LABOR Day Weekend Box-Office Results

[AndyDursin]

Thought it would be interesting to post these as summer winds down.

Some interesting tidbits:

-THE MUMMY 3 will pass the $100 million mark domestic. That's not bad considering how bad it was! It's done even better overseas, so I don't think we've seen the last of the series.

-JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3D astounds me. This movie didn't even gross $20 million in its first weekend and is up to $95 million domestic. Could maybe pass $100 million too.

-THE CLONE WARS Animated movie didn't do great -- but did they think it would? Everyone knows it's a TV series and this is like a launching pad for it...so $30 million isn't horrid really. They opened it in mid August too.

-The surprisingly well liked HOUSE BUNNY with Anna Faris has already turned a profit.

-TROPIC THUNDER has been #1 for several weeks and will pass $100 million. The other R rated August comedy PINEAPPLE EXPRESS has hit $80 million and will turn a huge profit on its budget.

-Fox had a horrible summer...BABYLON AD sums it up.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE

1 1 Tropic Thunder P/DW $14,300,000 -12.1% 3,473 +121 $4,117 $86,634,000 $92 3
2 N Babylon A.D. Fox $12,000,000 - 3,390 - $3,539 $12,000,000 $70 1
3 4 The Dark Knight WB $11,025,000 +4.6% 2,750 -413 $4,009 $504,696,000 $185 7
4 2 The House Bunny Sony $10,200,000 -29.8% 2,714 - $3,758 $29,751,000 $25 2
5 N Traitor Over. $10,000,000 - 2,054 - $4,868 $11,501,000 $22 1

6 3 Death Race Uni. $8,195,000 -35.1% 2,537 +5 $3,230 $25,044,000 $45 2
7 N Disaster Movie LGF $6,880,000 - 2,642 - $2,604 $6,880,000 $20 1
8 8 Mamma Mia! Uni. $5,786,000 +34.1% 1,968 -358 $2,940 $132,877,000 $52 7
9 6 Pineapple Express Sony $4,500,000 -17.5% 2,047 -573 $2,198 $80,883,000 $27 4
10 11 Vicky Cristina Barcelona MGM/W $3,531,000 +17.5% 692 - $5,102 $13,315,000 - 3

11 5 Star Wars: The Clone Wars WB $3,500,000 -38.2% 2,444 -1,008 $1,432 $30,408,000 - 3
12 9 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Uni. $3,452,000 -17.4% 1,713 -709 $2,015 $98,681,000 $145 5
13 7 Mirrors Fox $3,450,000 -31.1% 1,820 -844 $1,895 $25,518,000 - 3
14 10 The Longshots MGM/W $2,922,000 -28.4% 2,089 - $1,398 $8,072,000 - 2
15 N College MGM $2,635,000 - 2,123 - $1,241 $2,635,000 $7 1

16 15 Journey to the Center of the Earth WB (NL) $2,300,000 +5.1% 801 -250 $2,871 $95,079,000 $60 8
17 22 Hamlet 2 Focus $2,124,000 +382.8% 1,597 +1,494 $1,329 $3,150,000 $9 2
18 16 Fly Me to the Moon Sum. $1,977,000 +39.0% 630 +90 $3,138 $6,710,000 $25 3
19 12 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 WB $1,900,000 -32.3% 1,252 -918 $1,517 $41,472,000 $27 4
20 14 Step Brothers Sony $1,625,000 -29.4% 1,036 -603 $1,568 $98,194,000 $65 6

[scorehead]

Don't you mean "Labor Day?"

~ SH

[AndyDursin]

Don't you mean "Labor Day?"

~ SH

Umm YEAH...lol.

[John Johnson]

Thought it would be interesting to post these as summer winds down.

Some interesting tidbits:

-THE MUMMY 3 will pass the $100 million mark domestic. That's not bad considering how bad it was! It's done even better overseas, so I don't think we've seen the last of the series.

-JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3D astounds me. This movie didn't even gross $20 million in its first weekend and is up to $95 million domestic. Could maybe pass $100 million too.

-THE CLONE WARS Animated movie didn't do great -- but did they think it would? Everyone knows it's a TV series and this is like a launching pad for it...so $30 million isn't horrid really. They opened it in mid August too.

-The surprisingly well liked HOUSE BUNNY with Anna Faris has already turned a profit.

-TROPIC THUNDER has been #1 for several weeks and will pass $100 million. The other R rated August comedy PINEAPPLE EXPRESS has hit $80 million and will turn a huge profit on its budget.

-Fox had a horrible summer...BABYLON AD sums it up.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE

1 1 Tropic Thunder P/DW $14,300,000 -12.1% 3,473 +121 $4,117 $86,634,000 $92 3
2 N Babylon A.D. Fox $12,000,000 - 3,390 - $3,539 $12,000,000 $70 1
3 4 The Dark Knight WB $11,025,000 +4.6% 2,750 -413 $4,009 $504,696,000 $185 7
4 2 The House Bunny Sony $10,200,000 -29.8% 2,714 - $3,758 $29,751,000 $25 2
5 N Traitor Over. $10,000,000 - 2,054 - $4,868 $11,501,000 $22 1

6 3 Death Race Uni. $8,195,000 -35.1% 2,537 +5 $3,230 $25,044,000 $45 2
7 N Disaster Movie LGF $6,880,000 - 2,642 - $2,604 $6,880,000 $20 1
8 8 Mamma Mia! Uni. $5,786,000 +34.1% 1,968 -358 $2,940 $132,877,000 $52 7
9 6 Pineapple Express Sony $4,500,000 -17.5% 2,047 -573 $2,198 $80,883,000 $27 4
10 11 Vicky Cristina Barcelona MGM/W $3,531,000 +17.5% 692 - $5,102 $13,315,000 - 3

11 5 Star Wars: The Clone Wars WB $3,500,000 -38.2% 2,444 -1,008 $1,432 $30,408,000 - 3
12 9 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Uni. $3,452,000 -17.4% 1,713 -709 $2,015 $98,681,000 $145 5
13 7 Mirrors Fox $3,450,000 -31.1% 1,820 -844 $1,895 $25,518,000 - 3
14 10 The Longshots MGM/W $2,922,000 -28.4% 2,089 - $1,398 $8,072,000 - 2
15 N College MGM $2,635,000 - 2,123 - $1,241 $2,635,000 $7 1

16 15 Journey to the Center of the Earth WB (NL) $2,300,000 +5.1% 801 -250 $2,871 $95,079,000 $60 8
17 22 Hamlet 2 Focus $2,124,000 +382.8% 1,597 +1,494 $1,329 $3,150,000 $9 2
18 16 Fly Me to the Moon Sum. $1,977,000 +39.0% 630 +90 $3,138 $6,710,000 $25 3
19 12 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 WB $1,900,000 -32.3% 1,252 -918 $1,517 $41,472,000 $27 4
20 14 Step Brothers Sony $1,625,000 -29.4% 1,036 -603 $1,568 $98,194,000 $65 6

Andy,
I seem to recall Maria Bello in an interview saying she was signed up for three (gasp) Mummy films. Hopefully, they can get Arnold Vosloo back for the next one and get kind of back on track.