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[DMczaf]

International numbers

Christopher Nolan’s Inception claimed the overseas box office crown with an estimated $53.7m weekend haul from more than 7,500 screens in 51 markets.

The sterling effort saw the Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) release overtake Toy Story 3 and soar to $170m after three weekends.

Domestic: $193,348,000 53.2%
+ Foreign: $170,000,000 46.8%

= Worldwide: $363,348,000

 

[vooglie]

If Shutter Island doesn't win an Oscar for best cinematography, then there will be blood. The flashback scenes with the nazi camp and Leo in his apartment with his wife were amazingly well shot.

Oh hell yes.

 

[Veidt]

International numbers



Domestic: $193,348,000 53.2%
+ Foreign: $170,000,000 46.8%

= Worldwide: $363,348,000

So good.

 

[jett]

Massive success overseas indeed. This one's definitely gonna break the 500 million barrier and might reach 600. Phoenix Dark on suicide watch.

BTW Inception is only 9 million behind Batman Begins.

Cause it's easy to make bullshit up.

I liked the action in Inception a lot better than other 'action' movies.

Surely you didn't like it better than the action movie classic and tour-de-force that is Quantum of Solace?

 

[vooglie]

A question about Jonathan Nolan: how come he's got an American accent and Chris has a British accent?

 

[Zeliard]

I feel vaguely vindicated after those arguments I had with people on GAF prior to Inception's release as to its box office potential. I would dig up some quotes, but as I'm an awesome person, I won't stoop to that.

 

[Somnia]

A question about Jonathan Nolan: how come he's got an American accent and Chris has a British accent?

One may stay in the states longer than the other and it's just naturally happened?

 

[jett]

A question about Jonathan Nolan: how come he's got an American accent and Chris has a British accent?

The Nolan boys moved to Chicago at a young age. Chris was old enough to retain his British accent, Jonathan wasn't.

 

[Solo]

Because Chris is pretentious and Jonathan is not. Real talk.

Surely you didn't like it better than the action movie classic and tour-de-force that is Quantum of Solace?

You basically accuse me of trolling Nolan, then you try miserably to bait me

Never change, jett :lol

 

[jett]

 

[DMczaf]

A question about Jonathan Nolan: how come he's got an American accent and Chris has a British accent?

It's because we all know that how to get laid the most in college is have a shitty acoustic guitar or speak with an accent.

Chris got tons of trim.

 

[vooglie]

Thanks.

It's great to see Inception doing well, be hilarious if it beats Iron man 2.

 

[Solo]

I've heard the eldest Nolan speaks with an Italian accent when he is slicing up fools

 

[McLovin]

*looks at Despicable me total gross*
Holy shit! Almost as much as inception with much less then half the budget.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

The only evidence I need to see that Jonathan Nolan does a lot of the work in their collaborations is to look at the screenplays; The Prestige and The Dark Knight, the two films on which he's worked, have much better, tigheter screenplays than Inception (though TDK does suffer from some clunky, pandering lines, hence my belief that even the Nolan Brothers together don't always produce gold and probably need a third, objective person with an ear for dialogue to read their work).

 

[bigosc2k]

3 weeks of being number 1, good job Nolan

 

[Rahxephon91]

Go fucking go Inception.

 

[mackaveli]

International numbers



Domestic: $193,348,000 53.2%
+ Foreign: $170,000,000 46.8%

= Worldwide: $363,348,000

are these good foreign numbers? it looks good but I dont know how to analyze the numbers.

 

[Pinzer]

Cameron is a terrific idea and concept guy

Cliches aren't good ideas or concepts.

 

[Rahxephon91]

Cliches aren't good ideas or concepts.

Someone likes to base a directors whole body of work on one movie.

 

[vooglie]

The only evidence I need to see that Jonathan Nolan does a lot of the work in their collaborations is to look at the screenplays; The Prestige and The Dark Knight, the two films on which he's worked, have much better, tigheter screenplays than Inception (though TDK does suffer from some clunky, pandering lines, hence my belief that even the Nolan Brothers together don't always produce gold and probably need a third, objective person with an ear for dialogue to read their work).

Wasn't David Goyer the third writer of TDK? I'd blame him.

 

[Dead]

Cliches aren't good ideas or concepts.

Yeah, movies about people who remote control genetically engineered extraterrestrials in order to interact with an alien species that can connect their brain stems to their planet that happens to essentially be one gigantic planetmind are a dime a dozen.

 

[vooglie]

Yeah, movies about people who remote control genetically engineered extraterrestrials in order to interact with an alien species that can connect their brain stems to their planet that happens to essentially be one gigantic planetmind are a dime a dozen.

This part is awesome.

The part that turns Pocahontas into isn't

 

[Blader]

Wasn't David Goyer the third writer of TDK? I'd blame him.

David Goyer co-conceived the story, the Nolans are the ones who wrote the screenplay.

 

[bathala]

Only 6OM? Pretty disappointing given its budget.

Come on - 60 million opening is merely okay, not "very good". I mean, it will struggle to make a profit, and if a sequel doesn't happen then WB will have essentially gained nothing.

:lol :lol

 

[DrForester]

Take THAT box office.

 

[karasu]

Maybe if his head could be divided by two

:lol :lol

 

[Deku]

Massive success overseas indeed. This one's definitely gonna break the 500 million barrier and might reach 600. Phoenix Dark on suicide watch.

BTW Inception is only 9 million behind Batman Begins.



Surely you didn't like it better than the action movie classic and tour-de-force that is Quantum of Solace?

Will hit 625million. 40/60 split assuming it stops at 250 million domestically. Which may be a bit low as it will be at or close to 230 million after next weekend

The film opened a week late (July 25) instead of July 16 in NA and uK due to the world cup. So the rest of the world is tracking a week behind too.

 

[Barrett2]

International numbers



Domestic: $193,348,000 53.2%
+ Foreign: $170,000,000 46.8%

= Worldwide: $363,348,000

Also remarkable since it isn't puffed up by the 3D tax.

 

[Deku]

Also remarkable since it isn't puffed up by the 3D tax.

The surcharge we pay for glasses count towards the B.O. gross? I thought it was something the theatres charged for...

if so, one less reason for me to support 3D movies.

 

[Dead]

Also remarkable since it isn't puffed up by the 3D tax.

How is that remarkable at all?

Its performing like a hit movie, thats all there is to it.

 

[Barrett2]

The surcharge we pay for glasses count towards the B.O. gross? I thought it was something the theatres charged for...

if so, one less reason for me to support 3D movies.

I always thought the 3D tax was part of the BO overall total, but maybe I'm mistaken.

 

[-Eddman-]

Deserved, we need more movies like this and less comic book, remakes and vampires movies.

Well, while I agree with this, it's funny that Nolan's next project is a Comic book franchise reboot (and a sequel) about a man who wears a vampire suit.

 

[jett]

The surcharge we pay for glasses count towards the B.O. gross? I thought it was something the theatres charged for...

if so, one less reason for me to support 3D movies.

You don't pay for glasses, you pay for the privilege of watching 3D movies. :lol Yeah it counts towards the final gross.

 

[artist]

The surcharge we pay for glasses count towards the B.O. gross? I thought it was something the theatres charged for...

if so, one less reason for me to support 3D movies.

One of the reasons, number of tickets sold for Toy Story 3 is way less than Nemo. I think the number of 3D % was in the range almost 60% ..

 

[HK-47]

Yeah, movies about people who remote control genetically engineered extraterrestrials in order to interact with an alien species that can connect their brain stems to their planet that happens to essentially be one gigantic planetmind are a dime a dozen.

Please, its barely about that awesome concept and dives straight into Dances With Cliches and Bad Dialogue Land within like the first 20-30 minutes

 

[Dead]

Please, its barely about that awesome concept and dives straight into Dances With Cliches and Bad Dialogue Land within like the first 20-30 minutes

Nevermind that you're wrong, but that has absolutely shit all to do with what I meant. Those are among the key concepts of the movie, thats an inarguable fact.

 

[ZephyrFate]

i'm pretty sure no one watched avatar for the story

 

[C4Lukins]

*looks at Despicable me total gross*
Holy shit! Almost as much as inception with much less then half the budget.

I am more amazed that Despicable could defeat the new Shrek in the US.

 

[BobsRevenge]

i'm pretty sure no one watched avatar for the story

Avatar has a very watchable and easy to take in story. James Cameron is good at that. Maybe one of the best. Most people find Avatar's story pretty damn satisfying.

Definitely not for me, but Cameron's got talent.

 

[ZephyrFate]

honestly it is so riddled with cliches that its visual appeal is really the only thing it had going for me as a movie.

 

[jett]

honestly it is so riddled with cliches that its visual appeal is really the only thing it had going for me as a movie.

sux for you

I personally enjoyed Avatar thoroughly.

 

[ZephyrFate]

sux for you

I personally enjoyed Avatar thoroughly.

I never once said I didn't enjoy Avatar.

 

[Y2Kev]

You know, INCEPTION isn't getting the 3D tax, but it IS getting the IMAX tax. Not as widespread, but it's getting a nice bump from that!

 

[artist]

You know, INCEPTION isn't getting the 3D tax, but it IS getting the IMAX tax. Not as widespread, but it's getting a nice bump from that!

True, but EVERY major release is guaranteed IMAX but not 3D. Just saying ..

 

[JGS]

i'm pretty sure no one watched avatar for the story

I always [try to] watch movies for the story which is why I didn't care too much for District 9.

Avatar had a great story that was less paint by the numbers than Hurt Locker (Although I liked it too)

 

[Solo]

True, but EVERY major release is guaranteed IMAX but not 3D. Just saying ..

SEX IN THE CITY THE IMAX EXPERIENCE

 

[artist]

SEX IN THE CITY THE IMAX EXPERIENCE

All over my face.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Glad to see Inception continuing to do well. So much crap made mint this year, it's good to see some original work excel.

 

[DMczaf]

SEX IN THE CITY THE IMAX EXPERIENCE