Box office releases for the weekend 02/24/06

[Danro]

Madea's Family Reunion
Director: Tyler Perry
Stars: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield
Studio: Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment

The Plot: While planning her family reunion, a pistol-packing grandma (Perry) must contend with the other dramas on her plate, including the runaway who has been placed under her care, and her love-troubled nieces.

Doogal
Studio: The Weinstein Company LLC

The Plot: When a sugar-addicted pooch (Daniel Tay) accidentally frees the villainous Zeebad (Jon Stewart) from a supernatural prison, the bad guy sets in motion events that cause the next ice age. The dog teams up with a motley fellowship on a quest for three magical, life-restoring diamonds.

Running Scared
Director: Wayne Kramer
Stars: Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Chazz Palminteri
Studio: New Line Cinema

The Plot: A "hot" snub-nosed .38 pistol brings together a mob flunky (Walker), his young kid (Bright), a Russian gangster ... and a cop who should be dead.

Night Watch [limited]
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Stars: Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Mariya Poroshina (Full Cast)
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

The Plot: In Moscow, the forces of Light and Darkness do battle. Into this centuries-old conflict enters a man (Khabensky) who learns he can prevent a foreboding prophecy from coming true.

Taxi Number 9211 [limited]
Director: Milan Luthria
Stars: John Abraham, Nana Patekar
Studio: UTV

The Plot: A cabbie (Patekar) and businessman (Abraham) both in need of big money partake in a two-hour adventure together.


Thanks to IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/). So whats your take on this weekends new releases?

[klwillis45]

+ 1 for previous release.

I predict 8 below stays @ 1 and Pink Panther will be @ 2. I have no interest in either, if I see anything this weekend it will be Runnign Scared or Freedomland. There is crap @ the box office right now, IMO. V for Vendetta can't get here soon enough.

[shieryda]

"Running Scared". Anything with Paul Walker is bound to be #1 on opening weekend.

[y2jrevolution]

"Running Scared". Anything with Paul Walker is bound to be #1 on opening weekend.

Really? Huh....

[slidecage]

i vote for doogal

cause it had the word doo in it :)

[Roufuss]

"Running Scared". Anything with Paul Walker is bound to be #1 on opening weekend.

Nope... Madea will be #1, definately.

[shieryda]

Nope... Madea will be #1, definately.

How many more movies can this dude make about himself dressing up as the same old, uppity black woman and her kin?!

[Scahom1]

How many more movies can this dude make about himself dressing up as the same old, uppity black woman and her kin?!

Well, this is only the second, but considering how many plays are out there, we will be seeing this stuff for awhile.

I liked when the first one came out, Ebert gave it a thumbs down, so a group of people started writing him and calling him a racist. Little did they know he is married to a black woman. :)

[Dead of Knight]

Paul Walker sucks ass. I might not see a movie I was previously interested in just because he's in it.

Nothing for me this weekend.

[klwillis45]

2nd to get a "theatrical" release. 6th overall.
http://imdb.com/name/nm1347153/

[j.elles]

Night Watch is that subtitled.

[pimpinc333]

Well, this is only the second, but considering how many plays are out there, we will be seeing this stuff for awhile.

I liked when the first one came out, Ebert gave it a thumbs down, so a group of people started writing him and calling him a racist. Little did they know he is married to a black woman. :)

When the Diary of a mad black woman came out they had like 4 others about Meadia. Im not sure if those are the plays you are talking about but they were on DVD. I just thought they were terrible movies so that why i never heard of them.

[shieryda]

2nd to get a "theatrical" release. 6th overall.
http://imdb.com/name/nm1347153/

I rest my case.

[slidecage]

How many more movies can this dude make about himself dressing up as the same old, uppity black woman and her kin?!


how the hell was big momma house 2 made.... didnt the first one flop... then again it probally only cost 100k to make so they just keep pushing out the crap along with 99% of the other films.

martin is a good actor (bad boys) but they been giving him crap roles

[Danro]

how the hell was big momma house 2 made.... didnt the first one flop... then again it probally only cost 100k to make so they just keep pushing out the crap along with 99% of the other films.

martin is a good actor (bad boys) but they been giving him crap roles

Well, his last 2 roles (BMH2 and Rebound) were more family oriented, not necessarily crap roles, but nothing id associate with Martin Lawrence. Personally id love to see him do a Nothing but Trouble sequel.

[Maklershed]

I like the idea of this thread. We could turn it into a weekly thing and make a contest out of it. See who can pick the most winners over a given amount of time.

[klwillis45]

Well, his last 2 roles (BMH2 and Rebound) were more family oriented, not necessarily crap roles, but nothing id associate with Martin Lawrence. Personally id love to see him do a Nothing but Trouble sequel.

You can't do a sequel. Tupac & John Candy are dead along with Chevy's career. :bouncy:

[Danro]

I like the idea of this thread. We could turn it into a weekly thing and make a contest out of it. See who can pick the most winners over a given amount of time.

Doesnt sound like a bad idea, I can keep an eye on the winners with a public poll. So far, it seems CAGs think Running Scared is going to take the box office as of this post, I still have my money on Madea though.

[DT778]

i voted for madea, but only because its the only one that I have seen or remember seeing the commercials for.

[I AM WILLIAM H. MACY]

Tstotsi and Night Watch are in very limited release, Running Scared doesn't have enough promotion or significance, so that leaves Doogal and Madea.

It'll most likely be Madea because of Tyler Perry's huge following in the South that'll flock right to it, but I could see Doogal also taking the lead, just because kid's movies and CGI are hot right now, and this one has some decent star power.

[Brak]

Madea's Family Reunion is going to be number one. Sadly.

[whoknows]

No theater near me even has Night Watch playing....so I doubt that will get #1

[Danro]

I hadnt realized Pink Panther dropped to 3rd this last weekend, I think one of the newcomers is definitely going to top Eight Below.

[Santurio]

Madea for the win!! It won't take my money but it will be #1.

[jPoD]

Running Scared

[I AM WILLIAM H. MACY]

Well, Friday's numbers are in, and it's fairly surprising:

MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION 10.5 10.5
EIGHT BELOW 4.0 33.3
DATE MOVIE 3.2 27.9
PINK PANTHER, THE 3.0 52.7
FIREWALL 1.8 32.4
FINAL DESTINATION 3 1.7 41.0
CURIOUS GEORGE 1.7 37.8
RUNNING SCARED 1.0 1.0
FREEDOMLAND .9 8.8
DOOGAL .9 .9

Doogal and Running Scared flopped hard, and Madea is doing even better than the first. Huh. Although it is traditional for family movies (Doogal) to do much, much better on Saturday than Friday, but it still won't do too well.

[guardian_owl]

Friday Estimates make it abundantly clear who will be #1:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2006-02-24&p=.htm

1.)TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION - $10,200,000
2.)EIGHT BELOW - $3,940,000
3.)DATE MOVIE - $3,130,000
4.)PINK PANTHER - $3,000,000
5.)FIREWALL - $1,820,000
6.)FINAL DESTINATION 3 - $1,690,000
7.)CURIOUS GEORGE - $1,640,000
8.)RUNNING SCARED - $1,010,000
9.)DOOGAL - $840,000
10.)FREEDOMLAND - $835,000

Sorry Macy, I guess audiences didn't find you a very convincing snail in the commercials.

[Danro]

Thanks to WHM and Guardian_owl for the friday updates, looks like theres some catching up to do to reach Madea before Sunday night.

[I AM WILLIAM H. MACY]

Friday Estimates make it abundantly clear who will be #1:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2006-02-24&p=.htm

1.)TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION - $10,200,000
2.)EIGHT BELOW - $3,940,000
3.)DATE MOVIE - $3,130,000
4.)PINK PANTHER - $3,000,000
5.)FIREWALL - $1,820,000
6.)FINAL DESTINATION 3 - $1,690,000
7.)CURIOUS GEORGE - $1,640,000
8.)RUNNING SCARED - $1,010,000
9.)DOOGAL - $840,000
10.)FREEDOMLAND - $835,000

Sorry Macy, I guess audiences didn't find you a very convincing snail in the commercials.
Oh, don't worry about me; it was a French film originally that they hired new voices for, so tons of people did small parts in it. I'm barely in it anyway (truthfully, I didn't even really think it was very good :lol:)

[Mr. Anderson]

I voted for Night Watch just because I want to see it so bad.

[guardian_owl]

Oh, don't worry about me; it was a French film originally that they hired new voices for, so tons of people did small parts in it. I'm barely in it anyway (truthfully, I didn't even really think it was very good :lol:)
Yes, same basic thing they did with Hoodwinked. Are they ever going to do anything original or are they just going to buy out existing works and slap on a new coat of paint?

Yep, I understand you gotta pay the bills, hell I'd probably do crap like that too if it meant I didn't have to get out every night and search out mice to eat.

[captaincold]

Well, this is only the second, but considering how many plays are out there, we will be seeing this stuff for awhile.

I liked when the first one came out, Ebert gave it a thumbs down, so a group of people started writing him and calling him a racist. Little did they know he is married to a black woman. :)

Recently people were accusing,brace yourself, Bryant Gumbel of being racist against white people because of his comments about the winter olympics.

But anyways, Madeas Family Reunion is by far the best movie i've seen in a while. This movie WILL have legs, it's that good.
Don't be fooled by the commercials with "Madea" acting a fool,this is mostly a serious style movie.

[Danro]

Congrats to the following CAGs for picking Madea's Family Reunion as number one at the box office this weekend:

Brak
DT778
I AM WILLIAM H. MACY
Lice
Santurio
and myself

Here are the top 10 movies for the weekend ending 02/26/2006:
(dollar figures are Weekend/Gross)

1. Madea's Family Reunion $30.2M/$30.2M
2. Eight Below $15.7M/$45.1M
3. The Pink Panther $11.3M/$61M
4. Date Movie $9.22M/$33.9M
5. Curious George $7M/$43.1M
6. Firewall $6.28M/$36.9M
7. Final Destination 3 $5.35M/$44.8M
8. Doogal $3.61M/$3.61M
9. Running Scared $3.08M/$3.08M
10. Freedomland $2.9M/$10.8M

[shieryda]

Damn you, Paul Walker! I had my money on your shitty film to come in 1st place last weekend. Fucker.

[slidecage]

Congrats to the following CAGs for picking Madea's Family Reunion as number one at the box office this weekend:

Brak
DT778
I AM WILLIAM H. MACY
Lice
Santurio
and myself

Here are the top 10 movies for the weekend ending 02/26/2006:
(dollar figures are Weekend/Gross)

1. Madea's Family Reunion $30.2M/$30.2M
2. Eight Below $15.7M/$45.1M
3. The Pink Panther $11.3M/$61M
4. Date Movie $9.22M/$33.9M
5. Curious George $7M/$43.1M
6. Firewall $6.28M/$36.9M
7. Final Destination 3 $5.35M/$44.8M
8. Doogal $3.61M/$3.61M
9. Running Scared $3.08M/$3.08M
10. Freedomland $2.9M/$10.8M

i wonder how much these movies really made after you take out all the FREE TICKETS that are giving to some of these movies....

date movie bringing in so far almost 35 million Yea right I belive those numbers were all paying customers LOL...

[Roufuss]

date movie bringing in so far almost 35 million Yea right I belive those numbers were all paying customers LOL...

Why?

Date Movie appeals to the teenage crowd, I assume, and there are a ton of teenagers going to see the movies... this only makes sense.

Next week, I'll already throw down my prediction, Dave Chapelle's Block Party opens at #1.

[jPoD]

FD3's acting was soooo bad it was laughable. If i wasnt with friends i wouldve been pissed. It was actually funny shit.

[ValkyrieVF-1S]

Why?

Date Movie appeals to the teenage crowd, I assume, and there are a ton of teenagers going to see the movies... this only makes sense.

Next week, I'll already throw down my prediction, Dave Chapelle's Block Party opens at #1.

I thought Dave Chappelle's Block Party was going to be a limited release next week. I am really hoping my theater will get it though. But my prediction will have to be ultraviolet next week. :P

[guardian_owl]

I thought Dave Chappelle's Block Party was going to be a limited release next week. I am really hoping my theater will get it though. But my prediction will have to be ultraviolet next week. :P
I would like it to be Ultraviolet, but since DC:BP is wide release, that is probably going to be #1.

edit: aww damnit Ultraviolet not to be screened for critics (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/movie-1157128/reviews.php?critic=all&sortby=default&page=1&rid=1486505)