POA Box Office Figures (was Re: visual depth)

[Barbara D. Poland-Waters]

>>>From: huntergreen_3 [mailto:patientx3 at aol.com]

I am unsure why you think PoA changed the odds of all seven movies
being made. As far as money goes (the main consideration for making
all of the books into movies), PoA opened higher than the other two
(US wise SS/PS was at $90mil, CoS was at $88mil) with $92million in
its first weekend, and had a *record* first day in the UK.<<<

That may be true, but this past weekend showed a marked drop in revenue for
POA. From IMDb (www.imdb.com):

"Although it remained at the top of the box office with $34.9 million, the
figure represented a 63 percent decline from last weekend's debut."

And from Dark Horizons (www.darkhorizons.com):

""Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban" stayed steady in the first
position quite easily, but its 62.6% drop-off from last week's record
opening isn't the greatest sign of returning audiences for the FX
spectacle."

The 2nd weekend numbers for the first two films didn't show nearly as much
decline. I got these off the Imdb as well.

PS/SS (US figures)
Opening weekend: $90,294,621
2nd weekend: $96,683,892
3rd weekend: $32,691,776

COS (US figures)
Opening weekend: $88,357,488
2nd weekend: $60,001,343
3rd weekend: $51,800,181

POA (US figures)
Opening weekend: $93,687,367
2nd weekend: $34,000,000

Personally, I think this is a clear indication that the POA film is not as
popular and has not been as well received as the first two movies. Word of
mouth does get out, and if most people truly loved POA, I don't think the
2nd weekend numbers would show such a decline. Time will tell how the movie
does overall and if the trend continues. I'll be looking for the 3rd weekend
numbers to see if a trend does exist.

Barbara
bd-bear