Weekend Box Office--Pirates Plunder the Top Spot!

Pirates of the Caribbean broke the curse on pirate movies, keel-hauling in $46 mil over the weekend, and $70 mil since its Wed. opening. This weekend's Top Ten:

1. "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," $46.4 million.

2. "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," $23.25 million.

3. "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," $19.6 million.

4. "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde," $12 million.

5. "Finding Nemo," $8.2 million.

6. "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," $7.3 million.

7. "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas," $4.6 million.

8. "28 Days Later," $4.25 million.

9. "The Hulk," $3.7 million.

10. "The Italian Job," $2.8 million.



Finding Nemo will hit $300 million by next week, setting its sights on The Lion King as the top-grossing animated flick off all time.

 

Legally Blonde over Nemo. Sad!

Then Hulk looks like a big bomb, knowing the money they must have put in it!

 

Don't feel bad for Nemo, Sckott. Nemo's at $290 million total so far, making it hands down the top grossing film of the year. Blonde has been out for two weeks and it's dropping like a rock. The only reason why it's ahead of Nemo for last week's grosses is because it's a newer movie.

 

It's actually been a real bad summer for movies, they seem to open and then fall off the radar in one week.

Finding Nemo has been the only gem this Summer.

Glad to see the Pirates hex is over. Cuthroat Island which is considered the biggest bomb in history made only $2 million dollars its opening weekend dooming Gena Davis and her then husband Renny Harlin to the scrap heap of Hollywood.

I'd hate to see a Johnny Depp movie bomb like that. He gave Pirates all he had, a very funny performance that is worth catching if not now, then on DVD later this year.

 

Just out of curiosity, why did you go to this movie in the first place over say Pirates Of The Caribbean?

 

Is the "Pirates..." movie enjoyable? I kind of have brushed it off because it seemed like such a rip of my favorite Disneyland ride, but maybe there's some substance to it after all? Isn't there still "The Haunted Mansion" movie coming out too? And then the inevitable "Splash Mountain" movie ...

James

 

I saw the trailer to Pirates.

I want the monkey.

 

This is a sad summer for movies. There's not one film in the top ten I have any interest in seeing. Can anyone suggest a decent movie that isn't in the top ten? I haven't been to a movie since "The Matrix Reloaded"!

 

Pirates is really good. Dragged my woman to see it Saturday night and even she enjoyed it. Very well done even though it could have been a disaster. Johnny Depp is fantastic.

 

James: "Pirates" is worth seeing for Johnny Depp's performance alone. His "Keith Richards as a pirate" impression is amazing! You'll get a kick out of the 3 or 4 scenes that pay direct homage to the theme-park ride.

For anyone seeking a "small," well-acted, character-driven movie, you can't go wrong with "Whale Rider." No chase scenes, no explosions, no evil robots, no CGI effects, just a very nice family-oriented charmer--if you're into that kind of thing!

 

BTW, PIRATES is getting rave reviews from Depp fans everywhere, most of whom seem to be women....I think word-of-mouth is really selling this one, since the industry and critics alike seemed to figure it was going to bomb, and badly. Well, T3 isn't setting any box-office records, MATRIX RELOADED hasn't quite lived up to expectations, and THE HULK just hasn't caught on, though I can hardly wait for the DVD of that one, since it's sure to have some fine extras.

ED

 

I kinda guessed it musta been something like that. Either your wife or a daughter or both In my case I'm so sick of Legally Blond 1 (my daughter has the dvd). But the pressure's on today to take her to the movies (cheap Tuesday). Do you think she wants to see Pirates???? Noooooo!!!! Too scary.... guess what she wants to seeee ??

 

Rush is very good too, and the CGI creepy living-dead pirates are a lot of fun. But Depp pretty much runs away with the movie. Fun stuff.

Dan C

 

The reviews have actually been pretty good. The "tomatometer" is at 76%.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/PiratesoftheCaribbeanTheCurseoftheBlackPearl-1123873/

Good word-of-mouth and the "chick factor" probably help as well. My older daughter seems to really like Depp. Ah well, at least he's a great actor and not just another pretty face and bum.

Dan C

 

It has been a funny time for movies. There have been plenty of hyped releases (Matrix II), hyped releases that didn't live up to their names (The Hulk), non-hyped releases that were actually good (Bruce Almighty). But even more amazing is, how an animated flick will probably be the highest grossing movie of all summer.

Then again, IMHO, "Nemo" will be the best movie of the year. I can't see anything even coming close. Not even ROTK - Nemo has that universal appeal that makes it instantly likeable. Everyone I know has seen the movie -once, twice, four times! - and thinks it's the best animated movie since the old Disney classics.

Would a "Best Picture" Academy Award be bestowed upon a clown fish and his son? I hope so!

 

"Then again, IMHO, "Nemo" will be the best movie of the year. I can't see anything even coming close. Not even ROTK - Nemo has that universal appeal that makes it instantly likeable. Everyone I know has seen the movie -once, twice, four times! - and thinks it's the best animated movie since the old Disney classics."


Thats the amazing thing, when Nemo first came out the critics gave it less than 4 stars because they thought it was "no Toy Story".

But it really is a special film all on its own. Easily a 4 star movie and maybe the best movie out this year.

Pixar keeps getting better and better.

 

Don't mean to rain on Disney's parade, but I thought it was ridiculously hokey. If another studio made the film it wouldn't have had such a terrible ending. And it was about a half hour too long. Well made, well acted, but the script let me down. Oh well, I guess the "suspend your disbelief" button on my cortex doesn't work anymore.

 

I read the same criticism about Monster Inc. and I can't watch it enough!
I now find Toy Story is one of my least favourites compared to the last 2 Pixar films.

 

The monkey was a royal pain in the ass