Wednesday Numbers | Despicable Me 2 - 34M | The Lone Ranger - 9.67M | Kevin Hart - 4.9M

[CaptainJackSparrow]

I am thinking about seeing DM2 this Friday. Thought the first was good, but not great like some of you act like it was!

[#ED]

32M!!! NICE!

[Neo]

The last time the 4th fell on a Thursday, everything had massive increases. With DM2 and TLR being family/nostalgia related releases, and very smart Independence Day choices, I see an increase for TLR, and a slight drop for DM2.

Was 2002.

[Impact]

Well I am seeing TLR on Friday-not sure when I will see DM2 or MU.

[#ED]

I don't expect increases on Thursday.

[PDC1987]

That means DM2 did only 27M. That is quite weak. 

That's nearly half of the previous films entire Fri-Sun 3-day opening weekend, after a few million was already burned off by Tuesday showings.

[Cmasterclay]

Ladies love the minions, that's why I'm having a date to see Despicable Me instead of just seeing it on my own time. 

[Biggestgeekever]

The last time the 4th fell on a Thursday, everything had massive increases. With DM2 and TLR being family/nostalgia related releases, and very smart Independence Day choices, I see an increase for TLR, and a slight drop for DM2.

Well, the openers dropped a bit, so I would expect the same here, even with the family appeal. 

[#ED]

I say keep this thread for the 5-Day weekend!

[Cmasterclay]

Well, the openers dropped a bit, so I would expect the same here, even with the family appeal. 

Ah, I was looking at the wrong dates. For some reason, I thought the awesome TF Independence Day was on Thursday. My bad. Still, Lone Ranger is very older crowd oriented and seems perfect for the fourth- I see it doing 14 million tomorrow. 

[Dementeleus]

The Fourth doesn't strike me as a monster movie-going day. I think things stay relatively flat or drop.

[John Marston]

is Lone Ranger in 3D?

[ChD]

is Lone Ranger in 3D?

Hard to imagine it not being.

[Dementeleus]

is Lone Ranger in 3D?

 

No.

[filmnerdjamie]

It's not?!

[John Marston]

last time the 4th fell on Thursday

 

Title Monday
7/1 Tuesday
7/2 Wednesday
7/3 Thursday
7/4 1 MEN IN BLACK II
Sony / Columbia

3,557
N/A
N/A $18,599,621

-- / $5,229
$18,599,621 / 1 $16,493,214

-11.3% / $4,637
$35,092,835 / 2 2 MR. DEEDS
Sony / Columbia

3,231 $5,416,260

-46.2% / $1,676
$42,579,047 / 4 $5,022,964

-7.3% / $1,555
$47,602,011 / 5 $4,144,184

-17.5% / $1,283
$51,746,195 / 6 $3,455,629

-16.6% / $1,070
$55,201,824 / 7 3 MINORITY REPORT
Fox

2,800 $2,774,751

-58% / $925
$76,199,551 / 11 $2,685,702

-3.2% / $895
$78,885,253 / 12 $2,607,155

-2.9% / $931
$81,492,408 / 13 $3,070,691

+17.8% / $1,097
$84,563,099 / 14 4 LIKE MIKE
Fox

2,310
N/A
N/A $3,893,808

-- / $1,686
$3,893,808 / 1 $2,945,216

-24.4% / $1,275
$6,839,024 / 2 5 LILO & STITCH
Buena Vista

3,222 $3,502,479

-46.2% / $1,087
$80,588,481 / 11 $3,560,708

+1.7% / $1,105
$84,149,189 / 12 $3,310,937

-7% / $1,028
$87,460,126 / 13 $2,922,332

-11.7% / $907
$90,382,458 / 14 6 THE BOURNE IDENTITY
Universal

2,512 $1,518,225

-55.5% / $570
$74,420,650 / 18 $1,531,225

+0.9% / $575
$75,951,875 / 19 $1,745,580

+14% / $695
$77,697,455 / 20 $2,166,495

+24.1% / $862
$79,863,950 / 21 7 SCOOBY-DOO
Warner Bros.

3,257 $1,804,476

-51% / $523
$125,754,497 / 18 $1,818,079

+0.8% / $527
$127,572,576 / 19 $1,508,494

-17% / $463
$129,081,070 / 20 $1,423,364

-5.6% / $437
$130,504,434 / 21 8 THE POWERPUFF GIRLS MOVIE
Warner Bros.

2,290
N/A
N/A $1,526,626

-- / $667
$1,526,626 / 1 $1,017,573

-33.3% / $444
$2,544,199 / 2 9 THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
Paramount

1,592 $583,349

-56.7% / $235
$105,953,748 / 32 $584,191

+0.1% / $235
$106,537,939 / 33 $583,258

-0.2% / $366
$107,121,197 / 34 $886,840

+52% / $557
$108,008,037 / 35 10 STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Fox

1,177 $654,122

-46.6% / $363
$286,908,009 / 47 $621,179

-5% / $345
$287,529,188 / 48 $632,263

+1.8% / $537
$288,161,451 / 49 $685,346

+8.4% / $582
$288,846,797 / 50 11 DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD
Warner Bros.

1,792 $732,216

-39.4% / $338
$56,120,858 / 25 $861,200

+17.6% / $397
$56,982,058 / 26 $723,437

-16% / $404
$57,705,495 / 27 $624,059

-13.7% / $348
$58,329,554 / 28 12 HEY ARNOLD! THE MOVIE
Paramount

2,534 $947,863

-37.1% / $375
$6,654,195 / 4 $947,824

-- / $375
$7,602,019 / 5 $603,952

-36.3% / $238
$8,205,971 / 6 $512,272

-15.2% / $202
$8,718,243 / 7 13 SPIDER-MAN
Sony / Columbia

1,502 $496,038

-49.1% / $274
$396,370,509 / 60 $503,822

+1.6% / $278
$396,874,331 / 61 $488,448

-3.1% / $325
$397,362,779 / 62 $490,942

+0.5% / $327
$397,853,721 / 63 - ABOUT A BOY
Universal

696 $146,160

-47.5% / $210
$39,059,030 / 46 $163,560

+11.9% / $235
$39,222,590 / 47 $128,750

-21.3% / $185
$39,351,340 / 48 $172,525

+34% / $248
$39,523,865 / 49 - INSOMNIA
Warner Bros.

575 $158,386

-51.4% / $183
$63,864,743 / 39 $165,444

+4.5% / $191
$64,030,187 / 40 $124,272

-24.9% / $216
$64,154,459 / 41 $155,323

+25% / $270
$64,309,782 / 42 - THE ROOKIE
Buena Vista

326 $61,845

-- / $190
$73,994,864 / 95 $73,920

+19.5% / $227
$74,068,784 / 96 $73,019

-1.2% / $224
$74,141,803 / 97 $70,776

-3.1% / $217
$74,212,579 / 98 - UNDERCOVER BROTHER
Universal

802 $112,335

-55.5% / $140
$37,463,925 / 32 $112,125

-0.2% / $140
$37,576,050 / 33 $52,650

-53% / $130
$37,628,700 / 34 $54,675

+3.8% / $68
$37,683,375 / 35 - ICE AGE
Fox

277 $39,220

-34.1% / $142
$175,034,406 / 109 $41,871

+6.8% / $151
$175,076,277 / 110 $41,039

-2% / $148
$175,117,316 / 111 $39,492

-3.8% / $143
$175,156,808 / 112 - UNFAITHFUL
Fox

261 $35,121

-51.2% / $135
$51,803,464 / 55 $37,985

+8.2% / $146
$51,841,449 / 56 $31,925

-16% / $122
$51,873,374 / 57 $37,715

+18.1% / $145
$51,911,089 / 58 - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
New Line

185 $31,956

-35.1% / $173
$312,306,244 / 195 $30,411

-4.8% / $164
$312,336,655 / 196 $30,036

-1.2% / $162
$312,366,691 / 197 $32,719

+8.9% / $177
$312,399,410 / 198 - HIGH CRIMES
Fox

74 $4,609

-46.7% / $62
$41,396,827 / 88 $4,498

-2.4% / $61
$41,401,325 / 89 $5,407

+20.2% / $73
$41,406,732 / 90 $6,072

+12.3% / $82
$41,412,804 / 91 - MURDER BY NUMBERS
Warner Bros.

103 $6,318

-40.4% / $61
$31,881,187 / 74 $6,677

+5.7% / $65
$31,887,864 / 75 $5,353

-19.8% / $52
$31,893,217 / 76 $4,768

-10.9% / $46
$31,897,985 / 77 - KISSING JESSICA STEIN
Fox Searchlight

15 $1,664

-53.8% / $111
$7,002,482 / 111 $3,223

+93.7% / $215
$7,005,705 / 112 $4,725

+46.6% / $315
$7,010,430 / 113 $3,774

-20.1% / $252
$7,014,204 / 114 - JUWANNA MANN
Warner Bros.

- $302,297

-57.5% / $228
$10,418,204 / 11 $273,348

-9.6% / $206
$10,691,552 / 12
N/A  

 

 

 

looks like action oriented type films get the best help from the holiday. 

[CJohn]

is Lone Ranger in 3D?

No.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

It is Disney. SO it has to be 3D.

[Shawn Robbins]

It's not?!

 

I was surprised too.

[CJohn]

The Fourth doesn't strike me as a monster movie-going day. I think things stay relatively flat or drop.

So why do studios release their movies on the day before?