But as half a movie at the end of the franchise, you’re definitely only among the faithful at this point (whereas with a last film, people will read the last chapter of a book). I wonder if being half a movie will effect Part 2 similarly.
Megamind crossed over the nine digit mark this weekend, and in any other case that would be a big deal. But here, uh, not so much. By Wednesday Tangled comes out, and that may chop its legs off. A hundred used to be a victory, but when you cost $150 million, here: no. This could coast to $150-ish, but I feel like it might die beforehand. This didn’t attract the following of other Dreamworks titles, or perhaps the anti-hero conceit of the narrative did nothing for parents, or maybe it was just a wrong place, wrong time sort of thing. Then it becomes all about international gross. Right now those numbers aren’t great, but between ancillaries and TV, it should have a business model for success. Unstoppable cost $100 Million, so the question now is how long it will play. Maybe it holds strong because it’s the only action movie out right now. Maybe it plays long because of the adult appeal. There are things to hope for, it fell 40%, but it’ll get a boost from Thanksgiving and it’ll be over $55 next weekend. I don’t know if it gets to a hundred – odds are against. Due Date it’s in a better position, and will be over $80 next weekend, but with four major releases on Wednesday, it’s going to start bleed screens. This means $100 isn’t out of the question but it’s going to be a limp if it gets there.
The Next Three Days… holy shit. You would figure as a genre entry it might do some business, but no. No. No. (No.) Aw, hell no. No. No. No.
No. (maybe it gets to near $20 Million… probably not). No.
Morning Glory… I watched Harrison Ford on Conan. That’s not being stoned, that’s something way more serious and frightening. Harrison Ford is likely leaving the spotlight. And likely this is one of his last major movies (oh yeah, there’s Cowboys Vs. Aliens). And it’s bombing. Very sad.
Skyline is falling like a horror film, so a little over $20 Million it goes. $25 Million would be the absolute best it could do, but it is going to start losing screens on Wednesday. Red might be getting to $90 Million, but that’s about it. Still – not so bad. Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls is one of his lower grosses, but eh. The picture is going away. Fair Game cracked the top ten, which is as good as it gets. And then next week it’s turkey weekend. Huzzah.
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Deathly Hallows was entertaining, but it would've been a lot better if it functioned as an actual movie instead of just a bonus-treat for book readers. There are too many touches that make no sense to film-viewers alone, like the mirror-shard that is never explained at all but which somehow turns out to be a pivotal element of the climax.
I have never read the HP books so as a fan of the films only, beside the first two entries, this was my favorite film of the franchise by far. It just felt so much more cinematic than the previous films and the stakes were as high as they possibly could be. I'll admit I was a little confused by the shard of glass but I just assumed that it was Dumbledore in the mirror that he was speaking to. I don't think it ruins the film at all not knowing were it came from. All the haters seem to be big fans of the book but I could give a shit less about the books. I love how each film has gotten darker than the last since Azkaban and I never would have imagined that I would love these characters as much as I do. I went from hating this series to liking it to absolutely loving it with this recent entry. I honestly don't understand the hate this film is getting. It's the most beautiful and character driver piece of all the films and was the first film were I cried like a little bitch at the end.
MORNING GLORY ain't Ford's last big movie, Dre–nope nope. COWBOYS & ALIENS, I think, is being positioned as his real reintroduction after all these years in the wild, as a supporting actor of sorts. And that movie's gonna kill.
Still, what did you expect? Morning Glory never sticks around for very long. Hopefully Cowboys and Aliens (hoe could you forget that one Dre given the wrailer this week?) will give us some grade A Ford.
point made. Still.
Dre–You're right about his public persona being absolutely awful these days: he's almost an anti-celebrity. I hope he was better on Conan than he was on The Daily Show, but it doesn't sound like it. I still like the old fucker though, and I still hope someone can figure out how use his grump right. Favreau casting him as a villain seems like our best hope, so I'm hoping.
Ford was a pretty terrible on Conan. It was pretty much Conan talking to himself and Ford saying "Yeah" every so often.
Give Ford a break – He already works around the clock
How refreshing that someone on this site wrote a story that included a mention of the third Lucas prequel … and somehow contained himself from bashing it! THANK YOU! Seriously. This site has gotten so much better since the defection … it is almost as fun as it used to be!
I don't get this response to the Conan interview. I thought the guy displayed great comic timing – which you just don't do if you're that stoned, or if you do, it's because you've got bucketloads of talent that is just reinforced by inebriation. Rare and treasurable either way. Ford's x 10 in my estimation now, so I guess that's at least one ticket sold after his next. A good career choice – something like Michael Douglas' role in Wonder Boys. I wonder if he was offered that…
Congratulations CHUD, you now meet the approval level of a shit-slime microbe like Voivodling. Good Fucking Work.
The Ford bashing would make more sense if the guy hadn't made the amount of brilliant films he has…and Cowboys & Aliens will probably be the career boost he's been waiting for this decade.
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