This weekend at the boxoffice: 2005.12.19

[Hand of Evil]

King f the boxoffice this weekend is Kong, pulled in 50 Million, Narnia still strong with 31.

1. “King Kong,” $50.15 million.
2. “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” $31.2 million.
3. “The Family Stone,” $12.7 million.
4. “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” $5.9 million.
5. “Syriana,” $5.5 million.
6. “Walk the Line,” $3.6 million.
7. “Yours, Mine & Ours,” $3.4 million.
8. “Brokeback Mountain,” $2.4 million.
9. “Just Friends,” $1.95 million.
10. “Aeon Flux,” $1.7 million.

See www.boxofficemojo.com for more detail.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Some other details about King Kong as the above is just the weekend.

...Budget: 207 Million
...Domestic: $66,200,000 45.3%
+ Overseas: $80,000,000 54.7%
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= Worldwide: $146,200,000

 

[Aaron2]

= Worldwide: $146,200,000

Does that 207 million include advertising?

I almost went to see it this weekend but I'm annoyed that Kong is just a giant gorilla. Shouldn't he be some sort of prehistoric ape instead?


Aaron

 

[Desdichado]

Does that 207 million include advertising?

I almost went to see it this weekend but I'm annoyed that Kong is just a giant gorilla. Shouldn't he be some sort of prehistoric ape instead?

No, and not really. Actually, Kong isn't really a gorilla according to one book that just came out; he's supposedly a descendent of a Gigantopithecus, which is a prehistoric ape; the largest we know about at this point. But in life, it would probably have looked a lot like a really big gorilla.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Does that 207 million include advertising?
Aaron

No it does not.