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Indiana Jones and the Box Office Tracker - Quarter of a Billion Dollars and Counting
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Princess_Tina
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May '01
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Date Posted:
6/1 11:19am
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RE: Indiana Jones and the Box Office Tracker - Four Day Estimate Is In
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I think it's an awesome result, it shows that you can have two movies out at the same time with relatively older stars carrying the weight of the pictures and still do great box-office. A lot of other summer movies rely on the usual young stars in their 20's or early 30's.
As far as Indy goes, it's a really good showing considering the 19-year span between the third and fourth installments. Compare it to the only other franchise I can think of that was popular in the 80's but hadn't been back in theaters until now - Rambo, which barely registered at the box office in January. (I'm not even counting the Die Hard series because that one had kept going up to the mid-1990's.)
Not to mention the economy is kinda weak, many people have cut back on their leisure spending, and for the family audience it might make much more sense to wait until the DVD is out, which makes it much cheaper for the whole family to watch the movie.
All in all, not bad for a guy who's just about retirement age. 
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VladTheImpaler
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6/1 12:27pm
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I was devastated to hear that Sex and the City beat Indy...but looking at the estimates, it's not bad at all. A 54% drop is fine for a movie of this type, and 46 million is a good number for any movie. It's going to be a tight race between this movie and Iron Man.
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Icebreaker
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6/1 1:43pm
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Indy salvaging the weekend to end with $46 million definitively proves that it is going to play like a family film this summer. 54% is bad. There is no way of going around that BUT, it's not the dreaded 60% drop. Now that we know how this has performed two weekends into things, we really have a good barometer of how it will play the rest of the summer.
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Captain_Typho
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6/1 1:54pm
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So disappointed Indy isn't #1 two weeks in a row. That said, it may retake the #1 spot next week. Iron Man is holding strong, passing Narnia to come in at 4th place. Liv Tyler's new film came in at a solid 3rd, beating Iron Man. I'm surprised it did as well as it did.
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jedibri
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6/1 1:57pm
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I know I'm going to see Indy again next weekend. I think when all is said and done "The Dark kinght" will be the Summer winner. But, that doesn't matter.
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G-FETT
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Jango10 posted:
I'm kind of surprised by Indy's performance. I was kind of expecting to see ROTS type numbers, but then again I'm no expert.
Indy is never going to do Star Wars type numbers. 
Looks like its going to turn a handsome profit, anyway.
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VladTheImpaler
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6/1 4:10pm
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Why is everybody so sure The Dark Knight is going to be the biggest movie of the summer?
As I recall, Batman Begins petered out pretty quickly. It was a great movie(best Batman movie ever, by far), but it's a little too serious and the action isn't exciting enough for it to really draw in repeat business.
Am I wrong?
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Princess_Tina
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6/1 4:14pm
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I agree that the anticipation among fans might not necessarily translate to a huge box-office.
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VladTheImpaler
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6/1 4:35pm
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Don't get me wrong, The Dark Knight has a lot going for it that Batman Begins did not.
The Joker is a huge draw. And not to be morbid, but the fact that it's Heath Ledger's last film will certainly be a draw to some.
Plus Batman Begins has found a new life on home video and cable. I know a lot of people who skipped it in theaters who ended up falling in love with it later. So now there's more people who are hyped up for the sequel.
...still, I just don't feel like it will have repeat business. It's going to be a very serious movie, and a very dark movie. I think it will be very well regarded, but I will be very surprised if it reaches 300 million. (Of course, I'm wrong on just about every prediction...so stay tuned!)
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Princess_Tina
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I also wouldn't be surprised if there was a dark horse this summer that ended up making more money than the Dark Knight.
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WookieeWarrior9
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6/1 4:48pm
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And it having Heath Ledger has caused a great deal of talk. I still think Indy will win the year. I saw it for a third time this weekend with my 6 year old cousin and he absolutely loved it. Iron Man's doing very well, but Indy's not too far behind.
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Princess_Tina
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I wouldn't mind to see Indy back on top of the charts for its 3rd weekend.
Anyone here have any prediction on how much Kung Fu Panda and Don't Mess with the Zohan will make next weekend?
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Gobi-1
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Date Posted:
6/1 5:59pm
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Indy Box Office Recap
Weekend Total = $46,000,000 (Friday = $12,233,000, Saturday = $19,875,000, Sunday = $13,892,000)
Domestic Total = $216,881,000
Worldwide Total = $363,853,020
Box Office Mojo's Indiana Jones Page
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=indianajones4.htm
Looks like Indy held it's own against some fierce competition. A 54% drop is actually better then what most people were fearing. Look at those Saturday and Sunday numbers. A 7 million dollar jump from Friday to Saturday is fantastic and not falling bellow Friday's numbers for Sunday shows that Indy will have legs and play well over the weekends when families go to the movies.
Note how Sex and the City's numbers fell over the weekend.
Friday = $26,930,000
Saturday = $17,920,000
Sunday = $10,890,000
Indy beat them on Sat. and Sun. by several million dollars. This to me signals that Sex may not have strong legs.
Also take a look at how Indy compares with Iron Man after 11 days of release.
Iron Man at 11 Days = $181,675,868
Indiana Jones at 11 Days = $216,881,000
If Indy can fend off Zohan and Kung Fu Panda it's got a shot of beating Iron Man.
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Palpateen
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6/1 6:40pm
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Sex may not have strong legs.
This is an interesting sentence. 
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Icebreaker
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6/1 6:55pm
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The Dark Knight is going to be huge. Batman Begins got rave reviews, had tremendous legs, and performed fantastically on DVD. Add that to the fact that the Joker is in the film. Then on the more morbid side people are curious as to what Heath was able to pull off in his final performance (which looks amazing, BTW). This movie will crack $300 Million. How far above it is anybody's guess... but it will make it (if only by a little).
-matthew
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