The Final Destination was number one at the box office this weekend, bringing in a nice $28.3 million, surpassing expectations. The film was helped by the extra cost some moviegoers had to pay to see the film in 3D. Nice move, New Line.
Halloween II came in a little under predictions with $17.4 million, claiming third place. The film got bad reviews (like The Final Destination) and saw its hype dissipate before its premiere but $17.4 million isn’t bad. In fact, there’s already talk about a third Halloween movie — in 3D! The future is now!
Inglourious Basterds is holding well in second place with $20 million. The movie is still the talking point for many film conversations these days and it’s only receiving great word-of-mouth. Tarantino has a hit on his hands.
And the summer movie season is now officially over!
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Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
Well, it was successful but not as successful as some had hoped for.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has made a whopping $159.7 million since Wednesday. While that’s super duper successful, it’s only $20 million more than Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Holy cow, they need to come out with shorter titles). So while the movie debuted to record numbers, it seems to have leveled out during the weekend. Still, well done muggles.
Don’t get me wrong, these are dynamite numbers. However, it doesn’t look like Harry Potter can overcome the mammoth numbers of Transformers. Which is a shame, because the new Harry Potter movie is a million times better than the new Transformers movie — and I haven’t even seen the new Harry Potter movie!
The film has also earned $237 million in international markets so it’s off to a crackerjack start. Will it end up being the biggest Harry Potter film yet? That’s very possible but only time will tell.
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Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince made many people happy yesterday, especially Warner Brothers. The blockbuster film made a whopping $58.4 million in its opening day, including its record-breaking $22 million from midnight shows alone. That makes it the second-best Wednesday ever. The best Wednesday ever? That belongs to those giant robots from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
The biggest one-day take for a film still belongs to The Dark Knight, with $67.2 million.
The last Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, made $44 million on its first day (also a Wednesday) so this movie is sure to pass that in box office receipts. We’ll see if it can break any weekend records set by Transformers only last month.
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Morning folks. I had a barbecue last night and it was delicious. But I think I ate too much because I feel like I’m 300 pounds. Anyway, on with the developing news.
Here are some upcoming stories to count on for Thursday, July 16:
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Emmy
Emmy nominations are out this morning and we’ve got a lot to look for. Will the smash hit
True Blood garner some nominations? What about exiting shows such as ER and The Shield (one of my favorite shows ever)? What surprises will be revealed? Who’ll get snubbed? This will definitely be a big pop culture news story.
- Harry Potter was raking in the cash during its midnight shows Tuesday night. How much money do you think it made Wednesday? I wouldn’t be surprised if it broke quite a few records today. Look out for just how much money the kid wizard made on Wednesday.
- We’ve been hearing talk that the LAPD is now treating Michael Jackson’s death as a homicide? Do you think we’ll hear more about that today? Will we get any official word from authorities? Expect more speculation and rumors.
Have a nice Thursday folks. We’re SO close to the weekend.
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Opened yesterday
That noise you hear is the sound of Dreamworks and Paramount executives rolling in money.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the movie that everyone is talking about (but not necessarily in a good way) is going to be a big hit. The question is now how big? Looking at last night’s numbers, everyone can safely assume that Transformers 3 won’t be too far away.
The film made $16 million at the midnight screenings last night. While not as good as The Dark Knight’s midnight haul of $18.5 million, that’s still darn good. In fact, it’s the greatest Wednesday midnight draw ever. And Transformers’ IMAX haul surpassed The Dark Knight’s. But questions still remain. While this weekend’s numbers will be stellar, will bad word-of-mouth affect next week’s business?
I still haven’t seen it. Is it any good?
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