The Great Box Office Recession? -- Discussing the Up & Down Trends of the Box Office Market

[tonytr87]

I still can't believe how boring it turned out.

Which movie?

[CJohn]

I still can't believe how boring it turned out.

It was supposed to be a fun action/adventure movie. It was one of my biggest disappointments of the year. Edited December 27, 2011 by CJohn

[CJohn]

Which movie?

Cowboys & Aliens

[tonytr87]

Here are the 2011 movies I've seen so far in theaters, in order of release (not necessarly in the order that I've seen them).

Movie Title (click to view) Studio

Total Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Open

The Green Hornet Sony $98,780,042 3,584 $33,526,876 3,584 1/14

Hall Pass WB (NL) $45,060,734 2,950 $13,535,374 2,950 2/25

Beastly CBS $27,865,571 1,959 $9,851,102 1,952 3/4

Limitless Rela. $79,249,455 2,838 $18,907,302 2,756 3/18

Source Code Sum. $54,712,227 2,971 $14,812,094 2,961 4/1

Hanna Focus $40,259,119 2,545 $12,370,549 2,535 4/8

Thor Par. $181,030,624 3,963 $65,723,338 3,955 5/6

Bridesmaids Uni. $169,106,725 2,958 $26,247,410 2,918 5/13

The Hangover Part II WB $254,464,305 3,675 $85,946,294 3,615 5/26

X-Men: First Class Fox $146,408,305 3,692 $55,101,604 3,641 6/3

Transformers: Dark of the Moon P/DW $352,390,543 4,088 $97,852,865 4,088 6/29

Horrible Bosses WB (NL) $117,538,559 3,134 $28,302,165 3,040 7/8

Captain America: The First Avenger Par. $176,654,505 3,715 $65,058,524 3,715 7/22

Crazy, Stupid, Love. WB $84,351,197 3,020 $19,104,303 3,020 7/29

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Fox $176,711,822 3,691 $54,806,191 3,648 8/5 (TWICE)

Conan the Barbarian (2011) LGF $21,295,021 3,015 $10,021,215 3,015 8/19

Colombiana TriS $36,665,854 2,614 $10,408,176 2,614 8/26

Warrior LGF $13,657,115 1,883 $5,242,107 1,869 9/9

Drive (2011) FD $34,775,325 2,904 $11,340,461 2,886 9/16

Real Steel BV $84,026,000 3,440 $27,319,677 3,440 10/7

In Time Fox $36,823,008 3,127 $12,050,368 3,122 10/28

Tower Heist Uni. $76,279,000 3,870 $24,025,190 3,367

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas WB (NL) $34,534,186 2,875 $12,954,142 2,875

Immortals Rela. $82,196,342 3,120 $32,206,425 3,112 11/11

Jack and Jill Sony $71,059,708 3,438 $25,003,575 3,438 11/11

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Sum. $271,252,000 4,066 $138,122,261 4,061 11/18

Even though a movie like Twilight was released in mid-november, I saw it a week ago in the mid of december. I'm pretty sure I also saw Jack and Jill sometime at the beginning of december. All these movies are not necessarly movies that I was looking forward to seeing, but rather deciding to go out with a friend(s) and picking what current movie could be interesting.

As you can see, I won't be stopping watching movies in theaters any time soon. To me it will always be different from watching a movie at home, it's basically a night out, a reason to GET OUT OF HOME. lol

My favorite movie for the year is by far Rise of the Planet of the Apes which I saw twice in theaters. Definitely the movie of the year in my eyes. My least favorite was Drive, it was too slow/boring and also more violent/graphic than the trailer suggested.

Drive is brilliant filmmaking. Take some Ritalin.

[Hiccup]

Cowboys & Aliens

That movie sucked

[wboxoffice]

Drive is brilliant filmmaking. Take some Ritalin.

Well maybe from a technical point of view it is, but I simply didn't enjoy the movie.

[Shawn Robbins]

I'm definitely curious about The Grey. Red Tails looks it has potential and if it has strong reviews, I'll give it a chance (plus I'm curious to see what Lucas is able to produce these days). Not sure about Underworld yet, I only enjoyed the first one but the story is somewhat interesting to me...for some reason.After that, as a Star Wars fan I have to check out TPM in 3D. Will judge This Means War on its reviews.March looks weak for until Hunger Games, which I'm only passingly interested in. Wrath of the Titans...will wait for reviews. Wow...I need it to be April, ASAP.

Edited December 27, 2011 by ShawnMR

[AniNate]

April looks weak this year. March is where all the action is.

[rockNrollaDIM]

I was hating on Cowboys & Aliens the whole time, that's one of those movies I didn't bother seeing. It's almost not fair for the movies I do see- below are my rankings of the films I've seen this year, and even though something like Hangover II is pretty low on the list, that's only by default because I'm sure stuff like C&A, Green Lantern, Jack and Jill etc would get a much worse rating from me if I had actually seen it. Apart from the bolded ones, I've seen all these at the theater and two of them more than once-

[*]Bridesmaids (9.5) [3x in theaters]

[*]Drive (9.5)

[*]50/50 (9.2)

[*]Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (9.0)

[*]Hanna (8.8)

[*]The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (8.5)

[*]Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (8.0) [2x in theaters]

[*]Rise of the Planet of the Apes (8.0)

[*]Horrible Bosses (8.0)

[*]The Muppets (8.0)

[*]Paranormal Activity 3 (8.0)

[*]X-Men: First Class (8.0)

[*]Kung Fu Panda 2 (8.0) (Redbox)

[*]The Descendants (7.5)

[*]Moneyball (7.5)

[*]Hugo: 3D (7.2)

[*]The Ides of March (7.2)

[*]Unknown (7.0)

[*]Red Riding Hood (7.0)

[*]The Mechanic (7.0)

[*]Midnight in Paris (7.0)

[*]What’s Your Number? (6.5)

[*]The Adjustment Bureau (6.5)

[*]Fast Five (6.5)

[*]J. Edgar (6.5)

[*]The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (I) (6.0)

[*]Bad Teacher (5.0)

[*]Scream 4 (5.0)

[*]The Hangover II (5.0)

[*]I Am Number Four (5.0)

[*]The Roommate (3.5)

[*]Battle: Los Angeles (2.0) (Netflix)

[Hiccup]

April looks weak this year. March is where all the action is.

Yeah March looks amazing. March is becoming almost like summer.

[ddddeeee]

It's all about March and THG. If I had ovaries they would be exploding in anticipation of that.

[CJohn]

April looks very bad, with the exceptions of Titanic 3D and American Reunion.

[Hiccup]

Movie I have seen this year. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2Cars 2X-Men First ClassTransformers 3Hangover 2ThorCaptain AmericaSuper 8Rise of the Planet of the ApesFinal Destination 5Don't Be Afraid of the DarkParanormal Activity 3Puss in BootsThe ThingDriveContagionBreaking Dawn Part 1MuppetsArthur ChristmasMission Impossible 4Happy Feet 2ImmortalsJack and JillPirates 4Scream 4Fast FiveSucker PunchBattle Los AngelesRangoThe Eagle

[AniNate]

I'm slowly starting to get into The Hunger Games hype myself. Trailer looks interesting, and reading about the universe Collins created its sounds like there's some real imagination put into it.Plus John Carter, of course, and both the animated efforts coming out in March look promising.

Edited December 27, 2011 by tribefan695

[Hiccup]

I'm slowly starting to get into The Hunger Games hype myself. Trailer looks interesting, and reading about the universe Collins created its sounds like there's some real imagination put into it.Plus John Carter, of course, and both the animated efforts coming out in March look promising.

Wrath of the Titans is looking good too

[CJohn]

March looks crazy. The Lorax, John Carter, 21 Jump Street (I think it looks very funny), The Hunger Games, The Pirates! and Wrath of the Titans. This is a Summer month that somehow ended in Spring.

[AniNate]

Wrath of the Titans is looking good too

Ehh... Let's just say I'm not optimistic about that one. I was one of the big anti-B:LA people before that came out so I have little reason to anticipate Wrath. Edited December 27, 2011 by tribefan695

[CJohn]

I have seen so many movies this year, that it is not possible to do a list. I will try.

[rockNrollaDIM]

Ehh... Let's just say I'm not optimistic about that one. I was one of the big anti-B:LA people before that came out so I have no reason to anticipate Wrath.

Battle Los Angeles was such a let down. Worst film I've seen this year, straight up boring.

[Shawn Robbins]

April looks weak this year. March is where all the action is.

I forgot about John Carter, which I'll definitely be seeing (but if reviews are shoddy, perhaps not paying for).Other than that, though, I have to disagree. A couple of films might have some potential at the box office, but as far as what I'm actually looking forward to its mostly in April (American Reunion, Titanic, Five-Year Engagement).