Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Like my Chicken Little thread here is a forum to discuss the box office take for Narnia. According the Box Office Guru.com LWW did very well yesterday. "The end-of-year box office fireworks began on Friday with the launch of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe which grossed an estimated $23.4M in its first day of release. The big-budget Disney adventure delivered the third largest opening day gross of the year after the $50M of Star Wars Episode III in May and the $39.8M of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire last month. If the estimate holds, it will rank as the biggest opening day ever for Disney. For the whole weekend, Narnia might find itself in the $65-70M range." I believe Prince Caspian was just given the go ahead.
Originally Posted By u k fan Last I heard, LW&W has already beaten Harry Potter's opening weekend here in the UK!!!
Originally Posted By basil fan Prince Caspian? Yessss!! Keep the franchise going! Guilty! The Disney Villains httpL://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/villain.html
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Bear in mind that's just speculation about Prince Caspian, but I wouldn't doubt it.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Last I heard, LW&W has already beaten Harry Potter's opening weekend here in the UK!!!< Now that would be significant
Originally Posted By kennect I just looked at Box Office Guru and was blown away by the opening day numbers...I felt sure the film would do very well this weekend but these numbers were way beyond any expectation I would have had....Not to sound corny but it seems that Disney has a hit...And it seems the overall public has a film they can enjoy...Hopefully everyone will be considered a winner...
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <I believe Prince Caspian was just given the go ahead.> I just hope they do this film VERY well (if indeed it goes)...Prince Caspian isn't a very popular book in the series, so if they want the public to want more they'll have to *really* do it as awesome as they can.
Originally Posted By woody For the first time, I am hoping that Disney will do very well in the box office with Narnia. I did not have high hopes for it based on the thought that Disney missed out BIG TIME with "Lord of the Rings" and went with the second rate "Narnia"; however, Narnia actually is a good story and is designed for a younger audience. In the same year where they released the horrific Herbie, thank goodness for Narnia.
Originally Posted By smeeeko SeanYoda & I caught it at DD AMC at WDW and enjoyed it very much! I only wish we had caught it again the same night I liked it very much! We had a chance to see the Narnia exhibit at Disney MGM studios before we left yesterday on our 'get away' day. I can't wait til we get to see it again.. perhaps at the El Cap or something. =) Also the Jadis (the White Witch) walkaround will be wonderful.. =)
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/" target="_blank">http://boxofficemojo.com/weeke nd/chart/</a>
Originally Posted By leemac It appears that ACNeilsen could report higher numbers than those from Buena Vista too.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i saw naria a couple of nights ago and was very impressed with the movie. the specail effects were amazing and i loved how they brought narnia to live! its exactly how i pictured it! and the woman who played the ice witch was perfect!!!!! and i think the little girl who played lucy will become the next drew berrymore.
Originally Posted By JuiceMonkey >>and i think the little girl who played lucy will become the next drew berrymore.<< Ohh! That could mean just about anything!
Originally Posted By u k fan Ok, so LW&W didn't beat HP over here, but it was higher at one stage. It has had the highest opening ever for a Disney movie here, beating the previous record set by Toy Story 2!!!
Originally Posted By Dlmusic The official weekend for Narnia stands at $65.6 million, a tad lower than Disney's estimates but still a great start to the potential franchise. The big question now is, what will King Kong do to Narnia? Obviously they are different audiences to a large extent, but Narnia might have enjoyed a spill over from all the hoopla that King Kong will not steal from it. Perhaps Disney should have moved Narnia up a weekend?
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I agree there is going to be spillover from Kong, but it's still going to do pretty well.
Originally Posted By greenbean It actually the secind biggest December opening EVER! It was only like four mil shy of the boggest ever. I'd say that is a success. I know Kong is coming out -- but I think Narnia will draw back a big audience closer to the holidays.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Early estimates are out. Narnia made about 31 million this weekend. It's total now stands at 112 million if everything holds up. King Kong had a lower than expected opening of 50 million for the weekend and 66 million over it's opening five days. <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2005-12-18&p=.htm" target="_blank">http://boxofficemojo.com/daily /chart/?sortdate=2005-12-18&p=.htm</a>
