Well, to the poster who said BO isn't a measure of quality. Yes and no. Sure, marketing has a lot to do with the crap that gets stuffed down our throats, but when a movie is deserving of an added push, people will go see it. And they will keep going to see it, because the product is worthy of repeat business, therefore bigger box office #s.
That can't explain why 'Little Man' is a box office champ, though...
CR had a not-bad Thursday here in the States: it brought in $129,868, nudging its U.S. total up to $163,148,896. The film has still been doing well on Fridays and Saturdays, so look for another healthy boost in revenue.
CR had a not-bad Thursday here in the States: it brought in $129,868, nudging its U.S. total up to $163,148,896. The film has still been doing well on Fridays and Saturdays, so look for another healthy boost in revenue.
I wonder if Casino Royale will get a healthy boost in revenue if it receives an Oscar nomination or two this coming week.
Yes, I know. There's the dream and there's the reality.
I wonder if Casino Royale will get a healthy boost in revenue if it receives an Oscar nomination or two this coming week.
I'd say only if it got a Best Picture or (and?) a Best Actor nomination. And I think we pretty much know how much chance there is of either thing happening!
BOM's weekend US box office estimates place Stomp the Yard as the highest grossing film totalling $13.3 million.
Casino Royale is placed 22nd with an estimate of $1.3 million, which brings the overall US total to approx $164,449,000. CR's theatre count has been reduced from 819 to 661.
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Sony is pulling out all the stops for what it's tipping as 2007's biggest picture of the year in China, according to Variety.
Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Martin Campbell and Barbara Broccoli will all be attending the premiere in Beijing on January 29th and Shanghai the following night.
Casino Royale will be shown uncut on more than 1,000 screens.
The rich just keep getting richer, don't they? According to BOM, CR's worldwide take now stands at $563,958,862. How much extra will China add?
As for the U.S., the weekends still continue to be pretty good for Mr. Bond. On Friday the 19th, CR pulled in $352,093; on Saturday it made $615,186; and on Sunday it earned $225,156; bringing CR's American totals to $164,341,331. Do you think Mickey and Babs are just rolling in all that money?
According to BoxOfficeMojo, Casino Royale grossed $3.2 million from 443 screens during it's opening weekend in Japan. This figure is below DAD's opening, but I think it's too early to tell if it is a trend or not.
Updating the box office in Japan. At the end of last weekend (24 days after it's release) Casino Royale had grossed a total of $11,257,360, according to BoxOfficeMojo. DAD's total Japanese gross was $18,441,255. So, it looks like DAD's disappointment was not a one-off.
Well, Casino Royale may not be quite the box office disappointment in Japan that I was anticipating. It has rallied quite strongly in the last four weeks, to the point where it has overtaken DAD's total gross of $18,441,255. According to BOM, CR's overall Japanese gross stood at $18,613,211 on Sunday 21st.
According to BOM, Casino Royale grossed $85,559 at the US box office on Monday. It's the first of sixty seven days on release that CR has taken less than six figures. The overall US gross now stands at $164,426,890.
CR's amazing success in the UK continues as it remains inside the top ten. As of Sunday 21st, CR's overall gross stood at $103,196,008 (Approx £54 million).
It's still showing in a theater in my area. And after all this time, that's pretty unusual around here. In fact, I may add a few more bucks to the box office haul this weekend.
The UK take is amazing. I'm just knocked out by it. And don't forget, the BAFTAs are on the 11th February. Even if CR doesn't win anything, that's two and a half hours of prime time BBC1 where the film will be constantly referred to. That's got to give it another boost...
The UK take is amazing. I'm just knocked out by it. And don't forget, the BAFTAs are on the 11th February. Even if CR doesn't win anything, that's two and a half hours of prime time BBC1 where the film will be constantly referred to. That's got to give it another boost...
Indeed. I went to see it again last night and the theatre was half-full. Obviously this was one of the smaller screens however I was still astonished at how full the place was, on a *Tuesday* night. Consider that the UK has about one fifth of the US' population, yet in the UK Casino Royale has grossed more than half than it has in the US. Having looked at the international take overall, moreover, this picture seems to have confounded even the most optimistic of predictions.
All of this is, of course, provides extra validation of the radical reboot and Daniel Craig as Bond. Sorry, had to stick that in there one last time...
Casino Royale is now at number 7 in the top ten of biggest films at the UK box office of all time. Astonishing.
Only the Lord of the Rings, a couple of Potters and Titanic beat it.
Consider that the UK has about one fifth of the US' population, yet in the UK Casino Royale has grossed more than half than it has in the US.
There's absolutely no doubting Casino Royale's success in the UK or US. However, if you are comparing the overall gross between them you also have to compare ticket prices. As I understand it, the average ticket price in the US is currently about $6.50 (approx £3.50). That's half the amount I paid for the privilege of watching CR.
It's been a steady week so far for Casino Royale at the US box office. According to BOM, CR grossed $98,412 on Thursday bringing the overall US total to $164,711,416.
With no Oscar nominations, and likely a much reduced theatre count, it now appears that CR's total gross will not go beyond $170 million.
It's still showing in a theater in my area. And after all this time, that's pretty unusual around here. In fact, I may add a few more bucks to the box office haul this weekend.
Here too (OH USA), and in fact I did add a few more bucks to the haul yesterday (for the third time ).
I caught a 3:30 matinee with a friend, and there were at least 40 people in the theatre! I couldn't believe it, I thought we might be the only ones there. I guess there's still a quite a good buzz going around about the film, and I could tell that some of the people seated near me were seeing it for the first time by their reactions and such.
In contrast, I saw it on opening night at 10:00, and there were only about 20 or less at that showing.
Well, after 73 days in release, CR has now earned $165,320,608 in the U.S. Considering it's now on in only 300+ theaters and will soon be in the second-run theaters and on DVD, the movie isn't doing too badly, though: on Friday it made $164,052; on Saturday it earned $295,307; and on Sunday the take was $149,833.
I was hoping BOM would have an estimate on how Bond did in China, but it's no go on that one. However, CR has done impressive business in some key places around the globe: $104.3 million in the UK; $24 million in Australia; $26.8 million in France; $49.6 mil in Germany; and $18.8 mil in Japan. CR has made $405,577,571 outside the American market; and its worldwide total now stands at $570,898,179. Will the Chinese push Mr. Bond over $600 mil? We'll just have to wait and see.
I was hoping BOM would have an estimate on how Bond did in China, but it's no go on that one.
The Chinese premiere of Casino Royale was earlier today in Beijing. Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Martin Campbell, Mickey & Babs were all in attendance.
CR is being shown on over 1,000 screens. I think it is only for a limited time, a month? Based on reports I have read, CR is expected to do well (despite the pirate DVD's) though most of it's box office revenue will be retained by China's state-owned distributor.
Casino Royale wonderful boxoffice with 1/5 or 1/6 shows in less
Casino Royale wonderful boxoffice with 1/5 or 1/6 shows in less
The Wonderful box office of Casino Royale is more interesting if you think that this film, longer than all others bond's films, have 1/5 or 1/6 shows less than others, in the theatre.
It is half hour longer, so there are less shows than others Bond films, or others films in theatre.
This is important almost as inflation, better it eliminates the effect of inflation!
BTW, CR is out in China now, the news said that its so common on pirated DVD over there that there wont be much of a box office take????
Maybe, Maybe not?
It will be interesting. I don't know the sort of average viewing figures for films in China. They have the potential for a lot of people seeing it.
This film is going to get a lot of publicity over there as well I would have thought. Pirated copies are obviously a problem, but loads of people buy them as a copy for home and still go to the cinema to watch it for the heightened experience it gives to the film.
Casino Royale grossed a modest $51,153 at the US box office on Tuesday, according to BOM. CR's overall US gross now stands at $165,415,905.
The worldwide box office is in wind down mode now, with the exception of China. Perhaps the only question remaining is whether CR will gross enough in China to push it's worldwide take beyond $600 million.
According to Variety, Casino Royale grossed $1.5 million on it's opening day in China on Tuesday. That's 6% better than The Da Vinci Code which wen't on to gross $13 million.
Just checking BOM, I see that CR's American take is now $165,515,099. For the last several days it's been averaging about $50,000 per day, and it's still playing at first-run theaters. Not too bad for a movie that's been out for nearly three months!
Just checking BOM, I see that CR's American take is now $165,515,099. For the last several days it's been averaging about $50,000 per day, and it's still playing at first-run theaters. Not too bad for a movie that's been out for nearly three months!
I'm thinking of contributing another 10 bucks to the cause this weekend. There are still three showings a day at one multiplex here.
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That can't explain why 'Little Man' is a box office champ, though...
I wonder if Casino Royale will get a healthy boost in revenue if it receives an Oscar nomination or two this coming week.
Yes, I know. There's the dream and there's the reality.
I'd say only if it got a Best Picture or (and?) a Best Actor nomination. And I think we pretty much know how much chance there is of either thing happening!
Casino Royale is placed 22nd with an estimate of $1.3 million, which brings the overall US total to approx $164,449,000. CR's theatre count has been reduced from 819 to 661.
Haha... now I see it... my bad...
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"Better make that two."
Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Martin Campbell and Barbara Broccoli will all be attending the premiere in Beijing on January 29th and Shanghai the following night.
Casino Royale will be shown uncut on more than 1,000 screens.
Bond bows in China
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117957842.html?categoryid=19&cs=1
As for the U.S., the weekends still continue to be pretty good for Mr. Bond. On Friday the 19th, CR pulled in $352,093; on Saturday it made $615,186; and on Sunday it earned $225,156; bringing CR's American totals to $164,341,331. Do you think Mickey and Babs are just rolling in all that money?
Well, Casino Royale may not be quite the box office disappointment in Japan that I was anticipating. It has rallied quite strongly in the last four weeks, to the point where it has overtaken DAD's total gross of $18,441,255. According to BOM, CR's overall Japanese gross stood at $18,613,211 on Sunday 21st.
CR's amazing success in the UK continues as it remains inside the top ten. As of Sunday 21st, CR's overall gross stood at $103,196,008 (Approx £54 million).
It's still showing in a theater in my area. And after all this time, that's pretty unusual around here. In fact, I may add a few more bucks to the box office haul this weekend.
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All of this is, of course, provides extra validation of the radical reboot and Daniel Craig as Bond. Sorry, had to stick that in there one last time...
Only the Lord of the Rings, a couple of Potters and Titanic beat it.
There's absolutely no doubting Casino Royale's success in the UK or US. However, if you are comparing the overall gross between them you also have to compare ticket prices. As I understand it, the average ticket price in the US is currently about $6.50 (approx £3.50). That's half the amount I paid for the privilege of watching CR.
With no Oscar nominations, and likely a much reduced theatre count, it now appears that CR's total gross will not go beyond $170 million.
A much reduced theatre count indeed, from 661 to 364.
BOM's weekend US box office estimates place Epic Movie as the highest grossing film totalling $19,200,000.
Casino Royale is placed 27th with an estimate of $600,000. This brings the overall US gross to approx $165,311,000.
Here too (OH USA), and in fact I did add a few more bucks to the haul yesterday (for the third time
I caught a 3:30 matinee with a friend, and there were at least 40 people in the theatre! I couldn't believe it, I thought we might be the only ones there. I guess there's still a quite a good buzz going around about the film, and I could tell that some of the people seated near me were seeing it for the first time by their reactions and such.
In contrast, I saw it on opening night at 10:00, and there were only about 20 or less at that showing.
I was hoping BOM would have an estimate on how Bond did in China, but it's no go on that one. However, CR has done impressive business in some key places around the globe: $104.3 million in the UK; $24 million in Australia; $26.8 million in France; $49.6 mil in Germany; and $18.8 mil in Japan. CR has made $405,577,571 outside the American market; and its worldwide total now stands at $570,898,179. Will the Chinese push Mr. Bond over $600 mil? We'll just have to wait and see.
The Chinese premiere of Casino Royale was earlier today in Beijing. Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Martin Campbell, Mickey & Babs were all in attendance.
CR is being shown on over 1,000 screens. I think it is only for a limited time, a month? Based on reports I have read, CR is expected to do well (despite the pirate DVD's) though most of it's box office revenue will be retained by China's state-owned distributor.
Casino Royale wonderful boxoffice with 1/5 or 1/6 shows in less
The Wonderful box office of Casino Royale is more interesting if you think that this film, longer than all others bond's films, have 1/5 or 1/6 shows less than others, in the theatre.
It is half hour longer, so there are less shows than others Bond films, or others films in theatre.
This is important almost as inflation, better it eliminates the effect of inflation!
BTW, CR is out in China now, the news said that its so common on pirated DVD over there that there wont be much of a box office take????
Maybe, Maybe not?
"Better make that two."
It will be interesting. I don't know the sort of average viewing figures for films in China. They have the potential for a lot of people seeing it.
This film is going to get a lot of publicity over there as well I would have thought. Pirated copies are obviously a problem, but loads of people buy them as a copy for home and still go to the cinema to watch it for the heightened experience it gives to the film.
The worldwide box office is in wind down mode now, with the exception of China. Perhaps the only question remaining is whether CR will gross enough in China to push it's worldwide take beyond $600 million.
I'm thinking of contributing another 10 bucks to the cause this weekend. There are still three showings a day at one multiplex here.