Originally Posted By trekkeruss There are two more pages for those numbers. All-time: <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/" target="_blank">http://www.boxofficemojo.com/a lltime/</a> Movies this year (to date): <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm" target="_blank">http://www.boxofficemojo.com/y early/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug And here are daily numbers for Cars: <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=cars.htm" target="_blank">http://www.boxofficemojo.com/m ovies/?page=daily&id=cars.htm</a> Interesting to note that the number of screens showing Cars has remained quite high, even in the third week. This would indicate that theater owners have confidence in this film's long range performance. I believe that the double punch of Superman and PotC will take screens away, but we will see...
Originally Posted By leemac Cars managed a very respectable $14m in its fourth weekend. Total stands at $182m so a strong start to the week could see it hit $200m before next weekend. BVPD think that the weaker than expected performance of Superman Returns has helped them this week.
Originally Posted By mawnck Meanwhile, Ebert and Roeper, on their show this week, declared Monster House to be the current front runner for the Best Animated Feature Oscar. Yep, I'm flummoxed too. This I gotta see.
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ Yay! Cars is still doing well, and may hit 200 million within 1 week. As leemac said, boxofficemojo is showing 182 million, so far. And it only needs another 12 million to pass Toy Story, Madagascar, and Ice Age:the meltdown, to reach #9 on the Animation list.
Originally Posted By thenurmis We went to see it on Friday night, and i was very surprised at how much i enjoied it. I had invisioned a two hour Chevron commercial ( I havn't really been paying too much attention to the media or adds being showen) but was glad to find my gut feeling very wrong. The movie is doing well via word of mouth, and the showing we were at (9:50) was about two thirds full. Lots of families, but even more young dates. It should hit that 200 mark very soon. Have to say, the eyes were a bit freaky though, not sure what they could have done, but by the end of the movie I found my self becoming quite spooked..glad they weren't in 3-d
Originally Posted By DlandDug I see that everyone has abandoned the previous Cars thread in favor of this one. Guess it's a bit unnerving to read through the dire predictions of doom in the original... The Cars merchandising phenomenon continues, too. I understand that virtually anything with a Cars logo flies off the shelves. I would imagine a second wave of licensees will hit in the Fall, just in time for school. And then there's the holidays...
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan and the DVD release.. I think we can safely say Cars is not a disappointment now?
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I think we can safely say Cars is not a disappointment now?<< The DVD release, the merchandising, and the sustained audience interest in weeks 3 and 4 were all figured into the expectations months before Cars opened. The $10 million shortfall the first weekend, and the 50% dropoff in the second weekend, were not. It's still a disappointment.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<< I understand that virtually anything with a Cars logo flies off the shelves.>>> We went to a Target store nearby that we frequent, NOTHING Cars left whatsoever. We actually had to go to the Disney store at the Mall and there was VERY little left there.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I went to another big-box store today (a name which I won't mention lol) and I found in a dark corner a small stash of Cars die-cast cars. I bought Lightning McQueen, Dynaco McQueen, Sally, King, Ramone, Wingo, DJ and Leakless; and in a three-pack, Luigi, Guido and Tractor. I could have gotten Mater too, but there were a zillion of those. Now I feel like I want to find all of them... or take all of these I just got, back. LOL.
Originally Posted By basil fan I wish I liked the film better, 'cause I'd buy the cool rear-view-mirror dice in the Disney Store.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Another successful day at the store! I found Sheriff, Doc Hudson, Lizzie, Sarge, Chick Hicks and Filmore. Now, of the individually carded CARS, I only need to find Nitroade!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<<I wish I liked the film better, 'cause I'd buy the cool rear-view-mirror dice in the Disney Store.>>> Huh? Well are they cool or are they cool? I wasn't a big Shrek fan but the bowling ball that my son wanted was really cool looking so he has a Shrek Bowling Ball with Donkey on it and its way coooooool.
Originally Posted By mickey_ring A little off topic, but I would guess that the success of Cars will be good for the WDW Speedway and the Richard Petty Driving Experience. Or at least it's a good opportunity to promote the Speedway.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>The DVD release, the merchandising, and the sustained audience interest in weeks 3 and 4 were all figured into the expectations months before Cars opened. The $10 million shortfall the first weekend, and the 50% dropoff in the second weekend, were not. It's still a disappointment.<< Methinks the disappoint is among those who were so confident that Cars would be Pixar's feet-of-clay flop. Recall that the terribly disappointing first weekend (only $60 million!) led to much gloating that: a. People didn't like Cars; b. The movie won't make much beyond its "poor" opening weekend; and c. Kids won't want the character based merchandise. Wrong, wrong and wrong. (Oh, and lest I didn't make myself clear-- Cars is by no stretch of the imagination a failure.)
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>...the 50% dropoff in the second weekend...<< That number seemed odd to me, so I went back to check. There was a 53% drop off from the first Friday to the second. But the total weekend drop was 44%, which is quite normal. That Cars is still on so many screens going into weekend #5 shows that theater owners have confidence it will continue to draw customers.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<It's still a disappointment.>> Maybe to someone involved in the making of the film it is, but Cars is now #75 on the all-time highest grossing domestic films list. If anyone says it is not a hit, they are not looking at the facts.
