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    Posted: February 17 2007 at 4:55am

Ghost Rider made $15,250,000 on opening day here are Friday Estimates below

1 GHOST RIDER
Sony / Columbia

3,619		 $15,250,000

-- / $4,214
$15,250,000 / 1
N/A
N/A
N/A
2 BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Buena Vista

3,139		 $6,180,000

-- / $1,969
$6,180,000 / 1
N/A
N/A
N/A
3 NORBIT
Paramount (DreamWorks)

3,138		 $4,310,000

+192.7% / $1,373
$46,392,000 / 8
N/A
N/A
N/A
4 MUSIC AND LYRICS
Warner Bros.

2,955		 $4,150,000

+202.2% / $1,404
$9,679,000 / 3
N/A
N/A
N/A
5 TYLER PERRY'S DADDY'S LITTLE GIRLS
Lionsgate

2,111		 $2,975,000

+166.1% / $1,409
$8,668,000 / 3
N/A
N/A
N/A
6 BREACH
Universal

1,489		 $2,920,000

-- / $1,961
$2,920,000 / 1
N/A
N/A
N/A
7 HANNIBAL RISING
MGM (Weinstein)

3,003		 $1,520,000

+104% / $506
$18,182,000 / 8
N/A
N/A
N/A
8 BECAUSE I SAID SO
Universal

2,446		 $1,395,000

+175.8% / $570
$29,653,000 / 15
N/A
N/A
N/A
9 THE MESSENGERS
Sony / Screen Gems

2,183		 $1,120,000

+179.1% / $513
$27,829,000 / 15
N/A
N/A
N/A
10 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
Fox

2,042		 $840,000

+148.6% / $411
$234,474,000 / 57
N/A
N/A
N/A
11 PAN'S LABYRINTH
Picturehouse

905		 $550,000

+94.2% / $608
$28,397,000 / 50
N/A
N/A
N/A
12 SMOKIN' ACES
Universal

1,111		 $400,000

+32.5% / $360
$33,051,000 / 22
N/A
N/A
N/A
13 EPIC MOVIE
Fox

1,426		 $375,000

+73.3% / $263
$36,972,000 / 22
N/A
N/A
N/A
- THE QUEEN
Miramax

807		 $305,000

+51% / $378
$50,046,000 / 140
N/A
N/A
N/A
- LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Warner Bros.

651		 $230,000

+57.2% / $353
$10,769,000 / 59
N/A
N/A
N/A
- BABEL
Paramount Vantage

305		 $125,000

+20.4% / $410
$32,637,000 / 113
N/A
N/A
N/A
- THE DEPARTED
Warner Bros.

320		 $81,000

+25.9% / $253
$131,172,000 / 134
N/A
N/A
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After seeing the tomatometer, I expected to be as disappointed with this as I was with the abysmal Van Helsing. After seeing it today, I was Very pleasantly surprised. The film was very faithful to the comic book it was based off of. I enjoyed this film very much. I think that this is Cage's best performance since Adaptation. He gave one of the best comic hero performances I've seen. Also good were Peter Fonda, and Sam Elliott.  I think that although this film wasn't as good as Sin City, or Batman Begins, it was much better than The Fantastic Four, The Punisher The Hulk, and Daredevil. It shouldn't be on the nominating ballot, because I didn't find any of the performances to be deserving of it.
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I'm glad some one saw it and is able to give us a honest review glad to hear it was worth it would you say that it paid homage to a lot of old B rated Horror films like The Thing The Fly etc, and also what about Eva Mendes she looked kind missed cast kind like Kate Boseworth in Superman Returns, or was better then Kate well any ways glad to hear The Critics were wrong on how they viewed The Film in my Paper they have Worth It So-So and Enter At Your Own Risk which one would put it in.
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Eva played the Damsel in Distress better than Katie Holmes in Batman Begins and Kate Bosthworth in Superman Returns. She did much better than I expected her to. There were several homages, but nothing glaringly obvious to the point where it felt like a rip off. And so I'm not accused of being a blind fanboy: Here's notable things I liked:

1. Peter Fonda's patronizing tone he displayed as Mephistopheles, reminded me of Claude Rains in "Angel on my shoulder", he played the prince of lies, as would be expected, the kind of person who'll tell you what you want to hear for his own benefit. He was a much better comic book devil than Peter Stormare in Constantine.

2. Sam Elliott's mentor figure, was cool, and played to perfection by Elliot.  Although I guessed the twist involving his character from the beginning, because, hey, he's Sam Elliott. (You'll know what I mean when you see it)

3. Nic Cage, as I predicted, being passionate about the subject matter, didn't ham his way through this like in the Wicker Man ( Although I'm in the minority that found him hilarious in The Wicker Man). He gave a very good action hero performance. I rank this up there with Face/off, which, despite it's hard to believe nature, featured good work from him and John Travolta. ( Who I thought was pretty good in the Punisher, he's usually good as a bad guy, like in Pulp Fiction, Face/off, and Broken Arrow, although Battlefield Earth is a huge, gaping, exception.)

 
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okay so I guess it worth it then from what you were saying looking forward to seeing it this week.
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'Ghost Rider' Lights Box-Office Fire

Sunday February 18 1:37 PM ET

Satan's bounty hunter has looted the wallets of movie-goers. "Ghost Rider," Sony's comic-book adaptation starring Nicolas Cage as a motorcycle stunt driver moonlighting as a collector of evil souls for the devil, debuted as the top weekend movie with $44.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Debuting in second place with $22.1 million was Disney's "Bridge to Terabithia," based on the children's novel about a boy and girl who create an elaborate fantasy land to escape from the troubles of the real world.

The movies bumped off the previous weekend's No. 1 flick, DreamWorks' Eddie Murphy comedy "Norbit," which slipped to third place with $16.8 million, lifting its total to $58.9 million.

Premiering at No. 4 with $14 million was the Warner Bros. romance "Music and Lyrics," starring Hugh Grant as a washed-up pop singer and Drew Barrymore as his unlikely songwriting partner.

The Lionsgate romance "Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls" opened in fifth place with $12.1 million, a sharp drop from filmmaker Perry's February releases the last two years, 2006's "Madea's Family Reunion," which premiered with $30 million, and 2005's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," which debuted with $21.9 million.

Universal's spy thriller "Breach" debuted at No. 6 with $10.4 million. It stars Chris Cooper as Robert Hanssen, the FBI man caught in 2001 for selling secrets to Russia, and Ryan Phillippe as a young bureau operative who helps bring him down.

Though trashed by critics, "Ghost Rider" helped pull Hollywood out of its box-office doldrums, with overall revenues rising for the first time in six weekends. The top 12 movies took in $141.4 million, up 28 percent from the same weekend last year.

"This is the weekend that could turn the tide and get us going in the right direction," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers.

Based on the Marvel Comic books, "Ghost Rider" delivered Hollywood's biggest opening so far this year, topping the $34.2 million debut for "Norbit." "Ghost Rider" was the best opening weekend ever for Cage, beating the $35.1 million debut of "National Treasure."

"Ghost Rider" also extended Hollywood's winning streak with comic-book adaptations, a genre some critics have said would eventually play itself out.

"I think as long as stories are being told in a way that audiences embrace them, you can go for a long, long, long, long time," Bruer said.

Coming this summer are two big comic-book sequels, Sony's "Spider-Man 3" and 20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer."

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "Ghost Rider," $44.5 million.

2. "Bridge to Terabithia," $22.1 million.

3. "Norbit," $16.8 million.

4. "Music and Lyrics," $14 million.

5. "Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls," $12.1 million.

6. "Breach," $10.4 million.

7. "Hannibal Rising," $5.5 million.

8. "Because I Said So," $5 million.

9. "The Messengers," $3.8 million.

10. "Night at the Museum," $3.7 million.

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a joint venture of General Electric Co. and Vivendi Universal; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; DreamWorks, Paramount and Paramount Vantage are divisions of Viacom Inc.; Disney's parent is The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is a division of The Walt Disney Co.; 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros., New Line, Warner Independent and Picturehouse are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a consortium of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Sony Corp., Comcast Corp., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group; Lionsgate is owned by Lionsgate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.


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Originally posted by Sanndman228715

I rank this up there with Face/off, which, despite it's hard to believe nature, featured good work from him and John Travolta. ( Who I thought was pretty good in the Punisher, he's usually good as a bad guy, like in Pulp Fiction, Face/off, and Broken Arrow, although Battlefield Earth is a huge, gaping, exception.)

 



Actually, John Travolta and Nicolas Cagse both took turns sharing the good guy/bad guy roles in "Face/Off", which I think is one of the great action movies ever made. They both made the movie.
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Bob Strauss in the Los Angeles Daily News suggests that it's Cage's "oddball" performance that makes the movie work. "Whether you like it, hate it or just don't get it, this at least makes Ghost Rider an intriguing, witty/nutso acting experiment from beginning to end," he writes. And Matt Weiss concludes in the Dallas Morning News that the movie "achieves an emotional resonance and sheer enjoyability that, like a fine wine, complements the accompanying cheese."

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Yea I think either going to get this Movie, or your not it did the same as The Daredevil opeing weekend three years ago.
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I saw Ghost Rider today I thought Nick Cage did pretty good Job as Johnny Blaze aka The Ghost Rider it was not as bad as every body been saying it was far better then The Hulk. I also thought that Blackheart was a far better Bad Guy then Doc Ock from Spiderman 2. I think Ghost Rider was done in that Campy B Rated sort of way well go see and judge for your self it also worth seeing Johnny Blaze's Helicopter Jump on Football field Goal Post to Goal Post.
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I have to disagree about Blackheart, I thought Alfred Molina was better in Spider-man 2. I also thought that Peter Fonda was a better villain in this film than Blackheart was, it's just a matter of taste.
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I guess The way I meant was how Doc Ock ended up becoming the good guy at The End unlike The Green Goblin who stayed a Bad Guy even when he was killed I guess that what I meant I did not mean acting wise I meant how a bad guy keeps being The Bad guy no matter what, and does not turn good he stays Bad, but acting yes Alfred Molina was not bad actor thought he did a good Job then Blackheart I rank him up there with Frost from Blade sort thought that he playing in Ghost Rider.
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While mediocre, it wasn't nearly as cheesy as I thought it'd be. I didn't look for the EXIT once, so it passed. Barely. I even enjoyed Peter Fonda's cameos.

Not worthy of a razzie, IMO, although they played a trailer of a potential upcoming trainwreck of a movie, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Not sure why folks keep pointing to The Hulk, it wasn't razzie worthy. Top honors for that spot is a dead heat between Electra and the remake of Punisher (y'know its GOT to be bad when Dolph's version is actually better)
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Without a doubt. Cage has gotten botox on his botox and lipo and his lipo
and for what? His stunt double with the flaming CGI skull carried most of
the movie, and was far more interesting.   It looks like Stan Lee and Marvel
are now throwing any superhero against the wall and see if they stick.
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I saw that it made The Screen last night on what was on tap for 28th annuel Razzies, but Transformers
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I am just really happy about two things, well, three. one being that finally now Comic Books are actually being taken seriously enough to get finance for film, two, Ghost Rider finally got made, this should've happened years ago, and three one of my favorite actors of all time Nicholas Cage is Johnny Blaze. This is going to be amazing, bottom line. Now if Green Lantern, Sandman, and Preacher would only start being filmed I would be the happiest boy in the whole world.

And I saw a comment on Daredevil up there, but I have to say that Daredevil was the worst comic book adaption film ever made, ever. Maybe it's just me but I don't believe that Ben Affleck will ever live up to his roles in Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and the small role in Dazed and Confused..  He is gotta be one of the worst actors I've ever seen. And Kevin Smith will only ever be the one to use Ben's embarrasing acting the right way.

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