Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Think of a sports fan. A Chicago Cubs baseball team fan. The fan may not like every choice the club makes to add players to the team or whatever, but they're still fans< yes we are -- and next year is going to be our year --!! White Sox who ? Still a Cub town .....
Originally Posted By thenurmis On last count the movie has hit 41 million thus far. Be intresting what it makes for the week, any guesses?
Originally Posted By CTXRover According to showbizdata.com, Chicken Little made a very impressive estimated gross of 11.4 million on its second Friday! That's right, it actually made more on its second Friday than it did on its first. That number is partially attributable to the fact that Friday was veteran's day, but it also looks like this Chicken will have great legs in its second weekend. Chicken Little easily beat second place Zathura, with 5.3 million, on Friday.
Originally Posted By kennect I read the same thing earlier today and it seems the public is into this film by the BO results...I haven't seen it yet, so what do I know....Apparently there is some good word of mouth going about it!
Originally Posted By bongo Well this Friday just gone, CL made more than it did last Friday on it's opening day! Let's hope this carries on and this weekend it makes more than it did last weekend!
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Chicken Little dropped 20% this weekend, which is a great number. It's total now stands at 80 million with much more on the way. <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/" target="_blank">http://boxofficemojo.com/weeke nd/chart/</a>
Originally Posted By idleHands Potter hits the screens on Friday. CL will still hang in there, but not with numbers seen on opening weekend. With Narnia warming up in the wings, I suspect CL will end up somewhere between $120 - $150 mil for the year.
Originally Posted By JeffG Keep in mind that the Harry Potter series has always skewed somewhat older than "Chicken Little" and this new one is the first PG-13 entry in the series. Obviously, it will be far out in first place next week, but it is looking like "Chicken Little" is getting strong word-of-mouth and I suspect it will continue to hold its own over the next few weeks. It does seem to pretty much have the G-rated market to itself this season. -Jeff
Originally Posted By thenurmis 80m after week 2, I still think that it is tracking towards 200 by the time it leaves the "silver screen". My target number would is 210, enough to prove the point that Disney can put together a good "toon" in 3D
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 The early weekend estimates are in. As predicted Chicken Little dropped 53% to 14 million. It's total now stands at 99 millionm it'll crack 100 mil tomorrow. And with the long weekend coming up it could see 120 million by next weekend. As for Harry Potter, wow!!!! <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2005&wknd=46&p=.htm" target="_blank">http://boxofficemojo.com/weeke nd/chart/?yr=2005&wknd=46&p=.htm</a>
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Wedding Crashers at $208M -- oh brother -- but I think you're right -- Chicken Little at $120 by next w/e a possibility.
Originally Posted By Imagineer This "As expected, Chicken Little nosedived into third this weekend, but you can't blame it all on Harry Potter. After two weekends at number one, Chicken Little slid hard this weekend, grossing only $14.8 million, down a nasty 53%. Don't forget that last Friday was a holiday, and it artificially boosted the numbers for kids flicks and family films. Chicken Little now sits with $99.2 million in the kitty, and will finish with at least $160 million via domestic box office. It will have another strong weekend over Thanksgiving, but after that, this Chicken is a turkey." <a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9283" target="_blank">http://www.boxofficeprophets.c om/column/index.cfm?columnID=9283</a>
Originally Posted By Imagineer This Lion King - Domestic: $328,541,776 (Non CGI) Shrek - Domestic: $267,665,011 Shrek 2 - Domestic: $441,226,247 Chicken Little is hardly a modern blockbuster compared to the above movies.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Once again Imagineer This only you can see this as being a negative. Chicken Little at this point has made far more money than many people thought it would. A strong weekend next weekend, followed by some weekends around the 4 to 5 million range should put it's finish between 160 and 170 million. Certainly nothing for anyone involved in the film to be ashamed about. And for your information, any movie that can get above 150 million these days, which Chicken Little will do is considered a blockbuster.
Originally Posted By cstephens Some people just can't let go of a grudge, even when the box office numbers prove them wrong. /cs
Originally Posted By vbdad55 @ $60M to make and even counting the estimated $5 - $10M in advertising -- a $160 domestic gross before worldwide and DVD sales works for me --- Not a blockbuster by the highest standards but $$ in the bank - and hope for the future.
