Emma Watson: Box Office DRAW!

With the Circle coming out this weekend, I've decided to do another Box Office review. This time with social justice darling, Emma Watson. This review will be divided up into two factors which why the title at the top says "Draw" with Emma and not "Dud" with Meryl Streep. The division will be on the Harry Potter films as we will do a factor with them and a factor without them. Because it certainly wouldn't be fair to just ignore them as Harry Potter does have a fan base and I honestly feel that just because you're in something that has a fan base does not mean that they support you and I think that certainly reflects in the data.

Like the previous Box Office review, data will be pulled from Box Office Mojo with links and links to other sources (IMDB, Wikipedia, etc) when BOM doesn't have full data. Again, 50% will be deducted because theaters get their cuts of money from the screenings. I usually do annotations at the end of each data input; this will be skipped for the eight HP films because we all know that they made money. Pie charts is at the end if you want to scroll past the data. Let us begin.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Budget: $125 million

U.S: $317,575,550

Worldwide Total: $974,755,371

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $158,787,775

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $487,377,686

RESULT: Success

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Budget: $100 million

U.S: $261,988,482

Worldwide Total: $878,979,634

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $130,994,241

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $439,489,817

RESULT: Success

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Budget: $130 million

U.S: $249,541,069

Worldwide Total: $796,688,549

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $124,770,535

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $398,344,275

RESULT: Success

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Budget: $150 million

U.S: $290,013,036

Worldwide Total: $896,911,078

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $145,006,518

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $448,455,539

RESULT: Success

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Budget: $150 million

U.S: $292,004,738

Worldwide Total: $939,885,929

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $146,002,369

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $469,942,965

RESULT: Success

The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

Budget: $60 million

U.S: $50,877,145

Worldwide Total: $86,947,965

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $25,438,573

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $43,473,787

RESULT: FLOP!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Budget: $250 million

U.S: $301,959,197

Worldwide Total: $934,416,487

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $150,979,599

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $467,208,244

RESULT: Success

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010)

Budget: $250 million

[Wiki - States budget combined for both parts]

U.S: $295,983,305

Worldwide Total: $960,283,305

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $147,991,653

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $480,141,653

RESULT: Success

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part II (2011)

Budget: $250 million

[Wikipedia - see above for Part I]

U.S: $381,011,219

Worldwide Total: $1,341,511,219

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $190,505,610

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $670,755,610

RESULT: Success

My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Budget: $8+ million [Wiki - Budget in GBP]

U.S: $14,600,347

Worldwide Total: $35,057,696

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $7,300,174

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $17,528,848

RESULT: DEBATABLE!

This film was an awards season push. Even though it made it's speculated budget back, who knows how much was spent on the advertising for the film.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

Budget: $13 million [Wiki]

U.S: $17,742,948

Worldwide Total: $33,384,127

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $8,871,474

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $16,692,064

RESULT: FLOP!

Factoring in advertisements for the film, I'm leaning towards flop. If it made a few million more in the States, I'd consider it debatable.

This is the End (2013)

Budget: $32 million

U.S: $101,470,202

Worldwide Total: $126,041,322

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $50,735,101

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $63,020,661

RESULT: Success

Even though Ms. Watson was only in the film for a good five minutes, I'll throw her a bone and factor it in.

The Bling Ring (2013)

Budget: $8 million [Wiki]

U.S: $5,845,732

Worldwide Total: $19,145,732

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $2,922,866

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $9,572,866

RESULT: FLOP!

With advertising factored in, no way did this movie make any money for anyone.

Noah (2014)

Budget: $125 million

U.S: $101,200,044

Worldwide Total: $362,637,473

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $50,600,022

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $181,318,737

RESULT: Success

I should note that the American box office take was not well and only made half of it's money back.

Regression (2016)

Budget: $20 million [Wiki]

U.S: $55,039

Worldwide Total: $17,616,062

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $27,516

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $8,808,031

RESULT: FLOP!

Movie only made it to 100 screens in the U.S. and U.S. gross makes only .03% of the films total gross.

Colonia (2016)

Budget: $14 million [IMDB]

U.S: $15,709

Worldwide Total: $3,621,046

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $7,855

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $1,810,523

RESULT: FLOP!

BOM says it was at 27 theaters and lasted only a week. Breaking that down, that's $581.82 on average from each 27 theaters and that means it made on average approx. $83.12 a day.

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Budget: $160 million

U.S: $471,421,288

Worldwide Total: $1,101,396,411

Actual U.S. minus 50%: $235,710,644

Actual Worldwide minus 50%: $550,698,206

RESULT: Success

Even if it's still playing, we know this isn't a flop.

Calculating the eight Harry Potter films, the success rate Ms. Watson has on the chart is 64.7% of her filmography. With flops accounting for 29.4% and with one debatable film making it 5.9%. Sans Harry Potter is a different tale as old as time. See what I did there? With only three successful films accounting to only 33.3% of her bank ability. The sole "debatable" film upping the rank to 11.1%. And flops accounting for 55.6%. And with the Circle coming out this weekend, I don't see another success story like Beauty and the Beast.