In South Korea it opened first with $2.3 million, significantly below the local productions that have been taking tops spot for most of the year. In Spain it opened to $3.2 million, about on par with Gothika's opening at the end of February. And the same pattern is holding true, the smaller the market the better the result. The film did cross $100 million internationally some time during the mid-week, but a serious post-Easter drop-off is expected.Īnother 7 openings helped keep The Passion of the Christ in top spot with $25.4 million. There was only one new opening, but it was in Italy, one of the most staunchly Catholic nations. What is a surprise is the amount just $26 million is barely an increase from last weekend. It was hardly a surprise that The Passion of the Christ was able to take top spot over Easter weekend. I do believe the $25 million is for the whole week while the $14.6 million is for the weekend. $14.6 or $25 is the two prevailing estimates I've found. I'm getting some conflicting reports on the box office figures. The Passion of the Christ saw large drop-offs in many international markets but openings in nine others helped stabilize its overall box office. Passion Drops Post-Easter but Still Stays on Top It's getting really confusion doing the yearly comparisons because last year April had four weekends, while this year it has five. It was up 6% from the same time last year, sort of. However, the total box office was still down more than 5% from last weekend. We had a record-breaking event when two movies opened with $20 million and that's the first time that's ever happened in April. This can easily be explained by the fact that half of Volume 1 took place in Japan.įire on Top as Two Films have $20 million Openings Unfortunately, one of the largest markets for the first film, Japan, saw a huge 47% drop for Volume 2. Many of those increases were in the double-digit range so it's an impressive start. The film earned $18.5 million in 21 markets and increases compared to the debut of the original in all but one market. Kill Bill Volume 2 Beats Competition, Volume 1Īpril 27th, 2004 Kill Bill: Volume 2's first foray into the foreign markets proved very profitable. A strong home market will be needed before Universal sees a profit. and the final cost is nearing $250 million. Combine the production budget, domestic P&A budgets, translations / dubbing / subtitles, etc. And while a $107 million opening weekend seems spectacular, this is a very expensive film to get to theatres. Some highlights were the $9.9 million in the U.K. Not only was that easily the largest box office this weekend, but it was the best we've seen this year. In addition to the $51.7 million Van Helsing earned at the domestic box office, the monster movie made $55.3 million on 5,254 screens in 41 markets internationally. All worth picking up, but if I have to limit myself to just one of them, (and after last week's spending spree, I have to) it would be THX 1138 - The George Lucas Director's Cut - Buy from Amazon. This week was a strong week for independent films with Baadasssss! - Buy from Amazon, THX 1138 - The George Lucas Director's Cut - Buy from Amazon and Slacker - The Criterion Collection - Buy from Amazon all coming out on DVD. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section, including the winner of the DVD Pick of the Week. where it drop 39%, in France it was off 32% and 35% in Germany.Įvery week films get a second chance at success from the home market or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Without any openings the film relied on strong holdovers like in the U.K. Still early in its run, the film took home $16.2 million in 4,368 theatres in 24 markets pushing its total to $80.3 million internationally. Despite a 45% drop in its weekend haul, Shark Tale was able easily able to earn it third first place finish on the international charts.
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