Key Words
Domestic - America and Canada.
Foreign- The rest of the world.
Opening Weekend- The film's 3 days of release ranging from Friday to Sunday.
The summer movie season had officially commenced about three weeks ago. The movie season kicked off with the film Fast Five, which is the fifth installment in the Fast and the Furious Franchise. Fast Five marks the 10th Anniversary of the popular franchise. Fast Five has been extreamly successful worldwide and domestically, as it has made a total of $531 million so far. Its the most successful film in the 10-year franchise critically and financially.
Thor commenced a week later and was just as successful globally and domestically with a current total of $411 million. Thor's current total is still set to increase.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opened 2 weeks after Thor to a roaring success, so far making $470 million in the foreign market and $163 million in the domestic market, with a worldwide intake of $634 million in just 11 days. This total is set to increase drastically in the weeks to come, but the question is: Will Captain Jack Sparrow's 4th outing make over a billion dollars? seeing that it's doing extreamly well especially in the foreign market.Opening a week after pirates, were The Hangover Part 2 and Kung Fu Panda 2. These two big blockbuster sequels had been pitted against one another by opening on the same day. Many box office analysts wondered which film would open at number 1. The answer eventually came as the Hangover Part 2 opened at number 1 making $86 million in it's opening weekend at the domestic box office. It has so far made $137 million domestically and $59 million in the foreign market, bringing it's worldwide total to $196 million in just 5 days of release. It's foreign total is a little bit low because it hasn't opened in many foreign countries yet.
The 2nd Hangover film has made double of what the 1st film made in it's opening weekend.
Po the panda has lost some weight, as Kung Fu Panda 2 opened 2nd place, with an opening weekend of $47 million domestically. This was a significant drop from the first film's $60 million domestic opening weekend 3 years ago. Panda 2's average opening could've occurred because of it's unconvincing yet boring marketing. The film hasn't opened in many foreign countries yet, but it has already made $57 million in the foreign market in just 5 days.
It's 5 day domestic total stands at $68 million, bringing it's worldwide total to $125 million, which is actually not bad. I'm sure the film will hold off well in the days to come (just like the 3rd the Narnia film did last year domestically) and it's foreign intake should be sky high when it opens in most of the foreign market countries next week. This sequel is set to beat it's predecessor, and it's foreign intake will allow it to, as the first film was amazingly popular in this market 3 years back, so why not it's sequel.
Opening this Friday worldwide is the X-men prequel titled X-Men: First Class. The film is poised to be successful due to it's convincing marketing and it being part of a popular franchise. The film has so far received positive reviews from critics, so positive word of mouth may also result in this film's success. The film tells the origin story of how the very first x men formed and how Professor X and Magneto meet, become friends then enemies. The villains in the film are Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost and Azazel. This film should be an interesting origin tale. The question is: How well will this film do in it's opening weekend and overall? Let's just wait and see starting this Friday.
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