‘Sex and the City’ Does Even Better Than Earlier Estimated
Forget $20 million, try $28 milly and suck on it
Photo: New Line Cinema
Okay, forget everything I said earlier about Sex and the City being front loaded. The estimate for Friday has grown from an early $20 million estimate to a more accurate
Steve Mason at Fantasy Moguls calls the result a “shocker” and while our very own Box-Office Oracle predicted Sex and the City would beat Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for the top spot this weekend not even he predicted $70 million. Come to think of it, he may be one of the only prognosticators to even pick Carrie and friends to win the weekend.
Looking at Box-Office Mojo’s index of Romantic Comedies, a $70 million opening weekend for Sex and the City instantly puts the film at $40 all-time in the rom-com category and I can’t find a single opening on that list that compares to $70 million. As a matter of fact the $28.25 million Friday beats the opening three-days for 14 of the top 25 romantic comedies of all-time. However, the girls have a steep ladder to climb should they want to take the top spot on the romantic comedy list seeing how My Big Fat Greek Wedding holds that title with a whopping $241 million (that number still shocks me).
On top of the Sex surprise there is also another shocker as The Strangers took home $6.8 million on Friday. Yeah, compared to Sex’s $28.5 that may seem like nothing, but that is a nice number for the disappointing slasher on its way to an estimated $18.7 million weekend.
There were no other surprises at the box, but Mason projecting a $318M cume for Harrison Ford’s first Indy film in 19 years, and then saying “that should provide more than enough incentive to continue the franchise with Shia LeBeouf,” is actually a shocker. I don’t see that happening, but as much as I think it would cause a stir in the fanboy world I do think it would bring in huge numbers at the box-office… at least on opening weekend.
Here’s the rest of the Friday estimates. Check back on Sunday when we will have final weekend numbers for yah.
- Sex and The City (Warner Bros) - $28.25 million
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paramount) - $14.15 million
- The Strangers (Rogue Releasing) - $6.8 million
- Iron Man (Paramount) - $3.55 million
- Narnia: Prince Caspian (Disney) - $3.3 million
- What Happens in Vegas (Fox) - $1.99 million
- Made of Honor (Sony) - $750,000
- Speed Racer (Warner Bros) - $710,000
- Baby Mama (Universal) - $620,000
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal) - $285,000
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