You Showed Him The Money

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 9:03am

despite all the bruhaha and planned boycotts of tom and his latest movie..

from eonline! :

War of the Worlds surpassing Mission: Impossible II to become Tom Cruise's highest grossing movie ever, taking in $548.6 million worldwide to date.

what happened kiddies, i thought you said you were not gonna go to his movie?

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 9:06am

I didn't.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 9:11am

I did, but technically I didn't pay.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 9:26am

I gave my money to the penguins instead.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 10:06am

I went, but then, I never said I would boycott it. After seeing it, I should have. Huge disappointment.

Posted: 8/9/05 at 10:19am

THIS Is what I don't understand about Hollywood. Tom Cruise got paid a pile of money for this film, but would it have been any different if it starred Emilio Estevez? It was all about special effects and Stephen Spielberg-- who needs Tom Cruise?

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 12:08pm

name recognition, box office draw/clout, overseas receipts, publicity. tom cruise's name/PR made a huge difference. while popular, emilio just doesn't draw the fans in beijing like tom does.

[Love4Cheno]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 12:08pm

I did not see this, nor will I ever pay to see a Tom Cruise movie.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 12:10pm

I paid to see the newest Spielberg film.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 12:13pm

I didn't

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 12:33pm

I didn't see it, not that I boycotted anything.

I just like the 50's movie version.

[Justice]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 1:29pm

Thanks to Speilberg and Dakota Fanning, they made up for the typical Tom performance...
and I have to say, I actually liked it.

Funny, I'm really not a fan of Tom, but Minority Report, A Few Good Men, and Jerry Maguire are some of my favorite movies.

On the other hand, I won't be paying to see MI3, considering I couldn't get through the first ten minutes of MI2.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 1:47pm

I gave my money to Ingmar Bergman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and the penguins.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 2:26pm

I certainly didn't, though the movie seems to have disappeared from the radar in the US.

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 5:26pm

WOTW reaches #47 on the blockbuster list for all time - while still in active circulation.

from boxofficeguru.com:

All-Time Domestic Blockbusters

The table below lists the 50 top-grossing motion pictures at the domestic box office in nominal U.S. dollars. All lifetime totals are for dollar amounts in their respective years of release and do not account for increases in ticket prices over time. Re-release grosses are included in the figures. The month of release, domestic distributor, and domestic gross are listed for each title.

(as of August 7, 2005)


#
Title
Release
Dom. Dist.
Gross ($M)


1
Titanic
Dec 97
Paramount
600.8

2
Star Wars ($322.7M + $138.3M from 1997 SE)
May 77
Fox
461.0

3
Shrek 2
May 04
DreamWorks
436.5

4
E.T. : The Extra Terrestrial ($399.8M + 2002 SE)
Jun 82
Universal
435.0

5
Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menace
May 99
Fox
431.1

6
Spider-Man
May 02
Sony
403.7

7
Star Wars Episode III
May 05
Fox
377.9

8
LOTR: The Return of the King
Dec 03
New Line
377.0

9
Spider-Man 2 (including Imax)
Jul 04
Sony
373.4

10
The Passion of the Christ
Feb 04
NewMarket
370.3

11
Jurassic Park
Jun 93
Universal
357.1

12
LOTR: The Two Towers (incl. 2003 reissue)
Dec 02
New Line
340.7

13
Finding Nemo
May 03
Buena Vista
339.7

14
Forrest Gump
Jul 94
Paramount
329.7

15
The Lion King (including 2003 Imax)
Jun 94
Buena Vista
328.5

16
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Nov 01
Warner Bros.
317.6

17
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (incl. 2003 reissue)
Dec 01
New Line
314.2

18
Star Wars Episode II: AOTC (including 2002 Imax)
May 02
Fox
310.7

19
Return of the Jedi ($263.7M + $45.4M SE)
May 83
Fox
309.1

20
Independence Day
Jul 96
Fox
306.2

21
Pirates of the Caribbean
Jul 03
Buena Vista
305.4

22
The Sixth Sense
Aug 99
Buena Vista
293.5

23
The Empire Strikes Back ($222.7M + $67.6M SE)
May 80
Fox
290.3

24
Home Alone
Nov 90
Fox
285.8

25
The Matrix Reloaded (including 2003 Imax)
May 03
Warner Bros.
281.5

26
Meet the Fockers
Dec 04
Universal
279.2

27
Shrek
May 01
DreamWorks
267.7

28
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Nov 02
Warner Bros.
262.0

29
The Incredibles
Nov 04
Buena Vista
261.4

30
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Nov 00
Universal
260.0

31
Jaws
Jun 75
Universal
260.0

32
Monsters, Inc.
Nov 01
Buena Vista
255.9

33
Batman
Jun 89
Warner Bros.
251.2

34
Men in Black
Jul 97
Sony
250.1

35
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (incl. Imax)
Jun 04
Warner Bros.
249.4

36
Toy Story 2
Nov 99
Buena Vista
245.8

37
Bruce Almighty
May 03
Universal
242.8

38
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jun 81
Paramount
242.4

39
Twister
May 96
Warner Bros.
241.9

40
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Apr 02
IFC Films
241.4

41
Ghostbusters
Jun 84
Sony
238.6

42
Beverly Hills Cop
Dec 84
Paramount
234.8

43
Cast Away
Dec 00
Fox
233.6

44
The Lost World
May 97
Universal
229.1

45
Signs
Aug 02
Buena Vista
228.0

46
Rush Hour 2
Aug 01
New Line
226.1

47
War of the Worlds
Jun 05
Paramount
224.6

48
Mrs. Doubtfire
Nov 93
Fox
219.2

49
Ghost
Jul 90
Paramount
217.6

50
Aladdin
Nov 92
Buena Vista
217.4

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 5:29pm

Plus, WOTW holds steady at #9 on the Top 10 listing in the US after six weeks.


from yahoo.com:

Weekend Box Office Actuals (U.S.)
Aug 5 - 7 weekend

This Wk
Last Wk
Title
Dist.
Weekend Gross
Cumulative
Gross
Rlse
Wks
# of
Theaters

1
-
The Dukes of Hazzard
Warner Bros. Pictures
$30,675,314
$30,675,314
1
3785

2
1
Wedding Crashers
New Line Cinema
$16,035,177
$143,634,354
4
3106

3
2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Warner Bros. Pictures
$10,968,363
$169,426,750
4
3702

4
3
Sky High
Walt Disney Pictures
$9,005,945
$32,009,202
2
2912

5
5
Must Love Dogs
Warner Bros. Pictures
$7,357,405
$26,220,397
2
2505

6
10
March of the Penguins
Warner Independent Pictures
$7,117,206
$26,414,009
7
1867

7
4
Stealth
Columbia Pictures
$5,923,794
$24,581,921
2
3495

8
6
Fantastic Four
Twentieth Century Fox
$4,266,519
$143,990,723
5
2339

9
9
War of the Worlds
Paramount Pictures
$3,548,295
$224,615,038
6
1940

10
7
The Island
Dreamworks SKG
$3,117,486
$30,944,371
3
2138

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 5:53pm

I saw it. I did say I wouldn't, but there wasn't anything else at the movies that was starting soon, and it was fu(king hot...All I wanted to do was sit in the dark, air conditioned comfort.

**hangs head in shame**

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 9:10pm

Don't look at me. I saw "Bewitched" instead.

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 9:27pm

so, rose, you were the one!

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 9:39pm

E.T.'s spot in the top 10 is pretty remarkable, considering the rest of the movies there weren't released until about 20 years later in times where you had to re-mortage your house to afford a pair of tickets and popcorn.

I still haven't seen WotW, but Spielberg + Fanning is such a tempting combination.

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 10:18pm

I'm actually kind of glad the movie proved everyone wrong.

Either way, I thought the movie was very good. Not great, but not a disappointment. It would have been a masterpiece if only Spielberg didn't have an obssession with uber-happy endings...

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 3:30pm

i thought it was one of the worst spielberg movies ever. for a good (and underrated) spielberg movie, rent A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 11:16am

i thought it was one of the worst spielberg movies ever.

Considering his track record, that's not such a bad thing. I thought it was better than Catch Me If You Can and The Terminal.

PS - I (heart) AI.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 11:29am

AI? Ugh.

I did not see WotW...and I think the last Tom Cruise movie I saw was Risky Business.

No, Minority Report.

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 12:10pm

after watching WOTW, i began to wonder if george lucas co-directed the movie...