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'King Kong' Made $9.7 Mil On Opening Day!
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POSTED Thursday, December 15, 2005 01:18:26 PM Delete post? (Moderator ONLY)
Variety reports that Peter Jackson's King Kong opened well below Universal's hopes and industry expectations with $9.7 million domestically on Wednesday. That's about half of the opening day take of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring four years ago, which the studio reportedly said was a comparable film.

Universal is now hoping that good word of mouth will help push the film to a stronger weekend than the Wednesday figure historically indicates, as well as long playability. One thing to keep in mind is that it is finals week for many college students around the country, which is definitely one of the film's targeted groups. They most likely can't see the movie until this weekend.

Overseas grosses were stronger. "Kong" opened internationally with $8 million at 4,659 playdates in 36 markets. The biggest numbers came from Australia, where it grossed $860,000 at 232 playdates, UIP's second-largest Wednesday opening, and in Germany with $664,000 in 739 theaters, similar to War of the Worlds.

"Kong" had the biggest ever Wednesday opening in Peter Jackon's home based of New Zealand , grossing $297,000 with 73 plays, as well as Malaysia, where "Kong" set a record with $254,000 on 49 playdates. The film did well throughout Asia, with similarly strong numbers in the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

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man thats weak

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JHBLADER05 said:

man thats weak
I know. Truely disappointing.

Hopefully it will get better.

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That is pathetic!! Well maybe if they're lucky it will gross 40 million over the weekend (if that). I think it will gross around 6 million today so for it's first five days it will make 55-60 million (most people predicted Kong would gross over 100 million in it's first five days) One thing Kong does have going for it however is christmas break and this weekend is basically the start of it for most students across America. So if it is really lucky it could gross a respectable 55 million to put it around 70 million for five days which is right around FOTR territory (that grossed 75 million in it's first five days)

However if it does make only 50 million in five days I think the movie will bomb. It was a huge gamble making Kong and Jackson took a risk with LOTR and proved successful. Apparently he won't have the same luck here. A giant ape falling in love with a blonde obviously does not appeal to people like war does.

One more thing Titanic had a bad opening day and weekend as well and it went on to make 600 million so not all is lost for Kong.


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Dude that sucks. Hopefully it will start makeing more money

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it opened on a wednesday. weekend $ will be better

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One point really does need to be emphasized though Kong undoubtedly was a very hyped up movie. It recieved awesome reviews. Now this movie has been compared to Titanic and the talk is that Kong could rival Titanic. Titanic made 28.6 million it's opening weekend and it took fourteen days to cross the 100 million marker. Titanic was also very emotional and had comedy, romance and action. Very similar to Kong. If Kong is anything like Titanic which had very positive word of mouth like Kong it will be around for awhile. it may not have a spectacular or record breaking opening but it could very well prove it is not a flop and gross an amazing gross.

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LOTR also opened a week later then Kong that is one reason why LOTR did better because no finals it opened during winter break for most universities and jobs. So I really don't think it is that bad of an opening with that gross it could,

make 10 million friday rise to 20 million and then ease to around 18 million for 48 million. Which is not to shabby that is just above FOTR opening weekend gross. I think in it's second weekend Kong will gross 40 million and in it's third possibly 35 million and in it's fourth if word of mouth is still good 30 million. With a toal of 120 million during the weekdays. Which would put it at 259 million in it's first month. All in all i think Kong is a giant waiting to happen and it will have a strong run that could push it over 400 million and possibly push it as far as Titanic if word of mouth remains positive. It really does not have much competition until late January early February. That almost two months for it to gross well. Not to mention it's opening during the holidays. So don't judge a book by it's cover.


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I thought it was fantastic myself... I'm sure it will pick up down the road, opening on a Wednesday is tough especially during the pre holiday rush.

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oh well..film will still make heeps..still get to $100 in 5 days

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Lord of the Dead said:

it opened on a wednesday. weekend $ will be better


Exactly!

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I love all the excuses people are making up for why this movie is doing so poorly. They can't grasp that a bad movie does poorly.

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Harry Pothead said:

I love all the excuses people are making up for why this movie is doing so poorly. They can't grasp that a bad movie does poorly.


Actually buddy as you will most likely soon find out your view is in the minority. Everyone I know who has seen it loved it. Go over to Yahoo and it is getting an A- rating by users. Go to RT it is getting last I checked an 86% by users. Go to Metacritic it is getting I believe an average of 8.7 last I checked. Go to just about any movie site that allows you to review the movie and most reviews are positive with few negative reviews. Hell it's the same way here. of those who have seen the movie only two (you and Batstud) have criticised the movie. The only reason why you criticised it is because it is to unbelievable? Hell LOTR was less belieable then Kong. Dinosaurs existed first off. Second the bugs were not all that weird. LOTR had a giant ass spider for God sakes. The vampire bats? Come on LOTR was about little men with hairy feet and a dark lord who is staying alive because of a ring. Yet you harp about vampire bats and big bugs and a 25 foot gorrila? Or because the CGI in one scene in particular was bad? Or because it was to boring for the first 70 minutes? (wow LOTR had basically no fight scenes until 100 minutes in.) I mean I respect your views because they are yours and I am no one to say your wrong but I am also not saying you right. I am just pointing out how nit picky I think Batstuds review in particular is nit picky. Your review at least listed some better complaints but over all it also seemed like nit picking. Every negative review I read has been all nit picking and no real complaints. Basically I think those who post negative reviews think they are all that and are the voice for the movie but the truth is this movie is recieving awesome word of mouth. It is bound to make at least 50 million this weekend and it likely will top the FOTR domestically.


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Harry Pothead said:

I love all the excuses people are making up for why this movie is doing so poorly. They can't grasp that a bad movie does poorly.


But thats the thing it's not a bad movie very few people see movies during christmas because it's shopping season plus not that many people had christmas vacation so many people were still at work or at school.




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66 million in five days. 50 million opening weekend. Kong did as I predycted very well opening weekend. With all the word of mouth going around it is sure to keep up the pace.


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66 million in five days. 50 million opening weekend. Kong did as I predycted very well opening weekend. With all the word of mouth going around it is sure to keep up the pace.


I still don't see how that is considered doing good? A movie a week ago, had 3 days to do MORE business than Kong had for 5 days. You guys keep saying this "word of mouth" will make it do well, but Im guessing its the word of mouth thats making it NOT do so well. Just my opinion

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Give it time everyone...what...its only been 5 days...thats nothing....watch...King Kong will do extremely good at the box office!!!
...just...
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"King Kong," Universal's biggest overseas day-and-date release ever, tallied a sound $80.1 million from 8,123 playdates in 55 territories, but the three-hour running time appears to have tempered the zealous boxoffice expectations for the five-day international opening. Pulling in an estimated $63.4 million in the Friday-Sunday period, the $200 million blockbuster emerged as the industry's ninth-biggest international weekend of all time, Universal said. "We're delighted with the results," said Andrew Cripps, president of London-based overseas distributor United International Pictures. "We have seen tremendous growth from opening day into the weekend, indicating that we do have the great playability that we had hoped for. And we still have 2 1/2 weeks of the best playing time of the year." "Kong" topped the boxoffice charts in 53 of the 55 markets in which it opened. The U.K. provided an estimated $11.9 million from 478 dates for a 45% market share; France pulled in $7.3 million from 721; Germany, $6.1 million from 739; Russia, $5.1 million from 311 for Universal's biggest opening ever in the market; Spain, $3.9 million from 614 for a 35% market share; Australia, $4.6 million from 248 for a 51% market share; Mexico, $3.8 million from 395 for a 50% market share; Brazil, $1.4 million from 309 for a 44% market share; Korea, $4.3 million from 197 for Universal's biggest opening ever in the market.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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God I get sick of all this .
Since when is a $50 million dollar opening weekend bad or not that great !
I think they way over estimated what Kong would do , lets face it it's 3 hours long & has no real fan base like harry potter & lord of the rings & it's also aimed at adults not kids ... if the industry wanted more bucks universal should have told jackson no more the 2 & 1/4 hours & tone it right down for the little kiddies . But anyway it should hold up well over the comming weeks , it has rave reviews all over the place so in sumary King kong is an awesome movie & don;t anyone worry about the running time
cause it flies by , I wanted more !

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Harry Pothead said:

hulk33 said:

66 million in five days. 50 million opening weekend. Kong did as I predycted very well opening weekend. With all the word of mouth going around it is sure to keep up the pace.


I still don't see how that is considered doing good? A movie a week ago, had 3 days to do MORE business than Kong had for 5 days. You guys keep saying this "word of mouth" will make it do well, but Im guessing its the word of mouth thats making it NOT do so well. Just my opinion


Ok first off Harry that movie was Narnia which in case you did not know was aimed towards kids, and has a fan base following it from the popular book series. Kong had a small fan base of Jackson freaks and a few people who new about the original. They are making a fan base as t hey go along with this movie. It is not LOTR which also had a popular book series to help it out. Point is Kong came from a weak opening day and made money. I figured at the time I read about it's opening day take it would be lucky to make 30 million. Well as time went on and it continued to get more rave reviews and good word of mouth I realised hey this is going to make money. Point is 50 million is above average. Most movies are lucky to break 25 million opening weekends (unless they are blockbuster with tons of hype) Kong is doing just fine. It made more it's first weekend then FOTR. It only made 9 million less in it's first five days.

How is the word of mouth hurting this movie? Explain it to me. Do you think your opinion is the opinion most people have? Have you read any reviews other then here (Again only two people so far did not like it most did)? If you haven't I suggest you do because most reviews for this movie are reccomending it. Alot of people loved it. The critics loved it. Point is your either narrow minded or dumb to think that excellent word of mouth is hurting this movies gross. It is helping it.


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