Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

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Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:28pm

Numbers from IMDb aren't pretty:

Sweeney took in $8 million, placing it 9th. Total US take so far is a little under $27 mil.

http://www.imdb.com/chart/

re: Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:32pm

How is making $1 million less than your opening weekend tanking in a second weekend? The places (1st, 2nd, etc.) mean nothing. It's doing very decently for its number of theaters. I'm impressed with this weekend considering the opening. It will have well over $30 million by the end of New Year's Day, and we still have the expansion ahead.

I was trying to curb a bunch of Sweeney Box office threads every week by updating the Sweeney Box Office Tracking thread, I think this is the first other post I've seen.

Updated On: 12/30/07 at 03:32 PM

re: Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:35pm

I don't know. An R-rated adaptation of a very bloody and gory Stephen Sondheim musical making $27 million on just 1249 screens (half or even a third the number most of the films ranked ahead of it) in only its first 10 days of release (good enough for 8th place) sounds pretty damn amazing to me. Did somebody think it was going to out gross the new Will Smith movie or something?

Weren't estimates that it's total gross in theaters would be around $50 million? It's adding a huge number of screens in the next couple of weeks, word of mouth and reviews have been mostly fantastic and it has a solid shot at some Golden Globes, so it would seem that $50 million is well within reach.

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Updated On: 12/30/07 at 03:35 PM

re: Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:35pm

Almost 27 mil in less than 10 days for a musical that's only playing in a little over 1,000 theaters doesn't seem too bad to me.

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re: Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:36pm

At least it didn't do Walk Hard numbers... and go Juno!

re: Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:37pm

But the thing is, it's a Tim Burton-Johnny Depp movie. Both = boffo box office.

re: Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:41pm

Plus, these are domestic figures. The entire pie (yes, pun is fully intended) will be complete when the international and domestic grosses get combined after all is said and done.

Johnny Depp is a huge international film commodity, thanks to Disney's THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franchise.

re: Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:44pm

But the thing is, it's a Tim Burton-Johnny Depp movie. Both = boffo box office.

Yes, but it's still very gory and a musical. In terms of attracting audience, there's probably a lot of push and pull between two hugely popular commodities and things that can be major detractors.

And I agree with Margo. Hardly "tanking." So quick to the attention-getting catchphrase!

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Updated On: 12/30/07 at 03:44 PM

re: Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:46pm

But the thing is, it's a Tim Burton-Johnny Depp movie. Both = boffo box office.

Yeah, but it's also R-rated + musical. Both = not so boffo box office.

We're not talking a "Pirates of the Caribbean" installment here.

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re: Sweeney does well in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:46pm

"But the thing is, it's a Tim Burton-Johnny Depp movie. Both = boffo box office. "

And it's a MUSICAL.

*edit* Wow, Em, you are fast.

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re: Sweeney does well in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:49pm

What? Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have only made two big money-makers together, which both succeeded because of the appeal of the movie itself to a large audience (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sleepy Hollow). None of the other three passed the mid-50 millions. Their best film together, Ed Wood, was one of the biggest bombs of the nineties, it didn't even pass $6 million in total.

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re: Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 3:50pm

"But the thing is, it's a Tim Burton-Johnny Depp movie. Both = boffo box office."

No team is a guarantee. ::ahem:: Ed Wood ::ahem:: Corpse Bride ::ahem::

Like most have said considering that it's a) a musical and b) a bloody one at that, these numbers are quite impressive. After the Golden Globe awards and once it garners quite a few Oscar noms (even if it doesn't get nominated for Best Picture, even though it totally deserves it, there are many technical categories it is sure to be nominated for), more people will go see it, if only out of curiosity. Word of mouth has been suprisingly strong. After my 3rd, count it 3rd, viewing, a bunch of teenagers who had obviously never heard of Sweeney Todd before walked out amazed and jokingly called it "Hannibal: The Musical". They promptly called up their friends to rave about it.

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re: Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 4:27pm

This couldn't go in the "Sweeney Todd Box Office Tracking" thread that's currently right near the top WHY?

(And count me as another who thinks that all things considered, it's actually doing ok.)

Updated On: 12/30/07 at 04:27 PM

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re: Sweeney Tanks in 2nd Week of Release

Posted: 12/30/07 at 4:33pm

The use of 'tanking' here is beyond bizarre. The glee-factor aside, the information is just wrong. No modestly-budged film in only 1200 theatres making over $6,000 per screen "tanks." THE GOLDEN COMPASS, with its nearly 200 million budget and 4000 per screen is closer to 'tanking.' If not exactly a distribution model for SWEENEY, BROKEBACK's is worth remembering. It built slowly and steadily during the post-holiday season of 2006. And in this culture, more people are put off seeing two dudes make it a tent than singing dudes who slash throats. There's good reason to expect a modest success here.