‘Dawn Treader’ Grosses $10.5m Over New Years Weekend
Happy 2011! The Voyage of the Dawn Treader grossed an estimated $10.5m over the holiday weekend. Box Office Mojo writes:
[Gulliver’s Travels] remained in eighth place and couldn’t top its 20th Century Fox stable mate The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which drew $10.3 million in its fourth weekend. With $86.9 million in 24 days, Voyage lost more ground to [Wardrobe] but it gained some on [Caspian].
The film has now grossed $86.9m domestically. Its worldwide total is up to $297.1m.
Still no word on another Narnia film being green-lit, but keep checking back!
I don't see why, the deaths are sudden, the book itself doesn't really give you any time to mourn for them, and you see them later in the New Narnia, I can see them changing the story in some ways, they could bank again on reminding everyone of Lucy's 'look-of-wonder' at the 1st entrance into narnia by showing it in a similare way, they're riding on the train the screen goes black and then you hear the crash, you could simply cut to Eustice and Jill in narnia, and then later cut back to show the other characters in the dark perhaps the characters could walk out of the darkness to the wall of water we see in VOTD, the other characters could then allow lucy to be the first one to pass through the wall of water into the new Narnia, a simple added scene which would focus on the result not the death of the characters. Perhaps they could meet Reepicheep first (similar to the book) and have Aslan there explain that the end of Narnia has come, and that "We must go to help those true narnians who are left." I don't think this is too much of a change from the book and could be inserted at a crucial point to help build the intensity
Thank you very much, It's good to hear that they haven't made the decision against it so fast
Me six!! 🙂
So my theatre is JUST NOW getting Narnia on Friday. Oh well, at least our city can contribute to this coming weekend's box office now! YAY!
So this is good???
oooh! have fun! i'm warning u though, i had to do all i could to keep from bawling like a baby in the end.
i agree, even though SC wasn't really my favorite. I hope they find the right director (Tim Burton anyone?) that could portray the darker themes correctly, but also make it more artistic than VDT was. I really want Andrew Adamson ( and ESPECIALLY Harry Gregson-Williams!!!) to come back, though. or at least he could come back for the last one, since he started everything. 🙂
yeah, that would really stink, though. i mean, even though Narnia is very Christian, i think everyone can get something out of it ( the themes of redemption, forgiveness, loyalty etc.)
yeah, i kind of agree. i really don't want the budget to get cut. maybe….i don't know, if they got a different film company and a more popular director…. as long as Will Poultler is still Eustace, I'll be happy 🙂
while we're on the topic of the future of the Narnia movies, what if….
1. We get Harry Gregson-William's back on board, first of all! 🙂
2. Peter Jackson as director? or at least someone who is well known and has a good reputation as a fantasy movie director
3. work harder to publicize VDT ourselves! i mean, really, there's no better way to publicize than that. after all, it's narnia fans that got the movie made, right?
ok all narnia books have to be made into movies, its probably the best book serise i've ever read and im sure many other people agree, and they deserve to become movies, they have good teachings to!! but it will also not make much sense not releasing the other movies, i mean why only film a few books in a series and leave the others, its like the lord of the rings with out the fellowship or mabye the return of the king. the SC is one of the best books as well as LWW so it should make just as much money as LWW did, and in my opinion the other three are better than PC so they should make more money.
The butler did it.
In order for it to have been "a flop", it must have underperformed. It did *not*. It met all *reasonable* expectations. It simply cost too much money. But, spending another billion on it wouldn't have increased its business one bit, just like having a sane budget, allocated wisely, wouldn't have *decreased* its business, but *would* have made it financially palatable. The film found its audience. It was supported. It was *never* going to make the same kind of money as the first film, because *only* the first film had the "event" factor that its name recognition granted it. The other films will never be in that elite class of marketability. Spectacular adaptations *might* bring good returns in the future, but none of the other six books have the inherent, built-in "buzz" attached to them to warrant allocating a $225 million production budget. The financial mismanagement of 'Caspian' was clearly indicative of borderline delusional expectations that have, erroneously, created an altered perception of what the film "should" have grossed.
I do not say this because I have a warm and fuzzy feeling when I think of the second film. I thought it was a very good adaptation of a thin, little-appealing, less than spectacular book. Some boneheaded moments aside, they did a good job of making a passably entertaining film from a very inflexible narrative. It was ok-ish to pretty good. No, I say it because this community needs to let go of the idea that any film with 'Narnia' stamped on it will have the same appeal as 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe". It's the exact same disastrous line of thought that led Walden/Disney to collaborate on that obscene budget, and it's that same incorrect perception that led Disney to blame "a clearly declining trend" (of two points!) for their ineptitude and subsequent abandonment.
please elaborate on the metaphors/spiritual merits of this book, i have a hard time getting into it-
it means they have gotten the go ahead to film it-
and may his first born child be a doody-head!! ha-HAH!
good ideas, lewis. their first mistake was making PC a fanboy movie, which necessitated it being moved to the summer action slot. thye could havehad dec. sown up keeping the movies gentle and family freindly.
where've you been, bookworm? hqven't seen you around in ages-
i guareentee they will make it a wondrous transition, as opposed to a bloody crisis. it's all in the way you film it.
must be nice to have friends in high places, and their email adddress : )
plus. it REALLY concerns the fate of narnia- since they love to push that angle
right on, non- very elequently stated-
i'm jealous- i only got posters
amen, brother narnian-
I had felt something wasn't right about that. We probably would have had a public note regarding that if it were true.
but why? what am i missing? it totally bored me and seemed so deriviative- and i dont want to feel that way-
will this also work if i tell disney to go jump in the lake?
what city are you in?
haha. they might do that when they find out Narnia's a success without them.
I have to agree with the others. Moving pc to the summer was what contributed to its horrible box office. It only had one weekend to itself, and then came the onslaught of summer blockbusters (Indy, etc.). Vdt is still alive because of the holiday release date. If only they had kept narnia as a traditional Christmas release date In the mind of the public maybe narnia would not be struggling right now.
It's official! VDT is over 300 mil worldwide. Box Office Mojo is predicting that it'll top VDT's overseas total.
VDT will top VDT?
SHHHHH!
And VDT have not come to Japan.There are many fans of Narnia,so I think their works will be wonderful in this Feb.!!!
And better news yet: the total is now at $302 million!
Pray for a final count near $400 million!
They considered this to be the sign of a thriving franchise.
I really am amazed we are up to this total now!
wooot!! yeaya!!
Well, you know how the White Witch is a metaphor for coldness and hatred of others. The Lady of the Green Kirtle is a metaphor for darkness and hatred of self. While the white witch turns her victims to ice, reflecting how some people are said to have "hearts of ice," the effect that the Lady of the Green Kirtle has on her victims is strikingly similar to the effects of depression. In some, she puts them into a deathlike sleep. In others, she causes them to shuffle quietly through life, not knowing or caring why they do what they do. When you don't love yourself as God loves you, life can seem pointless.
This is also reflected in the climax. In LWW, the climax is an epic battle. The fight against intolerance is often a large scale social battle against society's injustices.
In SC, the climax is a small-scale fight taking place in a locked chamber. Also, throughout the book, the characters struggle with their own fears and inadequacies, particularly Jill, who is arguably the central character. She suffers from claustrophobia, which makes some parts of their quest extremely difficult for her. She keeps "muffing the signs." All the same, Aslan loves her.
This is good 🙂 That's 10 million more than before! Hey that rhymes! lol
Correction: It will top PC's overseas total.
The Chronicles of Narnia is not the Passion of the Christ. If it was, why would so many non-Christians get excited about it?
Walden could not afford Tim Burton, nor would he want to do it, nor would you want him to, if you really thought about it.
Keep making idiots out of yourselves, please.
wow this is awesome!!! it seems like almost everyone's fave book out of the series is sc, so i think many people will watch the flim and it might bring more money.
i <3 all the narnia movies! please make more and more and more!!!!!
thanks, good insights- anyone else?
No, Anhun, lack of profit does not equal a flop. Just because they didn't earn back their millions of dollars doesn't mean the movie was a trainwreck.
I know right, someone ought to!
it DEFINITELY WOULD NOT HAVE struggled! this is the biggest muff-job of a beloved franchise i have ever seen. i am hoping, however, it was god's plan to get it out of the hands of disney.
because, as cs lewis said himself, he wanted it to be read as a straight story first, then the subtext could surface but was not the main thrust. he wanted an engrossing story tat could be enjoyed by anyone.
im just saying if your property has a built in fanbase army who thinks it may help save souls so are highly motivated to help, why not utilize them. im taking about the passio'ns marketing plan, not the subject matter.
I think people either love it or couldn't really get into it. I understand, because in the beginning it is rather slow, but I think what C.S. Lewis does with the story is amazing, I mean, he takes a storyline that's rather unoriginal, a journey to rescue someone, and he makes it feel like you've never read anything like it. He adds his own signature to the story, I just feel like it is Lewis at his best, bending a typical, if you will, plot, into a interesting, unique, mysterious, threatening and overall wonderful story. And also the characters are great. I feel like they are maybe the only characters in the Narnia series where you can see so much of who they are and where they come from and what they are going through with C.S. Lewis wrote. I mean, take Jill for example. Lewis never writes about who her family is and what kind of life she has outside of school, but I love to think about it, about who she is and what she went through and is going through that has made her the way that she is. Except for maybe Edmund, and of course Eustace in VDT, I feel like he made the SC characters come to life like never before.
Whoa, the news with this movie and it's box office keeps getting better on every update! I am so in love with that fact! So since it is in the $300 million range, I can so see "The Silver Chair is a go!" update!! Man I would probably faint if that happens! Such exciting news yay!
While SC isn't my favorite, I do think that with the right direction and cast, it could be an excellent movie in an artistic, cinematic sense. A commercial megahit like LWW? I'd be shocked. But if they're smart with their money, it could be worth their while to make.
While it makes sense to use Caspian as a low-end baseline, I don't think it makes sense to use LWW as a high end. VDT's holds have been better than LWW's.
We have to have Silver Chair! Hard-core fight scenes await!
You forgot to mention Puddleglum! 😀 I loved how Lewis created a brand new type of creature, with their own peculiar culture. At first you think he's kind of ridiculous, almost reminiscent of Eeyore, but the more you know him, the more you realize he's actually courageous and noble. His relationship with the kids is heart-warming.
Well, I'm in China and I've seen it many times on the Internet through some so-called illegal ways(you know, in the mainland of China), but I'm stil going to see it in the following weeks three or four times in 2D and 3D in original and Chinese-dubbed version with my family and my friends. Though the film may sound childish to many other Chinese audiences but as the media know well how to tell it, I believe that many people are going to see it. And the winter vacation has just begun here.
Tribunal, therir joking. No need to be a wet blaket crabcake.
Be kind to Tribunal. She has a severe sense-of-humour deficiency. It's a crippling affliction, one that warrants your compassion, not your ridicule. 😛
Not to mention, if Adamson directs, we'll probably get a make-out scene with Jill and Tirian. 😀
. . . jk . . . CALM DOWN!
LOL Queen Shelly Belly, it has its ups… up here 😉 For Narnia, and for Aslan!