‘Evan’ #1 Film, But Opens Weaker Than Expected June 23, 2007 12:03 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Box Office, Movies, News.trackback
Evan Almighty, the Steve Carell starring sequel to the 2003 Jim Carrey hit Bruce Almighty opened in first place on Friday with an estimated $11.13 million from 3,602 theaters. Certainly not a terrible debut, as it’ll coast to past $30 million over the weekend, but its much lower than initial estimates ($50M+) and revised lowered estimates from the studio Universal, who were hoping for $40M.
Given the films bloated budget ($175 million, with some reports claiming its as high as $210 million), this’ll likely be a film that struggles to hit the $100 million mark domestically, and therefore considered to be a disappointment.
In other opening weekend news, MGM’s well budgeted thriller ($25 million) 1408 debuted in second place with a solid $7.54 million from 2,678 theaters. The film nearly matched Evan’s per theater average ($2,816 vs. 3,091).
The other wide-opening new release in the top 10 was Paramount’s A Mighty Heart. The Angelina Jolie film took in only $1.18 million from 1,355 theaters on Friday, translating to a per theater average of only $870. Looks like it’ll be fairly week debut for the movie.
Moving elsewhere in the charts, last week’s #1 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was third on Friday with an estimated $6.08 million from 3,957 theaters. Though thats a rather large drop of 72% from last week’s opening day, the film is pacing about on par with its predecessor, which took in $6.75 million on its second Friday back in 2005.
Knocked Up meanwhile crossed the $100 million mark on Friday with an estimated $3.38 million from 2,905 theaters for fifth place. The film continues to perform well, dropping only 25% from last Friday.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End added another $1.99 million to its treasure chest, landing in seventh place as its total domestic take climbs to $281.85 million.
And the other big film still in the top 10 is Shrek the Third which landed in eighth place with an estimated $1.71 million from 3,505 theaters. After crossing the $300 million mark on Thursday, its total domestic take now stands at $303.43 million.
Spider-Man 3 fell out of the top 10.
Look for a complete weekend analysis of the box office to be posted on the site tomorrow (Sunday, June 24).
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