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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Spidey makes shitload of money! | ||||
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| hammersavage | posted on 05-05-2002 @ 1:19 PM |    | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00  | History books were torn apart and rewritten on Friday as Sony's heavily-anticipated tentpole picture Spider-Man shattered every box office record in its path with a jaw-dropping $41.4M opening-day gross exceeding even the loftiest industry expectations. The colossal figure set new records for biggest opening day, biggest Friday gross, and largest single-day gross ever which last year's megablockbuster Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone has held for nearly six months. The wizard pic bowed on November 16 with an opening Friday of $32.3M and claimed the previous single-day benchmark with a Saturday haul of $33.5M. Spider-Man, by contrast, enjoyed a 28% mightier opening day gross. With almost nothing else in the marketplace generating traffic, the Sam Raimi-directed comic book film was able to secure a mammoth 3,615 playdates and an estimated 7,500 total prints. Big-budget action films based on popular comic books tend to draw a disproportionately high percentage of their weekend audience on the opening day. In July 2000, the much-hyped X-Men debuted with a Friday gross of $21.2M which accounted for 39% of the weekend gross of $54.5M. Of course, that was also during a month when schools are out of class on Fridays while Spider-Man bowed during the academic year. Still, exit polls are very positive for the Tobey Maguire pic so a humongous Saturday gross is inevitable. For the weekend, Spider-Man could find itself with a record gross anywhere between $105M and $120M which would demolish the current all-time opening weekend record of $90.3M set by Harry Potter. Preliminary estimates indicate that there actually were other films playing in theaters on Friday. MGM premiered its gang flick Deuce's Wild with just under $1M in its opening day and should collect roughly $3M for the weekend. DreamWorks offered Woody Allen's latest comedy Hollywood Ending and grossed $661,000 on its way to a $2M three-day take. Among holdovers, Friday-to-Friday declines were 49% for The Scorpion King, 33% for Changing Lanes, a horrendous 70% for Jason X, and 47% for Life or Something Like It.  2002 Crack Committee Objectives: 1. 94 Wins and NL East Title by the Mets this year 2. Hate the Braves with a passion 3. All 5 Starters have winning records this year 4. Mets win World Series 5. Have Red Sox finish 10 games infront of the Yankees. Salad Tosser Left Fielder, Center Fielder, and First Baseman **Official Painter of Billboards** "Opie and Anthony: The thinking mans Beavis and Butthead" -Playboy | ||||
| Beans Malone | posted on 05-05-2002 @ 3:55 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Mar. 02 | I know it took a shitload from me especially the concession stand 2 tickets $7 each ..$14 Refreshments $15..2 pops 1 large popcorn and kitcat chocolate bar.. And I didn't even get laid after the show..  | ||||
| rageparty 123...Not so bare anymore since I got a number underneath my name again I also have an imaginary girlfriend. | posted on 05-05-2002 @ 4:32 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | It was a good movie so I'm not surprised. I'm just happy that gay Harry Potter doesn't have the record. I fucking hate all those dumb books and that stupid movie.... | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 05-05-2002 @ 7:14 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | This means that Norton's movie has made more money in one weekend than all of Jay MOhr's flicks combined. "It appears my wee wee has been strucken with rigor mortis." | ||||
| Norton's Victim | posted on 05-05-2002 @ 7:31 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 02 | quote: and Norton didn't even have to kiss any guys  | ||||
...And now the battle between us and them has begun. JYD-4-LIFE. | posted on 05-05-2002 @ 8:00 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: May. 00 | Final estimates for the weekend puts Spidey's haul at a record $114 Million. That makes it the fastest movie to $100 million ever and also gives it the biggest weekend opening ever, surpassing Harry Potter by about $13 million. Now a bad little haul I would think I'm only laughing on the outside My smile is just skin deep If you could see inside I'm really crying You might join me for a weep. | ||||
| diceisgod I ALWAYS LOSE. | posted on 05-05-2002 @ 9:56 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 01 | I hope they enjoy the record while it lasts. When Clones comes out it's gonna shatter every record on the books.  | ||||
| goatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 05-05-2002 @ 10:09 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote:Agreed, especially if all of the reviews from people that have seen it screenings and what not keep coming back positive.  You can reach me through AIM or email. Feel free to contact me if you have any board questions, techie (PC) questions, or even if you just wanna say hi.
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| rageparty 123...Not so bare anymore since I got a number underneath my name again I also have an imaginary girlfriend. | posted on 05-05-2002 @ 11:35 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | Yeah that's too bad, I'd rather have a Classic Comic have it than a Series that made a guy fuck his cousin... | ||||
| Subzero316 TERRORIST voted most likely to get searched at the airport Subama Bin Zero (© AntsInMyPants - 2002) Seriously need to rethink my concept of "funny" Alkey is my bitch! I'm havening a hard time fittening in. It's official, I am seriously a complete and utter ass-tool, please anally rape me with a rusty 5 iron wraped in barbed wire. I am the new Balloon Not. Be careful around me ladies, I don't use common sense. | posted on 05-06-2002 @ 12:07 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: Nope he just had to play a surly truck driver and say he stinks,i hate him.  Master of the Cold.... | ||||
| I swear it was this big Tussle King | posted on 05-06-2002 @ 9:31 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Mar. 01 | quote: Probably true, and it's a shame that it will happen. I love all those retards camping out for a week in order to get tickets. I hope each and every one of them get pneumonia and die on the opening day of the movie. Poetic justice at it's best - and funniest. ___________________________________________________________________ I'm bigger than the Devil combined with Schindler's list. Sig pic coming soon...kinda soon... | ||||
| AlterEgoManiac | posted on 05-06-2002 @ 10:20 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Mar. 02 | It'd be cool if they gave Norton a part in each of the set of superhero movies that are coming out. Maybe he could do the same line in each of them. That would be so funny. Use all your well-learned politesse, or I'll lay your soul to waste. | ||||
| Ferret | posted on 05-06-2002 @ 10:55 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: Didn't they all say that about the first one and it wound up being a total piece of crap. It's become fashionable to say a Star Wars movie is the greatest thing ever, even if its only ok  | ||||
| goatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 05-06-2002 @ 11:05 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote:Actually, I recall there being little or no screenings for the first one, and all I remember coming out of anyone's mouth before the movie opened was that the digital imagery was astounding (which it was IMO), but nothing about how good or bad the movie was. So far people have said more positive than negative (including Steve C., not that he's Siskel or Ebert, but why would he lie?) You can reach me through AIM or email. Feel free to contact me if you have any board questions, techie (PC) questions, or even if you just wanna say hi.
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| DonWest | posted on 05-22-2002 @ 1:51 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: Anything to say about that comment? I knows its alittle old,but it is better than starting a new one. | ||||
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