HOOT Opening Weekend Boxoffice?

Lost Mango · Post by **Lost Mango** » April 24, 2006 1:29 pm

The 5th grade classes at our school are reading in class now and have been talking about the upcoming movie. I have mentioned it several times in my preschool class. I got the soundtrack over the weekend and we listened to a few songs today. Tomorrow we will look at the footage of Jimmy and the owls and talk about different kinds of owls. I made a little owl craft to go along with it.

My class gets plenty of Buffett experience throughout the school year. If someone comes out of my class without recognizing at least 3 songs, then I haven't done my job.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » April 24, 2006 1:38 pm

Dezdmona wrote:They must be counting on Parrotheads, because marketing hasn't been very good for this film...so far.

?

I actually saw a commercial for HOOT last night.... cannot recall the channel.....

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » April 24, 2006 1:42 pm

I'd be surprised if it does more than $5 million the opening weekend. Maybe total box office will be $25-$30 million. Maybe.

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » April 24, 2006 1:42 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:
Dezdmona wrote:They must be counting on Parrotheads, because marketing hasn't been very good for this film...
so far. ?
I actually saw a commercial for HOOT last night.... cannot recall the channel.....

Yea, like I mentioned a little while ago, I saw a commercial this morning on GMA.

Hopefully the marketing has now begun.

MrTwain · Post by **MrTwain** » April 24, 2006 1:53 pm

LIPH wrote:I'd be surprised if it does more than $5 million the opening weekend. Maybe total box office will be $25-$30 million. Maybe.

I dunno... you may be right. But I have a hard time believing that HOOT won't do any better than Zathura ($28 Million).

ColdWaterConch · Post by **ColdWaterConch** » April 24, 2006 4:26 pm

Trailers are being shown on the Disney Channel.

I tend to agree with LIPH. Hoot is a low-budget flick. I mean, this isn't Passion of the Christ where churches are renting out the theatre or people are seeing it 5 times. If Hoot does $30M, they've doubled their investment.

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » April 24, 2006 4:38 pm

I wonder how many Parrotheads will have seen one of the preview screenings and not go for a paid viewing?

tjtryon · Post by **tjtryon** » April 24, 2006 5:00 pm

Dezdmona wrote:I wonder how many Parrotheads will have seen one of the preview screenings and not go for a paid viewing? :o

Preview screening was a date with the wife (yeah, I know I'm cheap - I did spring for the jumbo popcorn though...), I'll take the whole family to go see it, and I'll defiently buy at least 1 dvd.

brahmafear · Post by **brahmafear** » April 24, 2006 9:15 pm

I will do my part!

We're now planning a Hoot Party with parents and kids to be followed by heading to the moviehouse to see the movie. Most of the kids (and parents) have read Hoot and can hardly wait for the movie.

Would this be considered a movie tailgate party?????

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » April 24, 2006 9:36 pm

ColdWaterConch wrote:If Hoot does $30M, they've doubled their investment.

Not quite...$16 million was the production cost and I'll bet they're at least matching that with promotion and advertising...so the break even will be around $32 million.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » April 24, 2006 9:37 pm

brahmafear wrote:I will do my part! We're now planning a Hoot Party with parents and kids to be followed by heading to the moviehouse to see the movie. Most of the kids (and parents) have read Hoot and can hardly wait for the movie. Would this be considered a movie tailgate party?????

That sounds fun!! Let us know how it goes!

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » April 24, 2006 10:44 pm

Soraya wrote:
jonesbeach10 wrote:They're hoping for a modest return given they're going up against MI3. Now if they were going to open closer to Arbor Day on a day where no big movies are coming out, they may have a better chance to land on the top of the box office.
But you can't take 'keets to MI3.....and lately all there have been are stupid comedies (and I do mean stupid...not just silly) or cartoons. A good bit of light drama may fare well for some variety in the kids market.

MI3 is only rated PG-13. I took my son to see Ice Age 2 the other night, and there was a preview for Hoot, I asked him if he wanted to see it, he was like Hell NO---Id rather see MI3

msu#1 · Post by **msu#1** » April 25, 2006 12:36 am

They need to market the fact its opening on Cinco De Mayo!

but that would go against the family movie plan when people show up tanked on Corona's

ColdWaterConch · Post by **ColdWaterConch** » April 25, 2006 7:06 am

Big Jimmy wrote:
Soraya wrote:
jonesbeach10 wrote:They're hoping for a modest return given they're going up against MI3. Now if they were going to open closer to Arbor Day on a day where no big movies are coming out, they may have a better chance to land on the top of the box office.
But you can't take 'keets to MI3.....and lately all there have been are stupid comedies (and I do mean stupid...not just silly) or cartoons. A good bit of light drama may fare well for some variety in the kids market.

MI3 is only rated PG-13. I took my son to see Ice Age 2 the other night, and there was a preview for Hoot, I asked him if he wanted to see it, he was like Hell NO---Id rather see MI3

Funny...my daughter is reading Hoot in class right now...I asked her if she wanted to see the movie and said no. For some reason, this isn't a "Holes" kinda thing.

ColdWaterConch · Post by **ColdWaterConch** » April 25, 2006 7:08 am

Quiet and Shy wrote:
ColdWaterConch wrote:If Hoot does $30M, they've doubled their investment.
Not quite...$16 million was the production cost and I'll bet they're at least matching that with promotion and advertising...so the break even will be around $32 million.

If they have spent $16M on promotion, they have p*** their money away. Promotion of this movie has not been that good.

Has JB been talking it up at the concerts?

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » April 25, 2006 7:38 pm

ColdWaterConch wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:
ColdWaterConch wrote:If Hoot does $30M, they've doubled their investment.
Not quite...$16 million was the production cost and I'll bet they're at least matching that with promotion and advertising...so the break even will be around $32 million.
If they have spent $16M on promotion, they have p*** their money away. Promotion of this movie has not been that good.

Has JB been talking it up at the concerts?

It's been previewing in theaters for a couple months now. The mainstream publicity is just now kicking in, however.

It's a shame they tossed so much momentum out the door (screening, Earth Day link, etc.) by pushing the opening back two weeks and burying it under MI3.

Here's what the competition would have been had it been released this past weekend:

1. Silent Hill $20mil
2. Scary Movie 4 $17
3. The Sentinel $14
4. Ice Age: The Meltdown $13
5. The Wild $8
6. The Benchwarmers $7
7. Take the Lead $4
8. Inside Man $4
9. American Dreamz $4
10. Friends With Money $3

I think "Hoot" could have done fairly well in this mix.

McQueen5150 · Post by **McQueen5150** » April 25, 2006 10:38 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:
ColdWaterConch wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:
ColdWaterConch wrote:If Hoot does $30M, they've doubled their investment.
Not quite...$16 million was the production cost and I'll bet they're at least matching that with promotion and advertising...so the break even will be around $32 million.
If they have spent $16M on promotion, they have p*** their money away. Promotion of this movie has not been that good.

Has JB been talking it up at the concerts?
It's been previewing in theaters for a couple months now. The mainstream publicity is just now kicking in, however.

It's a shame they tossed so much momentum out the door (screening, Earth Day link, etc.) by pushing the opening back two weeks and burying it under MI3. Here's what the competition would have been had it been released this past weekend:

1. Silent Hill $20mil
2. Scary Movie 4 $17
3. The Sentinel $14
4. Ice Age: The Meltdown $13
5. The Wild $8
6. The Benchwarmers $7
7. Take the Lead $4
8. Inside Man $4
9. American Dreamz $4
10. Friends With Money $3

I think "Hoot" could have done fairly well in this mix.

It's a kid's movie... the real money will be made off of DVD sales.

MrTwain · Post by **MrTwain** » April 26, 2006 11:19 am

McQueen5150 wrote:It's a kid's movie... the real money will be made off of DVD sales.

You're right. To date, Holes (another Walden Media film that opened in late April) has grossed roughly $70 Million to date.
source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?pa ... =holes.htm

Hoot may have a similar run.

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » April 26, 2006 11:37 pm

ColdWaterConch wrote:
Big Jimmy wrote:
Soraya wrote:
jonesbeach10 wrote:They're hoping for a modest return given they're going up against MI3. Now if they were going to open closer to Arbor Day on a day where no big movies are coming out, they may have a better chance to land on the top of the box office.
But you can't take 'keets to MI3.....and lately all there have been are stupid comedies (and I do mean stupid...not just silly) or cartoons. A good bit of light drama may fare well for some variety in the kids market.

MI3 is only rated PG-13. I took my son to see Ice Age 2 the other night, and there was a preview for Hoot, I asked him if he wanted to see it, he was like Hell NO---Id rather see MI3
Funny...my daughter is reading Hoot in class right now...I asked her if she wanted to see the movie and said no. For some reason, this isn't a "Holes" kinda thing.

For my son there is not enough action in Hoot, or enough of what he calls "boobies". What can I say, for his 7th Bday he wanted to go to Hooters.

ColdWaterConch · Post by **ColdWaterConch** » May 7, 2006 5:57 pm

Looks like a $3.4M opening...LIPH was pretty close (of course, the numbers get revised Monday afternoon). Either way, a weak opening and I'm sure it will be on DVD by the summer.