TMNT at the box office

tambour · 03-24-2007, 03:13 AM

The all new super-charged computer-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Warner Bros) is off to an explosive start at the box office with a staggering $9.7 million on opening day, and as much as an estimated $34.5 million for its opening 3-day weekend. TMNT will coast to an easy weekend win battling past 5 other new films entering the marketplace, along with the third weekend for 300 (Warner Bros). My studio sources are telling me that the Ninja Turtles had a huge matinee turnout, then Under 25’s kept theatres packed for evening shows.

EXCLUSIVE FANTASYMOGULS.COM ROUGH EARLY FRIDAY ESTIMATES
-as of 10p pacific on Friday, 3/23-
1. TMNT (Warner Bros) - $9.7 million
2. 300 (Warner Bros) - $5.25 million
3. Shooter (Paramount) - $5 million
4. Wild Hogs (Buena Vista) - $3.8 million
4. The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Fox Atomic) - $ 3.8 million
6. The Last Mimzy (New Line) - $3 million
7. Premonition (Sony) - $2.8 million
8. Reign Over Me (Sony) - $2.5 million
9. Pride (Lionsgate) - $1.5 million
10. Bridge To Terabithia (Buena Vista) - $1 million

EXCLUSIVE FANTASYMOGULS.COM ROUGH EARLY 3-DAY ESTIMATES
-as of 10p pacific on Friday, 3/23-
1. TMNT (Warner Bros) - $34.5 million
2. 300 (Warner Bros) - $16.4 million
3. Shooter (Paramount) - $15.3 million
4. Wild Hogs (Buena Vista) - $13.6 million
5. The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Fox Atomic) - $10.6 million
6. The Last Mimzy (New Line) - $10.2 million
7. Premonition (Sony) - $8 million
8. Reign Over Me (Sony) - $7.3 million
9. Pride (Lionsgate) - $4 million
10. Bridge To Terabithia (Buena Vista) - $2.75 million

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1. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (TMNT) WARNER BROS. 3,110 8,701,000 2,798 n/a 8,701,000
2. 300 WARNER BROS. 3,280 6,061,000 1,848 -40% 147,891,000
3. SHOOTER PARAMOUNT 2,806 4,772,000 1,701 n/a 4,772,000
4. WILD HOGS BVI 3,401 4,138,000 1,217 646% 113,566,000
5. HILLS HAVE EYES II, THE FOX ATOMIC 2,447 3,910,000 1,598 n/a 3,910,000
6. PREMONITION SONY 2,831 3,256,000 1,150 -49% 25,336,000
7. LAST MIMZY, THE WARNER BROS. 3,017 2,810,000 931 n/a 2,810,000
8. REIGN OVER ME SONY 1,671 2,559,000 1,531 n/a 2,559,000
9. PRIDE LIONS GATE 1,518 1,241,000 818 n/a 1,241,000
10. DEAD SILENCE UNIVERSAL 1,806 1,150,000 637 -60% 10,920,000

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*VaughnMichael* · 03-24-2007, 03:51 AM

Hell YEAH! go turtles!

*R-iZZy* · 03-24-2007, 03:57 AM

hell.... yeah! i know i'm personally the reason why a lot of showings were sold-out over here. got to see it twice, today!

ardnealy · 03-24-2007, 05:45 AM

Sequel !!!!!!!! We need it.

xChri5x · 03-24-2007, 06:05 AM

Definatly a sequel. There is so much they can do with this style. I wanna see more of the grungy city. Something with a slower pace might be nice too.

*Sewer Bull* · 03-24-2007, 07:05 AM

Good. There might be a sequel then.

On a related sidenote... OMG, this movie's already avalaible on the net, camera taken and uploaded like 17 hours ago. Jesus. Some people.

TerranigmaFreak · 03-24-2007, 08:48 AM

The title actually scared me until I realize it was about the opening on the FIRST day.

MrOldSchool · 03-24-2007, 09:05 AM

**** yeah! This is awesome! I saw it last night!

xChri5x · 03-24-2007, 09:18 AM

I really want this on dvd. And I hope they don't give it some cheap dvd cover art.
I think they should use the official movie poster if anything.

*Sewer Bull* · 03-24-2007, 09:24 AM

Hell yeah! I want it on DVD as well. I'm planning to import it and watch it before the movie hits the screens here.

When it's planned for release, BTW?

ardnealy · 03-24-2007, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sewer Bull

movie's already avalaible on the net, camera taken and uploaded like 17 hours ago. Jesus. Some people.

Already?!? That is crazy.

tambour · 03-24-2007, 09:28 AM

1. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (TMNT) WARNER BROS. 3,110 8,701,000 2,798 n/a 8,701,000
2. 300 WARNER BROS. 3,280 6,061,000 1,848 -40% 147,891,000
3. SHOOTER PARAMOUNT 2,806 4,772,000 1,701 n/a 4,772,000
4. WILD HOGS BVI 3,401 4,138,000 1,217 646% 113,566,000
5. HILLS HAVE EYES II, THE FOX ATOMIC 2,447 3,910,000 1,598 n/a 3,910,000
6. PREMONITION SONY 2,831 3,256,000 1,150 -49% 25,336,000
7. LAST MIMZY, THE WARNER BROS. 3,017 2,810,000 931 n/a 2,810,000
8. REIGN OVER ME SONY 1,671 2,559,000 1,531 n/a 2,559,000
9. PRIDE LIONS GATE 1,518 1,241,000 818 n/a 1,241,000
10. DEAD SILENCE UNIVERSAL 1,806 1,150,000 637 -60% 10,920,000

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*Warhorse* · 03-24-2007, 09:42 AM

Wow. This is exilirating to see the Turtles out on number one, thus far. I was worried that The Hills Have Eyes would be number one, because the theater I went to, had the Turtles in a tiny theater, while I saw THHE playing in the monster sized theater.

It's great to see our beloved boys in green still got it.

*iris* · 03-24-2007, 09:46 AM

yeehaw!

FearlessLeader · 03-24-2007, 09:57 AM

The only really posistive I can see from the short running time is it gives the movie a chance to have more screenings.

At my theater Turtles had at least 2 more show times then any of the other films, even 300.

Leonardo_Warrior_Turtle · 03-24-2007, 10:03 AM

Looks like at least a $30 million opening. Most likey, it'll take a 50% drop the weekend after. Putting it at at least $45 million. If I'm not mistaken, would put it just over the budget for the film. I'm sure the numbers worldwide will be good as well. Plus, the positive word of mouth from the viewing public. (Not the critics. Screw the critics.) I really think a sequel is going to happen. *knock on wood*

*iris* · 03-24-2007, 10:20 AM

Not all the professional critics have been negative, although nearly all of them are hesitant to praise, because of the pop culture history of TMNT.

The Washington Post review gave it 3 stars and made it a top pick.

Sliced · 03-24-2007, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leonardo_Warrior_Turtle

Looks like at least a $30 million opening. Most likey, it'll take a 50% drop the weekend after. Putting it at at least $45 million. If I'm not mistaken, would put it just over the budget for the film. I'm sure the numbers worldwide will be good as well. Plus, the positive word of mouth from the viewing public. (Not the critics. Screw the critics.) I really think a sequel is going to happen. *knock on wood*

A drop of 50% ? I dunno.. I wouldn't be surprised to see tmnt have a $50-55 million box office next week. After that, things are gonna slow down alot, but I do think that It will have 2 strong weeks at the BO.

Willis · 03-24-2007, 10:56 AM

It's not hard to see why this movie is done well.

Two decades worth of people have become fans of the turtles, old series and new. While a lot of the newer generation visits because "hey I watch that Saturday mornings!!!"... I (we) old-school fans visit in hopes to see the movie we never got.

Combined with the fact the movie was actually good, (I'll admit - to my surprise), factors in the replay value big time.

CJStyles · 03-24-2007, 11:04 AM

This is good to hear, Kevin you better hurry up with Gatchaman and go back to work on the sequal to TMNT with a PG-13 rating or a movie that's 2 hours our both... but other than that GREAT JOB!

03-24-2007, 03:13 AM	#1
tambour Mouser Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7	TMNT at the box office The all new super-charged computer-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Warner Bros) is off to an explosive start at the box office with a staggering $9.7 million on opening day, and as much as an estimated $34.5 million for its opening 3-day weekend. TMNT will coast to an easy weekend win battling past 5 other new films entering the marketplace, along with the third weekend for 300 (Warner Bros). My studio sources are telling me that the Ninja Turtles had a huge matinee turnout, then Under 25’s kept theatres packed for evening shows. EXCLUSIVE FANTASYMOGULS.COM ROUGH EARLY FRIDAY ESTIMATES -as of 10p pacific on Friday, 3/23- 1. TMNT (Warner Bros) - $9.7 million 2. 300 (Warner Bros) - $5.25 million 3. Shooter (Paramount) - $5 million 4. Wild Hogs (Buena Vista) - $3.8 million 4. The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Fox Atomic) - $ 3.8 million 6. The Last Mimzy (New Line) - $3 million 7. Premonition (Sony) - $2.8 million 8. Reign Over Me (Sony) - $2.5 million 9. Pride (Lionsgate) - $1.5 million 10. Bridge To Terabithia (Buena Vista) - $1 million EXCLUSIVE FANTASYMOGULS.COM ROUGH EARLY 3-DAY ESTIMATES -as of 10p pacific on Friday, 3/23- 1. TMNT (Warner Bros) - $34.5 million 2. 300 (Warner Bros) - $16.4 million 3. Shooter (Paramount) - $15.3 million 4. Wild Hogs (Buena Vista) - $13.6 million 5. The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Fox Atomic) - $10.6 million 6. The Last Mimzy (New Line) - $10.2 million 7. Premonition (Sony) - $8 million 8. Reign Over Me (Sony) - $7.3 million 9. Pride (Lionsgate) - $4 million 10. Bridge To Terabithia (Buena Vista) - $2.75 million http://news.fantasymoguls.com/origin...e_early_3.html __________________________________________________ ______________ 1. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (TMNT) WARNER BROS. 3,110 8,701,000 2,798 n/a 8,701,000 2. 300 WARNER BROS. 3,280 6,061,000 1,848 -40% 147,891,000 3. SHOOTER PARAMOUNT 2,806 4,772,000 1,701 n/a 4,772,000 4. WILD HOGS BVI 3,401 4,138,000 1,217 646% 113,566,000 5. HILLS HAVE EYES II, THE FOX ATOMIC 2,447 3,910,000 1,598 n/a 3,910,000 6. PREMONITION SONY 2,831 3,256,000 1,150 -49% 25,336,000 7. LAST MIMZY, THE WARNER BROS. 3,017 2,810,000 931 n/a 2,810,000 8. REIGN OVER ME SONY 1,671 2,559,000 1,531 n/a 2,559,000 9. PRIDE LIONS GATE 1,518 1,241,000 818 n/a 1,241,000 10. DEAD SILENCE UNIVERSAL 1,806 1,150,000 637 -60% 10,920,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.showbizdata.com/dailybox.cfm Last edited by tambour; 03-24-2007 at 12:11 PM.

03-24-2007, 03:57 AM	#3
R-iZZy The Long Con Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: G'ville, FL (Gator Country), USA Posts: 3,007	hell.... yeah! i know i'm personally the reason why a lot of showings were sold-out over here. got to see it twice, today! __________________

03-24-2007, 07:05 AM	#6
Sewer Bull Devil's Advocate Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,768	Good. There might be a sequel then. On a related sidenote... OMG, this movie's already avalaible on the net, camera taken and uploaded like 17 hours ago. Jesus. Some people. __________________ Soooo... THIS* is how you spend your free time now?!*

03-24-2007, 08:48 AM	#7
TerranigmaFreak Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 715	The title actually scared me until I realize it was about the opening on the FIRST day. __________________ First footage of the new R rated TMNT movie.

03-24-2007, 09:24 AM	#10
Sewer Bull Devil's Advocate Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,768	Hell yeah! I want it on DVD as well. I'm planning to import it and watch it before the movie hits the screens here. When it's planned for release, BTW? __________________ Soooo... THIS* is how you spend your free time now?!*

03-24-2007, 03:51 AM	#2
VaughnMichael I'm Baaaaaaccck! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 11,833	Hell YEAH! go turtles!

03-24-2007, 05:45 AM	#4
ardnealy Random Punk Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 35	Sequel !!!!!!!! We need it.

03-24-2007, 06:05 AM	#5
xChri5x Stone Warrior Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 901	Definatly a sequel. There is so much they can do with this style. I wanna see more of the grungy city. Something with a slower pace might be nice too.

03-24-2007, 09:05 AM	#8
MrOldSchool Thug Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 98	**** yeah! This is awesome! I saw it last night!

03-24-2007, 09:18 AM	#9
xChri5x Stone Warrior Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 901	I really want this on dvd. And I hope they don't give it some cheap dvd cover art. I think they should use the official movie poster if anything.

03-24-2007, 09:28 AM	#12
tambour Mouser Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7	1. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (TMNT) WARNER BROS. 3,110 8,701,000 2,798 n/a 8,701,000 2. 300 WARNER BROS. 3,280 6,061,000 1,848 -40% 147,891,000 3. SHOOTER PARAMOUNT 2,806 4,772,000 1,701 n/a 4,772,000 4. WILD HOGS BVI 3,401 4,138,000 1,217 646% 113,566,000 5. HILLS HAVE EYES II, THE FOX ATOMIC 2,447 3,910,000 1,598 n/a 3,910,000 6. PREMONITION SONY 2,831 3,256,000 1,150 -49% 25,336,000 7. LAST MIMZY, THE WARNER BROS. 3,017 2,810,000 931 n/a 2,810,000 8. REIGN OVER ME SONY 1,671 2,559,000 1,531 n/a 2,559,000 9. PRIDE LIONS GATE 1,518 1,241,000 818 n/a 1,241,000 10. DEAD SILENCE UNIVERSAL 1,806 1,150,000 637 -60% 10,920,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.showbizdata.com/dailybox.cfm

03-24-2007, 09:42 AM	#13
Warhorse Emperor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 5,544	Wow. This is exilirating to see the Turtles out on number one, thus far. I was worried that The Hills Have Eyes would be number one, because the theater I went to, had the Turtles in a tiny theater, while I saw THHE playing in the monster sized theater. It's great to see our beloved boys in green still got it.

03-24-2007, 09:46 AM	#14
iris moddy mod mod Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: finally escaped the lab Posts: 1,886	yeehaw! __________________ Appeal to nobler motives. Like pie. [ life is at best bitter sweet ]

03-24-2007, 09:57 AM	#15
FearlessLeader Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Watching Space Heroes Posts: 1,048	The only really posistive I can see from the short running time is it gives the movie a chance to have more screenings. At my theater Turtles had at least 2 more show times then any of the other films, even 300.

03-24-2007, 10:03 AM	#16
Leonardo_Warrior_Turtle Stone Warrior Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 858	Looks like at least a $30 million opening. Most likey, it'll take a 50% drop the weekend after. Putting it at at least $45 million. If I'm not mistaken, would put it just over the budget for the film. I'm sure the numbers worldwide will be good as well. Plus, the positive word of mouth from the viewing public. (Not the critics. Screw the critics.) I really think a sequel is going to happen. knock on wood __________________

03-24-2007, 10:20 AM	#17
iris moddy mod mod Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: finally escaped the lab Posts: 1,886	Not all the professional critics have been negative, although nearly all of them are hesitant to praise, because of the pop culture history of TMNT. The Washington Post review gave it 3 stars and made it a top pick. __________________ Appeal to nobler motives. Like pie. [ life is at best bitter sweet ]

03-24-2007, 10:56 AM	#19
Willis Thug Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 64	It's not hard to see why this movie is done well. Two decades worth of people have become fans of the turtles, old series and new. While a lot of the newer generation visits because "hey I watch that Saturday mornings!!!"... I (we) old-school fans visit in hopes to see the movie we never got. Combined with the fact the movie was actually good, (I'll admit - to my surprise), factors in the replay value big time.

03-24-2007, 11:04 AM	#20
CJStyles Hench Mutant Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 277	This is good to hear, Kevin you better hurry up with Gatchaman and go back to work on the sequal to TMNT with a PG-13 rating or a movie that's 2 hours our both... but other than that GREAT JOB! __________________