55th Portuguese Box-Office Analysis

Still here to do some damage, in commenting the box-office here in Portugal.

And what do we say about this last week. Well, it´s a down week by 8%. And also the start of a worst movie month for all films involved. School is back on and cinema always gets when that happens. So 288701 spectators tought otherwise and went see the top ten movies of the week.
And the small drop is thanks to a big opener with a very decent average per theather. Try 2060 spectators per theather/week. Not bad indeed.
And when there is a big opener we have big drops for all the other movies but on that category, one definetely stands out.

So continue reading because it´s about to start another week of numbers here in Portugal.

This concerns the week between 31 of August to 6 of September.

Legend

Position/Movie
Theather Count
Spectators (Week)
Average Per Room/Week
Percentage of Spectators Rise(+) or Drop (-)(-)
Spectators (Total)
Week of Release (New Film)

1. You, Me and Dupree
46
94760
2060
-
94760
1st Week

2. Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties
39
45804
1174
-43%
125988
2nd Week

3. United 93
22
37750
1715
-51%
114037
2nd Week

4. The Sentinel
26
24893
957
-
24893
1st Week

5. Miami Vice

47
23597
502
-40%
275138
5th Week

6. The Monster House
29
17519
604
-
17519
1st Week

7. Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Man´s Chest
40
13688
342
-44%
610151
7th Week

8. The Lake House
25
11242
450
-40%
151546
6th Week

9. Hoodwinked
33
10128
307
-31%
121911
5th Week

10. Superman Returns
42
9320
222
-62%
176586
5th Week

The Champion:

And the number one film is a romantic comedy. But one with a very big advantage over the other ones. It has Owen Nilson and even if you don´t like him, now everything he does turns to box-office magic. And "You, Me and Dupree" is no exception. With a 94760 spectators opening, we have to admit, very strong for this kind of film, beeing even bigger than his last adventure in marriage with Vince Vaughn.
So congrats to Owen and he is big here no doubt.

The New players:

At number 4 we find "The Sentinel", the 24 spinoff with Kiefer Sutherland doing what he knows best (for him this is too easy now) and a stiff Michael Douglas doing what he still thinks can get away with. Eva Longoria is a little bit out of the loop there but okay. The film is not bad but it´s not also anything new so it gets old very fast. It still got 24893 spectators for the week. An ok opening considering the film and the portuguese box-office.

We find "Monster House" at number 6 with 17519 spectators in a bad opening for a animation movie. We are getting tired and soon all the world will follow. But i have to say this was one of the best reviewed animation movie in Portugal this year and that has got to be said. It could be a sleeper film. One that grows with you in time. I will try it in DVD.

Finally at number 18 is "Paradise, Now" the controversial nominated movie about terrorism of the Palestine territories and that everybody thought it shouldn´t have been at the Oscars since it´s not a country. I guess that is the problem. A people without a country can only be like this. But don´t expect a bad guy/good guy of terrorism. In this case we are talking about people. Normal people and there are bad guys and good guys in every country. Even the ones that don´t exist. It got 1945 spectators in just one theather. Very good opening.

The Winner of the Week:

What other than "You, Me and Dupree", it opened big, had an impressive 2060 average per theather/week and it´s not a big blockbuster. Congrats all too Owen Wilson mainly. He is getting huge in here. He´s face is getting the brand FUN.

The Looser of the Week:

And for the second straight week it´s no other than "Superman Returns" with a 62% drop to 9302 spectators and a very bad result in total numbers. Only it´s opening was ok altough not impressive. It just failed to connect with the audience.

Well see you tomorrow maybe. But definitely one other day. Bye.

Good Night and Good Films