Going “Up” With Pixar’s Box Office Balloons
>> Jun 1, 2009
This weekend, family movie once again rules the box office. Disney/Pixar's "Up," a 3D animated tale of a grouchy widower and a young boy who fly away in a house lifted by balloons earned $68.2 million of tickets on its opening weekend, scored the third biggest opening for Pixar after "The Incredibles" and "Finding Nemo", which brought in $70.5 million and $70.3 million respectively in 2004 and 2003. Meanwhile, box office pundits had expected "Up," which became the first animated feature to open the Cannes Film Festival this month and was highly praised by critics, to open in the $50 to $60 million range, but it manage to opened higher than last year's “WALL-E” ($63.1 million opening), and “Cars” ($60.1 million opening). The animation film also maintaining a perfect box-office track record for Pixar Animation, whose 10 films all have been commercial and critical hits. It was 98% fresh at RottenTomatoes, with only three negative reviews out of a possible 144. Pixar has again set the bar on film quality for the rest of the year. "Up" drew both family crowds and adults without children, and the film's 3-D release accounted for 51 percent of the total gross, according to Disney.
"Up" pushed "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" into second place with $25.5 million. The "Museum" sequel raised its 10-day total to $105.3 million.
The weekend's other new wide release, Universal Pictures' horror tale "Drag Me to Hell," opened in the third spot with $16.6 million. It somewhat a relatively modest return for director Sam Raimi, whose three "Spider-Man" movies had blockbuster opening weekends. The big difference with this film compared to its other horror compatriots was those wonderful reviews – 94% fresh at RottenTomatoes – so why couldn't it convert those fantastic notices into a bigger box office weekend? Though, the movie should benefit in coming weeks from its positive reviews.
The fourth film in “Terminator” franchise, “Terminator Salvation,” has now officially become the disaster at domestic summer box office. This week, it got dropped badly into the fourth spot and only earned $16.1 million that was off 62%, which will pretty much end the story, as this one now looks to finish with as low as $125 million against its $ 200 million budget. Meanwhile, Paramount Pictures' "Star Trek" steered a strong course, coming in at No. 5 with $12.8 million and passing the computer-animated "Monsters vs. Aliens" as the year's top-grossing movie so far. Its domestic total now is $209.5 million, becoming the first 2009 release to cross the $200 million mark. Like “Salvation,” “Angels & Demons” is another modest summer hits, this week it earned a slim $11.2 million, and drops a better – but still not great – 48%. It looks like the prequel film will finish similar to “Terminator Salvation,” but it will at least do better overseas. It has already earned over $160 million from foreign box office, and has a running domestic total of $104.8 million.
Below are the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday (5/29/09-5/31/09) at U.S. and Canadian theaters.
Rank – Film Title – Estimated Gross – Running Total
1 – Up – $68,200,000 – $68,200,000
2 – Battle of the Smithsonian – $25,500,000 – $105,296,400
3 – Drag Me to Hell – $16,628,040 – $16,628,040
4 – Terminator Salvation – $16,140,000 – $90,657,000
5 – Star Trek – $12,800,000 – $209,500,000
6 – Angels & Demons – $11,200,000 – $104,760,000
7 – Dance Flick – $4,900,000 – $19,241,000
8 – Wolverine – $3,900,000 – $170,870,335
9 – Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – $1,905,000 – $50,015,000
10 – Obsessed – $665,000 – $67,508,000
(Sources: Yahoo Movie News, Box Office Prophets)
"Up" pushed "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" into second place with $25.5 million. The "Museum" sequel raised its 10-day total to $105.3 million.
The weekend's other new wide release, Universal Pictures' horror tale "Drag Me to Hell," opened in the third spot with $16.6 million. It somewhat a relatively modest return for director Sam Raimi, whose three "Spider-Man" movies had blockbuster opening weekends. The big difference with this film compared to its other horror compatriots was those wonderful reviews – 94% fresh at RottenTomatoes – so why couldn't it convert those fantastic notices into a bigger box office weekend? Though, the movie should benefit in coming weeks from its positive reviews.
The fourth film in “Terminator” franchise, “Terminator Salvation,” has now officially become the disaster at domestic summer box office. This week, it got dropped badly into the fourth spot and only earned $16.1 million that was off 62%, which will pretty much end the story, as this one now looks to finish with as low as $125 million against its $ 200 million budget. Meanwhile, Paramount Pictures' "Star Trek" steered a strong course, coming in at No. 5 with $12.8 million and passing the computer-animated "Monsters vs. Aliens" as the year's top-grossing movie so far. Its domestic total now is $209.5 million, becoming the first 2009 release to cross the $200 million mark. Like “Salvation,” “Angels & Demons” is another modest summer hits, this week it earned a slim $11.2 million, and drops a better – but still not great – 48%. It looks like the prequel film will finish similar to “Terminator Salvation,” but it will at least do better overseas. It has already earned over $160 million from foreign box office, and has a running domestic total of $104.8 million.
Below are the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday (5/29/09-5/31/09) at U.S. and Canadian theaters.
Rank – Film Title – Estimated Gross – Running Total
1 – Up – $68,200,000 – $68,200,000
2 – Battle of the Smithsonian – $25,500,000 – $105,296,400
3 – Drag Me to Hell – $16,628,040 – $16,628,040
4 – Terminator Salvation – $16,140,000 – $90,657,000
5 – Star Trek – $12,800,000 – $209,500,000
6 – Angels & Demons – $11,200,000 – $104,760,000
7 – Dance Flick – $4,900,000 – $19,241,000
8 – Wolverine – $3,900,000 – $170,870,335
9 – Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – $1,905,000 – $50,015,000
10 – Obsessed – $665,000 – $67,508,000
(Sources: Yahoo Movie News, Box Office Prophets)
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