Summer Session 3 (2011) - Week 2Rise of the Planet of the Apes - $54.8 Million Player | Guess | Dif | Accuracy |
¡Keith! | 44.3 | 10.5 | 80.84% |
FLYmeatwad | 43 | 11.8 | 78.47% |
smirnoff | 39 | 15.8 | 71.17% |
Dave the Necrobumper | 37 | 17.8 | 67.52% |
edgar00 | 32.5 | 22.3 | 59.31% |
matt tmw | 32 | 22.8 | 58.39% |
1SO | 31.5 | 23.3 | 57.48% |
Bill Thompson | 27 | 27.8 | 49.27% |
Player | Total Accuracy | Change |
¡Keith! | 86.71% | - |
FLYmeatwad | 83.05% | |
smirnoff | 79.54% | - |
matt tmw | 74.25% | |
1SO | 50.86% | - |
Dave the Necrobumper | 44.47% | - |
edgar00 | 29.65% (59.31%) | - |
Bill Thompson | 22.99% | - |
Reagan knew it, Friends knew it and now we all know it. America. Loves. Monkeys.
As I posted the other day - when Tim Burton first reignited/reimagined the Apes franchise a decade (+1 week) ago, it shocked everyone with the biggest Friday debut to that point and solidified the cultural cachet that the cult of Apes was always thought to have. This new Apes flick was unexpectedly tracking quite high in the weeks leading up to the open – pegged at 58 three weeks before its bow, 55 two weeks out and 57 a week out according to Reel Source. Even with these accounts most prognosticators didn’t think people would show in those numbers to see a bunch of poo-flingers take on a
High Times centerfold.
- Side note. Summer 2001 was the first time I played a box office game – the old Mr. Showbiz Summer Box Office Challenge – and I’ve totally been hooked since.
Other than brief snippets of Franco, the ads for
Rise were all apes all the time… Tom Felton was in this?!? It played more like the disaster porn of Roland Emmerich and people love porn (of all shapes and sizes!)
Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds did a good deal to help
prove Bill Simmon’s contention that he’s just not a movie star as
The Change-Up became his second disappointment of the summer. It also broke the hot streak that R-rated comedies had been on this summer… coming in well below
Hangover 2,
Bridesmaids,
Bad Teacher,
Horrible Bosses and even
Friends with Benefits. Which could signal rough times ahead for this weekends
30 Minutes or Less and
Our Idiot Brother which opens at the end of the month. Though as
Captain America showed, if its sold well, people will show up – right FCM!
After last weeks close call,
Cowboys & Aliens crumbled 57% while
The Smurfs smurfed down a mild 42% from last smurf. C&A can claim its one week victory but the long term prospects are not at all good – it still has to make about $100m more to recoup the production cost.
And finally Potter 8 really found a second wind (thanks in no small part to lengthy IMAX run) and passed Transformers 3 on Monday to become the highest grossing film of 2011. Looking ahead to the rest of the year, I’m not sure there’s a holiday release that can top it, though the 3D re-release of The Lion King may add enough to its $330m cume to surpass it on total gross terms. I’m pulling for
Hugo and
The Muppets, but opening 3 family films (
Arthur Christmas is there as well) on the same weekend… even if that is Thanksgiving Weekend, is not a smart idea.
This weekend, we go with the least for a change.
Aug 12 - 14