Can Sith Beat Titanic?

[Famine]

I think Famine will be pretty pissed if ROTS beats Jurrassic Park...

Your damn right.

I wanna know how Shrek beat out a masterpiece like Jurassic Park!


Kevin

[Scott]

masterpiece like Jurassic Park!

[Darth Broem]

Personally I don't know what is going to come along and ever top Titanic.  Think about it.  The LOTR movies, SpiderMan flicks, Shrek2, and ROTS all had insance opening weekends and finished well but still fall at least $150-170 million short of $600 million. 

Even if people loved TPM and AOTC I bet it still would not top $450 million. 

30 years from now when the average ticket costs $20.00 almost any blockbuster movie will beat Titanic.

I understand that completely.  Yes, someday there will be a film that will eclipse the $600 million barrier.  No doubts there.  I am just saying right now if ticket prices were to stay the same and everything else being equal I don't see how it would be topped considering all the hype and opening weekend numbers films such as Spiderman 2, Shrek 2, LOTR, and Star Wars enjoy.  I guess it can happen but not very likely.

[Jeff]

Another weekend, another $15 million:

1. Titanic (1997) $600,779,824
2. Star Wars (1977) $460,935,665
3. Shrek 2 (2004) $436,471,036
4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $434,949,459
5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $431,065,444
6. Spider-Man (2002) $403,706,375
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $377,019,252
8. Spider-Man 2 (2004) $373,377,893
9. The Passion of the Christ (2004) $370,270,943
10. Jurassic Park (1993) $356,784,000
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) $340,478,898
12. Finding Nemo (2003) $339,714,367
13. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) $332,107,697

Sitting at #13, should catch Finding Nemo by next weekend...

Jeff

[Famine]

masterpiece like Jurassic Park!

You doubt my feelings?

Kevin

[VadereX]

Although Shrek is good, JP is MUCH better. I also don't get how Shrek beat JP. I also don't understand how LOTR beat it.

Ah well.

[DSJ™]

ROTS is still in the top 5.

1. "Batman Begins," $46.9 million
2. "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," $27.3 million
3. "Madagascar," $11.1 million
4. "Star Wars: Episode III," $9.7 million
5. "The Longest Yard," $8 million

$347,802,000 and $677.336523 worldwide. Ranking #11.

1: Titanic $600,788,188 (1997)   
2: Star Wars $460,998,007   (1977)   
3: Shrek 2 $441,226,247 (2004)   
4: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial    $435,110,554 (1982)   
5: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431,088,301   (1999)   
6: Spider-Man $403,706,375 (2002)   
7: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377,027,325   (2003)   
8: Spider-Man 2   $373,585,825 (2004)   
9: The Passion of the Christ   $370,782,930 (2004)   
10: Jurassic Park    $357,067,947 (1993)   
11: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith $347,802,000   (2005)   
12: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $341,786,758   (2002)   
13: Finding Nemo $339,714,978   (2003)   
14: Forrest Gump $329,694,499   (1994)   
15: The Lion King $328,541,776   (1994)   
16: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $317,575,550   (2001)   
17: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $314,776,170 (2001)   
18: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones $310,676,740   (2002)   
19: Return of the Jedi $309,306,177 (1983)   
20: Independence Day $306,169,268 (1996)   
21: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $305,413,918 (2003)   
22: The Sixth Sense $293,506,292 (1999)   
23: The Empire Strikes Back   $290,475,067 (1980)   
24: Home Alone $285,761,243 (1990)   
25: The Matrix Reloaded $281,576,461   (2003)

[Famine]

If it knocks off my beloved Jurassic Park, so help me god...I'll lose an extra 10lbs.

Kevin

[Scott]

It looks like its about on the same pace as Clones was back in 2002...or close to it.

Projecting out the same length of time means it will make another $31 million which would just beat ROTK and move in to the #7 spot

[Darth_Anton]

ROTS is definately going to have a tough time from here on out. It will definately overtake Jurassic Park and could concievably pull out ahead of ROTK, but it will take weeks to do it. As for 400m, it's a craps shoot.

[Darth Broem]

It's still doing pretty well though.  How many weeks has it been out now and it made another $9 million this weekend?  I think it will make it to $400 million...barely.

[Famine]

ROTS is definately going to have a tough time from here on out. It will definately overtake Jurassic Park

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

Of course, in the long run, JP didn't have millions of fans from 30 years before it.

Kevin

[Darth_Anton]

Who's up for a Pool? Guess the final domestic gross and win a prize!

[Scott]

ROTS is definately going to have a tough time from here on out. It will definately overtake Jurassic Park

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

Of course, in the long run, JP didn't have millions of fans from 30 years before it.

Kevin

And of course...if Spielberg would have stuck with the book and not made some crap happy go lucky ending, more people, like me who had read said book in 1991, might have gone a few more times to see it

[Famine]

I agree he should have goen closer with book, but Chriton himself helped create the script, and re-worked it. I read JP back in 91 myself, 15 times. I was 5 sodding years old. I didn't know most of the jargon about Chaos theorey, and what not, but that book entertained the **** out of me. I've read it about 20 times since.

But we'll save this discussion for the book club thread.

JP RULES!

Kevin