The Golden Compass Off to a Slow Start at Box Office

By Michael Huang on December 9, 2007 7:46 PM | 0 Comments

The movie adaptation of the Golden Compass opened this weekend, pulling in $27 million dollars in box office revenue, and being number one, but as far as family films based on book adaptations go, this is not a good sign, as $200 million was spent to make the film, and other films have had substantially larger opening weekends:


    Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire - $102.6M opening

    Harry Potter & the Prioner of Azkaban - $93.6M opening

    Harry Potter & the Sorcerer-s Stone - $90.2M opening

    Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets - $88.3M opening

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - $72.6M opening

    The Chronicles of Narnia - $65.5M opening

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - $62M opening

    The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - $47.2M opening

    The Golden Compass - $27M opening (estimate)

    Eragon - $23.2M opening

    Bridge to Terabithia - $22.5M opening

    Stardust - $9.1M opening


At least it's doing better than Eragon.

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