As thought, last weekend, District 9 took a chunk of G.I. Joe’s audience domestically, but the film is still rolling along fairly strong worldwide. It hit at least $2 million every day throughout the week, and jumped to $3.6 million Friday night. At this point, according to Deadline Hollywood Daily, the film is estimated to bring in $12.5 million domestically this weekend which would bring it to $120.5 million domestically since release three weeks ago.
But the real story here is the worldwide appeal. G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA has quietly kept it’s #1 ranking worldwide for 2 solid weeks, and still brings in some serious dollars in other countries. Box Office Mojo is reporting that overseas box office returns stand right now at about $102 million (though often those numbers are somewhat out of date). That means by Monday, The Rise of COBRA could have $225 – $240 million worldwide. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura initially said he wanted $350 million to guarantee a sequel, but recent comments from Paramount have put their goal at a more mangeable $300 million. That number certainly seems pretty achievable at this point.
Not bad numbers at all, and certainly not the “bust” that many armchair quarterbacks were predicting and even hoping for.
Between the continued showing in theaters and the dvd release it should hit the $300m mark I would think. Then helloooo sequel! 😀
I think it can reach the 300 Million Worldwide sales in theaters within another month.
The $350 goal can be achieved with the DVD release.
pink panther 2……thats why you know Joe gets a sequel.
“but gung, Pink Panther 2 didnt cost $170M”
thats right, but toys r us never had a 2 for $10 sale on Steve Martin figures either. seriously though, when toy sales, international revenue, and DVD sales get factored in, add the fact that a sequel wont have to be quite as heavily advertised…..you can bet it wont be long until were doing it all over again.
and piss on tarzan stephen sommers, come back for Joe! (though i really enjoed Sommers’ Jungle Book)