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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew
It's only been showing in 622 theatres since Christmas weekend, and it's already grossed over 16 million. It doesn't open nationwide until January 21st.
I think it's doing respectably for limited showings... but it was an extremely expensive movie to make (I heard around 80-90 million dollars), so I imagine it will take YEARS before it shows a profit.
Most likely through DVD and overseas sales.
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Surely you won't argue with Variety, Le Stew.
Making less than $5 million last weekend in almost 650 theaters is
horrid, especially for such a highly promoted film that's only been in release for a couple of weeks. As a general rule, films that are in limited release do remarkably well, usually when it comes to per-theater tallies. So, high per-screen/theater tallies mean zip. And the audience just isn't there for it to do well overseas, they aren't even really putting any money into promoting it around the world. I'm sure DVD sales will be fine, though.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew
Also, I believe 'Moulin Rouge,' 'Chicago' and 'Evita' all made under 30 million during their theatrical runs, so it seems 'PotO' is doing decent numbers, all things considered.
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Moulin Rouge made $60 in the US and was a bigger hit abroad, grossing almost $150 million.
Chicago made almost $200 million in the US, but they had a phenomenal promotion campaign.
Evita made around $50 million in the US and, like Mel Gibson's Ransom, Disney claims not to have made a profit off of it.
I know, I'm anal.