Panzram
06-06-2004, 05:07 PM
The third film in Warner Bros. HARRY POTTER series catapulted to the top of the box office this weekend. The studio has forecasted a $92.6 million dollar opening weekend for HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, with a exceptionally strong $28.2 M opening day for Friday. If the estimate holds up when Monday's final figures are released, THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN will turn out to be the best opening weekend in the history of the franchise.
In its third week of release, DreamWorks' SHREK 2 crossed the $300 M barrier by adding an additional $37 M to its tally. The sequel has already surpassed the $267 M that the first film took in domestically and is still holding strong in each week of its performance.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW is also doing a good job of making money for its studio, 20th Century Fox. With TOMORROW's grosses now at $128 M, this event movie is proving to be one of the summer's successes.
It's fairly routine for the remainder of the top ten movies on this week's chart. Universal's VAN HELSING continues to plummet, down another 55% in this weekend's ticket receipts. MEAN GIRLS and MAN ON FIRE are still making a show and the indie documentary SUPER SIZE ME continues to hang on to tenth spot.
Next week Universal gets a second chance to find summer gold with THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK!
Here are the estimated box office receipts of the top ten films from June 4 through to June 6, with their weekend gross and the movie's total domestic gross to date:
1. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN $92,640,000 $92,640,000
2. SHREK 2 $37,000,000 $313,591,000
3. THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW $28,150,000 $128,759,000
4. RAISING HELEN $6,675,000 $24,189,000
5. TROY $5,740,000 $119,052,000
6. MEAN GIRLS $2,900,000 $78,130,000
7. SOUL PLANE $2,850,000 $11,080,000
8. VAN HELSING $2,347,000 $114,509,000
9. MAN ON FIRE $1,025,000 $75,354,000
10. SUPER SIZE ME $835,000 $6,201,000
In its third week of release, DreamWorks' SHREK 2 crossed the $300 M barrier by adding an additional $37 M to its tally. The sequel has already surpassed the $267 M that the first film took in domestically and is still holding strong in each week of its performance.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW is also doing a good job of making money for its studio, 20th Century Fox. With TOMORROW's grosses now at $128 M, this event movie is proving to be one of the summer's successes.
It's fairly routine for the remainder of the top ten movies on this week's chart. Universal's VAN HELSING continues to plummet, down another 55% in this weekend's ticket receipts. MEAN GIRLS and MAN ON FIRE are still making a show and the indie documentary SUPER SIZE ME continues to hang on to tenth spot.
Next week Universal gets a second chance to find summer gold with THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK!
Here are the estimated box office receipts of the top ten films from June 4 through to June 6, with their weekend gross and the movie's total domestic gross to date:
1. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN $92,640,000 $92,640,000
2. SHREK 2 $37,000,000 $313,591,000
3. THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW $28,150,000 $128,759,000
4. RAISING HELEN $6,675,000 $24,189,000
5. TROY $5,740,000 $119,052,000
6. MEAN GIRLS $2,900,000 $78,130,000
7. SOUL PLANE $2,850,000 $11,080,000
8. VAN HELSING $2,347,000 $114,509,000
9. MAN ON FIRE $1,025,000 $75,354,000
10. SUPER SIZE ME $835,000 $6,201,000