Aya the Vampire Slayer wrote: Juan F. Lara <ljuan@ces.clemson.edu> wa: Information taken from Brandon Gray's http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ 5 3 Ratatouille $10,899,179 -39.5%% 3,402 -223 $3,203 $165,519,955 Well, it's good to know that Ratatouille broke even with its production costs at least. $165.5m gross / $150m budget (...

Juan F. Lara <ljuan@ces.clemson.edu> wa: Information taken from Brandon Gray's http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ 5 3 Ratatouille $10,899,179 -39.5%% 3,402 -223 $3,203 $165,519,955 Well, it's good to know that Ratatouille broke even with its production costs at least. $165.5m gross / $150m budget (same site) I'm kinda surprised it's still at #5 though....

In article <f8bf9p$jiq$1@hubcap.clemson.edu>, Juan F. Lara <ljuan@ces.clemson.edu> wrote: Information taken from Brandon Gray's http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ "Shrek the Third" finally made it to dollar cinemas around here. WORST animation of realistic CGI humans I've ever seen. Stiff movement, creepy realism, and BAD skin. The film brought back repressed ...

... money just for showing up. The sequel making a lot of money from showing up I can understand. But THIS much money? More than even the original "Shrek"? Simpsons will make $60 million this weekend just for showing up (re: Transformers) Even with horrid word of mouth, it'll make another $60 million on top of that. It turns out the movie is getting strong word of mouth, ...

...> Information taken from Brandon Gray's http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ 5 3 Ratatouille $10,899,179 -39.5%% ...$57,329,096 52 47 Paprika $19,938 -19.7%% 32 +5 $623 $720,502 "Shrek the Third...Speaking of presold concepts... Simpsons will make $60 million this weekend just for showing up (re: Transformers) Even with horrid ...

Information taken from Brandon Gray's http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ 5 3 Ratatouille $10,899,179 -39.5%% 3,402 -223 $3,203 $165,519,955... $190,516 -38.2%% 241 -162 $790 $57,329,096 52 47 Paprika $19,938 -19.7%% 32 +5 $623 $720,502 "Shrek the Third" finally made it to dollar cinemas around here. WORST ...

Information taken from Brandon Gray's http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ 3 2 Kung Fu Panda $21,934,716 -34.7%% 4,053 -83 $5,411 $155,830,875 21 15 Horton Hears a Who $147,250 -22.0%% 249 -45 $591 $153,640,753 106 118 Chicago 10..., it may not hold up so well against this weekend's new competition. ;-) - Juan F. Lara

Derek Janssen wrote: (not that Boston didn't try to campaign, with Senator Ted doing Mayor Quimby jokes) Not Boston -- Springfield, across the river from here. (I'm in West Springfield, the town Mike Scully was born in.) Kip W

In article <uemdnb-9MYkT0DTbnZ2dnUVZ_tPinZ2d@comcast.com>, Derek Janssen <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote: (Well, people have HEARD of the Simpsons-- That's basically the one thing it's got in its favor.) And it looks like the ATHF guys harbor some envy.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IZt1qHX0bo - Juan F. Lara

Rob Kelk wrote: On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:46:49 +0000 (UTC), ljuan@ces.clemson.edu (Juan F. Lara) wrote: <snip> This week, let's see if the Simpsons will succeed where the Aqua Teen Hunger Force failed. :-) (Well, people have HEARD of the Simpsons-- That's basically the one thing it's got in its favor.) What, is somebody planting electronic Simpsons signs in ...