When will box office numbers come out?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:16am

What time do box office numbers generally come out for new releases? When will we know about RENT? Will it be longer since its T-giving weekend?

[Patronus]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:18am

Fairly accurate projections are usually announced Sunday evening.

[enjolrasissex]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:38am

But, I don't think that Wednesday and Thursday's numbers count when they release the top 5. I believe those totals are added on later.

[RobbO]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:46am

the total box office will be tallied from all days on sunday afternoon but then they will break-out the three-day gross. rent is predicted to take in around $16 million for the five day period (and about $12 million for the friday to sunday period). that should put it in second or third place, behind harry potter and (possibly) yours, mine & ours.

Updated On: 11/24/05 at 10:46 AM

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 11:30am

Try Box office mojo -- they often do daily reports during holiday weekends.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:05pm

Yours, Mine, and Ours will NOT top RENT. It won't. My sister saw a 7:10 showing and the theatre wasn't even half filled.

I've been checking Box Office Mojo since 5am.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:54pm

They have the numbers for yesterday.

http://www.showbizdata.com/

[ashley0139]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 3:50pm

That's not bad.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 5:20pm

Both http://www.boxofficeguru.com and http://www.boxofficereport.com are usually accurate in their predictions -- Box Office Guru especially tends to get it right 90% of the time, and his updated predictions after a film has been out for a day or so are pretty much always right. The aforementioned Box Office Mojo is great as well.

[paradox_error]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 6:39pm

Gov! It's so nice to see you post!

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 7:40pm

Not too bad at all! They were #2! I didn't expect them to beat HP but man oh man if Yours, Mine and Ours beat it. Grr. lol.

[RobbO]

Posted: 11/25/05 at 10:49pm

from IMDb:

'Potter' and 'Rent' Fans Pack Theaters

On Wednesday, the first day of the five-day Thanksgiving holiday, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire continued to burn up the box office, raking in $14.12 million to bring its total to $133.34 million, according to Exhibitor Relations.

In second place, Sony's film version of Rent performed better than expected as it debuted with $4.97 million. It beat out three other films opening over the holiday period: Paramount's Yours, Mine & Ours, with $3.36 million; New Line's Just Friends with $2.03 million; and Lions Gates' In the Mix with $848,000.

Playbill magazine observed on its website today that with an estimated 800,000 tickets for Rent sold on Wednesday, "more people saw Rent in movie form in one day than saw Rent onstage at Broadway's 1181-seat Nederlander theatre in over a year and a half of sold-out performances."

[jasonf]

Posted: 11/25/05 at 11:16pm

If that 5 million for Wed holds up, doesn't that mean that we may see higher than 16 million for the weekend total?

I saw Walk the Line today - as well as Rent for the second time. WtL wasn't nearly as good as Rent, nor was the theater A)as full or B)as responsive. Of course, I'm in NJ - go to Tennessee and you're probably going to see the exact opposite...

[RobbO]

Posted: 11/26/05 at 9:38am

it may well go higher, jason, but if most of the fan base saw the movie on wednesday, then box office receipts will likely fall WAY off for the remainder of the weekend.

plus, thanksgiving and black friday, while busy movie days, will likely see less admissions than wednesday. we'll find out tomorrow afternoon.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 11:10am

Rent looks likely to come in 4th.

[my2cents]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 11:12am

According to daily numbers YOURS MINE AND OURS will top Rent.

[DAME]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 12:46pm

I think rent is coming in 5th.

[Fan2]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 1:28pm

Here are the numbers - # 5 Friday-Sunday. $18,050,000 so far with a budget of $40M (not including publicity).

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart

$10.7 Friday-Sunday
$18M Wed.-Sunday

$4,400,000 on Friday
$3,925,000 on Saturday
$2,375,000 on Sunday

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart

[jam_man]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 1:50pm

Well then, we ALL better go see it tonight and change the exact numbers. The ones that come out today are only approxs., just guessing what numbers will be on Sunday night.

Why are you still reading this? GO SEE IT AGAIN!

Updated On: 11/27/05 at 01:50 PM

[RobbO]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 1:54pm

in honor of dame, i'm gonna guess that rent will make $18,050,000.00 for the weekend and be in fifth place.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 2:48pm

Heh, I saw HP before Rent...well, I haven't seen Rent yet.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 2:49pm

Then we know who to blame!

[Patronus]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 2:58pm

I am thinking of seeing either Walk the Line, Pride & Prejudice, or HP again tonight. I doubt that I'll see Rent again prior to the DVD release.

#5 is pretty admirable in a "family movie"/"Oscar Film" weekend.



Updated On: 11/27/05 at 02:58 PM

[jasonf]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 8:53pm

With just a 40 million dollar budget, and the 18 million only being domestic for ONE weekend, I think the movie will undoubtedly be considered a hit when all is said and done (post-DVD sales as well...)

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 8:59pm

Well, the official budget number doesn't include the tens of millions that went into promotion. Break even will be in the $60 million+ range, which it very likely won't hit in theatres (there's WAY too much competition at the box office in the coming weeks and it'll start losing screens to new and bigger films in a week or two). It'll probably be a flop in theatres, but turn a profit after the DVD release.