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By Steve Mason
November 22, 2006
Top 5 Matthew Broderick Movies – Domestic Box Office
1. The Lion King - $312,855,000
2. Godzilla - $136,314,000
3. Inspector Gadget - $97,403,000
4. WarGames - $79,567,000
5. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - $70,136,000
All-Time Top 10 Christmas Movies – Domestic Box Office
1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas - $260,044,000
2. The Polar Express - $173,675,000
3. Elf - $173,398,000
4. The Santa Clause - $144,833,000
5. The Santa Clause 2 - $139,236,000
6. Christmas With the Kranks - $73,780,000
7. Christmas Vacation - $71,319,000
8. Jingle All the Way - $60,592,000
9. Scrooged - $60,328,000
10. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas - $58,582,000
There are two theories about why MGM/Weinstein Co. is opening Bobby on Thanksgiving Day instead of Wednesday. I spoke with one distribution executive who swears it's because they want to dodge bad reviews. The official reason for the Thursday opening is that the 22nd (Wednesday) is the anniversary of JFK's assassination.
I believe that the unusual opening date is because of the ominous anniversary. After all, Bobby as debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and recently played at AFI. There are plenty of advance reviews online, and, although not unanimous, they skew to the positive.
Who would've thought that the Weinsteins would hitch their Oscar wagon to a film directed by Emilio Estevez, whose previous films grossed a combined $21 million, but Bob and Harvey are going all-out for Bobby.
It's easier to list the major stars who aren't in Bobby as opposed to those that are. It feels a little like The Towering Inferno or a very highbrow episode of The Love Boat, and reviewers generally find it to be a little "on the nose," but I suspect that Bobby will strike a chord with Americans who have grown weary of a misguided war and politicians who can't be trusted.
This earnest effort is tracking extraordinarily well with Women 25 Plus and is solid with Men 25 Plus as well. On approximately 1,700 screens, I say Bobby does $7-$10 million for the five-day (it only gets four days because of the Thursday opening) and $5-$8 million for the three-day.
Bobby By The Numbers
Top 3 Emilio Estevez-Directed Movies – Domestic Box Office
1. Men At Work - $16,247,000
2. Wisdom - $5,715,000
3. The War At Home - $44,722
Top 5 Emilio Estevez Films As An Actor – Domestic Box Office
1. Stakeout - $65,673,000
2. The Mighty Ducks - $50,752,000
3. The Breakfast Club - $45,875,000
4. Young Guns - $45,661,000
5. D2: The Mighty Ducks - $45,610,000
Top 5 Martin Sheen Films - Domestic Box Office
1. Catch Me If You Can - $164,615,000
2. The Departed - $113,841,0000
3. Apocalypse Now - $78,784,000
4. JFK - $70,405,000
5. The American President - $60,079,000
Top 5 Anthony Hopkins Films - Domestic Box Office
1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas - $266,044,000
2. Mission Impossible II - $215,409,000
3. Hannibal - $165,092,000
4. The Silence of the Lambs - $130,742,000
5. Red Dragon - $93,149,000
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