The Sweeney Todd Box Office Tracking thread — Page 2

Oh, I definitely think Sweeney's going to have a good showing for the weekend totals.

Just don't look to compare it to National Treasure 2's box office intake... on over 3 times as many screens.

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Estimates are in:

SWEENEY made approximately $3.85 million yesterday, which is pretty good with just over a $3000 per screen average on opening day...

It should make between $10-$12 million over the weekend

Updated On: 12/22/07 at 04:21 PM

I hope it becomes a cult classic rather than a big hit.

that's true, although Sweeney Todd is a little bit different from most other musicals. Personally, I think of it as more of a horror movie than a musical.

It is hard to measure this to Dreamgirls as Dreamgirls had an earlier release in some major cities where it made good money.

But on its first national weekend how did Dreamgirl's take compare to Sweeney's?

What numbers should Sweeney have this weekend to pretty much assure a 100 million domestic earning?

BoxOfficeGuru.com prediction:

"Setting a new record for most throats sliced open in a Hollywood musical, Paramount and DreamWorks give a moderate national roll-out to Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. . . . Musicals are often tough sells at the box office but Depp-Burton concoctions almost always score big bucks. Like most song-and-dance pics, Sweeney Todd should skew slightly more female but appeal seems broader across many age groups.

Although Paramount is marketing the revenge flick like a 3,000-theater bow, it is only going into about 1,000 locations this weekend. That should lead to sold out shows and a very high average. Plus with so many other films releasing at the same time, getting second and third screens within multiplexes will be difficult. The gruesome pic should bring out hard-core fans first and then reach a more mainstream crowd after Christmas when seeing blood and gore will not be as bad of a thing. Positive reviews and four Globe nominations will also help to convince audiences, but the starpower of Depp and Burton is the film's biggest asset. Look for a debut of around $10M this weekend followed by good legs in the coming weeks."

and the Saturday update:

"Nicolas Cage topped the charts on Friday . . . . Leading the rest of the field was the Johnny Depp-Tim Burton collaboration Sweeney Todd with an estimated $3.9M despite playing in the fewest theaters of any of the weekend's five debuting titles. Paramount looks to cut up $11-12M from just 1,249 sites resulting in a per-theater average in the neighborhood of $9,000."

Looking strong, I'd say.
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It will probably come in 4th for the weekend, but it will have "legs" as they say. With awards recognition I think that it will eventually reach 100 million.
The word of mouth is supposedly strong.

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I'm suprised they're predicting only $12 million or so. The last movie I went to that had sold-out screenings was 300.

Interesting I was reading more women will see this Movie. In my Town, it was the opposite. Guys had it eight to one at least. Though I expect Depp fans to come to see it at least once.

It didn't play up the horror thriller some fans may have expected of the film. The guys labeled it pure Goth. I could not see this as anything less than R though. Even if the slicing looked fake.

That scene where Mrs. Lovett becomes BBQ was long drawn out and very dramatic. Maybe would have wanted to see a horrified Toby see this before doing the deed, a little less dramatic, more for the Cameras than the scene itself but still dramatic.

I was so-so with the ending. Seeing a crying, grieving Toby over the demise of Mrs. Lovett, whom he swore to protect and was coming to see as a Mother, would have touched me more. It would have enhanced the horror of their existance better as well to me.
They were all cursed, due to their circumstances, to me.

Ending with a crying, weeping Toby, with the furnace churning away in the background would have touched me more. He really had nothing left after losing them all to ruin.

$3.85 million---would that be considered the weakest gross for an opening(so far) of a Johnny Depp movie, not matter if it's a musical or not?

I mean HAIRSPRAY did take in close to 30 million for the weekend...I know they are two different audiences and had two different ratings, but, I am looking at it for the Depp and musical aspects alone!

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Updated On: 12/23/07 at 12:26 PM

No way! Depp and Burton have had a lot lower for opening weekends.

A drop?

really?

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