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By Steve Mason
November 22, 2006
Top 5 Elijah Wood Films - Domestic Box Office
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - $377,027,000
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - $339,789,000
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - $313,364,000
4. Deep Impact - $140,464,000
5. Spy Kids 3D: Game Over – $111,761,000
Top 5 Sharon Stone Films – Domestic Box Office
1. Total Recall - $119,394,000
2. Basic Instinct - $117,727,000
3. Antz - $90,757,000
4. The Specialist - $57,362,000
5. Last Action Hero - $50,016,000
Top 5 Demi Moore Films – Domestic Box Office
1. Ghost - $217,631,000
2. A Few Good Men - $141,340,000
3. Indecent Proposal - $106,614,000
4. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - $100,830,000
5. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - $100,138,000
Top 5 Helen Hunt Films – Domestic Box Office
1. Twister - $241,721,000
2. Cast Away - $233,632,000
3. What Women Want - $182,811,000
4. As Good As Gets - $148,478,000
5. Peggy Sue Got Married - $41,382,000
All-Time Top 5 Movies Featuring Kennedys – Domestic Box Office
1. Forrest Gump – JFK – $329,624,000
2. JFK – JFK, Jackie, JFK Jr. et al - $70,405,000
3. Malcolm X – JFK, Jackie - $48,169,000
4. Thirteen Days – JFK, RFK, Jackie - $34,592,000
5. Hoffa – RFK - $24,276,000
All-Time Top 5 Movies Featuring Political Assassination or Attempts – Domestic Box Office
1. X2 - $214,949,000
2. The Bourne Identity - $121,661,000
3. Enemy of the State - $111,549,000
4. In the Line of Fire - $102,314,000
5. Patriot Games - $83,351,000
6. The Interpreter - $72,708,000
7. JFK - $70,405,000
8. Sahara - $68,671,000
9. Manchurian Candidate - $65,955,000
10. Red Eye - $57,891,000
The Fountain (Warner Bros.) is a noble disaster. I saw this picture and attended the junket last weekend, and, although I admire the risks taken by Darren Aronofsky, Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz, it is a tough movie to figure out.
Warner Bros. greenlighted this project with a $90 million budget, but Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett were set to star. After that deal fell apart, Jackman and Weisz stepped in, and Aronofsky was forced to get creative with half of the original budget. Jackman is on quite a roll with X2, The Prestige, Flushed Away and Happy Feet all hitting big this year, and Weisz is coming off an Oscar win for The Constant Gardener ($33 million domestic), but this is a director who has never found any real commercial success. His debut Pi scored just $3 million and the groundbreaking Requiem For A Dream did only slightly better at $3.6 million.
Like Aronofsky's previous film, Requiem For A Dream, a joint might bring a higher level of appreciation. Because most audiences are stone cold sober, this one has very little chance for success.
Film junkies will eat The Fountain up, but the general public will steer clear. The Fountain will do a five-day of $2-$5 million and a three-day of $1-$3 million.
The Fountain By The Numbers
Top 5 Hugh Jackman Films - Domestic Box Office
1. X-Men: The Last Stand - $234,362,000
2. X2: X-Men United - $214,949,000
3. X-Men - $157,299,000
4. Van Helsing - $120,177,000
5. Swordfish - $69,772,000
Top 5 Rachel Weisz Films – Domestic Box Office
1. The Mummy Returns - $202,019,000
2. The Mummy -$155,385,000
3. Constantine - $75,976,000
4. Runaway Jury - $49,443,000
5. About A Boy - $41,385,000
Top 5 Ellen Burstyn Films – Domestic Box Office
1. The Exorcist - $193,000,000
2. Red Dragon - $93,149,000
3. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - $69,599,000
4. When A Man Loves A Woman - $50,021,000
5. Dying Young - $33,669,000
All-Time Top 10 Time Travel Movies – Domestic Box Office
1. Back To the Future - $210,609,000
2. Planet of the Apes (2001) - $180,011,000
3. Minority Report - $132,072,000
4. Back To the Future II - $118,450,000
5. Back To the Future III - $87,727,000
6. 12 Monkeys - $57,141,000
7. The Time Machine - $56,832,000
8. Kate & Leopold - $47,121,000
9. Frequency - $45,010,000
10. Peggy Sue Got Married - $41,382,000
The weekend is very tough to call. Deja Vu versus Casino Royale is a toss-up for second. On the next tier are Santa Clause 3, Tenacious D, Deck the Halls and Borat. Here are my projections for the five-day (11/22 –11/26) and the three-day (11/24-11/26).
5-DAY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND PROJECTIONS
1. Happy Feet - $39 million
2. Deja Vu - $32 million
3. Casino Royale - $30 million
4. Santa Clause 3 - $15 million
5. Tenacious D in: Pick of Destiny - $12 million
6. Deck the Halls - $11.5 million
7. Borat - $11 million
8. Bobby - $10 million
*The Fountain - $4.5 million
*For Your Consideration – 623 screens - $5,300 per - $3.3 million
3-DAY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND PROJECTIONS
1. Happy Feet - $31 million
2. Deja Vu - $24 million
3. Casino Royale - $22 million
4. Santa Clause 3 - $11 million
5. Tenacious D in: Pick of Destiny - $10 million
6. Deck the Halls - $9 million
7. Borat - $8.5
8. Bobby - $8 million
*The Fountain - $3
*For Your Consideration – 623 screens - $3,600 per - $2.2 million
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