It's 90% of total gross for the weekend, so it's not too shabby. The real test will be to see if it has legs.It's decent for a hand drawn animated movie I guess, but it's no where near Pixar's opening weekend takes.
Something tells me it will do good NEXT weekend. Lots of kids get out of school then.
Something tells me it will do good NEXT weekend. Lots of kids get out of school then.
I guarantee it won't do anywhere as good as Avatar next week. And probably the week after. Just saying.
Would there be a lot of crossover in terms of audience? I honestly know next-to-nothing about Avatar, but it doesn't seem to cater to the same audience.I guarantee it won't do anywhere as good as Avatar next week. And probably the week after. Just saying.
Variety.com said:Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" leapfrogged over the competish to top the domestic box office, grossing an estimated $25 million from 3,434 theaters in a solid start for the traditionally animated pic.
Opening in a handful of market overseas, "Princess" grossed $7 million for a worldwide total of $32 million
Terrible opening....
You can deny it all you want but Bob Igers office is going to be a place I don't want to be Monday Morning...Reason for a bad opening week? I dont know, but let's not try to sugar coat, its not a good opening weekend for an animated feature.
Some encouraging thoughts from Rotten Tomatoes, backing up what you said:There are only four 2D flicks with a higher opening - The Lion King ($40m), Lilo & Stitch ($35m), Tarzan ($34m), and Pocahontas ($29m). In today's world, 2D is not going to give you the $68m Up made in 3 days. Not only that, but it's DECEMBER - the month of legs. Many, many films have smaller openings and grow through the holidays before playing well into the typical dead zone of January. Small example - The Emperor's New Groove opened around the same time in 2000. Opening weekend? A mere $9.8m. That total OW in the summer is gonna give you a flick finishing in the $30-40m range, but it went on to make $89m total. And this one has a couple things going for it - the return to 2D, wonderful reviews, a market with nothing else going after kids right now outside of A Christmas Carol, etc. - that'll keep it going strong into the New Year.
If you can't take my word, take the word of the folks at a few box office forums I'm apart of. Everyone's saying it's a great start and it's well on it its way to $100m+. These people know what they're talking about. Everyone needs to quit with the "Z0MGZ that's it for 2D!!!!!1!!!" crap and just wait and see where this heads. I can tell you it'll be a good number.
RottenTomatoes.com said:In a cartoon world ruled by computer animation and 3D wizardry, Disney went old school with its traditionally drawn pic The Princess and the Frog which won the box office crown with an estimated $25M this weekend. Following two weeks of exclusive play at solo theaters in New York and Los Angeles, the G-rated tale set in 1920s New Orleans won over kids with a powerful $7,280 average from 3,434 theaters. Kidpics rarely break $20M on opening weekend in December unless they bow over the Christmas holiday frame. With holiday shopping and other activities becoming a top priority, parents often become less available for moviegoing at this time of year, but invade the multiplexes in large numbers come the 25th.
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