Movies for 2007

[Rizon]

All information is from IMDB.com and is not my own (except in red). Actual credits for material can be found on that site. Just put it all in one place.

A few interesting movies here (as in good and bad).

A through F

Astro City

Awful End
Genre: Adventure / Animation / Drama / Family
When his parents fall ill, young Eddie Dickens is left in the care of his Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maud, who ultimately turn him over to St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans. Making a pact with his peers, Eddie plans a breakout.

Bat Boy
Genre: Horror / Comedy
No word yet if MC Hammer will be cast for this role

Battle Angel
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Romance / Thriller
In the 26th century, a female cyborg is rescued from the scrapheap by a scientist.

Bee Movie
Genre: Animation / Comedy
Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa (Zellweger), a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.
Credited cast:
Jerry Seinfeld .... Barry B. Benson (voice)
Renée Zellweger .... Vanessa (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alan Arkin .... (voice)
Kathy Bates .... (voice)
Robert Duvall .... (voice)
William H. Macy .... (voice)
Mark Moseley .... (voice)
Tim Blake Nelson .(voice)
Uma Thurman .... (voice)
Rip Torn
Patrick Warburton .(voice)
Oprah Winfrey .... (voice)


Bellamora!
Genre: Drama

Beowulf
Genre: Adventure / Animation / Drama / Fantasy
A Scandinavian warrior takes on the legendary monster, Grendel.

The Bourne Ultimatum
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Third part to the Bourne series.

The Butterfly Effect 2
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Sequel to the 2003 cult movie in which a person can change the past via remembering their forgotten memories due to blackouts.
Not sure how they plan to work this one, but probably not a good idea

Captain America

Coin Locker Babies
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Two young men who were abandoned in their infancy seek revenge on their mothers.
Credited cast:
Val Kilmer
Liv Tyler
Sean Lennon
Sean Lennon is an interesting choice

Corners
Genre: Drama / Romance
A small, divided town is impacted by its most unique resident; a twenty-three year-old man living with Down syndrome. His short life and dramatic death impacts the town and brings it back together.

The Corrections
Genre: Drama
Three generations of a dysfunctional Midwestern family meet at the family home for what will be the last Christmas gathering there.

Dad Can't Lose
Genre: Comedy

Damage Control
Genre: Drama
A young lawyer working for a sports agent discovers the consequences of performing the "damage control" on news stories involving some of his favourite athletes.
Credited cast:
Jamie Foxx

Danielle's Revenge
Genre: Fantasy / Horror
Two years after the horrific massacre of Musketta Cove, Danielle Stevenson is ressurected from the grave, to finish what she started.
Also Known As:
Dead End Massacre II: Summer Camp Nightmare
Note to writers: 1985 is over

Dead I Well May Be
Genre: Crime / Drama
Set in 1990s New York City, an Irish immigrant lands a job as a mob enforcer.

Diamond
Genre: Adventure / Drama
A farmer, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Somewhere in the plotline "... walked into a bar" is missing

DragonBall Z
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Goku and friends must fight against the deadly forces of the Saiyans, whose plan is to obtain the 7 magic Dragon Balls and and use them to take control of the universe.

Eetclub, De
Genre: Thriller / Drama

Electric God
Genre: Drama
A man who lives a life of isolation finds a solution to his violent temper when he's forced to reach out to others.
Credited cast:
Nicolas Cage

Fahrenheit 9/11½
Genre: Documentary
In the wake of the 2004 United States Presidential election, Michael Moore continues to examine what happened to the United States after September 11

[TheOhioStateUniversity]

please tell me Fahrenheit 9/11 1/2 is a joke....???

[JeeberD]

I hope that Beowulf is good...

[TheOhioStateUniversity]

I remember reading that Beowulf story in high school english, if they do it right it should be a very good movie.

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

Bat Boy is gonna be the greatest movie of all times. Mark my words.

[JeffNights]

They better do Beowolf right...or else...

[Scholes]

The Corrections was a fantastic book, not sure if it will translate though.

[JeeberD]

Bat Boy is gonna be the greatest movie of all times. Mark my words.

Enquirer's Bat Boy?

[Bearcat729]

So Bat Boy isn't based on the musical right?

[JeeberD]

I hope that Astro City is about the Houston Astros dramatic and tragic run to the 1986 NLCS...

Mike Scott was the motherfucking man, yo!

[Arles]

Wasn't there a really bad Beowolf movie made in the 90s with Christopher Lambert? I seem to remember it having some futuristic feel to it and it ended up being not very true to the story.

[gottimd]

Here (http://movies.yahoo.com/upcoming/) is another site that has a ton of upcoming movie information.

[WrongWay]

Ah, this is for 2007, 2 years from now. I was wondering where the hell King Kong was.

What, no Harry Potter? Although this series may be going directly to video by then, that is if it is not animated.

BTW--I can't wait till December to see King Kong. I could of sworn that Tim Burton was supposed to be the Director, not Peter Jackson.

[ThunderingHERD]

Hopefully PT Anderson will have a new movie out by 2007.

[Coop]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles 4 is coming out in 2007

http://img170.echo.cx/img170/9677/ninjaturtlesposter3iz.jpg

GO NINJAS GO NINJAS GO

[Rizon]

H through L

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Genre: Adventure / Family / Fantasy
With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts
Credited cast:
Jason Isaacs .... Lucius Malfoy

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Adaptation of the Carnegie Medal-winning novel by Pullman, the first volume in the His Dark Materials trilogy. In a parallel Oxford, young Lyra Belacqua begins a dimension-crossing odyssey that builds from a merely atypical children's adventure into a complex (and frequently quite dark) philosophical epic.

The Hitcher
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
A young man picks up a Hitchhiker for company only to find out he has murderous plans for him.

Hokuto no Ken - Toki densetsu
Genre: Animation

Hokuto no Ken - Urea densetsu
Genre: Animation

In the Pink
Genre: Comedy
A rich, misogynistic corporate executive soon finds himself out of a job, and is forced to make a living out of selling Mary Kay cosmetics alongside a group of door-to-door saleswomen. Things look up, however, when he develops a genuine understanding of the female psyche, and uses his knowledge to propel his business upwards.
Credited cast:
Tim Allen
Cher
Britney Spears
Bette Midler
Wanda Sykes
This ... could probably be one of the worst movies ever made

In the Wake of Identity
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Family / Romance
A drama/comedy about the ill-effects of stardom on both individual and society set behind the wild and extreme sport of wakeboarding.

Ink
Genre: Drama
The life story of Mr. Cartoon, an East L.A. graffiti artist who started off as a illustrator for Hustler magazine and a designer of low-rider cars before becoming a premiere tattooist whose work adorns the bodies of Dr. Dre, Eminem, and a number of other rap music stars.

Jornada del muerte
Genre: Action
A modern-day Western where gangs, drug trafficking and broken codes of honor rule.
Credited cast:
Paul Michael Levesque (aka Triple H)

The Lamplighter
Genre: Thriller

Land of the Lost
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
A family is thrown back in time and must survive in a dinosaur dominated land.
(“According to Variety magazine, Bo Bice of American Idol fame is signed on to play Cha-Ka, the role originally performed by Philip Paley in the original Saturday morning program”)

Last Days of Coney Island
Genre: Drama / Animation

The Lions of Al-Rassan
Genre: Romance / War / Fantasy
In Al-Rassan, during the Christian re-conquest of Moorish Spain, two princes vie for the love of the same woman.

A Long Way Down
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Four people meet on New Year's Eve and form a surrogate family to help one another weather the difficulties of their lives.

The Lovely Bones
Genre: Drama
Based on the best selling book by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones is the story of a 14-year-old girl from suburban Pennsylvania who is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from Heaven, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
Directed by
Peter Jackson

[WrongWay]

Ahhh, H-L. I have to read the HUGE print too.

Surely there must be an Incredibles II in the makes somewhere?



Edited: Now someone post the 2005 Japanese movies that that will be re-released in the USA in 2007. :D

[gottimd]

What?!??!?!?! No Hudson Hawk 2?

[JeeberD]

OotP...now there's the good stuff.

[chinaski]

Sean Lennon is awesome, Coin Locker Babies looks interesting; too bad Val Kilmer is in it - mega tool.

[TRO]

OotP...now there's the good stuff.
Markus is making a moving?






I know, I know...

[gottimd]

I am also shocked that there is no Leonard part 7 in the works.

[Pyser]

What, no Harry Potter? Although this series may be going directly to video by then, that is if it is not animated.

yeah, you're probably right. i know if i was in charge of the studio, i'd be sick and tired of making $100m in the first weekend alone, and would probably change the series into a straight to video, animated movie, too.

[kurtism]

FWIW, the Beowolf they are releasing in 2007 is co-written by Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman; unless I misremember, Zemeckis is attached to direct using a version of the technology from Polar Express. As for Astro City, the geek in me can only hope they make a good version of Kurt Busiek's great superhero book.

[rkmsuf]

I am also shocked that there is no Leonard part 7 in the works.

It's rumored they will jump straight to Leonard Part 14.

[WrongWay]

yeah, you're probably right. i know if i was in charge of the studio, i'd be sick and tired of making $100m in the first weekend alone,
WRONG....The 3rd Harry Potter movie did NOT break the $100m barrior in the first weekend alone.

[ISiddiqui]

Yeah, it took an extra day or so ;).

[WrongWay]

Yeah, it took an extra day or so ;).Will this help?

# Movie US Gross Profit
1 Sorcerer's Stone $317million $152million
2 Chamber of Secrets $261million $111million
3 Prisoner of Azkaban $249million $69million


UPCOMING RELEASES (Estimates based on Linear regression)
# Movie US Gross Profit
4 Goblet of Fire '05 $207million $27million
5 Order of the Phoenix '07 $81million $1million


And, I am betting that Potter #5 will actully land in the red.

But, on the otherhand. If you think this is a good pattern for an income statement please contact me immediately; I have some Enron stock lying around that I want to sell you.

[Ksyrup]

The Corrections
Genre: Drama
Three generations of a dysfunctional Midwestern family meet at the family home for what will be the last Christmas gathering there.



Guaranteed to have Holly Hunter and/or Sally Field, plus a couple of aging women actors who regularly appear in chick flicks. They should just call this one Home For the Holidays II.

[WrongWay]

Here is a couple of spoilers for you:

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 in 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 in 2007

Another trilogy I guess.

[Bearcat729]

Will this help?

# Movie US Gross Profit
1 Sorcerer's Stone $317million $152million
2 Chamber of Secrets $261million $111million
3 Prisoner of Azkaban $249million $69million


UPCOMING RELEASES (Estimates based on Linear regression)
# Movie US Gross Profit
4 Goblet of Fire '05 $207million $27million
5 Order of the Phoenix '07 $81million $1million


And, I am betting that Potter #5 will actully land in the red.

But, on the otherhand. If you think this is a good pattern for an income statement please contact me immediately; I have some Enron stock lying around that I want to sell you.


I wonder how much money these movies make in Europe and through video sales.

[Anthony]

all that Potter to direct-to-video stuff is hogwash. if they can make 10 Friday the 13th movies, a trilogy out of the Blade series and 20 Nightmare on Elm St. movies they can make 6 or so Potter movies, decreasing profits be damned. past performance is not a good indicator of future performance, like stocks.

[Rizon]

O through Z

Operation Prom Dress
Genre: Family

Over My Dead Body
Genre: Comedy

Pathfinder
Genre: Adventure / Drama / War
A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savoir in a fight against the Norsemen.

Pirates of the Caribbean 3
Genre: Action / Adventure
Credited cast:
Lee Arenberg .... Pintel
Peter Donald Badalamenti II .... Penrod
Andy Beckwith .... Clanker
Orlando Bloom .... Will Turner
Mackenzie Crook .... Raghetti
Jack Davenport .... Norrington
Johnny Depp .... Captain Jack Sparrow
Marco Khanlian .... Turkish Prison guard
Martin Klebba .... Marty
Keira Knightley .... Elizabeth Swann

Rapunzel Unbraided
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical
Credited cast:
Kristin Chenoweth .... Rapunzel (voice)
Clay Aiken .... (voice)

Rockfish
Genre: Adventure / Animation / Sci-Fi
A man on an alien planet quests to catch an elusive giant fish.
Credited cast:
Vin Diesel .... (voice)

The Runelords
Genre: Fantasy
Based on the best selling novel "The Runelords" by David Farland, this movie takes place in a fantastical land where a person's gifts of strength, sight, smelling and other may be passed on to others as "attributes." But in this land, the tyrant Raj Ahten rises in the south and seeks to be the 'Sum of All Men.' Only the newly crowned Gaborn might be able to stop him, if he knows how to use his powers as an Earth King...

Sam and George
Genre: Drama
Plot Outline: Two old friends reunite after one of them is released from prison after serving twenty years for a crime he didn't commit.
Credited cast:
Mel Gibson


Selling Time
Genre: Thriller / Horror
Plot Outline: A man is given the unique opportunity to relive the worst day of his life, in exchange for seven years off his own life expectancy.

Seven Year Switch, The
Genre: Comedy
Plot Outline: A woman with the seven year itch gets a chance to see what her life would be like if she had made different choices.

Shantaram
Genre: Drama / Crime / Action
Shantaram is a movie that is based on the novel written by Gregory David Roberts. The plot deals with the story of an Australian convict Lindsay who escapes from prison Down Under and goes to India. In India he lives in the slums of Mumbai where he gets involved with the underworld and pretends to be a doctor. The story deals with the transition that Lindsay goes through, from Australia to India and ultimately ending up fighting alongside the insurgents in Afghanistan against Russia. The film is based on a true story of the author (Gregory David Roberts) himself.
Credited cast:
Helena Bonham Carter
Johnny Depp .... Lindsay
Emily Watson

Shi
Also Known As:
Shi: The Way of the Warrior

Shrek 3
Genre: Animation / Comedy / Family
Credited cast:
Mike Myers .... Shrek (voice)
Eddie Murphy .... Donkey (voice)
Cameron Diaz .... Princess Fiona (voice)
Antonio Banderas .... Puss in Boots (voice)
John Cleese .... King (voice)
Justin Timberlake .... King Arthur (voice)

Sin City 2
Genre: Action / Crime

Sin City 3

Six Million Dollar Man, The
Genre: Action / Comedy
Plot Outline: A remake of the 70's television show, in which a crippled pilot is retrofitted with nuclear-powered limbs and implants and reborn as an intelligence agent.

Slammer
Genre: Comedy
hile imprisoned in Sing Sing on trumped-up charges, a publicist (Parker) stages an all-inmate musical.
Credited cast:
Sarah Jessica Parker

Spider-Man 3
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller
redited cast:
Tobey Maguire .... Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Kirsten Dunst .... Mary Jane Watson
Thomas Haden Church
James Franco .... Harry Osborn

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Immortal
Genre: Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy

They Marched Into Sunlight
On one day in October 1967, two events, the loss of 61 American soldiers in a Viet Cong ambush and a student protest against Dow Chemical, galvanize opposition to the Vietnam war on college campuses.

The Three Stooges
Genre: Comedy

Tortoise Vs. Hare
Genre: Animation / Comedy
A mock documentary take on Aesop's fable of the race between the slow, steady tortoise and the quick but overconfident hare.

Toy Story 3
Genre: Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

The Tripods
Genre: Sci-Fi

Tripoli
This is the grand epic adventure of how William Eaton (Reeves), a diplomat representing President Thomas Jefferson and the United States in North Africa, joined forces with Hamet Karamanli, the exiled heir to the throne of the Barbary Coast nation of Tripoli (now called Libya) in 1804 to overthrow a corrupt ruler (Hamet's brother) who had taken his place. Organizing a relatively small group of 500 soldiers comprised of U.S. Marines (does "to the shores of Tripoli" sound familiar?), Arabs and Greeks, Eaton successfully marched across 600 miles of desert to storm and capture the seaport of Derna in April, 1805. Eaton and his men then prepared to continue their fight all the way to the capital city of Tripoli...

Villeneuve
Genre: Drama
Plot Outline: A look at the life of Jacques Villeneuve, the celebrated Quebec-born Formula One race-car driver, and his relationship with his father, Gilles, who also perished in a race-car accident in 1982.

The Waiting
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Plot Outline: A woman believes she is being haunted by the ghost of her deceased child.

Wanted
Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller
Plot Outline: Framed and subsequently imprisoned for drug trafficking, a former cop (Aniston) plots an escape with her cellmate (Streep).
Credited cast:
Jennifer Aniston
Meryl Streep

The War of the Red Cliff
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama

Wild Thing
Genre: Animation

Wolverine
Genre: Action
The mutant known as Wolverine breaks off into his off spin-off film from the successful X-MEN franchise! Hugh Jackman (X1, X2, Van Helsing) returns as Logan/ Wolverine; A mutant with regenerative powers, three claws, and a skeleton which is laced with the rare metal known as adamantium. Logan struggles to find the secrets to his past. After learning little information through the help of Charles Xavier (X2's Patrick Stewart), Logan takes his search even further by learning the full truth of his orgins, while also heading in a bold, new direction.

Untitled Anne Frank Project
Genre: Drama
Plot Outline: Anne Frank's story is told from the perspective of the young Jewish diarist's closest friend, Jacqueline van Maarsen, who penned the memoir, "Ik heet Anne, Sei Ze. Anne Frank" (I am Anne, She Said, Anne Frank).

Untitled James Cameron Project
Genre: Drama
Plot Outline: A freediver attempts to break her own husband's record. Based on a true story.

The Untitled Star Trek Prequel
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure

Untitled Steven Spielberg/Abraham Lincoln Project
Genre: Drama
Plot Outline: The sixteenth President of the United States guides the North to victory during the Civil War.
Credited cast:
Liam Neeson .... Abraham Lincoln

Untitled Ukrainian Holocaust Project
Genre: Documentary
Plot Outline: Survivors tell the story of the Babi Yar massacre from WWII, where some 100,000 people were massacred by German forces.

[Anthony]

wow - i wanna see the Wolverine movie and the Abraham Lincoln one. my only gripes is that the Lincoln one is done by Spielberg, he doesn't do rated R movies well, i kinda was hoping for a "The Patriot" (w/ Mel Gibson) kind of Abraham Lincoln movie. "Pathfinder" sounds awesome too.

[JeeberD]

all that Potter to direct-to-video stuff is hogwash. if they can make 10 Friday the 13th movies, a trilogy out of the Blade series and 20 Nightmare on Elm St. movies they can make 6 or so Potter movies, decreasing profits be damned. past performance is not a good indicator of future performance, like stocks.

Only problem is that the Potter movies are MUCH more expensive to make than your examples. However, I don't think there's a chance in hell that the movies wind up going direct to video...

[Easy Mac]

I can honestly say I won't see any movies in 2007.

[Pyser]

this list is kind of pointless. most of these arent even in production yet, and maybe not really even in pre-production.

i mean look at this year. as of january 1st, no one knew spielberg was going to make a movie based on the 72 olympics AT ALL, let alone have it come out this year. not only that, he still hasnt even started production!

i would bet over half of that list never even gets made.

[ISiddiqui]

Will this help?

# Movie US Gross Profit
1 Sorcerer's Stone $317million $152million
2 Chamber of Secrets $261million $111million
3 Prisoner of Azkaban $249million $69million


UPCOMING RELEASES (Estimates based on Linear regression)
# Movie US Gross Profit
4 Goblet of Fire '05 $207million $27million
5 Order of the Phoenix '07 $81million $1million


And, I am betting that Potter #5 will actully land in the red.

But, on the otherhand. If you think this is a good pattern for an income statement please contact me immediately; I have some Enron stock lying around that I want to sell you.
$207 million to $81 million? Please. In 2007, it is likely the final book to the series will be published. That will spur greater interest in the series and will probably have it hit $200 million, no problem.

[Rizon]

this list is kind of pointless. most of these arent even in production yet, and maybe not really even in pre-production.

i mean look at this year. as of january 1st, no one knew spielberg was going to make a movie based on the 72 olympics AT ALL, let alone have it come out this year. not only that, he still hasnt even started production!

i would bet over half of that list never even gets made.

Yep, it's probably pointless, but I find it interesting to talk about, and then look back at it few years later. Hey, that movie sucked, or hey, that could have been a good movie.

[WrongWay]

This just in John Rambo will be back on the screen in 2007?

Actually, not sure on the exact year.

But, right now on Larry King Live Sylvester Stallone just announced that he just signed a contract yesterday to make another Rambo movie.

I guess it couldn't be any worse than Rocky V.

[mauchow]

Selling Time seems like it might be interesting enough.

[Karlifornia]

Rapunzel Unbraided
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical
Credited cast:
Kristin Chenoweth .... Rapunzel (voice)
Clay Aiken .... (voice)

This alone makes me want to become an Al-Qaeda operative.

[ThunderingHERD]

What, no Harry Potter? Although this series may be going directly to video by then, that is if it is not animated.


I am betting that Potter #5 will actully land in the red.

But, on the otherhand. If you think this is a good pattern for an income statement please contact me immediately; I have some Enron stock lying around that I want to sell you.
Good call.



Goblet of Fire' toasts box office competition

Sunday, November 20, 2005; Posted: 3:19 p.m. EST (20:19 GMT)


LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The bespectacled boy wizard has worked his biggest box-office magic to date.

"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" <b>grossed $101.4 million in its debut weekend, the best results yet for the franchise</b>, according to studio estimates released Sunday.

The latest Potter movie led a lineup that helped reverse the Hollywood box-office slump, with the top 12 films raking in $171 million, up 19 percent from the same weekend last year when "National Treasure" was No. 1 with $35.1 million.

"Goblet of Fire" was <b>the fourth-best, three-day opening weekend ever</b>, behind "Spider-Man" at $114.8 million in 2002 and "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" and "Shrek 2," at $108 million apiece.

The fourth installment of the adventures of Harry and his curious classmates at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the first Potter film to earn a PG-13 rating for its fantasy violence and special effects. But that did not deter audiences.

"The Potter franchise is just irresistible to moviegoers," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. "The combination of the Potter books and the love audiences have for the movies conspired a big opening weekend."

Debuting in second place was the Johnny Cash film biopic "Walk the Line," which took in $22.4 million. The film chronicles the early musical career of Cash, played by Joaquin Phoenix, and also stars Reese Witherspoon as Cash's lifelong love, June Carter. Phoenix and Witherspoon do their own singing.

Disney's computer-animated film "Chicken Little," which held the top spot last week, slipped to No. 3 with $14.8 million. Jennifer Anniston's thriller "Derailed" ranked fourth with $6.5 million and the sci-fi fantasy "Zathura: A Space Adventure" rounded out the top five with $5.1 million.

Based on the best-selling books by J.K. Rowling, "Goblet of Fire" follows 14-year-old Harry, who unwillingly competes against three older wizards in a dangerous Triwizard Tournament. The movie features a dramatic face-off between Harry and Lord Voldemort -- He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named -- the dark warlock who killed Harry's parents and who tried to kill him when he was a baby.

Dan Fellman, head of distribution at Warner Bros., which released "Goblet of Fire," said the results exceeded the studio's expectations. The third Potter film, "Prisoner of Azkaban," premiered last year at $93.7 million. Warner Bros. and CNN are divisions of Time Warner Inc.

"As the audience has gotten older in time, faithful readers of the Potter books will remain faithful to the movies," Fellman said.

[ISiddiqui]

LOL! Well that put a sock into that speculation ;). I always thought that GoF would do better than PoA, especially since the 6th book, the HBP, came out earlier this year.

[ISiddiqui]

Some more fun stats:

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1331189


"Potter's" foreign haul of $80 million was led by Britain with $24.6 million, a new record for a three-day opening; Germany with $19.8 million, a new record for a four-day opening; and Mexico with $6.8 million, the third-best opening.

The film was No. 1 in all 19 foreign territories where it opened, the Time Warner Inc.-owned studio said. It adds such markets as Japan, Italy and Spain next weekend, with France and Australia in the first week of December.Exit polling showed that more adults turned up than usual, indicating that the franchise's appeal is spreading beyond families, said Dan Fellman, president of domestic theatrical distribution at Warner Bros.

[Airhog]

Ah, this is for 2007, 2 years from now. I was wondering where the hell King Kong was.

What, no Harry Potter? Although this series may be going directly to video by then, that is if it is not animated.

BTW--I can't wait till December to see King Kong. I could of sworn that Tim Burton was supposed to be the Director, not Peter Jackson.


Why do you think HP will be direct to video? From what I have heard this movie is doing better than the last, so I think thats a pretty baseless claim...

[Airhog]

I have to wonder if DBZ will suck. How many cartoons, turned live action movies have done well?

[sterlingice]

I have to wonder if DBZ will suck. How many cartoons, turned live action movies have done well?
How could a show where, at one point, they had 10 episodes (220 minutes) cover 5 minutes in story possibly go bad when given only 2 hours to make a movie... :rolleyes:

SI

[ISiddiqui]

Bump for WrongWay ;).

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

I think DBZ is a bit too late when it is released. I dont think its as popular now as it was 5-7 years ago.

[Joe Canadian]

Is Toy Story 3 still being made without Pixar? Pixar's deal with Disney runs out after "Cars", and Disney is planning on doing sequels to all the Pixar movies without Pixar being involved...

[Draft Dodger]

not mentioned is the Clint Eastwood directed Flags of Our Fathers, about the 6 men who hoisted the flag at Iwo Jima. He will be following that up with another movie about Iwo Jime (Lamps Before the Wind), this time from the perspective of the Japanese.

both are supposed to be released next fall

[WrongWay]

Bump for WrongWay ;).
SOB, I can't believe this. That last Potter movie I saw with the werewolf's was one of the the worst movies I had seen in a very long time. I was dumber than a bag full of hammers on this one.

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) $102M $102M


And, can I please change my vote on King Kong? I have seen a couple of clips and the movie just looks terrible. No offense to all you computer geeks out there, but sometimes you can over due the CGI thing.

[kcchief19]

Can't resist ...

Harry's 'Goblet' Nets $54.9 million at Box Office (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051127/ap_en_mo/box_office;_ylt=ArVzktft_C8LELIDhx0iDeNxFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
"Goblet of Fire" shot past $200 million domestically in just 10 days, the fastest of the four "Harry Potter" movies to cross that mark. The fastest-grossing of the previous movies was the first, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," which took in $186 million in 10 days. "Goblet of Fire" could be on track to beat the $317.6 million domestic gross of "Sorcerer's Stone," the franchise's most successful installment. In related news, I'm now very optimistic about "King Kong."

[hukarez]

Let's not forget the live action Transformers movie scheduled for '07:

http://www.transformerslive.com

...and if I'm not mistaken, there's also plans for a 'Voltron' big screen movie too. The 'Voltron' with the Lions, of course. http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[cthomer5000]

And, can I please change my vote on King Kong? I have seen a couple of clips and the movie just looks terrible. No offense to all you computer geeks out there, but sometimes you can over due the CGI thing.
The movie will suck, but it'll do great at the box office.

[Celeval]

The movie will suck, but it'll do great at the box office.
I dunno... at this point, Peter Jackson has the benefit of the doubt for me.

[Grammaticus]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/

This site has a lot of great trailers on upcoming movies. Probably more geared towards 2006 releases.

[Grammaticus]

wow - i wanna see the Wolverine movie and the Abraham Lincoln one. my only gripes is that the Lincoln one is done by Spielberg, he doesn't do rated R movies well, i kinda was hoping for a "The Patriot" (w/ Mel Gibson) kind of Abraham Lincoln movie. "Pathfinder" sounds awesome too.

Spielberg is doing "Munich", man that better be rated R or it is going to really suck! The official movie site has it as unrated right now.

[ISiddiqui]

In related news, I'm now very optimistic about "King Kong."LOL! Well, I'm not going to be betting on WrongWay's predictions that's for certain ;).

[WrongWay]

In related news, I'm now very optimistic about "King Kong."
Bad news Chief; I just caught the preview for King Kong at the theater and loved it.

I am very excited for the fact that they are keeping it in the '30s and not trying to bing it into the present like other remakes.

[dervack]

Bad news Chief; I just caught the preview for King Kong at the theater and loved it.

I am very excited for the fact that they are keeping it in the '30s and not trying to bing it into the present like other remakes.
Was there a T-Rex in the 1930's version?

[MikeVic]

Was there a T-Rex in the 1930's version?

Yup. Good fight between Kong and the T-Rex. :)

[Joe Canadian]

The movie will suck, but it'll do great at the box office.

I don't know about the movie sucking... for one as someone already said PJ gets the benneift of the doubt with me, and another so far what I've heard the critics are loving it and it's getting some Oscar buzz.

It's important to note that this is a true re-make of the original 1933 movie, and not a re-interpretation like the 1976 version.

[Rizon]

bump

[Pyser]

this list is kind of pointless. most of these arent even in production yet, and maybe not really even in pre-production.

...

i would bet over half of that list never even gets made.

i am so smart. i am so smart.

s-m-r-t.

[ISiddiqui]

Wow, what a bump... though even though I realize WrongWay isn't with us anymore, after 4 weeks, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has pulled in $260mil in the US alone. Far cry from the $81 mil gross he was predicting ;).

[Karlifornia]

I've enjoyed many a laugh at the expense of WrongWay, but can we all admit he's winning the Michelle Wie verdict to this point?

[ISiddiqui]

Perhaps, but that's like being the guy who was saying Peyton Manning "can't win the big one" prior to the 2006-2007 season.

[larrymcg421]

Wow, what a bump... though even though I realize WrongWay isn't with us anymore, after 4 weeks, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has pulled in $260mil in the US alone. Far cry from the $81 mil gross he was predicting ;).

Still, my favorite Wrongway prediction is that the series will soon go direct to video.

Of course, his failure to understand the documentary aspect of The Office (the horrible actors are staring into the camera!!!) was probably the height of his stupidity.