Sunday 30 October 2011

Global Box office battle sees Tintin breaking records...

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Being one of the best films released in 2011 helps, but for those people in North America who still didn’t quite get what a big deal Tintin is everywhere else (It’s like Football (Soccer) all over again! Then the $55.8m from just 19 markets (several of them minor) should really spell it out. It opened number 1 in 17 of those markets and the comic boom investigative Journalist / adventurer / “wisp of ginger...” found $21.5m in France, which is the biggest ever opener for a non domestic, non-sequel. Spielberg’s first 3D /1st Motion Capture animation film also dug up an impressive $10.7M in the U.K;  $6.7M in Spain;  $4.6 from the Germans 4.6, $1.8m from the Swiss; $1.6m in Denmark; $1.3m in Holland; $1.3m in Italy and in Herge’s native Belgium $2.1M.






So that’s A very, very encouraging start for the man-boy wonder and millions of fans in 19 countries are now cursing the fact that Peter Jackson has ended up (unexpectedly) on Hobbit duty, meaning the 2nd part of the Spielberg & Jackson’s Tintin double won’t start filming for some time. Curse you Middle Earth!!!


It remains to be seen whether Tintin the move, as made by Spielberg & Jackson, conquer the United States in a way that the books have never really managed, but here is yet more evidence that whatever the box-office there it could be simply sauce for the goose. Tintin has every chance of making a very decent profit before it even opens in North America on the 23rd of December. One thing seems certain, Mo-Cap animation has not been a turn off for potential audiences and Tintin has a very good chance of becoming the most successful film in the format. Given that the film has many major markets, most of them very Tintin friendly, yet to open it will surely, at the very least, be the biggest Mo-Cap film at the international box office. Much credit for this has to go to Jackson’s WETA. Their animation is far superior to that of Image Movers and they have not only removed the “dead eyes” / “Uncanny Valley” effect of most of the Image Movers’ films, but in fact have managed to get an extremely high level of performance through the eyes.

Mo-Cap animation for the masses...
Film
Year
North American Gross
International Gross
Worldwide
Budget
1
Disney’s Christmas Carol
2009
$137,855,863
$187,430,783
$325,286,646
$200m
2
Polar Express
2004
$181,993,278
$124,140,582
$306,133,860
$165m
3
Beowulf
2007
$82,280,579
$114,113,166
$196,393,745
$150m
4
Monster house
2006
$73,661,010
$66,513,996
$140,175,006
$75m
5
The Adventures of Tintin*
2011
$55,000,000
$55,000,000
$130m - $140m
5
Mars Needs Moms
2011
$21,392,758
$17,600,000
$38,992,758
$150m
*Only released in a small % of markets for less than 1 week.


Synopsis...
“Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures Present "The Adventures of Tintin" directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish. Starring Jamie Bell ("Billy Elliot," "Defiance") as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig ("Quantum of Solace," "Defiance") as the nefarious Red Rackham.”


North America

 United States
 23-Dec-11
Latin America

América Central
 30-Dec-11
 Argentina
 5-Jan-12
 Bolivia
 12-Jan-12
 Brasil
 20-Jan-12
 Chile
 5-Jan-12
Colombia
 1-Jan-12
Ecuador
 13-Jan-12
 México
 25-Dec-11
 Perú
 25-Dec-11
 Uruguay
 6-Jan-12
Venezuela
 23-Dec-11
Middle East / Africa

Bahrain
 3-Nov-11
 Egypt
 2-Nov-11
 Israel
 3-Nov-11
 Jordan
 2-Nov-11
 Kuwait
 3-Nov-11
 Lebanon
 3-Nov-11
Nigeria
 23-Dec-11
Oman
 3-Nov-11
Qatar
 3-Nov-11
 South Africa
 23-Dec-11
Syria
 3-Nov-11
 United Arab Emirates
 3-Nov-11
Asia Pacific

 Australia
 26-Dec-11
Hong Kong
 24-Nov-11
 India
 11-Nov-11
Korea
 8-Dec-11
 Malaysia
 10-Nov-11
 New Zealand
 26-Dec-11
 Pilipinas | Philippines
 30-Nov-11
 Singapore
 10-Nov-11
Taiwan
 12-Nov-11
Thailand
 10-Nov-11
Vietnam
 11-Nov-11
Europe

 België | Belgique | Belgium
 26-Oct-11
Bulgaria
 4-Nov-11
 Ceská republika | Czech Republic
 27-Oct-11
 Danmark | Denmark
 27-Oct-11
 Deutschland | Germany
 27-Oct-11
 España | Spain
 28-Oct-11
 Eesti | Estonia
 28-Oct-11
 Ελλάδα | Greece
 3-Nov-11
 France
 26-Oct-11
 Hrvatske | Croatia
 3-Nov-11
 Íslan | Iceland
 28-Oct-11
 Italia | Italy
 28-Oct-11
 Latvijas | Latvija, Latvija | Latviju | Latvia
 28-Oct-11
 Lietuvos | Lietuva | Lithuania
 28-Oct-11
 Magyarország | Hungary
 3-Nov-11
 Nederland | Netherlands | Holland
 26-Oct-11
 Norge | Norway
 28-Oct-11
 Österreich | Austria
 28-Oct-11
 Polska | Poland
 4-Nov-11
 Portugal
 27-Oct-11
 Россия | Russia
 3-Nov-11
 România
 28-Oct-11
 Slovenija | Slovenia
 3-Nov-11
 Slovensko | Slovakia
 3-Nov-11
 Srbija | Crna Gora | Serbia and Montenegro
 3-Nov-11
 Suisse | Switzerland (Fr)
 26-Oct-11
 Schweiz | Switzerland (Ger)
 27-Oct-11
 Svizzera | Switzerland (Itl)
 28-Oct-11
 Suomi | Finland
 4-Nov-11
 Sverige | Sweden
 28-Oct-11
Türkiye | Turkey
 4-Nov-11
Ukraine
 3-Nov-11
 United Kingdom
 26-Oct-11