King Kong made an underwhelming but not terrible $50m over the weekend bringing its total up to $66m since its release on Wednesday. While headlines tomorrow will probably sound like the already ubiquitous "KONG BOMB", there's no real reason to panic. It should be able to pull in a domestic gross of around $200-230m. In just 69 theatres, Brokeback Mountain made an estimated $2.4m, making it into the top 10. This is the first time in over 10 years a movie has been in the top 10 and playing in less than 100 theatres. The Family Stone, budgeted at $18m, also made an impressive $12.5m and should benefit from word of mouth, prospering over the holiday period. Over the course of the next week, 8 movies are opening in moderate to wide release. My predictions for their grosses will be up Tuesday evening.
In the meantime, Focus has given a rough outline for the Brokeback Mountain release plan:
Dec. 23 - 120 theatres
Jan. 6 - 275 theatres
Jan. 13 - 400 theatres
Most likely, a wide release (1000+ theatres) will be held off until the Oscar nominations are announced, if not the Friday before. (That would be Jan. 27.)
Also, the film won 4 Golden Satellites over the weekend: Best Picture - Drama, Best Director - Ang Lee, Best Song - "A Love That Will Never Grow Old", and Best Film Editing.
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