The Simpson's Movie: 71.9 million on 3,922 screens
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:55 am
'The Simpsons Movie' Earns Big Doh!
Color me shocked... until I read how many screens it was on. If you've got a movie running on nearly FOUR THOUSAND screens, with ticket prices of $10 or more, of course you're going to rake it in. A Uwe Boll movie could crack the Top 10 with that many screens. It's the little movies which only have 500 or 600 screens but still rack in beaucoup bucks which get praise and oooos and ahhhhs from me.
Still, congratulations.... as long as no payola or 'why am I receiving a ticket for this movie when I paid for this other movie?' was involved.
There needs to be some standardizing of how box office numbers -- records and rankings -- are kept, because something seems inherently wrong here.
The film, which featured the antics of yellow-hued Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and a host of motley characters, grossed an average of $18,320 on 3,922 screens across the country and also opened strongly in 70 foreign markets.
"We are ecstatic," said Chris Aronson, senior vice president for distribution at 20th Century Fox. "It far exceeded even the most optimistic of expectations."
The hand-drawn movie had the fifth best opening weekend of the year, beating such notable contenders as "Transformers," from Paramount, "Ghost Rider," from Sony Pictures and the computer-animated "Ratatouille," from The Walt Disney Co. and Pixar Animation Studios.
"It's unprecedented to have the longest-running sitcom of all time still on the air and have it also be the number one movie in theaters," Dergarabedian said.
Color me shocked... until I read how many screens it was on. If you've got a movie running on nearly FOUR THOUSAND screens, with ticket prices of $10 or more, of course you're going to rake it in. A Uwe Boll movie could crack the Top 10 with that many screens. It's the little movies which only have 500 or 600 screens but still rack in beaucoup bucks which get praise and oooos and ahhhhs from me.
Still, congratulations.... as long as no payola or 'why am I receiving a ticket for this movie when I paid for this other movie?' was involved.
There needs to be some standardizing of how box office numbers -- records and rankings -- are kept, because something seems inherently wrong here.