Ten Years Ago This Week!

[John Marston]

The four day holiday ten years ago

 

 

 

 

N	Along Came Polly	Uni.	$32,450,825	-	2,984	-	$10,874	$32,450,825	$42	1
2	1	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	NL	$12,447,761	-12.4%	3,003	-529	$4,145	$329,040,393	$94	5
3	2	Big Fish	Sony	$12,336,971	-10.7%	2,514	+108	$4,907	$39,888,222	$70	6
4	3	Cheaper by the Dozen	Fox	$11,873,331	+1.0%	3,025	-213	$3,925	$115,075,464	$40	4
5	N	Torque	WB	$11,442,203	-	2,463	-	$4,645	$11,442,203	$40	1
6	4	Cold Mountain	Mira.	$7,945,318	+0.8%	2,802	+500	$2,835	$65,965,857	$79	4
7	5	Something's Gotta Give	Sony	$6,721,767	-13.0%	2,502	-374	$2,686	$101,683,127	$80	6
8	6	My Baby's Daddy	Mira.	$4,433,788	-41.3%	1,448	+1	$3,062	$13,174,496	$12	2
9	12	Calendar Girls	BV	$3,864,120	+3.4%	967	+10	$3,995	$18,002,429	$10	5
10	9	The Last Samurai	WB	$3,707,472	-18.5%	1,403	-498	$2,642	$102,583,643	$140	7
11	N	Teacher's Pet	BV	$3,602,245	-	2,027	-	$1,777	$3,602,245	-	1
12	7	Chasing Liberty	WB	$3,453,487	-43.2%	2,400	-	$1,438	$10,677,289	$23	2
13	11	Peter Pan	Uni.	$3,149,590	-24.7%	1,649	-965	$1,910	$43,968,270	$100	4
14	8	Paycheck	Par.	$2,967,416	-42.3%	1,984	-778	$1,495	$50,894,692	$60	4
15	10	Mona Lisa Smile	SonR	$2,553,361	-41.7%	1,836	-664	$1,390	$60,913,606	$65	5
16	19	Monster	NM	$1,804,052	+113.7%	221	+139	$8,163	$3,561,693	$8	4
17	30	The Cooler	Lions	$1,330,763	+336.8%	396	+319	$3,360	$3,751,701	-	8
18	14	21 Grams	Focus	$1,278,497	+1.9%	411	+40	$3,110	$10,934,562	$20	9
19	13	House of Sand and Fog	DW	$1,227,002	-13.6%	598	+2	$2,051	$9,261,494	$16.5	5
20	18	In America	FoxS	$1,027,209	+12.3%	286	-19	$3,591	$8,001,848	-	8
21	20	Lost in Translation	Focus	$927,762	+24.1%	366	+24	$2,534	$33,748,519	$4	19
22	17	The Haunted Mansion	BV	$612,055	-34.4%	446	-485	$1,372	$72,529,828	$90	8
23	21	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Fox	$576,187	-7.8%	306	-117	$1,882	$84,823,203	$150	10
24	25	The Young Black Stallion (IMAX)	BV	$558,912	+56.6%	51	-	$10,959	$3,463,344	-	4
25	29	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Lions	$544,225	+71.9%	51	+10	$10,671	$1,947,052	-	6
26	28	Mystic River	WB	$403,122	+22.9%	133	-22	$3,030	$55,315,693	$25	15
27	15	Stuck on You	Fox	$348,588	-65.9%	579	-771	$602	$33,156,824	-	6
28	24	Love Actually	Uni.	$330,825	-21.7%	238	-141	$1,390	$58,613,490	$40	11
29	31	Brother Bear	BV	$303,584	+5.8%	327	-99	$928	$84,063,654	-	13
30	27	The Cat in the Hat	Uni.	$302,365	-11.9%	334	-223	$905	$100,253,365	$109	9
31	23	Elf	NL	$287,520	-42.5%	273	-538	$1,053	$172,132,026	$33	11
32	16	Bad Santa	Dim.	$276,341	-72.5%	389	-709	$710	$59,230,390	$23	8
33	22	Love Don't Cost a Thing	WB	$240,798	-57.9%	265	-412	$908	$21,404,278	-	6
34	39	The Matrix Revolutions	WB	$234,434	+125.7%	319	+241	$734	$138,737,892	$150	11
35	26	Honey	Uni.	$218,960	-38.6%	238	-185	$920	$29,709,220	$18	7
36	49	The Company	SPC	$204,260	+224.2%	43	+32	$4,750	$647,720	$15	4
37	32	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Inn.	$196,196	-24.4%	19	-11	$10,326	$1,673,997	-	21
38	34	School of Rock	Par.	$194,362	-5.2%	182	-34	$1,067	$80,791,630	$35	16
39	35	The Triplets of Belleville	SPC	$186,466	+19.7%	35	+1	$5,327	$1,540,597	-	8
40	36	Radio	SonR	$148,471	+12.5%	148	-23	$1,003	$52,173,361	$35	13
41	33	Gothika	WB	$137,649	-34.7%	137	-71	$1,004	$58,771,320	$40	9
42	69	Timeline	Par.	$128,952	+740.7%	165	+69	$781	$19,277,033	$80	8
43	43	The Station Agent	Mira.	$117,099	+40.5%	66	-10	$1,774	$4,922,844	-	16
44	50	The Fog of War	SPC	$93,701	+56.2%	9	+2	$10,411	$500,542	-	5
45	38	Scary Movie 3	Dim.	$92,329	-14.3%	140	-44	$659	$109,838,872	$48	13
46	37	Alexandra's Project	All.	$91,258	-26.2%	29	+3	$3,146	$564,536	-	5
47	47	The Battle of Algiers (re-issue)	Rialto	$83,645	+28.9%	7	+1	$11,949	$188,820	-	2
48	40	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	WB	$78,375	-14.2%	162	-73	$483	$20,904,494	$80	10
49	46	The Missing	SonR	$77,832	+8.3%	96	-32	$810	$26,327,890	-	8
50	48	Space Station 3-D (IMAX)	Imax	$76,381	+18.4%	17	+2	$4,493	$46,635,285	-	92

 

[Empire]

Wow, so Ice Cube had a movie open 10 years ago and he has another movie opening this year. That is cool.

[lilmac]

 

The four day holiday ten years ago

 

 

 

 

N Along Came Polly Uni. $32,450,825 - 2,984 - $10,874 $32,450,825 $42 1 2 1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $12,447,761 -12.4% 3,003 -529 $4,145 $329,040,393 $94 5 3 2 Big Fish Sony $12,336,971 -10.7% 2,514 +108 $4,907 $39,888,222 $70 6 4 3 Cheaper by the Dozen Fox $11,873,331 +1.0% 3,025 -213 $3,925 $115,075,464 $40 4 5 N Torque WB $11,442,203 - 2,463 - $4,645 $11,442,203 $40 1 6 4 Cold Mountain Mira. $7,945,318 +0.8% 2,802 +500 $2,835 $65,965,857 $79 4 7 5 Something's Gotta Give Sony $6,721,767 -13.0% 2,502 -374 $2,686 $101,683,127 $80 6 8 6 My Baby's Daddy Mira. $4,433,788 -41.3% 1,448 +1 $3,062 $13,174,496 $12 2 9 12 Calendar Girls BV $3,864,120 +3.4% 967 +10 $3,995 $18,002,429 $10 5 10 9 The Last Samurai WB $3,707,472 -18.5% 1,403 -498 $2,642 $102,583,643 $140 7 11 N Teacher's Pet BV $3,602,245 - 2,027 - $1,777 $3,602,245 - 1 12 7 Chasing Liberty WB $3,453,487 -43.2% 2,400 - $1,438 $10,677,289 $23 2 13 11 Peter Pan Uni. $3,149,590 -24.7% 1,649 -965 $1,910 $43,968,270 $100 4 14 8 Paycheck Par. $2,967,416 -42.3% 1,984 -778 $1,495 $50,894,692 $60 4 15 10 Mona Lisa Smile SonR $2,553,361 -41.7% 1,836 -664 $1,390 $60,913,606 $65 5 16 19 Monster NM $1,804,052 +113.7% 221 +139 $8,163 $3,561,693 $8 4 17 30 The Cooler Lions $1,330,763 +336.8% 396 +319 $3,360 $3,751,701 - 8 18 14 21 Grams Focus $1,278,497 +1.9% 411 +40 $3,110 $10,934,562 $20 9 19 13 House of Sand and Fog DW $1,227,002 -13.6% 598 +2 $2,051 $9,261,494 $16.5 5 20 18 In America FoxS $1,027,209 +12.3% 286 -19 $3,591 $8,001,848 - 8 21 20 Lost in Translation Focus $927,762 +24.1% 366 +24 $2,534 $33,748,519 $4 19 22 17 The Haunted Mansion BV $612,055 -34.4% 446 -485 $1,372 $72,529,828 $90 8 23 21 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Fox $576,187 -7.8% 306 -117 $1,882 $84,823,203 $150 10 24 25 The Young Black Stallion (IMAX) BV $558,912 +56.6% 51 - $10,959 $3,463,344 - 4 25 29 Girl with a Pearl Earring Lions $544,225 +71.9% 51 +10 $10,671 $1,947,052 - 6 26 28 Mystic River WB $403,122 +22.9% 133 -22 $3,030 $55,315,693 $25 15 27 15 Stuck on You Fox $348,588 -65.9% 579 -771 $602 $33,156,824 - 6 28 24 Love Actually Uni. $330,825 -21.7% 238 -141 $1,390 $58,613,490 $40 11 29 31 Brother Bear BV $303,584 +5.8% 327 -99 $928 $84,063,654 - 13 30 27 The Cat in the Hat Uni. $302,365 -11.9% 334 -223 $905 $100,253,365 $109 9 31 23 Elf NL $287,520 -42.5% 273 -538 $1,053 $172,132,026 $33 11 32 16 Bad Santa Dim. $276,341 -72.5% 389 -709 $710 $59,230,390 $23 8 33 22 Love Don't Cost a Thing WB $240,798 -57.9% 265 -412 $908 $21,404,278 - 6 34 39 The Matrix Revolutions WB $234,434 +125.7% 319 +241 $734 $138,737,892 $150 11 35 26 Honey Uni. $218,960 -38.6% 238 -185 $920 $29,709,220 $18 7 36 49 The Company SPC $204,260 +224.2% 43 +32 $4,750 $647,720 $15 4 37 32 The Legend of Johnny Lingo Inn. $196,196 -24.4% 19 -11 $10,326 $1,673,997 - 21 38 34 School of Rock Par. $194,362 -5.2% 182 -34 $1,067 $80,791,630 $35 16 39 35 The Triplets of Belleville SPC $186,466 +19.7% 35 +1 $5,327 $1,540,597 - 8 40 36 Radio SonR $148,471 +12.5% 148 -23 $1,003 $52,173,361 $35 13 41 33 Gothika WB $137,649 -34.7% 137 -71 $1,004 $58,771,320 $40 9 42 69 Timeline Par. $128,952 +740.7% 165 +69 $781 $19,277,033 $80 8 43 43 The Station Agent Mira. $117,099 +40.5% 66 -10 $1,774 $4,922,844 - 16 44 50 The Fog of War SPC $93,701 +56.2% 9 +2 $10,411 $500,542 - 5 45 38 Scary Movie 3 Dim. $92,329 -14.3% 140 -44 $659 $109,838,872 $48 13 46 37 Alexandra's Project All. $91,258 -26.2% 29 +3 $3,146 $564,536 - 5 47 47 The Battle of Algiers (re-issue) Rialto $83,645 +28.9% 7 +1 $11,949 $188,820 - 2 48 40 Looney Tunes: Back in Action WB $78,375 -14.2% 162 -73 $483 $20,904,494 $80 10 49 46 The Missing SonR $77,832 +8.3% 96 -32 $810 $26,327,890 - 8 50 48 Space Station 3-D (IMAX) Imax $76,381 +18.4% 17 +2 $4,493 $46,635,285 - 92

 

 The 3 best films on that list were ROTK, Station Agent, and Lost in Translation

[John Marston]

ten years ago the top 50  was

 

 

1	N	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	MGM	$24,241,612	-	2,711	-	$8,941	$24,241,612	$30	1
2	N	Miracle	BV	$19,377,577	-	2,605	+1,498	$7,438	$19,377,577	-	1
3	1	You Got Served	SGem	$7,518,860	-53.4%	1,943	+10	$3,869	$25,865,203	$8	2
4	3	Along Came Polly	Uni.	$6,846,305	-26.5%	2,958	-94	$2,314	$75,046,055	$42	4
5	2	The Butterfly Effect	NL	$6,512,743	-31.8%	2,519	-86	$2,585	$41,312,767	$13	3
6	N	Catch That Kid	Fox	$5,824,860	-	2,847	-	$2,045	$5,824,860	$12	1
7	4	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	NL	$4,293,671	-19.2%	1,878	-378	$2,286	$351,133,343	$94	8
8	7	Mystic River	WB	$3,638,203	-16.9%	1,370	-	$2,655	$69,880,053	$25	18
9	11	Monster	NM	$3,513,456	+3.4%	892	+224	$3,938	$15,291,762	$8	7
10	10	Cold Mountain	Mira.	$3,242,434	-20.4%	1,917	-583	$1,691	$82,869,814	$79	7
11	6	Big Fish	Sony	$3,151,302	-30.5%	1,617	-663	$1,948	$59,715,819	$70	9
12	5	The Perfect Score	Par.	$2,863,821	-41.2%	2,208	-	$1,297	$8,414,357	-	2
13	12	Something's Gotta Give	Sony	$2,583,857	-23.0%	1,237	-364	$2,088	$115,488,095	$80	9
14	8	Cheaper by the Dozen	Fox	$2,520,248	-41.2%	1,662	-734	$1,516	$131,345,987	$40	7
15	15	Lost in Translation	Focus	$1,731,915	-19.7%	630	-2	$2,749	$39,853,665	$4	22
16	9	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	DW	$1,638,287	-61.1%	1,522	-1,286	$1,076	$15,562,178	$22	3
17	16	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Fox	$1,339,567	-36.4%	1,101	-17	$1,216	$89,605,191	$150	13
18	13	The Big Bounce	WB	$1,273,483	-61.8%	2,304	-	$552	$5,696,176	-	2
19	14	Calendar Girls	BV	$1,219,194	-51.6%	928	-35	$1,313	$27,014,384	$10	8
20	18	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Lions	$1,102,023	-18.7%	402	+11	$2,741	$5,822,504	-	9
21	21	In America	FoxS	$875,232	+15.3%	403	+111	$2,171	$11,186,500	-	11
22	19	The Last Samurai	WB	$693,214	-42.4%	441	-367	$1,571	$108,635,117	$140	10
23	23	21 Grams	Focus	$529,735	-16.2%	256	-64	$2,069	$13,925,237	$20	12
24	24	The Cooler	Lions	$427,987	-27.1%	224	-82	$1,910	$6,589,425	-	11
25	17	Torque	WB	$391,285	-73.7%	575	-966	$680	$20,484,850	$40	4
26	58	City of God	Mira.	$376,999	+819.7%	172	+161	$2,191	$5,263,822	-	56
27	22	Peter Pan	Uni.	$332,085	-49.7%	481	-257	$690	$46,862,915	$100	7
28	29	The Triplets of Belleville	SPC	$318,714	+21.9%	83	+20	$3,839	$2,571,901	-	11
29	25	House of Sand and Fog	DW	$318,394	-26.1%	209	-141	$1,523	$11,470,845	$16.5	8
30	32	The Fog of War	SPC	$226,025	+23.3%	43	+6	$5,256	$1,228,408	-	8
31	30	The Young Black Stallion (IMAX)	BV	$201,320	-21.5%	51	-	$3,947	$4,455,411	-	7
32	31	Elf	NL	$196,063	-4.7%	295	-11	$664	$172,952,631	$33	14
33	47	Touching the Void	IFC	$179,901	+142.7%	18	+13	$9,994	$413,706	-	3
34	20	My Baby's Daddy	Mira.	$161,213	-79.2%	305	-424	$528	$17,086,626	$12	5
35	34	The Company	SPC	$150,100	-13.8%	51	-4	$2,943	$1,326,399	$15	7
36	57	Gothika	WB	$147,271	+227.8%	255	+182	$577	$59,120,532	$40	12
37	N	The Dreamers	FoxS	$142,632	-	5	-	$28,526	$142,632	$15	1
38	27	Mona Lisa Smile	SonR	$120,760	-60.7%	154	-286	$784	$63,177,379	$65	8
39	35	Brother Bear	BV	$117,762	-13.2%	230	-40	$512	$84,601,985	-	16
40	33	The Haunted Mansion	BV	$112,778	-36.4%	189	-55	$596	$73,208,180	$90	11
41	59	The Barbarian Invasions	Mira.	$109,553	+169.9%	56	+40	$1,956	$1,117,128	-	12
42	40	Stuck on You	Fox	$109,280	+2.7%	221	+9	$494	$33,597,171	-	9
43	37	Love Actually	Uni.	$99,895	-12.3%	135	-11	$739	$59,221,440	$40	14
44	42	Honey	Uni.	$93,795	-7.7%	140	-24	$669	$30,120,495	$18	10
45	36	The Station Agent	Mira.	$93,229	-30.0%	55	-49	$1,695	$5,379,263	-	19
46	26	Teacher's Pet	BV	$87,594	-77.3%	211	-429	$415	$6,199,294	-	4
47	39	Khakee	Eros	$78,065	-29.1%	47	-2	$1,660	$526,130	-	3
48	50	My Architect	NYer	$73,969	+8.6%	15	+5	$4,931	$784,830	-	13
49	48	School of Rock	Par.	$72,263	-1.5%	94	-23	$768	$81,146,771	$35	19
50	51	La Grande Seduction	Ode.	$68,132	+9.5%	38	+9	$1,792	$8,243,475	-	31

 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Sad Mircale did not win the weekend.

[RichWS]

My beloved thread! My baby! 50 First Dates was #1 on this very day in 2004. I guess it was one of Sandler's more enjoyable ones.

[lilmac]

http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2004&wknd=08&p=.htm

[Films]

Confessions of a teenage drama queen is one of the worst ten films of all time. That's all to say about that weekend. Lindsay Lohan gave an awful performance (though managed to redeem herself and beyond with one of the best performances of all time two months later, mean girls)