Finding Nemo is better than The Matrix Reloaded!

[The Dopefish]

If the Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com) and The Numbers (http://www.the-numbers.com) are the end-all-be-all of movie rankings (perhaps similar in scope to GameRankings.com (http://www.gamerankings.com)), then the following information should prove that, in the general public's eye, Finding Nemo was a better movie than The Matrix Reloaded.

The Matrix Reloaded first appeared in theatres on the weekend of May 18th. In the five days (Wednesday-Sunday) which it was out that weekend, it grossed $134.3 million. By the time Finding Nemo premiered June 1st, it had already grossed $232.7 million despite seeing its weekend grossing percentage dip 83% to $15.7 million. Still, $232.7 million is quite impressive.

In Finding Nemo's first weekend (Friday-Sunday), it grossed $70.2 million, which was the most ever for an animated film in a three-day non-holiday weekend. By the next weekend, it's total grossing had doubled to $144 million. Slowly but surely, Finding Nemo slipped past The Matrix Reloaded in total grossing, weekly grossing, and total screens and by July 6 Finding Nemo would overtake TMR in all three categories:

June 1:
The Matrix Reloaded: $15.7M weekend, $232.7M total, 3,453 screens
Finding Nemo: $70.2M weekend (total), 3,374 screens

June 8:
The Matrix Reloaded: $9.2M weekend, $247.8M total, 3,225 screens
Finding Nemo: $46.6M weekend, $144M total, 3,391 screens

June 15:
The Matrix Reloaded: $5.7M weekend, $257.5M total, 2,350 screens
Finding Nemo: $28.4M weekend, $191.5M total, 3,425 screens

June 22:
The Matrix Reloaded: $3.9M weekend, $264.4M total, 1,850 screens
Finding Nemo: $21.1M weekend, $228.5M total, 3,404 screens

June 29:
The Matrix Reloaded: $2.6M weekend, $269M total, 1,488 screens
Finding Nemo: $14M weekend, $254M total, 3,333 screens

July 6:
The Matrix Reloaded: $1.5M weekend, $272M total, 801 screens
Finding Nemo: $11.5M weekend, $275M total, 2,902 screens

This past weekend The Matrix Reloaded was out of the top 10 weekly in the US and no information was available for it at this time. However, Finding Nemo remained in the top 5 and is nearing the $300 million plateau:

$8.4M weekend, $291M total, 2,643 screens

The following graph shows relative performances for the movies over their first 60 days in release.

http://www.the-numbers.com/images/2003-Summer.gif

Additionally, Finding Nemo is ranked higher at both IMDb and The Numbers (8.3 out of 6,142 users, 8.1 out of 103 votes) than The Matrix Reloaded (7.3 out of 27,800 users, 8.06 out of 205 votes).

OMFG FINDING TEH NEMO IS BETTAR :p

[thewalkingman]

The Matrix is R-rated....

[The Dopefish]

The Matrix is R-rated....

That apparently didn't stop 1,268 IMDb users from seeing it (and giving it an 8.2).

[Twisted Metal]

Porntrix I mean Matrix Reloaded was a horrible sequel. It had its share of cool scenes but they were so overdone and they just kept going on and on and on. The beginning was so slow, and the porn was ridiculous.

You wanna see a film better than teh Matrix Retarded Reloaded then see Bad Boys II. It rocks hard. :tup:

[Assymilator]

That apparently didn't stop 1,268 IMDb users from seeing it (and giving it an 8.2).
That doesn't mean anything. But I agree that Nemo being G or PG (dunno) helped it out a lot. The people at Pixar are geniuses.

[Daedalus]

also keep in mind that you have to have a BRAIN to see the matrix.

[DRT-Maverick]

I liked Matrix Reloaded a lot.

[Twisted Metal]

also keep in mind that you have to have a BRAIN to see the matrix.

Yeah all that TNA is a lot for the brain to handle. :o

[Zarkazm]

Bah. Look at X-Men 2, it's even lower. What does that tell us? I don't care.

[das_ben]

/me points at Dopefish

Nerd! :D

[Assymilator]

also keep in mind that you have to have a BRAIN to see the matrix.
Yeah I didn't understand half of the things they were talking about. It turned from regular speech in The Matrix to this new riddle talk in Reloaded that cooked my brain just trying to decypher it.

[ZenPirate]

Dollar signs aside, Nemo was a damn fine movie.

[ApostleX3000]

Matrix Reloaded was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

edit: Although, the first matrix was pretty rip-rockin.

[Clayeth]

PorntrixYou wanna see a film better than teh Matrix Retarded Reloaded then see Bad Boys II. It rocks hard. :tup:
I don't know if I could take watching those two for 90 minutes :hmm:

[Balton]

matrix reloaded was a joke.
keep in midn that m:r has a different audience, one that can probably spend more cash than those kids that would probably watch nemo.
thus nemo is superior!

[Clayeth]

also, each of those kids pays about 1/3 the price to see it

[NeoNite]

also keep in mind that you have to have a BRAIN to see the matrix.

Well maybe for the first movie.

Sigh, when I look at the movies listed in DF's post...
:-/

[Iron Archer]

Dope, you're biased because Nemo has fish in it. :)

Yes, OST, I think Hulk was very good, although alot of ppl dissed it :(

[O.S.T]

I can't understand how so many people could watch spider man
imo the movie was sh*t

hulk was much better

[The Dopefish]

Dope, you're biased because Nemo has fish in it. :)

YOU HAVE NO PROOF! :p

[TossMonkey]

I repeat... Jaded.. sons o' bitches...

[KJAX]

I can't understand how so many people could watch spider man
imo the movie was sh*t

hulk was much better


I think Spiderman benefited from the September 11 factor (took place in New York) and the mere fact it had no competition the weekend it opened.

Also, it benefited from what I like to call the Titanic factor: "young teenage girls."

[Tapeworm]

I don't remember there being any porn in the Matrix: Reloaded.

[Clayeth]

It also helped to break the "comic book / superhero movies all suck" stereotype. It's like when you see something done for the first time. Someone else may do it better, but that first one sticks in your head.

And they're talking about the dance/sex scene.

[LordKhaine]

I haven't seen any of those films. I have no intention to view any of those films.

[Iron Archer]

LK, no offense, but I'm guessing you posted that just for a +1 post count? Other than that I dunno...

[Twisted Metal]

I don't know if I could take watching those two for 90 minutes :hmm:

You mean 150 minutes.

[El Diablo]

Finding Nemo is better than The Matrix Reloaded!

Even without statistics, I still agree. Nemo had better acting, script, storyline/plot, characters.

Hell, Nemo was more believable ;)