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**PapaGeorgio** · 11-04-2006, 05:55 PM

Little update on how Borat is doing thus far. Source: http://joblo.com/index.php?id=13448

Looks like Fox finally has a massive smash on its hands, as BORAT opened to record numbers on Friday, despite only showing in about 800 theaters. The film grossed close to $10M on Friday alone, which is a figure most were estimating that it would make the entire weekend. The film is now slated to make between $20-30M over the weekend and most likely finish in the #1 spot, ahead of THE SANTA CLAUSE 3, which many were expecting to finish at the top of the box-office, especially since it was playing in close to 3500 theaters and the animated film, FLUSHED AWAY, which was also playing in over 3500 theaters. Fox decided to release BORAT at a slow pace, with a limited release starting things off this weekend, but unlike SNAKES ON A PLANE, it looks like this film is for real and the hype is more than just hype, but actual interest! The film only cost $18M to make so much like the JACKASS movies, it will already be "in the black" after this coming weekend. Congrats to Sacha Baron Cohen and the filmmakers for their great success. I guess Borat will not be "execute" by the Kazakhstani government after all. Click HERE to see the actual box-office figures.

11-04-2006, 05:55 PM	#55
PapaGeorgio 2015 TPWW FANTASY CHAMP Posts: 4,861	Little update on how Borat is doing thus far. Source: http://joblo.com/index.php?id=13448 Looks like Fox finally has a massive smash on its hands, as BORAT opened to record numbers on Friday, despite only showing in about 800 theaters. The film grossed close to $10M on Friday alone, which is a figure most were estimating that it would make the entire weekend. The film is now slated to make between $20-30M over the weekend and most likely finish in the #1 spot, ahead of THE SANTA CLAUSE 3, which many were expecting to finish at the top of the box-office, especially since it was playing in close to 3500 theaters and the animated film, FLUSHED AWAY, which was also playing in over 3500 theaters. Fox decided to release BORAT at a slow pace, with a limited release starting things off this weekend, but unlike SNAKES ON A PLANE, it looks like this film is for real and the hype is more than just hype, but actual interest! The film only cost $18M to make so much like the JACKASS movies, it will already be "in the black" after this coming weekend. Congrats to Sacha Baron Cohen and the filmmakers for their great success. I guess Borat will not be "execute" by the Kazakhstani government after all. Click HERE to see the actual box-office figures.