Summer Movie Results

At the beginning of May, I made the following movie predictions as to which movies would gross the most money over the summer. Since summer ended with Labor Day weekend, it is time to see how I did.

May 2007 Predictions:
1. Pirates of the Caribbean – At the World’s End
2. Spiderman 3
3. Shrek 3
4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
5. The Transformers
6. Ratatouille
7. Fantastic Four – Rise of the Silver Surfer
8. Ocean’s Thirteen
9. The Bourne Ultimatum
10. The Simpsons Movie

Here are the US totals for movies that opened this summer:
1. Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303
2. Shrek the Third $321,012,359
3. Transformers $310,578,372
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $308,681,208
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $286,825,495
6. The Bourne Ultimatum $202,810,455
7. Ratatouille $201,249,448
8. The Simpsons Movie $178,526,451
9. Knocked Up $148,170,675
10. Live Free or Die Hard $133,614,216
11. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer $131,597,271
12. Rush Hour 3 $122,695,339
13. Ocean's Thirteen $117,033,632
14. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry $116,637,095
15. Hairspray (2007) $112,415,489

Not bad, I picked 8 of the 10 movies correct, I just had the wrong order. In fact, I did not predict the correct order for any movie.

Here are the worldwide totals for movies that opened this summer:
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $959,800,000
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $911,800,000
3. Spider-Man 3 $890,200,000
4. Shrek the Third $757,500,000
5. Transformers $685,600,000
6. The Simpsons Movie $481,100,000
7. Ratatouille $391,700,000
8. Live Free or Die Hard $356,400,000
9. Ocean's Thirteen $305,500,000
10. The Bourne Ultimatum $278,900,000
11. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer $276,800,000
12. Mr. Bean's Holiday $210,400,000
13. Knocked Up $185,400,000
14. Rush Hour 3 $175,700,000
15. Evan Almighty $147,200,000

I was much closer here predicting the highest grossing movie worldwide. I also correctly predict 9 out of the top 10 movies, just in the wrong order.

You can also see why some movies keep being made like Mr. Bean. They make a lot of money around the world. Thanks to Box Office Mojo for all the data.