Time for another box office update. I guess time will tell but my prediction that Ratatouille will perform steadily at the box office seems to true for the most part. Ratatouille is no longer at the top of the box office, taken over by that other big robot, Transformers. Twas to be expected. So these are the numbers…
Total Lifetime Grosses
TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
| Domestic: | $109,546,000 | 94.9% |
| + Foreign: | $5,828,000 | 5.1% |
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| = Worldwide: | $115,374,000 | |
[via Box Office Mojo]
So since the last box office update three days ago, domestically, Ratatouille has grossed $36,884,568 with an average of $12,294,856 per day. Ratatouille has been out 10 days so far and I think it is doing very well considering its one of the few original films this year.
Here are some other numbers for you. I think the folks at the house of mouse will be quite content with Ratatouille’s performance considering it’s only been in release 10 days and it has outgrossed Meet The Robinson’s domestic gross of $96,645,714. Currently I can see Ratatouille making it into or very near the top 10 films domestic grossing’s wise this year. And do remember that the film has yet to open in many, many locations around the globe. I do think this film might be a bit of a hit in France just like Finding Nemo was in Australia.
And just to give you an idea on how special Ratatouille is to Box Office Mojo users, it is currently ranked as the 4th highest rated film on the site, after 1. LOTR: Return of the King, 2. Star Wars and 3. SW: The Empire Strikes Back. The Incredibles sits at 11th position. Here is another bit of perspective, The Shawshank Redemption only grossed $28,341,469 domestically during it’s release in ’94, and it is a film that Andrew Stanton describes as “perfect” and it sits at 8th position. Of course I should mention that Ratatouille only has 586 votes compared to the 4,5 and 6 thousand votes on other films, so time will only tell where it sits in the ladder.
So please, please, please, do not fret about the box office numbers for Ratatouille. Leave that to the shareholders and the execs, that is if they are worrying at all. Box office performance has nothing to do with the greatness of a film, and from I keep hearing about Ratatouille, it’s near perfection. Can’t wait to see it! Have a great day!
Last modified: July 9, 2007
Now if the daily box office can stay around 7 mil during the weekday, I think Ratatouille (boy that was a hard word to type) is definitely going to have legs. But Jim Hill will definitely complaint though. 😀
If I like a movie, I like a movie. If the box office drops a little, that doesn’t make the movie less “Amazing”. For Me.
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Herman, I didn’t copy and paste.
(Just Kidding)
> So please, please, please, do not fret about the box office numbers for Ratatouille.
Agreed! (But I could only let go after it reached the $100 mil mark 🙂
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Boxoffice mojo has the second weekend only dropping by 38% (even in the face of competition from transformers) which is better than average. That’s a mighty good sign.
They would have made more on foreign if they ACTUALLY RELEASED THE FILM ACROSS THE WORLD WITHIN THE SAME TIME FRAME!!! (a month or so) I have to sit here in the UK until October.
Pixar/Disney really need to pull there figure out, They really do!!! and I know that sounds like me being impatient, Just think, in the US, you will have the DVD before I even see it in the cinema. Put yourself into my position…