The Sweeney Todd Box Office Tracking thread- Page 12

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 9:34pm

I didn't realize anyone was still paying attention to this

Updated.

[jpbran]

Posted: 3/5/08 at 10:23pm

If you were a REAL fan, you would have driven that hour to see it, and loved all 60 minutes of it!

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 3/6/08 at 6:20am

Wow, $142 million is a lot higher than I expected its total gross to be. But it is telling that 2/3 of that came from overseas.

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 3/6/08 at 6:57am

But it is telling that 2/3 of that came from overseas.

In what way? Honestly not being snarky, just don't understand the comment.

So is Sweeney on it's way to being a hit? It has made nearly three times it's estimated budget (though I understand there were sfx over-runs) back at the box office alone. I should imagine that DVD sales etc will be fairly strong as well...

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 3/6/08 at 7:12am

Just that normally musicals do not do well overseas.

Hairspray did $200 million wolrdwide, only 40% came from overseas.

RENT did $31 million worldwide, only 8% of that was foreign.

Don't believe all you read about pre-production costs. These are usually rounded up. The studio accountants justify their keep by trying to prove that even with multi-million dollar grosses the films are not profitable.

[James885]

Posted: 3/6/08 at 9:10am

Just some more numbers from some of the more recent movie musicals:

The Producers: Worldwide gross = $38,058,335, %49 foreign

Dreamgirls: Worldwide gross = $154,566,866, %33.1 foreign

Across The Universe: Worldwide gross = $28,288,119, %13.9 foreign

The Phantom of The Opera: Worldwide gross =$154,648,887, %66.8 foreign

It's interesting that Phantom also did better overseas. Maybe because the musical is so well known around the world?

[TonyVincent]

Posted: 3/6/08 at 9:15am

I would guess a lot of Phantom's money came from Britian, where Andrew Lloyd Webber is probably a bigger star.

The number that surprises me most in that list is Hairspray. I guess just the John Travolta and Zac Efron fans? It can't be the musical itself that has that much more of a draw than the other films... is it?

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 3/7/08 at 5:16am

Of course PHANTOM did well overseas. It's one case where NOT understanding the lyrics could be considered a distinct advantage.

[artscallion]

Posted: 3/19/08 at 9:08pm

Sweeney's up to $148,900,000.

[artscallion]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:22am

$150.6 million at the Box Office as of March 30.