On Imdb the worldwide boxoffice for Voyage Of The Dawn Treader is $409,099,421.
Seems like it will fall short of Prince Caspian by 5 million or so.

Now that we pretty much know VDT's final box office totals, I found it interesting to read this topic from last year with everybody predicting the box office of VDT a few months before the release date.

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Although VDT did all right, it still fell short of almost everybody's expectations.

Yes, unfortunately everyone's predictions were too high. But now we have a general idea as to Narnia's worldwide popularity... $400-$450 million range per film. A $500 million worldwide + finish is still not out of the question, but highly unlikely.. even if a 90% faithful adaptation were released of any future film.

Although VDT did all right, it still fell short of almost everybody's expectations.

Did I actually contribute to that linked thread? I rather hope not. Perhaps the inflated expectations of what the final box office might be has added significantly to any disappointment felt. There are a lot of movies, most of which have done much worse than VDT financially, and maybe HP watching has taught me a thing or two about box office totals. After Golden Compass' 2007 performance, maybe a $400 + total isn't all that bad if it pays the bills.

It isn't as if VDT's performance won't be recognised in years to come in DVD etc sales. The whole series are children's classics, after all, not only LWW. And whilst I'd have liked to see VDT do a lot better than it did, the movie, itself, can't be blamed for a spate of natural disasters, from flooding in Queensland, heavy snowfalls in USA, and storms in New South Wales, to the horrific devastation in Japan.

On Imdb the worldwide boxoffice for Voyage Of The Dawn Treader is $409,099,421.
Seems like it will fall short of Prince Caspian by 5 million or so.

I hope you are right. But I still don't understand the discrepancy of IMDb's over reporting of VDT's final totals, compared with the usual under reporting of other films' totals, including Tron: legacy ($396 mill) and Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian ($418 mill). BOM's totals in all three cases differ significantly. I wonder at what point the two systems will agree.

I was actually pessmistic about VDT. I never thought it would beat PC, but I DID think it would make $120-$140 domestically. And I didn't think the worldwide cume would top $350.

But this movie behaved super-strangely! Every one of the "key numbers" was a suprise.

A $24m opening weekend, yet a domestic finish at $100+? And after that tepidness, the world cume STILL managed to come in only a few million behind PC???

After the opening weekend I thought it was dead in the water. At that point I thought anything above $80m/$300m was highly unlikely.

So I had lowish expectations (pre-release), then was very disappointed (OW), then moderately satisfied (final domestic), then quite pleased (worldwide).

And now the next one is on the track to being greenlit! Not just that, but the book that I, personally, most wanted to see, and think will make by far the best movie of the remaining stories.

At least I can get off the roller coaster for now!

Although VDT did all right, it still fell short of almost everybody's expectations.

Perhaps the inflated expectations of what the final box office might be has added significantly to any disappointment felt.

Granted there are many people here who perhaps had unrealistically high expectations about VDT's box-office potential before the movie came out - perhaps many over-estimated the benefits of returning to a Christmas release date, and perhaps many under-estimated how poor the quality of Fox's marketing campaign would be - but i think the fact alone that they would be charging 30-40% more per ticket for VDT in 3D than they did for PC in 2D should have resulted in it easily equalling and exceeding the last film.

Were you to knock-off the 3D surcharge, and just look at VDT purely in terms of number of tickets sold, i think it would have to be seen as even more of a disappointment.

US movie admissions in 2010 were at their lowest point 15 years. 3D ticket premiums made up for the overall decline in people going to see movies last year. Sounds like a good business decision to me.

US movie admissions in 2010 were at their lowest point 15 years. 3D ticket premiums made up for the overall decline in people going to see movies last year. Sounds like a good business decision to me.

Yes, you are correct.. 3D saved this movie. The verdict? From a financial standpoint, 3D will probably be the Trojan horse that will carry the Narnia franchise to a fourth movie. I'm so glad Fox decided to go 3D for VDT. Regardless of our opinions from an artistic point of view, there is not much doubt that 3D helped the box office.

Now that we pretty much know VDT's final box office totals, I found it interesting to read this topic from last year with everybody predicting the box office of VDT a few months before the release date.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1806&start=0

Although VDT did all right, it still fell short of almost everybody's expectations.

I was one of the 9 in the 400 - 500 camp. I do not think that is a bad haul at all. I thought that the film would have done a little better in the USA. But other than that, it was a good run.

US movie admissions in 2010 were at their lowest point 15 years. 3D ticket premiums made up for the overall decline in people going to see movies last year. Sounds like a good business decision to me.

I think, perhaps that 3D ticket premiums are one of the reasons for the decline in admissions. I would assume that most people work on a budget when it comes to viewing movies, and when the prices go up, that means less times you can go. It's certainly had an effect on our family's attendance.

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader remained active in Japan and grossed $1.4m from 669 screens for $29m and stands at $308.5m overall.

From screendaily

It has performed better than Prince Caspian in Japan. It keeps going well, ain't losing steam.

I think SD means 408.5 overall unless it was talking international #s only.

I think SD means 408.5 overall unless it was talking international #s only.

The $308.5 million international amount would be correct.. Hollywood Reporter is usually a bit ahead of BOM on these numbers. So worldwide total sits at $412 million.

$412 million??? Now we're only 7 million away from PC! I dare not hope it passes PC, (and I suppose as a responsible NarniaWebber and a book purist, I don't really want VDT to pass PC) but all the same, it seems like the possibility is, surprisingly, although perhaps deceptively, possible. Who would have guessed VDT would have made it this far? If only the DVD release wasn't this weekend. We might've been able to milk a bit more out of the theatrical box office if it wasn't.

On a related note: I saw an ad for VDT on TV today. Maybe this will encourage a few people to see VDT quickly while it is still in theaters. Regardless, I'm guessing that DVD sales will go well, thanks to the timing. It seems that the production is switching its marketing theme from Christmas to Easter. (Emphasis on Aslan and Lillies and such.) Perhaps this change in marketing approach warrants its own thread?

Looks like it will come very, very close to PC's WW total after all. It's at nearly $413 million.