Hairspray Box Office Tracking Thread- Page 4

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 10:04pm

Let's just say it's doing really, really well.

I don't like saying it's the "biggest opening ever," because I paid $9.25 at a discount matinee in L.A. yesterday, and when the Sound of Music opened in the mid-'60s, tickets were 75 cents each.

Hairspray has made a lot of money in its opening weekend, but ticket prices are also up dramatically in recent years. That's why I don't like the "all time ever" gloating and strutting stuff.

It would be better to keep the marketing spinning in the proper perspective.

Be glad it's doing well, sure... but it isn't drawing Sound of Music movie crowds, the likes of which we will probably never see again.

Updated On: 7/22/07 at 10:04 PM

[madbrian]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 10:12pm

Comparing box office numbers versus older movies will always be apples versus oranges. The world is a different place; besides the obvious change in ticket prices, there are several other factors to consider. For example, DVDs didn't exist in the 60s; so, if you wanted to see The Sound of Music, you HAD TO go to theater, or wait YEARS for an abridged version to be shown on your (possibly black & white, 19 inch) TV.

[mateo]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 10:29pm

But most sites adjust for inflation.

plus SOM wasn't the biggest movie musical opening- it was Grease and now "It's Hairspray!"

http://www.leesmovieinfo.net/Open-Compare.php?c=146

[mateo]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 10:34pm

Reuters:

The only substantial newcomer overseas is the weekend's No. 5 title, New Line Cinema's "Hairspray," which made its overseas debut in just one market, the U.K. The John Waters-inspired musical comedy grossed an estimated $4 million from 350 screens, finishing No. 2 in the territory behind "Phoenix." Early "Hairspray" worldwide cume stands at $31.8 million.




"No.5 title" I think means ranked on international sales.

4 million on 350 screens ain't bad.

I wonder what the Canadian box office was like.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 10:43pm

Canadian box office counts toward domestic.

[mateo]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 10:52pm

ohhhhh


Biggest Opening for a Movie Musical:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2355&p=.htm

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 10:56pm

I hope it can beat GREASE!! That would be awesome! Not that GREASE was bad! :)

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 7/22/07 at 11:02pm

"Biggest Opening for a Movie Musical:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2355&p=.htm "

That article made me happy :)

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 9:16am

Yep its official Hairspray has gone in at number 2 here at the UK box office and made just over £2 million pounds which is fantastic news.

That bloody wizard is at number 1 lol

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 11:23am

It's a bit fallacious to say that Hairspray had the best movie opening ever, when the Dreamgirls opening they're counting was when they were doing a sneak peek in only 3 theatres...I'm pretty sure Dreamgirl's first full weekend was bigger....like 34 million.

But nonetheless, good for Hairspray.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 11:27am

Dreamgirls first full weekend was not bigger.

[mateo]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 12:55pm

Daily Variety-

Hairspray was the biggest movie in NY this weekend

[JP2]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 1:46pm

Hairspray is estimated to have garnered $4.5 on Monday, bringing it's 4 day gross to $31.9

It seems like everyone underestimated Hairspray this past week.. These are ComingSoon.net's estimates for this weekend:

1. The Simpsons Movie (20th Century Fox) - $48.5 million

2. Hairspray (New Line) - $16.0 million -42%

3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros.) - $15.7 million -51%

4. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (Universal) - $15.4 million -55%

5. No Reservations (Warner Bros.) - $12.5 million N/A

[mateo]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 1:52pm

I love that they are predicting a higher chart number.

Updated On: 7/24/07 at 01:52 PM

[JP2]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 1:59pm

Good world of mouth should bring in nice numbers this weekend, while bad word of mouth and the fact that another comedy (Simpsons) is coming out should make C&L drop.
Updated On: 7/24/07 at 01:59 PM

[mateo]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 2:03pm

We hope.



Their estimation for The Simpsons seems a lil low- Id imagine more people will go to that.

I'm not one of them- but most people I know like The Simpsons.

Where are all the Hairspray TV ads? I know they are expensive- so may be they will wait till friday to air them.. I just dont think the ad campaigns should stop.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 2:05pm

When they start counting the number of tickets/bodies and not the overpricing for them, then we'll know how many people are actually seeing this (or any other) movie.

I stand by my statement that it's nowhere NEAR the crowds that saw The Sound of Music, which played for over two years, nationwide, in its original run, and single-handedly saved 20th Century Fox.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 2:09pm

Plus, two of the biggest movie musicals of the past years, Chicago and Dreamgirls, opened in limited release.

[mateo]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 2:11pm

Well yeah.

That was a phenomenon - Hairspray isn't nor ever will be a commercial, cultural success like Sound of Music and the rest of the Rodgers and Hammerstein lot.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 7/24/07 at 10:41pm

$31,992,000...

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 7/25/07 at 8:51am

$36,197,369 US and worldwide

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 7/25/07 at 11:19pm

The dailies are very impressive. It's dropping significantly less each day than other movies out right now.

[JP2]

Posted: 7/25/07 at 11:29pm

About $40 worldwide.

[madbrian]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 3:42pm

According to boxofficemojo, box office through Thursday is $43,757,397. For the last few days, Hairspray has been neck-and-neck with Potter and C&L, with only a couple of hundred thousand dollars separating the three (though Hairspray has been third each day).

[LoringsGuy]

Posted: 7/27/07 at 5:18pm

I can't believe C&L is still holding on....you'd think word of mouth would kill it. I haven't heard ANYONE talk about C&L, but everyone's talking about Hairspray.