January 07 2007
"Happily N'Ever After" opens with an estimated 6.8 million
according to BoxOfficeMojo.com in sixth place for the weekend. The tally will likely go down further when all the figures come in. Fits in line with people being tired of animation movies I would guess.
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gossi | January 07, 16:22 CET
syd | January 07, 16:28 CET
1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2 Cars
3 X-Men: The Last Stand
4 The Da Vinci Code
5 Superman Returns
6 Ice Age: The Meltdown
7 Happy Feet
8 Night at the Museum
9 Casino Royale
10 Over the Hedge
Ok, so 4 out of the top ten were total animation and most of the other 6 were CGI. I think we are a long way aways from tired of animation.
I think the movie in question just possibly does not have that wide of an appeal and will do well as a cult classic DVD.
[ edited by TamaraC on 2007-01-07 23:34 ]
IrrationaliTV | January 07, 16:33 CET
gossi | January 07, 16:48 CET
impalergeneral | January 07, 17:25 CET
[ edited by JesterInACast on 2007-01-08 01:47 ]
JesterInACast | January 07, 18:47 CET
twa_corbies | January 07, 19:31 CET
Brisco | January 07, 19:43 CET
Brian Lynch | January 07, 19:43 CET
To completely contrast my own point though (yes I am the balancer! All other Balancers shall bow before me) 2006 had the biggest release of animation movies thus far (13 in total I believe) which of course in the competitive world of Hollywood means that there is going to be more competition, meaning that there are going to be more losers.
Gossi however made a good point, that films like "Shrek 3", will continue to do well, however again echoing syd, these films are part of a franchise or have an established names behind them e.g. Pixar which the audience knows in most cases e.g. "Cars". "Cars" although grossing over $240,000,000 could be seen as a relative dissapointment for Pixar. In terms of its gross, "Cars" ranked 5th out of 7 for Pixar movies beating "Toy Story" and "A Bugs Life", the former of which would probably have equalled or outgrossed "Cars" if we take into account inflation.
Obviously of course (yet again balancing) animation has had some success stories this year. "Happy Feet" came from nowhere and was critically acclaimed, and although "Ice Age: The Meltdown" was part of a franchise, it ourgrossed the original. So Im in no way saying that animation is over, or dying out; I'm simply saying that I think perhaps the audiences are beginning to get over the initial marvel of what people can do with computers and perhaps attention is beginning to wane.
Apocalypse | January 07, 19:57 CET
Brisco, I agree. The publicity was really poor. It was rare that I saw commericals for it and none of the stars promoted it on talk shows. Besides the poor reviews, the lack of promotion had to hurt it, imo.
maje | January 07, 20:02 CET
Chart # - Title - Box Office - Screens - Budget
21 - Thr3e - $740,000 - 458 - $2.40 Million
As for SMG's film it has been sitting on a shelf since late 2004. I think the studio just put it out in theatre's to recoup the cost on it and to get kids begging for the DVD which will more than likely be out in a few months.
SMG had been involved with the film for a few years according to an interview she did back in Oct 2004.
The Oct 2004 article.
[ edited by RavenU on 2007-01-08 05:24 ]
RavenU | January 07, 22:22 CET
And though I havent seen it, it apparently is a horrible movie. LOL, could just be that too I guess...
jerryst3161 | January 07, 23:04 CET
jclemens | January 07, 23:24 CET
billz | January 08, 03:17 CET