Originally Posted By FerretAfros But then agian, I've been hearing that Cars will be #2 for a long time. Is X-Men finnaly out of theaters? I guess whenever that goes away, it will be much easier for Cars to catch it, since it won't keep growing.
Originally Posted By seanyoda Last weekend, "X Men" took in $306,152 while "Cars" took in $4,947,198. If "X Men" pulls in the same box office this weekend, "Cars" will need to pull in $1,239,519 to pass. That translates to a weekend drop-off of about 74.9%. "Cars" is not going to have THAT bad a weekend drop off.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo It has finally opened in the UK, and Mikey (our 3 year old) Sarah and I are going to see it tomorrow afternoon. Can't wait!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Cars continues to roll in revenue. Interestingly, after the usual Monday drop off, Cars actually racked up higher numbers on Tuesday and Wednesday. Worldwide, Cars has made $347,758,142. With an estimated production budget of $120 million, I would say it has done rather well.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros making 3 times the production budget? Nope, that's definately a failure. : )
Originally Posted By cstephens I think this weekend will show what a true failure it is since there's another movie now out about NASCAR, and I expect this movie (never mind that it's live action, because that's not important) will probably end up making a lot more money than "Cars". /cs
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I just saw this "other movie" about Nascar, and it is the first movie that I have ever walked out of. Between my dislike of Nascar and my extreme dislike of Will Ferrel, it was not a good combination for me. So, I just snuck into POTC while the rest of my family watched the "other movie". On the way out, I heard a girl telling her friend "It was funny, but not hysterical." I really don't think that it will get the word of mouth that those movies rely on to do well. I really don't see it as any threat to Cars, X-Men or even the DaVinci Code's hold on the summer box office.
Originally Posted By cstephens FerretAfros wrote: > Between my dislike of Nascar and my extreme dislike of Will Ferrel, it was not a good combination for me. OK, then what would possess you to pay money to see a movie about Nascar starring Will Ferrell? Since you mentioned your family, was it the case that they wanted to see it? I have less than zero interest in seeing the film, and I find nothing remotely funny in the trailers. The husband wants to see it. That's why he's going with his best friend instead of me. /cs
Originally Posted By Santa Monica From the trailers, I couldn't believe why anyone would want to see Talladega Nights. But I guess people did.
Originally Posted By cstephens As part of a conversation last week, I realized that I don't think I've ever seen a movie with either Will Ferrell or Adam Sandler in it. /cs
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I went to see it because my family wanted to, and I was hoping that it would mostly be ridiculing Nascar. Instead, it was just a Nascar movie with the occasional joke thrown in, about how dumb Will Ferrel's character is. I just want to see how many time he can play the same character before people start realizing that his movies are terrible.
Originally Posted By cstephens From an article in today's Daily Variety about Disney: "Cars" is driving Disney to high-octane profits. ... After noting strong perf of "Cars", topper Bob Iger said [comments about restructuring of company]. ... But while the "Cars" domestic rollout has had some serious torque, the pic's post-June international release has sputtered in some key markets, in part because it was overshadowed by the "Pirates" sequel. /cs
Originally Posted By alexbook More fun with numbers: Of the top 100 all-time worldwide box office leaders, those with the highest percentage of their take from domestic sales (i.e., the most U.S.-centric) are: 1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (65.5% in the U.S.) 2. Return of the Jedi (65.1%) 3. Cars (65.0%) 4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (63.1%) 5. Batman (61.1%) I have no idea if this means anything.
Originally Posted By DAR Well a certain person who writes about Disney wrote today how Cars really isn't making that much money for about the 200th time since the film was released.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss CARS will probably end it's theatrical run this week or next; it will top out at about $240 million domestically. As for making money, this is a press release from Disney Consumer Products: <<The tremendous anticipation of Cars before the film was released combined with the huge box office opening resulted in record-breaking retail sales for merchandise based on a Disney·Pixar theatrical film. The film's humor, story and character personalities were incorporated into its products, which featured many category firsts for a Disney·Pixar film, including the first power ride-on, kids electronics line and bedroom suite. Currently, Cars is recording 10 to 1 more retail volume than Finding Nemo at the same point in its release. DCP plans to expand and refresh product with new creative style guides for fall and beyond. Large retailers have already committed to Cars feature shops for the entire months of November and December to maximize the DVD release.>> I notice the fervor over the CARS die-cast cars has subsided on eBay, just as the film has run its course in the theaters. But I am certain that once the DVD comes out, the merchandise will pick up again. Personally, I hope there will be new die-cast CARS of even more of the secondary characters!
Originally Posted By hopemax There were pictures for 2007 toys in one of the Jim Hill columnist's articles. <a href="http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/roger_colton/archive/2006/08/03/4714.aspx" target="_blank">http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/ roger_colton/archive/2006/08/03/4714.aspx</a> They are making a diecast Hamm truck! He is the one I wanted most (besides Guido, which I bought on Sunday cause I finally found a pack.)
Originally Posted By seanyoda << CARS will probably end it's theatrical run this week or next >> Given that "Over The Hedge" and even "Ice Age 2: The Meltdown" are still in a few theatres, I think Cars will still be in theatres for a while. Granted, it'll be in dollar theatres, but that's still considered part of the theatrical run.
Originally Posted By cstephens DAR wrote > Well a certain person who writes about Disney wrote today how Cars really isn't making that much money for about the 200th time since the film was released. Well, there are still people who persist in insisting that the earth is flat. /cs
Originally Posted By trekkeruss COOL! Thanks for the link to the new CARS. I will definitely be on the lookout for those. One mistake in the article though. Nitroade is NOT a repaint of McQueen, nor is Leakless a repaint of Chick Hicks; they each have distinct differences in their die cast details: fenders are more flared on McQueen than Nitroade, different windows on Leakless than Chick, all have unique wings, front ends, etc.
Originally Posted By Imagineer This On Jimhillmedia.com Jim was saying that Cars is a failure according to Wall Street. A few months earlier Jim was saying that Chicken Little was a modest hit for Disney. They both made $300 million and Cars made a lot more and is still in theaters. Why the double standard? <a href="http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2006/08/14/4950.aspx" target="_blank">http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/ jim_hill/archive/2006/08/14/4950.aspx</a>
