INDIANA JONES and the BOX OFFICE GOLD
Written by andy on May 24th, 2008 in General.
It may have been 19 years between adventures, but moviegoers obviously still remember Indiana Jones. Though not breaking any records so far, the fourth film in the series, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, grossed an estimated $31 million dollars at the North American box office Friday, according to the box office tracking website boxofficeguru.com.
Added to the film’s Thursday opening day take of $25m, Crystal Skull has earned $56 so far with three full holiday weekend days still to go, putting the film on pace to perhaps gross an approximate $135-$145m by the end of Monday.
The Friday gross didn’t meet or beat the last two big Memorial Day Friday debuts. Last year Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End opened to $43M in its first Friday and in 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand took $45M on the same day. However, both of those earlier films opened on Friday, while Crystal Skull no doubt cut into its Friday total by opening fully on Thursday.
The news following last week’s disappointing opening of Disney’s Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian didn’t improve in the film’s second week. With an estimated $6.5M Friday total – good for second place – the film dropped a dramatic 66% from its opening Friday gross.
Finally, Iron Man continued to show iron legs by dropping only 40% to an estimated $5M on Friday, which means the film Paramount/Marvel production could add another $22-24M over the long weekend, its fourth weekend in release
