Monday Movie Roundup...7/20/2015

Buongiorno Pepe!

What? I'm feeling a little Italian today!

Fine. Moving on...

I want to thank each and every one of you who helped me make Ant-Man the top grossing film in America.

THANK YOU!!!

How good did it do?

It made over $58 million in the U.S., and an additional $56 million everywhere else, making the worldwide total more than $114 million.

That's serious moola, but let's add some perspective shall we?

In terms of Marvel Studios' films, it's dead last. But only $149 million away from eleventh place (The Incredible Hulk's $263.4 million), and I can totally see that happening before Ant-Man leaves theaters.

In "Paul Rudd-anese", this film broke his Worldwide Top 10, making more than Dinner for Schmucks, This is 40, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Still ahead are Romeo + Juliet (#5), Anchorman 2 (#4), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (#3), Knocked Up (#2), and Monsters Vs. Aliens. Not bad.

As for Michael Douglas, Ant-Man broke his Worldwide Top 15. It beat out Romancing the Stone, The Jewel of the Nile, The American President and The Game. But it's still behind such classics as Basic Instinct, Fatal Attraction, Disclosure, The War of the Roses, Last Vegas and Black Rain. 

As for Evangeline Lily,

Ant-Man is her fourth top grossing film worldwide. It's within reach of her #3: Real Steel ($299 million), but doesn't have a prayer of even touching her Top 2: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ($955 million) and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ($960 million). 

Damn!

The one notable downside so far is that even with the $114 million in the bank, it still fell short of its production budget of $130 million. 

Now hang on Bill...don't lose your cool.

While Ant-Man hasn't made money (in Hollywood terms) yet, it was the top grossing film in America opening weekend. It's also only what? $16 million away from breaking even? 

Even with only 12 weeks in theaters, The Incredible Hulk made a profit of over $100 million. And that's Marvel Studios' "weakest" film.

I'm confident that Ant-Man will more than break even this coming weekend, and will eventually be Paul Rudd's second worldwide grossing film...and Douglas' third...and Lily's third - maybe.

Buona settimana a tutti!