Box Office Roundup
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 27th, 2008
There are probably no surprises with the box office results this weekend with The Dark Knight firmly in first place, earning another estimated $75,630,000. The drop off is interesting in that it’s a relatively modest -52.3%. To date, the second Batman film from Christopher Nolan has accumulated $314,245,000, faster than any other film in history.
20th Century Fox’s The X-Files: I Want to Believe debuted in a disappointing fourth place, taking in just $10,200,000.
New Line’s Journey to the Center of the Earth continues to explore the depths, finding another $9,415,000 in the dark theaters, totaling now $60,185,000. Hancock, meanwhile, took in $8,200,000, dropping an additional 41.6% but easing past the $200 million mark, now totaling $206,371,000. While the numbers are good, the lack of serious post-release buzz has to be of some concern.
Pixar’s Wall*E finds families continuing to beat the summer heat and remain charmed to the tune of another $6,349,000 this weekend. It’s $195,235,000 haul continues to impress.
Universal’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army marched home with $4,934,000, which brings Guillermo Del Toro’s sequel to the $65,894,000 mark, surpassing the original but slowing down quickly. Similarly, despite the hype, the studio’s Wanted is also dropping off, taking in just $2,727,000. The domestic total of $128,616,000 is enough to keep sequel talk happening.
On the other hand, Fox’s Space Chimps, with $4,375,000 and a cum of $16,006,000 remains disappointing especially compared with Kung Fu Panda’s total of $208,972,000. The studio’s Meet Dave remains the disappointment of the summer with a mere $10,833,000 and a rapid drop off. Not the bomb Speed Racer was, but close.
Doing the slow fade in second run, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is just about done, totaling $313,626,000 and not likely to crack $320. On the other hand, it will most likely finish surpassing Iron Man on the year’s top ten list as shellhead comes in for a soft landing with $314,905,000. Paramount’s The Incredible Hulk looks to be matching Ang Lee’s version, nearing the end of its run with a total of $132,543,000 after seven weeks. The 2003 edition had a domestic total of a nearly identical $132,177,234.
Transsiberian, in its second week, had an impressive drop of just 23.4%, earning a total of $80,000 on just two screens.
