M O N D AY, J A N U A RY 0 8 , 2 0 0 7Weekend Box Office: "Dreamgirls" ChuggingAlongEvey week seems like a hurdle for "Dreamgirls." It opened on aMonday, showed weak sales during weekdays and stayed on a limitednumber of screens.</p><p> But through it all, it's already grossed $54.5 million,with an expansion and Oscar nominations as likely boosters in the nextfew weeks.</p><p> It's going to go from 852 screens to 1800 screens this Fridayand I kind of wish it wouldn't.</p><p> Like "Borat," this film has proven thatsuper-wide releases are not always a good thing.</p><p> Repeated breakdownsshow that 90% of the grosses come from 1200 screens, with the rest ofthe box office trickling in from the other 1000-2000 screens.</p><p> And thatdoesn't take into account the fun factor.</p><p> It's a lot more fun to see"Borat" or "Dreamgirls" (or most movies) when the theater is fairly full.The audience reaction to comedy or big musical numbers is contagious.Personally, I would have expanded a little more modestly to 1200screens to make sure most cities had a chance to see it and then waitedfor the Oscar nominations.</p><p> But it's another chance for "Dreamgirls" toprove the naysayers wrong.</p><p> Meanwhile, "Eragon" has done smashingbusiness overseas, grossing more than double its US take for a total of$200 million worldwide and still going strong.</p><p> A sequel now seemslikely.</p><p> And sometime this week "Casino Royale" will become thetop-grossing Bond film ever in the US.</p><p> The Top 10, per Box OfficeProphets:1.</p><p> Night At The Museum -- $24 million ($164.1 million total)2.</p><p> The Pursuit Of Happyness -- $13 million ($124.2 million)3.</p><p> Children Of Men -- $10.3 million ($11.9 million)4.</p><p> Freedom Writers -- $9.7 million5.</p><p> Dreamgirls -- $8.8 million ($54.5 million total)6.</p><p> Happily N'Ever After -- $6.8 million7.</p><p> Charlotte's Web -- $6.6 million ($67 million)8.</p><p> The Good Shepherd -- $6.5 million ($48.4 million)9.</p><p> Rocky Balboa -- $6.3 million ($60.9 million)10.</p><p> We Are Marshall -- $5.1 million ($35.4 million)POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 10:59 AM Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Weekend Box Office: "Dreamgirls" Chu...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2007/01/weekend-box-office-dr... 1 of 37/28/09 1:00 AMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SMichael in New YorkAaronBiboy POPSURFING.COM: Weekend Box Office: "Dreamgirls" Chu...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2007/01/weekend-box-office-dr... 2 of 37/28/09 1:00 AMPOPSURFING.COM: Weekend Box Office: "Dreamgirls" Chu...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2007/01/weekend-box-office-dr... 3 of 37/28/09 1:00 AM
