When the final tally of Memorial Day weekend ticket sales is calculated,
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is expected to wind up
with $311.1 million worldwide, with about $151.1 million of that amount coming
from the U.S. and Canada, according to Paramount Pictures, its distributor. The
movie reportedly got a boost from 30- and 40-year-old moviegoers, a demographic
group that is more selective about the films it takes in in than the primary
teens and 20-year-olds who make up the primary movie-going audience. "That
[older] audience was excited to see the movie and excited to bring their kids
with them," Paramount distribution chief Rob Moore told Reuters. The expected
$151.1-million Memorial Day gross in the U.S. was surpassed only by the $153
million that Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End took in over the
same holiday weekend last year.
The top ten films for the four-day (Friday through Monday) holiday weekend,
according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers (Thursday results
are not included):
1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull, Paramount, $126,040,000; 2. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince
Caspian, Disney, $28,642,000; 3. Iron Man, Paramount, $25,650,000;
4. What Happens in Vegas, $Fox, $11,150,000; 5. Speed Racer,
Warner Bros., $5,205,000; 6. Baby Mama, Universal, $4,208,100; 7.
Made of Honor, Sony/Col/Rev, $4,200,000; 8. Forgetting Sarah
Marshall, Universal, $2,19,9120; 9. Harold & Kumar Escape From
Guantánamo Bay, Warner Bros., $1,200,000; 10. The Visitor,
Overture Films, $91,7000.
27/05/2008
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