Matrix Bombs at Box Office

[MovieDan82]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=1&u=/ap/20031109/ap_en_mo/box_office_6

[cg124]

i wouldn't call it a bomb

[Tonkpils]

yeah me either... they still made tons of money.

[ambrosia]

No way was it a bomb.

[Glordreen]

50 mil in a weekend is certanly not a bomb. No where near LOTR though.

[ILOVEKATIE]

It sure ain't no bomb, many films would love to make that amount, BUT it didn't make what was expected which was HUGE sum of money.

[Scythe]

It's not a bomb but compared to Reloaded it made not nearly as much.

Reloaded had a lot of hype and it also lost a lot of fans I guess, so i cna see why Revolutions took the hit.

[Lackey]

*sigh* ...some people don't know how to read numbers correctly

it did better than it was expected to do...
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?

$204 million - biggest consecutive five-day opening in motion picture history

biggest international weekend of all time with an estimated $118.6 million

new domestic record for the second largest R-rated opening ever behind The Matrix Reloaded with an estimated $85.47 million

The film also earned an estimated $14.9 million in the UK, Japan $14.8 million, France $11.2 million, Germany $8 million, Spain $6.3 million, Italy $6.2 million, Australia $5.5 million, Korea $5.2 million, Russia $4.8 million and $1.5 million in China - ranking it #1 around the world

wow, it really bombed.... :rolleyes:

[Coming Soon!]

Yeah, biggest five-day worldwide box office total sure sounds like a failure to me... please. I can't believe so many folks are saying it bombed, this movie is a huge hit. $85 in five days in the US alone is quite something.

[FilmJerk]

over 100 mil overseas. poeple need to get their info strait before posting whack ****

[KINGKURT553]

Well, good for them money wise, but the money did bomb in my opinion.

[MovieDan82]

It will barely make 120 Million in the states... how is that not a bomb in WB eyes? Do you know how much those prints and advertisements cost for the whole world?

[Lackey]

If a movie does as good as or better than the studio expects it to do in the box office, then it's not a bomb.

[MovieWes]

Originally posted by MovieDan82
It will barely make 120 Million in the states... how is that not a bomb in WB eyes? Do you know how much those prints and advertisements cost for the whole world?

I'm certain it will make more than $120 million domestically. It'll probably make at least $180 million, maybe even close to $200 million, but not anywhere near "Reloaded."

[Coming Soon!]

Originally posted by MovieWes
I'm certain it will make more than $120 million domestically. It'll probably make at least $180 million, maybe even close to $200 million, but not anywhere near "Reloaded."

Besides, this is a 'front-loaded' movie. Warner Bros. tried to get the most possible returns back in the first five days, and they accomplished that. Also, we're heading into the holidays...

[MovieWes]

Yeah, with all the holiday movies coming out, it's doubtful it'll be around by Christmas. But I think that it's unreasonable to think that it's total run will come in at under $120 million. It'll certainly make $100 million by Wednesday. So after Wednesday it'll only make another $20 million total? Even if it takes a 50% nosedive next weekend, that's still a $25 million weekend, bringing its total to around $145 million or more. I can see it performing like MIIB, coming in at $190 million, but there's no way it barely makes $120 million.

However, I would still agree with MovieDan82 that "Revolutions" will be a major disappointment Warner Bros. It's performance is not even close to what "Reloaded" was, and the audience reception is probably even worse than "Reloaded"'s was. I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up not cracking $200 million in the North American box-office, but it probably will. That's a disappointment for WB because it is their winter tentpole movie, and it isn't doing what everyone expected it to do at the box-office. In my opinion, they should've held it off till next summer and released "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" in its place (yeah, I know it's not completed filming yet, but they could've started filming earlier and had it done by now).

Anyways, next weekend "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" comes out and will definately take the top spot at the box-office. You know, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if that film makes more than "The Matrix Revolutions."

[Lackey]

Originally posted by MovieWes

However, I would still agree with MovieDan82 that "Revolutions" will be a major disappointment Warner Bros. It's performance is not even close to what "Reloaded" was, and the audience reception is probably even worse than "Reloaded"'s was. I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up not cracking $200 million in the North American box-office, but it probably will. That's a disappointment for WB because it is their winter tentpole movie, and it isn't doing what everyone expected it to do at the box-office.


again, it did about as well as Warner Bros. expected it to do... where is everyone getting this "not as well as expected" stuff???

If Warner Bros. really wanted to cash in on Revolutions, they would've waited for the summer to release it. Of course it's not going to make as much as Reloaded... one of the reasons being that Reloaded was a summer movie and Revolutions is not. The studio didn't expect it to do as well as Reloaded.

[LS2002]

Um It will be over 100 Million next weekend maybe before the Weekend Starts so I really doubt this will make Barely 120 Million it will go past it.

[sunflower03]

i am not a fan of this movie, but it certainly was not a bomb at the box office. plus it will make a lot more than 120 million because you have make total of all the time it spends in theatres, not a few days or two weeks.

[droidguy1119]

$204.1 million is the biggest global film opening in history, surpassing Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers's $200 million five-day opening.

Warner Brothers is definitely NOT disappointed -- within weeks, the worldwide box-office totals for the two Matrix sequels will break $1 billion.

No matter how you slice it, $1 billion is a success (and the company, when it was partnered with AOL, just lost $1 billion last year), and I agree with most of the people on this thread -- no way is this movie a bomb.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/va/20031109/106842960400.html

[Lackey]

and considering that the Harry Potter and LOTR films also belong to Time Warner... they're doing pretty well for themselves.

[Ronska]

I'm sure the Wachowski Bros. are satisfied with the $700 million dollars they made from the world wide gross.

[PsychoMike]

It's not a bomb, Yes it made less than reloaded, but reloaded had alot more Hype around it than Reveloutions did so of course reloaded would make more.

[sphericthor]

There's no way that making over $200million is a bomb

The 2 sequels may reach $1billion by next week, even if there's a 50% drop in ticket sales because Reloaded made $735.4million worldwide (not including DVD sales) and Revolutions has made just over $204million bringing the sum to an estimated $939million

[Tenafly Viper]

This is one of those Optimist / Pessimist questions. Is the box office take half empty or half full?

[Zombie Killer]

This post is a waste.

[MovieDan82]

Alright, you guys win… it wasn’t a bomb. Just misread the numbers…

I am sorry for offending any members of the board.

[MovieWes]

You didn't offend anyone.. just confused us. :)

[MovieDan82]

Originally posted by MovieWes
You didn't offend anyone.. just confused us. :)


:) :) :) :) :)

[Riddle]

Don't forget, because of the intake of Reloaded, nearly every penny of Revolutions is profit.

Considering that both movies were filmed at once, nearly %90 of money spent on the 2 was made back from Reloaded.

WB stands to make hundreds of millions off Revolutions alone.

[MovieWes]

Nearly half of "Reloaded" was profit if you take worldwide grosses into account. That means that "Revolutions" is pure profit.

[Shwang]

A dissapointment yeah but not a bomb im sure the WB are really sore its already made its money back. And it will clear 125m after next weekend.

[Rabbit]

Its not a bomb.

[tyler_durden]

Originally posted by cg124
i wouldn't call it a bomb

I would agree. 80 million in under a week and 200 million world wide isn't quite a bomb.