Shark Tale opens this weekend

[imagineer99]

Folks, forget what the darn critics say. They are just a bunch of old guys who want to see a bunch of dramas and stupid comidies anyway. :lol:

uh....Finding Nemo was one of the highest rated films of last year. Shrek 2 was one of the highest rated films of THIS year.

Obviously, critics have nothing against CGI animation. Maybe the film *is* flawed! You must admit that the average person knows little to nothing about quality cinema. There are people out there that who will pay money to see the upcoming movie "Taxi"! and to make matters worse, they will actually enjoy it.

I'll see shark tale when it makes it to video most likely. I do think it looks funny, but that Carwash remake with Christina Aguileria just makes me sick to my stomach.

On a side note, I must agree with what both you and speck said. Shark Tale has NOTHING to do with Finding Nemo. It's amazing how ignorant most people are to the moving making process.

It takes an amazing amount of work to bring one of these films to fruition. Remember when "Antz" came out at the same time as "A Bugs Life"? Everyone started calling dreamworks copy cats... Just stupid.

 

[NemoRocks78]

There are people out there that who will pay money to see the upcoming movie "Taxi"! and to make matters worse, they will actually enjoy it.

Uh oh....... :lookaroun

 

[The_CEO]

I agree with you on the part about the rip off of Nemo. I'm sure it's a different plot line, but come on, they totally stole the idea. Shrek is a good movie though.

So no one else can do an animated Ocean movie? Who says.

 

[imagineer99]

Uh oh....... :lookaroun

Well, SuperBabies was the first sign of the apocalypse.

"Taxi" is the second.

 

[Legacy]

Well, SuperBabies was the first sign of the apocalypse.

"Taxi" is the second.

There are supposed to be seven signs, right?

Just want to start keeping count...

:lookaroun

 

[NemoRocks78]

I want to see Taxi. :lookaroun

SuperBabies was first, Taxi is second? Which one is next? Surviving Christmas (featuring a singing Ben Affleck)? Pooh's Heffalump Movie? Son of Mask? Cats and Dogs 2?

 

[Legacy]

Son Of Mask is 3.

 

[imagineer99]

Son Of Mask is 3.

Most Definitely!

 

[NemoRocks78]

Weekend Estimates:
1. Shark Tale - $49,100,000
2. Ladder 49 - $22,785,000
3. The Forgotten - $12,000,000
4. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - $3,375,000
5. Mr. 3000 - $2,601,000
6. Woman, Thou Art Loosed - $2,500,000
7. Shaun of the Dead - $2,431,000
8. Resident Evil: Apocalypse - $2,300,000
9. First Daughter - $2,150,000
10. Cellular - $2,025,000

After seeing a not-so-great intake of only $12 million on Friday, I wasn't even expecting anything past $35 million, so this is a nice surprise. It now holds the top October opening title, and it is the tenth-largest opening weekend this year. Hopefully it will have good legs.

By the way, if we are comparing this to the opening weekends of other animted films.....

(totals on left, openings in bold)

1. Shrek 2 - $438,477,864; $108,037,878
2. Finding Nemo - $339,714,978; $70,251,710
3. Shrek - $267,665,011; $42,347,760
4. Monsters, Inc. - $255,873,250; $62,577,067
5. Toy Story 2 - $245,852,179; $300,163
6. Toy Story - $191,796,233; $29,140,617
7. Ice Age - $176,387,405; $46,312,454
8. A Bug's Life - $162,798,565; $291,121
9. Dinosaur - $137,748,063; $38,854,851
10. Antz - $90,757,863; $17,195,160

 

[speck76]

'Shark Tale' crests at N. American box office
Sun Oct 3, 2004 05:21 PM ET
(Corrects title of film in headline, paragraphs 1, 3, 8)
By Sarah Tippit

LOS ANGELES, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The hip-hop underwater animated flick "Shark Tale" opened this weekend as the highest October box office draw in history, studio executives said on Sunday.

The DreamWorks Animation film raked in a record $49.1 million in its first weekend, surpassing the record set by Dimension Films' "Scary Movie 3," which reaped $48 million in its October 2003 opening weekend.

"Shark Tale'" sales also helped restore a particularly lackluster box office draw made worse by the aftermath of East Coast hurricanes, studio executives said.

"It's an incredible opening for any movie -- not just for an animated movie," Jeff Tharp, DreamWorks' head of distribution, told Reuters on Sunday.

The film, narrated by the voices of such stars as Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renee Zellweger and Angelina Jolie, also features the hip-hop sounds of Missy Elliott, Ludacris and Christina Aguilera.

Its success seems to indicate that DreamWorks is quite able to turn out hits other than "Shrek," which will bode well if it goes through with plans to spin off its animation unit and raise more than $650 million.

"It's the second biggest opening ever for DreamWorks, surpassing the first weekend of Shrek by $7 million," Tharp said. "We're particularly pleased with the urban market play as well as the suburban markets. I think you attribute that to voice talent as well as the music in the movie."

Trailing "Shark Tale" in the No. 2 spot was another new opening, "Ladder 49," a post-Sept. 11 firefighter tale starring John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix. It raked in an impressive $22.8 million, appealing to older audiences with its firefighter-as-hero story line

 

[Legacy]

My predictions were really close. I nailed the amount number 3 drew, but I got the wrong movie. :brick: I though I Heart Huckabees would be more widely released this last weekend. But hey... YAY I was right, for the most part.

 

[imagineer99]

"It's the second biggest opening ever for DreamWorks, surpassing the first weekend of Shrek by $7 million," Tharp said. "We're particularly pleased with the urban market play as well as the suburban markets. I think you attribute that to voice talent as well as the music in the movie."

That awful, awful music...

 

[Legacy]

That awful, awful music...

... that has enough big names to make up for the lack of originality...

There is one good song in it. I just don't remember which one it is.

 

[catinthehat]

i heard Ladder 49 was much better!

 

[speck76]

i heard Ladder 49 was much better!

How can you compare the two....one is live action, the other is animation. Even if you do not think that the format matters, one is action/drama, and the other is comedy.

 

[Legacy]

I'll take a unique story in animated form over Backdraft 2: Travolta's Revenge...

 

[imagineer99]

... that has enough big names to make up for the lack of originality...

There is one good song in it. I just don't remember which one it is.

I can't stand how Hollywood production (including Disney) think that every song needs to be remade with a lot of celebrities. ACK!