Olympic Fan
09-05-2007, 05:09 PM
The Labor Day weekend is generally considered the end of the summer movie season. I heard a news report that claimed that this was the most profitable summer season in history.
I find that depressing. Why? Check out this list of the 15 summer movies that cracked $100 million:
1. Spiderman 3 $336 million
2. Shrek 3 $320 million
3. Transformers $310.6 million (still has legs ... did $2 million last weekend)
4. Pirates 3 $309 million
5. Harry Potter 5 $287 million (still has legs ... did almost $3 million last weekend)
--big drop--
6. Bourne 3 $203 million (BIG legs ... did almost $15 million last weekend)
7. Ratatouille $201 million
8. Simpsons $178 million (did almost $5 million last week ... may get to 200M)
9. Knocked Up $148 million
10. Die Hard 4 $133 million
11. Fantastic Four 2 $131 million
12. Rush Hour 3 $122 million (still strong legs ... did $10 million last weekend)
13. Oceans 13 (3) $117 million
14. Chuck and Larry $116
15. Hair Spray $112.4 million
(BTW, Evan Almighty is at $99.5 million and did $0.3 million last week ... so it may creep over $100)
Depending on whether or not you count post-Labor Day revenues as "summer movie money", Harry Potter may make $300 million; Rush Hour will crack the top 10 and Bourne 3 could get very close to $300 million.
But the reason I'm depressed is that when I look at the list of the top 15, I see nine sequals, one straight out remake and two remakes of old TV cartoon shows. That leaves:
Ratatouille
Knocked Up
Chuck and Larry
as the sum total of "original" summer movies (even Evan Almighty is to some extent a sequel).
That makes me very sad.
I find that depressing. Why? Check out this list of the 15 summer movies that cracked $100 million:
1. Spiderman 3 $336 million
2. Shrek 3 $320 million
3. Transformers $310.6 million (still has legs ... did $2 million last weekend)
4. Pirates 3 $309 million
5. Harry Potter 5 $287 million (still has legs ... did almost $3 million last weekend)
--big drop--
6. Bourne 3 $203 million (BIG legs ... did almost $15 million last weekend)
7. Ratatouille $201 million
8. Simpsons $178 million (did almost $5 million last week ... may get to 200M)
9. Knocked Up $148 million
10. Die Hard 4 $133 million
11. Fantastic Four 2 $131 million
12. Rush Hour 3 $122 million (still strong legs ... did $10 million last weekend)
13. Oceans 13 (3) $117 million
14. Chuck and Larry $116
15. Hair Spray $112.4 million
(BTW, Evan Almighty is at $99.5 million and did $0.3 million last week ... so it may creep over $100)
Depending on whether or not you count post-Labor Day revenues as "summer movie money", Harry Potter may make $300 million; Rush Hour will crack the top 10 and Bourne 3 could get very close to $300 million.
But the reason I'm depressed is that when I look at the list of the top 15, I see nine sequals, one straight out remake and two remakes of old TV cartoon shows. That leaves:
Ratatouille
Knocked Up
Chuck and Larry
as the sum total of "original" summer movies (even Evan Almighty is to some extent a sequel).
That makes me very sad.