I took the liberty of adding PC's gross from this point to the end of its run, to VDT's gross so far. Assuming that VDT only does as well as PC from here on, it will make: $101,061,935.

That would be a bit less than JttCotE, but at least it would pass $100 million.

I thought I'd go ahead and throw in the lowest estimate. Somebody needs to be pessimistic.

I'll be a little more optimistic, Movie Aristotle. After PC's sixth full week, it made almost exactly $5 million more. So add that to whatever VDT has by Thursday (end of its 6th week) and the total will look a little better.

Plus VDT has shown better staying power at the same point in time as PC and one more holiday that can help a little will be President's Day next month.

Sooooo, for sure it will beat the $101.7 million USA total for Walden's Journey to the Center of the Earth movie.

Japan premiere - which cast and crew are going? And when will we know? Cause I'm sure someone from VDT will show up Feb 25! We learned about the US premieres on Nov 11 (for the Dec 9 premiere) and Nov 19 (for the Dec 8 gala) = 3-4 weeks in advance. So I think we should learn something by Feb 1-5 for the Japan premiere!

LWW press conference in Tokyo [Feb 15]
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LWW premiere in Tokyo [Feb 16]
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I noticed no one responded to my post yesterday. So I re-posted it [cause I can't delete it].

Anyway, one reason I want to know who'll attend the Japan premiere next month is the box office. How do cast and crew visits affect this? How much do they help the box office in a foreign country - if at all? The only premieres the cast and crew attended for LWW were the US, UK, and Japan. Surely that helped the box office in Feb 2006! Maybe that's the reason for the higher numbers there? Why it's a major Narnia player in the foreign box office as compared with other countries? Because the premieres were spread out for PC in 2008, some cast and crew had the opportunity to visit. That isn't true for VDT though. So I think it will be just US, UK, and Japan again. You have no idea how many fans have asked if Skandar, Georgie, Ben, and/or Will will come to a premiere in their country. Why? Because of all the ones they attended in 2008 for PC. But VDT is different, since the premieres are closer together. Would a VDT cast or crew appearance have helped the foreign box office even more in select countries? Just curious...

Something else: I started a thread here in 'general movie discussion' about a possible new distributor for the Narnia films (i.e. Silver Chair) = FoxFaith. Box office: can someone compare movies for Fox 2000 and FoxFaith? Thanks! viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2637

Something else: I started a thread here in 'general movie discussion' about a possible new distributor for the Narnia films (i.e. Silver Chair) = FoxFaith. Box office: can someone compare movies for Fox 2000 and FoxFaith? Thanks! viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2637

FoxFaith is still Fox in my book. Just a different department of the studio. But it would work just fine.

Thanks, narnian1. But someone pointed out in that thread that FoxFaith may or may not distribute films in foreign countries. I don't really know. If they don't, then they may not be an option for SC.

So what are your thoughts on the cast attending the Japan premiere next month, and on cast appearances at foreign premieres in general? How much do they help the box office?

$540,000 for VDT on Friday, good for 13th place and a +69.8% increase. By far the smallest jump in the top 17 except for The Tourist.

LWW somehow increased 173% on the same day.

Does everyone still think VDT will break $100 million domestically?

Yes it should.

$540,000 for VDT on Friday, good for 13th place and a +69.8% increase. By far the smallest jump in the top 17 except for The Tourist.

LWW somehow increased 173% on the same day.

Hasn't VDT lost a lot of cinema showings? That might explain a lot. I wasn't going to comment further on this thread until I actually saw the $100,000,000 mark being passed, so that there was something really nice and encouraging to say. But just for you, 220CT, I will answer your post concerning the Japanese release.

So what are your thoughts on the cast attending the Japan premiere next month, and on cast appearances at foreign premieres in general? How much do they help the box office?

I'm sure that the cast attending the box office release would be a most favourable gesture in Japan. And I'm equally sure that had the cast been able to come to Australia for the VDT opening here, there would have been more fuss and publicity about VDT, and less of a 'ho-hum another day another movie' approach from even the local theatre staff, who at first thought I wanted advance tickets for Harry Potter when I asked for tickets for VDT.

VDT did have the Royal premiere, on November 31st, only a couple of days previous to its opening in Australian theatres on December 2nd. It did cause some publicity, seeing as everything Her Majesty does is likely to draw at least some press comment. Especially as it was a film Her Majesty went out of her way to see. After all, only days previously she had been in Bahrein along with Prince Philip, and the Duke of York.

But the close timing for the Australian release meant that even VDT's Australian cast members such as Arabella Morton, Gary Sweet, Terry Norris and Bruce Spence would automatically not be available for an Australian opening, as they should have been. It takes at least a day of plane travel to get from UK to Australia. 22 to 23 hours, each way on an ordinary flight, and the VDT actors, even if they had returned from UK in time, understandably would be too jet lagged for such a function.

In fact, I doubt there was any advance screening in Australia, except maybe for a couple of film critics for the press, unlike what usually happens when Harry Potter or other movies have been released. I still wonder if the Royal opening was also the reason why I couldn't buy advance tickets, unlike when I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, released only a fortnight beforehand. I'm sure that such a shortsighted approach also contributed to poor attendances when the film was released here.

Good publicity goes a long way. And I am glad the actors are going to Japan. Next time there is a Narnia film, if there is one, I hope the cast and crew make an effort to be at its Australian opening to promote the film.

Pretty disappointing Friday number. It will crawl past 100 million. I'm just glad it will make it. I would be very sad if the film ended its run at $99.7 million, or something crazy like that.

Just got back from a showing (my second) to a house about half full. Surprised to see that many show up. But this is only the second day (since week two or so when it was on two screens) that my local theater has been showing it in 2D. For the last few weeks it's been 3D only, so maybe some folks here were waiting for 2D shows.

I'm starting to feel that $100 mil is going to be a super-tight scrape. This movies started weak, then held quite strong, but now appears to be ending weak!

$540,000 for VDT on Friday, good for 13th place and a +69.8% increase. By far the smallest jump in the top 17 except for The Tourist.

LWW somehow increased 173% on the same day.

To be more positive about Friday's number and fair to VDT, its per theater average went from $113 to $317 which is a 180.5% increase. No way afer losing 1,110 theaters could the total gross go up that much.

For the last few weeks it's been 3D only, so maybe some folks here were waiting for 2D shows.

Nice seeing you around again, GrizzledFish. I thought a big factor for VDT was too many 3D theaters at the higher prices. I think it will do well in the discount theaters; next month probably.

As someone else said, the journey to $100 million will be a bit longer now but I still think it can reach at least $105 million before it is done.

Its showing in fewer theaters now but I have hopes that it will do better tonight and tomorrow. The weekend isn't over yet.

I saw VDT for the 4th time today in Real 3D (thanks to those who suggested sitting far in the back). My other viewings had been in 2D. The 3D was the coolest quality of the other screenings I watched, probably because this particular theater I was in was newer and I had never been to a 3D presentation of a movie in a long time, so I was impressed. The local theaters nearby only have it available in 3D now and are running it alternately with Gulliver's Travels.

I had been also wanting to watch The King's Speech (which I also saw today, and thought it a really good film). In fact I went to watch it to remind myself of the types of things that should be in a good film. Of course TK'sS is not an adventure film and is an entirely different genre, but it has a quality script and excellent actors. It was such a contrast to watching VDT because at the end the audience applauded.

I do hope though that a Silver Chair greenlight decision is based on worldwide gross instead of domestic as was mentioned upthread (fingers crossed). Seeing VDT again today just makes me yearn for the great film that SC can be if they get it right this time.

I'm starting to feel that $100 mil is going to be a super-tight scrape. This movies started weak, then held quite strong, but now appears to be ending weak!

I agree about the weak start. I agree with the strong holds. I disagree with ending weak, but only because it's not alone to this movie. I guess it can be said that all movies "end weak"- it's how their theater runs come to an end. VDT had a good life during the Holidays, that was what Fox hoped for. Internationally it has ways to go yet though.