POTTER HOTTER THAN THOUGHT
Tuesday, November 22 2005
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As many analysts had expected, more families turned out at the multiplex on Sunday to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire than Warner Bros. had forecast. Final figures indicated that the movie earned $102.3 million over the weekend versus the studio's estimated $101.4 million. (Estimates released by the studio on Sunday are based on actual revenue reported on Friday and Saturday but only an educated guess for Sunday.) Tickets purchased at IMAX theaters accounted for $2.9 million of the total. All of the other films in the top-ten list performed about as expected, with 20th Century Fox's Johnny Cash bio, Walk the Line, debuting in second place with $22.3 million and the third week of Disney's Chicken Little placing third with $14.7 million. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. International said today (Tuesday) that the Harry Potter film took in $25,516,137.66 in the U.K. over the weekend, making it the biggest opening in British box-office history. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):
1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Warner Bros., $102,335,066, (New); 2. Walk the Line, 20th Century Fox, $22,347,341, (New); 3. Chicken Little, Disney, $14,711,378, 3 Wks. ($99,093,096); 4. Derailed, Weinstein Co. $6,506,669, 2 Wks. ($21,817,607); 5. Zathura: A Space Adventure, Sony, $5,133,592, 2 Wks. ($20,316,508); 6. Jarhead, Universal, $4,753,335, 3 Wks. ($54,280,420); 7. Get Rich or Die Tryin', Paramount, $4,420,706, 2 Wks. ($24,547,483); 8. Saw II , Lions Gate, $3,961,863, 4 Wks. ($79,918,817); 9. The Legend of Zorro, Sony, $2,355,095, 4 Wks. ($42,840,410); 10. Pride and Prejudice, Focus Features, $2,141,554, 2 Wks. ($6,000,723).
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