This Weekend at the Boxoffice - 08/02/2004

[Hand of Evil]

Numbers are in and interesting...but no surprise. Thunderbirds was 11.

1. “The Village,” $50.8 million.
2. “The Bourne Supremacy,” $23.4 million.
3. “The Manchurian Candidate,” $20.2 million.
4. “I, Robot,” $10.05 million.
5. “Spider-Man 2,” $8.5 million.
6. “Catwoman,” $6.1 million.
7. “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle,” $5.15 million.
8. “A Cinderella Story,” $4.7 million.
9 (tie). “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” $3.1 million.
9 (tie). “Fahrenheit 9/11,” $3.1 million.

See also: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2004&wknd=31&p=.htm

 

[DaveStebbins]

$2.8MM for Thunderbirds' opening weekend has got to be a big disappointment to Universal. It seems like they advertised it a lot. For a movie they have almost $80MM in, they must be pi.. uhh very upset to not even break into the top 10.

 

[Mark Chance]

$2.8MM for Thunderbirds' opening weekend has got to be a big disappointment to Universal. It seems like they advertised it a lot. For a movie they have almost $80MM in, they must be pi.. uhh very upset to not even break into the top 10.

It's a shame, too. Thunderbirds is a good kids movie, and there seem to be precious few of them out there. Also, it was a hoot watching Ben Kingsley, an actor of monumental stature, playing a villain called the Hood.