The Bourne Ultimatum Breaks Box Office Record
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Last week, we had some interesting discussion regarding which mid-season movie would score bigger at the box office: The Simpsons Movie or The Bourne Ultimatum. After a blockbuster first week for the animated folks from Springfield, the enigmatic Mr. Bourne has done much of the same.
The Bourne Ultimatum grossed an estimated $70 million this weekend (within a couple million of The Simpsons opening).
This makes the Ultimatum results:
:: The biggest August opening ever
:: A more successful opening than any James Bond or Bourne movie
:: Nearly $45 million over the weekend’s 2nd place film (The Simpsons Movie), as most studios kept their big releases safely out of the way.
Lots more box office details in our weekly update, coming this Wednesday.
Other Posts of Interest
- Summer 2007 Box Office Review: Aug. 1 Update
- Summer Movie Box Office: Aug. 23 Update
- Summer 2007 Box Office Results: Spider-Man 3 is #1
- The Simpsons Movie Scores Huge Opening Box Office
- August 16 Box Office Update: Summer 2007
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For me, the movies are so expensive these days that I’d rather not spend the money on a TV show. I feel like waiting to watch The Simpsons on DVD isn’t going to detract from anything. I’ve spent the last 17 years or whatever watching them on 20″ or less, so why pay more for bigger?
Also, I’m hit with flashbacks of The X-Files movie. What a waste that was.
- Monique -
I agree about The X-Files movie, but not necessarily because it was a bad film. It just didn’t do anything to enhance the plotlines or move them forward in a way a lot of fans expected.
I attended a Q&A with Chris Carter at a work conference in early ‘97. He introduced some X-Files TV footage, which got a wild, kiss-ass round of applause. His reply was not “thank you”. It was: “Wait until you see the movie!” Guh!
I did catch about ten minutes of The Simpsons Movie on the big screen. It’s a nice effect, seeing an animated TV show on a large canvas in a darkened theater — you get dragged in far more easily than when you watch it on TV. But if you already think movies are expensive (I politely disagree), that feeling’s probably not gonna get you into the theater.
-Norm S.
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