{"id":1395,"date":"2007-08-23T00:56:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-23T00:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/08\/crunching-evan-almightys-numbers-some-more\/"},"modified":"2007-08-23T00:56:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-23T00:56:00","slug":"crunching-evan-almightys-numbers-some-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/08\/crunching-evan-almightys-numbers-some-more.html","title":{"rendered":"Crunching Evan Almighty’s numbers some more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The summer movie season is pretty much over now. There are two weekends left, to be sure, but the last several days before Labour Day are usually pretty slow. So, with all that said, here is another way to look at the dismal box-office figures for Evan Almighty<\/a><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evan Almighty<\/i> was one of the year\u2019s most expensive movies, and it faced almost no competition on its opening weekend; the only other new wide releases that week were 1408<\/i> and A Mighty Heart<\/a><\/i>, neither of which were particularly big deals. So it was no surprise that Evan Almighty<\/i> opened at #1 \u2014 but it had the smallest opening-weekend gross of any #1 movie<\/a> so far this summer.<\/p>\n

Here are the movies that were #1 for each weekend this summer, ranked from the biggest weekend take to the lowest (note: two films \u2014 Spider-Man 3<\/i> and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World\u2019s End<\/i> \u2014 were #1 for two weeks in a row, so they turn up twice here):<\/p>\n

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  1. May 4 \u2014 151.1 million \u2014 Spider-Man 3<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n
  2. May 18 \u2014 121.6 million \u2014 Shrek the Third<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n
  3. May 25 \u2014 114.7 million \u2014 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World\u2019s End<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n
  4. Jul 13 \u2014 77.1 million \u2014 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n
  5. Jul 27 \u2014 74.0 million \u2014 The Simpsons Movie<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n
  6. Jul 6 \u2014 70.5 million \u2014 Transformers<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n
  7. Aug 3 \u2014 69.3 million \u2014 The Bourne Ultimatum<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n
  8. May 11 \u2014 58.2 million \u2014 Spider-Man 3<\/i><\/li>\n
  9. Jun 15 \u2014 58.1 million \u2014 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n
  10. Aug 10 \u2014 49.1 million \u2014 Rush Hour 3<\/i><\/li>\n
  11. Jun 29 \u2014 47.0 million \u2014 Ratatouille<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n
  12. Jun 1 \u2014 44.2 million \u2014 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World\u2019s End<\/i><\/li>\n
  13. Jun 8 \u2014 36.1 million \u2014 Ocean\u2019s Thirteen<\/i><\/li>\n
  14. Jul 20 \u2014 34.2 million \u2014 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n
  15. Aug 17 \u2014 33.1 million \u2014 Superbad<\/i><\/li>\n
  16. Jun 22 \u2014 31.2 million \u2014 Evan Almighty<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Of these #1 films, only three have not yet made $100 million in North America. Two of those films \u2014 Rush Hour 3<\/i> and Superbad<\/i> \u2014 came out in just the last two weeks and seem to be on track to hit that milestone in the relatively near future. The third film, of course, is Evan Almighty<\/i>, which is currently stalled at $98.6 million. And by all accounts, it cost about ten times<\/i> as much to produce Evan Almighty<\/i> as it cost to produce Superbad<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Meanwhile, films that did not<\/i> open at #1 but have gone on to gross over $100 million anyway include Knocked Up<\/a><\/i> (Jun 1 \u2014 $30.7 million \u2014 current cume is $147.4 million), Live Free or Die Hard<\/a><\/i> (Jun 29 \u2014 $33.4 million \u2014 current cume is $132.8 million) and Hairspray<\/i> (Jul 20 \u2014 $27.5 million \u2014 current cume is $103.3 million). That\u2019s right, at least two films had lower opening weekends than Evan Almighty<\/i> but have outgrossed it anyway.<\/p>\n

    AUG 26 UPDATE: Rush Hour 3<\/i> passed the $100 million mark two days ago, and Superbad<\/i> is now the third film this summer to be #1 for two weeks in a row; it is also keeping pace<\/a> with Knocked Up<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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