‘Dawn Treader’ Week 3 Box Office Report
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader came in fourth over the Christmas weekend box office. Little Fockers opened at $30.8 million followed by True Grit at $24.9 million and Tron Legacy which made $19.2 million in its second weekend.
Dawn Treader grossed another $9.5 million in its third weekend bringing its domestic total to $62.6 million. Dawn Treader also continues to do fairly well overseas where it pulled in over $40 million throughout last week, bringing its international total to $165 million, and its worldwide total to $231 million.
I think the advertizing is in the budget. I've have a few people tell me that advertizing is usually in the budget.
@Ionic: If we can use internet shrines as a barometer, I would say Georgie is the most popular, then Anna and Will M, then Skandar trailing at a distance.
same here, i did tell my friends to go and watch it. Hopefully be the end of this week. It should be 300 mill worldwide, god willing :).
Okay, i just double checked and, although Anna has tons of fan sites, only one of them is properly maintained, so that puts her down on the same level as Skandar.
Glad to know that my eyesight hasn't failed me. I got to see President Ford in person once, thirty-five years ago–a friend of mine who was a newspaper reporter invited me along when he went to cover the president's appearance at a university. Didn't actually meet him, but I was surprised by how big a guy he was–television smallifies everything. He always seemed a genial sort, and I'm happy to find out that he was a nice guy in real life.
I don't know if you've been following the other threads related to this article (I don't blame you if you haven't), but this issue has come up before. Please tell us where you're getting your information about the marketing budget. Some people say 50 mil, some say 100. Nobody has proffered a credible source.
@Xande: You're realism has no place here. The subject is our dream cast for SC. These aren't working theories on who they might pick, just fantasy musings.
Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration, Natalie Dormer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X0N46QI9Ag&feature=player_embedded#!
Can't you just see here as the Green Lady?
Pepper Darcy, I think your the best!! It's good to have a fellow Christian Narnian on this website!
**WARNING: The following comment may not be appropriate for all audiences as it contains gratuitous violence perpetrated against dead horses.**
People keep talking about how the critics are thoroughly panning VDT. You argue about whether this is because the critics are anti-Christian bigots or because "the movie stinks."
I think you're all off-base. The critical response to VDT has, in fact, been extremely mixed. For example, Time magazine burned the film in effigy, Leonard Maltin gave it a rave review, and Ebert said it was very flawed, but overall a fun time. Having read a number of reviews, I can say that this is pretty much a representative sampling.
On the subject of bias: I have read several reviews that show a clear anti-religious bias and that pan the movie because of it. I have also read a number of glowing reviews where the bias is just as strong in the other direction. In both cases, these critics tend to fall in the not-so-reputable category. Most of the reputable critics say that they love some aspects of the film, but not others.
Basically, the overall consensus is that the movie has some things going for it and some things going against. The critics are pretty much split down the middle in whether or not they think the film is still worth watching in spite of it's flaws.
Sorry for spoiling the fantasy, Anhun.. Happy New Year for you and all Narnian optimists..and so I hope…
haha I know right?
@sith: All American news stations are like that.
Ooh, why didn't I think of her? I loved "The Tudors". I'll give you Natalie Dormer, and Rowan Atkinson. But Orlando is non-negotiable. Because you gotta love the irony, Ben Barnes is always compared to Orlando Bloom, so how cool would it be if Orlando played Caspian's son? Besides, a couple of big names could only help the movie now that the established Pevensies are gone.
Which brings me over to the movie they're gonna make after SC, which should definitely be HHB, I love that book.
Xande: It's okay, you didn't ruin anything, but you gotta get with the programme.
Okay, so we skipped Bonham Carter and Depp, and replaced them with Dormer and Atkinson. This is coming along nicely.
Still haven't got an old Caspian, let's just hope they won't wait so long to make SC that Ben Barnes won't need make-up to look old. Hehehe, just kidding, I'm guessing two years from now.
Now my brain is working on the HHB cast…
This is so much more fun than the stupid money discussion realism extravaganca.
80 million domestic! as of 31 decemeber. dont worry guys. silver chair will deffo be made. am sure it,l be 120 domestic overall. and around 400 million worldwide 🙂
Tim Burton is, thankfully, far, far… faaaaaaar out of Walden's price range.
Maybe Patrick Stewart could play old Caspian?
Well, it appears that Tribunal is like Tinkerbell. The second you stop believing them implicitly, they go poof.
How about that guy that directed the "Elizabeth" movies, Shekhar Kapur? I think that would be grand.
[Anhun wrinkles her nose] I think he would be too heavy-handed.
I SAW THE MOVIE FOR THE 5 TIME!!!!!!!!
Thank You Pepper Darcy for the words of adminishment and a helpful reminder of who we are in Christ…they are very powerful…and with a heart like yours…you would never offend me nor hurt my feelings. You, dear one, have spoken much truth and to me words of encouragement also…May the Lord bless you and keep you in this new year because of your love and wholesomeness…have a wonderful New Year… Remember who is always in control…NW
I did. And it was deleted.
anhun, now i have to find out That quote- lol for some reason by your name i thought you'd be a middleeastern male early 20's . then i find out you are a welsh female adult of undetermined age lol just curious cause you seemed well informed on the movie biz.
i heard early on the audience was around 80% positive /good. narniawebbers are harder on it cause they know how great it COULD be, being more well versed in "the deep magic". it's a decent film by today's moviemaking standards, i'd say (having to be politically correct, not too religious, plenty of explosions/fights for the violent gamers, dumbed down dialog for the mtv crowd,etc.) but it COULD have been A CLASSIC like the wizard of oz in the right hands. And deeply moving/spiritual in the hands of someone not willing to defang it of its christian subtext.
ha-hah : )
Let's see. I got back about two hours ago from my second showing of the movie, this time in 2D and in my town's State Theater, showing the movie for a week because there is only one screen. Out of about 200 seats, 30-40 were filled. I think it is definite the holidays are helping. Oh, and I was reading some posts on the forum saying Fox isn't doing any more advertising. That's not true. I've been seeing a TV spot not online yet on ABC Family. If anyone gets it, post it online. For help, it has Lucy and Gael talking in it.
agreed, Pepper. I get really creeped out by the twisted roles he is attracted to -having Keith Richards -(who admits in his autobio to have sold his soul to the devil)-as your top role model can do that to you. He just seems kind of off kilter to me, his bedraggled appearance has a weird aura to it. Something is not right there, I think. (and I don't mean these things as a criticism, but a concern) not something that is right for narnia. He has gotten increasingly dark as the years have gone by.
I think you can't cast anyone who has been in LOTR< POTC< HP <TWILIGHT cause it would break the suspension of disbelief. and no one TOO famous- like i''d totally be reminded of tom cruise if nicole kidman was the green lady throughout the whole thing (hold the couch, please).
isn't rillian 25-28? certainly not above 30?
well, I don't like horses because I find them big and scary, Plus the last time i went riding (on my birthday no less) the genius who put the saddle on didn't tighten it enough. I had a real crabby horse and he took off like a shot. I was holding on for dear life as my saddle slowly started sliding sideways down his belly. Imagine a High Queene riding a horse sideways. Not a regal figure. (come to think of it, i probably did look pretty high-)
Now back to the anti christian bias- TIME burned the film in effigy??!!?? my point illustrated right there! did they burn the lazy snoozefest harry potter in effigy? It's the level of venom that comes out, over a simple movie. It is true the christian critics tend to give it a pass. I am usually in agreement with rogert ebert's reviews. This one was, I thought, decent, and enjoyable on a superficial, secular level, but the book is a goldmine and the movie could have been so much more. it could have been deep and profound and thrilling to the heart. as it stands, its a decent popcorn movie. with some quick nods to the spiritual elements that were in a book ( the 3 second flyby by an albatross, for example- if i hadn't read the book, then books analysing the book, i would have thought that was some seagull making a pass looking for leftover mcdonald's french fries or something. not the mighty aslan in a traditional christian symbol responding to a heartfelt prayer.) same with the white stag in the first film. I didnt know it had a deeper symbolism, i thought they just were out hunting, and the film didnt hint at a deeper meaning, it just threw it in quick.
I don't think the film is drivel, or weak, it just could have EASILY been so much more.
I second this.
that's a good excuse to go buy a new one with the movie cover!!
If this were facebook, I would like this. 🙂
i think michael richards froom seinfeld would have made a cool puddleglum, that is before he killed off his career in that racist tirade
Rilian is 31 when Eustace, Jill and Puddleglum free him.
I didn't go anywhere, just been busy celebrating the new year with my family. And honestly what's there to discuss. We've pretty much argued this to death, I think we pick up this conversation after this weekend's results. No?
Whoa, my bad, Anhun! I suppose I should have done a bit of research before I made an assumption like that. I just assumed that the number of fans on this site would reflect the world's overall total. Now I see that wasn't the most logical conclusion I could have come to.
Not that fan sites are everything, but they're probably a good indicator. Thanks for pointing that out!
I agree, and stick with that. I haven't seen one Harry Potter, Twilight, or movies likewise (and never will). But I've seen VDT three times now.
Do you think the movie will stay long enough untill the 15th of Jan?
I will say what is marked on the tombstone of this dead conversation:
Here lies a conversation on NarniaWeb.
It was a battle of the marketing money of the Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
It was a battle of "Is Not's! and "Is Too's!".
Dec 29th, 8:49 pm, 2010 –
Jan 1st,9:16 pm, 2011
At the theatre I went to the people clapped at the end of PC.
I'm sorry hon, I forgot to respond to your earlier post. Obviously, we don't know for sure, but I would be shocked if it was out of theatres by Jan 15. Caspian, Golden Compass, and Eragon all lasted longer than that, and none of them had the legs that VDT has. Also, Percy Jackson was around for 20 weeks, and Where the Wild things are for 17, neither of them were as successful as VDT.
That being said, VDT has been losing screens, so it might not be available at your closest theatre. Your odds are better if you are in or near a major city.
Also, the 3D in VDT is nothing to write home about. I, for my part, would be more excited about seeing the movie again, than seeing it in 3D.
@Ionic: No, I wasn't getting on your case, just putting my two cents in. You're fine. Also, I need to double-correct myself. Skandar has his own official site, but no fan sites. This, if you buy into my fan-ometer theory, suggests that his popularity is even lower than Will Poulter's, who has one fansite, even if it isn't very thorough.
So my corrected popularity index for the Narnia kids is as follows:
Georgie – very popular, setting out on a fashion career?
William Moseley – not nearly as popular as Georgie, but he was always the prettiest of the Pevensies, so he still has a number of drooling fan girls.
Anna Popplewell – not nearly as popular as William. Her fan base has clearly dwindled in the intervening years since Prince Caspian.
Will Poulter – somewhat less popular than Anna, but then he's just getting started.
Skandar – a D-List star at best.
Domestic: $87,141,000
+ Foreign: $186,047,072
= Worldwide: $273,188,072
as of today! and also to mention the foreign hasnt been updated since the 26th of decemeber, so am roughly guessing it,l be 300+ by tomorrow 🙂
LOL, Not of this world. 😀
@Tribunal: No, the point under discussion is whether or not you actually know what your talking about. You haven't conceded my point, but, at the same time, you haven't proven me wrong. Saying "I posted it, but it got deleted." doesn't cut it, because I can't gauge the credibility of your source. For example, itsanonnegotiable gave us a source, however, on closer inspection, it became clear that the source didn't hold any water.
I've never had problems with posts getting deleted. Try posting the info in a different format.
narniafans is great also, i go there and enjoy it very much.as do many others. they are friends with narniaweb.
1. Actually, TIME panned the Harry Potter movie as well.
2. A number of the changes to the book (and Ionic agrees with me, so you're getting two opinion for the price of one here) actually serve to emphasize the spiritual themes of the book, rather than taking away from them.
Okay. This sounds much better. Of course, I really hope it still stays open for a while, so it gets a lot of domestic $$$
I'm in Ireland now, so I can't contribute to the U.S. earnings anymore, but if I find a theater in Cork that has it, I'm going to try and go 🙂 (for the fifth time, mind you)
Yes, I saw that too. However, they haven't said how much it made yesterday. In fact, the last daily earnings post was for Friday, and it closed the day with $80,091,000. Is it possible that it made $7,050,000 yesterday alone? If so, that would be fantastic…191% gain compared to last Saturday's box office number.
Journey to the Center of the Earth only cost 60 mil to make, not 155 mil.
It's quite sticky.
Non-Negotiable Comment, I do agree with a lot of what you're saying. But the funny thing is that there ARE a lot of mixed reviews about the movie. Some people I know groan when someone mentions VDT and others grin and say they loved it. Who knew? It puzzles me. 🙂
Anhun, I know what you mean. I read a tiny article in Newsweek, I think it was, about VDT. It was horrible. However, I thought that if someone uses language like that in a professional article, do they really deserve to get anyone's attention? Journalists and critics who don't even use common decency and politness in their reviews and use language and foulness to critize I cannot read seriously. They obviously have a problem of some kind. Vicious literature can only drag others down. I think it's so sad. 🙁
I've heard that the 3D qualitiy was not very good ( i wouldn't know much about 3D movies). But i've never seen a 3d movie, and i want vdt to be the first one (I can't do a smile face on a psp. if i could, i would)
We can save Nárnia!.
310 milions are required for save Nárnia.
273.188.072
We need 26 million,please,go to the theater!
/Sorry,i can speek English =(
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/la-ct-narnia-20101203,0,3841280.story
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2010/12/12/weekend_box_office_narnia_sequel_voyage_of_dawn_treader_jolie_depps_tourist/#
I understand, just don't expect much. VDT is the only 3D movie I've ever seen (I saw Inception in 2D), and I can tell you, it added absolutely nothing to the experience.
I'd like to see what Peter Jackson would do with it.
Okay. Thanks! Do you think the Silver Chair will be in 3D? (I'm guessing they would be better at makeing 3D movies in a couple years 🙂 )
Speaking of Narniafans…. they have an update on figures, saying it's nearing $300M worldwide.
http://www.narniafans.com/archives/11150