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RUSH HOUR 3: HIGHEST-GROSSING FILM IN 2007
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maladroithim
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CloseSo apparently Rush Hour 3 is the highest-grossing film in 2007.
. . . in terms of rentals anyway. I usually don't follow movie sales as closely as I do, say, video game sales, but I think it's pretty fascinating that some random and genuinely bad movie like Rush Hour 3 was the most-rented film of 2007. Rush Hour 3 had almost twice as many rentals as other movies like Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Blood Diamond, Casino Royale, Superbad, 300, and other movies that tore up the box offices and you'd really expect people would want to take home and see. However, apparently everyone thinks Rush Hour 3 is the better movie.
Anyway you can get the list of 2007 rentals compared to box office gross here: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rush_hour_3/news/1713106/
1. $71.2 Rush Hour 3 ($140.1M box office)
2. $69.7 The Bourne Ultimatum ($227.5 box office)
3. $66.4 The Kingdom ($47.5 box office)
4. $64.3 Superbad ($121.5 box office)
5. $57.2 Live Free or Die Hard ($134.5 box office)
6. $56.7 The Simpsons Movie ($183.1 box office)
7. $55.3 Night at the Museum ($250.86 box office)
8. $54.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($292 box office)
9. $51.8 Shrek the Third ($322.7 box office)
10. $51.2 The Heartbreak Kid ($36.8 box office)
11. $50.6 The Pursuit of Happyness ($163.57 box office)
12. $49.0 The Departed ($132.38 box office)
13. $47.5 Borat ($128.51 box office)
14. $47.5 Transformers ($319.3 box office)
15. $45.0 Blood Diamond ($57.38 box office)
16. $43.8 Spider-Man 3 ($336.5 box office)
17. $43.7 300 ($210.6 box office)
18. $43.0 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry ($120 box office)
19. $42.9 Casino Royale ($167.45 box office)
20. $42.7 Disturbia ($80.21 box office)
21. $42.6 The Holiday ($63.22 box office)
22. $41.8 Knocked Up ($148.8 box office)
23. $40.8 Deja Vu ($64.04 box office)
24. $40.5 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ($131.9 box office)
25. $40.5 The Good Shepherd ($59.95 box office)
Anyway I thought this was fascinating. Since Rush Hour 3 is a bit of a fan favorite here at RMN (we all loved how deliberately terrible it was) I thought that I'd mention it.
. . . in terms of rentals anyway. I usually don't follow movie sales as closely as I do, say, video game sales, but I think it's pretty fascinating that some random and genuinely bad movie like Rush Hour 3 was the most-rented film of 2007. Rush Hour 3 had almost twice as many rentals as other movies like Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Blood Diamond, Casino Royale, Superbad, 300, and other movies that tore up the box offices and you'd really expect people would want to take home and see. However, apparently everyone thinks Rush Hour 3 is the better movie.
Anyway you can get the list of 2007 rentals compared to box office gross here: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rush_hour_3/news/1713106/
1. $71.2 Rush Hour 3 ($140.1M box office)
2. $69.7 The Bourne Ultimatum ($227.5 box office)
3. $66.4 The Kingdom ($47.5 box office)
4. $64.3 Superbad ($121.5 box office)
5. $57.2 Live Free or Die Hard ($134.5 box office)
6. $56.7 The Simpsons Movie ($183.1 box office)
7. $55.3 Night at the Museum ($250.86 box office)
8. $54.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($292 box office)
9. $51.8 Shrek the Third ($322.7 box office)
10. $51.2 The Heartbreak Kid ($36.8 box office)
11. $50.6 The Pursuit of Happyness ($163.57 box office)
12. $49.0 The Departed ($132.38 box office)
13. $47.5 Borat ($128.51 box office)
14. $47.5 Transformers ($319.3 box office)
15. $45.0 Blood Diamond ($57.38 box office)
16. $43.8 Spider-Man 3 ($336.5 box office)
17. $43.7 300 ($210.6 box office)
18. $43.0 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry ($120 box office)
19. $42.9 Casino Royale ($167.45 box office)
20. $42.7 Disturbia ($80.21 box office)
21. $42.6 The Holiday ($63.22 box office)
22. $41.8 Knocked Up ($148.8 box office)
23. $40.8 Deja Vu ($64.04 box office)
24. $40.5 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ($131.9 box office)
25. $40.5 The Good Shepherd ($59.95 box office)
Anyway I thought this was fascinating. Since Rush Hour 3 is a bit of a fan favorite here at RMN (we all loved how deliberately terrible it was) I thought that I'd mention it.
Wow that's hardcore...
Rush Hour 3 wasn't worth the ticket (and I got the ticket for free). I even made a post reviewing the movie some time ago. I think I said "Wait to rent it."
I would never have expected RH3 to have the most rentals.
Rush Hour 3 wasn't worth the ticket (and I got the ticket for free). I even made a post reviewing the movie some time ago. I think I said "Wait to rent it."
I would never have expected RH3 to have the most rentals.
maladroithim
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author=kentona link=topic=760.msg10070#msg10070 date=1204651207
Rush Hour 3 wasn't worth the ticket (and I got the ticket for free). I even made a post reviewing the movie some time ago. I think I said "Wait to rent it."
I believe I once commented offhand that Rush Hour 3 was "the most fun I had seeing a movie in a theater in 2007" (I saw it at one of those $2 movie theatres with cheap concession but filthy, sticky floors) but yeah I thought it would be some monumental failure of an obscure follow-up to a movie that was actually not that great in the first place. Like Butterfly Effect 2 or something.
Ahahaha.
That's awesome.
I thought RH3 was a nice casual movie to watch, although I can see why a lot of people wouldn't like it. I love that kind of humour myself though.
That's awesome.
I thought RH3 was a nice casual movie to watch, although I can see why a lot of people wouldn't like it. I love that kind of humour myself though.
I actually liked Rush Hour 3, but someone HAS to have the numbers wrong on this. Rush Hour 3 came out on DVD with, like, a week left in 2007.
Checking the source on your link, as well as wikipedia's source, and every other source, all link to some random blog that no one cares about. Call me a skeptic.
Checking the source on your link, as well as wikipedia's source, and every other source, all link to some random blog that no one cares about. Call me a skeptic.
demondestiny
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Yes, i really enjoyed rush hour 3. I knew that the movie was very popular but not this popular to be the highest grossing film.
iamnot
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I did not like this movie much, although I thought the first two were ok. This one was just bad. Kind of odd how it got the most rentals.
author=demondestiny link=topic=760.msg10077#msg10077 date=1204660561Highest grossing rental man. That sorta surprises me mainly because the movie itself isn't that great, well except that "Who are you" part haha, classic. Anyways the movie not being that great but a family wanting a nice movie to watch, that would be good choice for most people.
Yes, i really enjoyed rush hour 3. I knew that the movie was very popular but not this popular to be the highest grossing film.
Canuck
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Rush Hour 3 would be rented by people who don't follow movies or movie reviews and remember Rush Hour 1 and 2 as being funny. The people that rent it don't necessarily like it or anything.
Assuming the link isn't bullshit and all.
Assuming the link isn't bullshit and all.
maladroithim
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author=rcholbert link=topic=760.msg10076#msg10076 date=1204658592
I actually liked Rush Hour 3, but someone HAS to have the numbers wrong on this. Rush Hour 3 came out on DVD with, like, a week left in 2007.
Checking the source on your link, as well as wikipedia's source, and every other source, all link to some random blog that no one cares about. Call me a skeptic.
Yeah, Rotten Tomatoes is a pretty big site and I wouldn't expect them to do half-assed research like this but now that you mention it (and I check their source) I really do have to be skeptical. It's pretty hillarious that a lot of serious or peer-reviewed websites across the internet take some numbers posted on an unaccredited blog with only one commenter and run with them. However I am not surprised; I know that I've used more than a few fishy sources in my college research papers with the hopes that my professors won't actually bother to check them out.
However about your other comment: A lot of US companies end the fiscal year at the end of January so that they can include the previous year's holiday shopping in their financials and also because it is inconvenient to wrap up the year's accounting not only during the holidays but also during the busiest time of the year. So it's likely that Hollywood studios include January sales in their 2007 figures.
author=brandonabley link=topic=760.msg10113#msg10113 date=1204734047
However about your other comment: A lot of US companies end the fiscal year at the end of January so that they can include the previous year's holiday shopping in their financials and also because it is inconvenient to wrap up the year's accounting not only during the holidays but also during the busiest time of the year. So it's likely that Hollywood studios include January sales in their 2007 figures.
Yeah, I'm well aware of this, being a now grizzled retail industry veteran. That would still only give Rush Hour 3 little over one month to compete against films out for nearly half a year or more. We not talking about it taking down a subtitled foreign movie in a mere fraction of the time; the link says it took out big names such as Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Carribean 3, Shrek 3, Transformers, 300, etc in a few days.
That said, the movie was supposed to be a must-buy for me. I love the themes, the humor, and the odd couple approach. But my wife made us rent it first (partially because the local store broke the release date, as they always do on new releases), and, in the end, we decided not to buy it. Still good, but not $15-$20 good. Mayhaps, assuming the source material is accurate (which is highly dubious), people bought the other titles (trust me, they flew off the shelves) and only gave Rush Hour 3 a look as a rental. Doesn't sound so much like a bragging right from that context.
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