Superhero Times: a service of Action Online
Fantastic Four debuted at number 1 this past weekend with $56 million while Batman Begins holds strong with another $10.2 million bringing the box office total to $172 million.
Batman Begins has a rumored $250 million budget ($150 million for the movie and $100 million in marketing) with a price tag that high will Warner Bros. make that money back in the theatrical release alone will they look to DVD sales to make up the balance ?
1 Fantastic Four Twentieth Century Fox $56,000,000
2 War of the Worlds Paramount Pictures $31,300,000
3 Batman Begins Warner Bros. $10,216,000
4 Dark Water Touchstone Pictures $10,127,000
5 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Twentieth Century Fox $7,850,000
6 Herbie: Fully Loaded Walt Disney Pictures $6,274,000
7 Bewitched Columbia Pictures $5,500,000
8 Madagascar Dreamworks SKG $4,300,000
9 Rebound 20th Century Fox $2,875,000
10 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox $2,600,000
