May 21, 2009 by Brian Gallagher

Terminator Salvation Snags $3 Million from Midnight Shows

While a new sci-fi/action franchise was rebooted at midnight last night and while it didn't terminate the record books, it still performed strongly. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Terminator Salvation took in an estimated $3 million from midnight screenings last night.

The film opens wide in 3,450 theaters today and it was projected that the film will break $70 million from the five-day holiday tally, although the film still does have some competition over the weekend.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is opening in 4,096 theaters tomorrow and the spoof comedy Dance Flick will open in an estimated 2,300 theaters on Friday as well.


Sources: The Hollywood Reporter

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  1. Chad Vital

    Btw, in the 3rd film, the T800 (Arnold) tells John Connor in the motorhome (while driving to shut down Skynet) that he is killed by him in the future. Granted, a nice 2 second shock would have been cool in Salvation, but then again, I thought that all the new T800s were suppose to look like Arnold right? Like that model line looks like Arnolds and the T-1000 line all look like Robert Patrick I'm assuming. I don't know why they'd make hundreds of T800s and have each of them have a completely exterior uniqueness. Doesn't really make sense for a machines to care about what they look like lol. Since Connor has already seen Arnold's model twice now, I think it was more of him having good/fast reflects cause he pretty much tried to run away as soon as he encounters the T800. He knows what they will look like so why should be shocked? If the T800 would have spoken dialogue to him and said something that resemebled anything from the past conversations then, THEN I could see him being surprised/shocked. They shoulda have done that, but since they didn't, this "version" makes more sense.

    3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag

  2. PypeBomb

    Quoting Moviemaniack1993: Hopefully someone better capable will take over the next one.

    Response: Ridley Scott, James Cameron or Peter Jackson

    3 years agoby @pypebombFlag

  3. Moviemaniack1993

    I knew that the film was not going to be anything spectacular. I do not agree with all the critics harsh comments, but I do agree with the one on here about Bale seeing Arnold. There was absolutely zero recognition and I really wished he had the Arnold face a lot longer. It was mediocre at best (and I have to point out that some parts seemed along the lines of Transformers. Even to the point of sound effects). Bale seemed useless and soulless in his performance as well. Completely out of place as if he were the only reason this movie got the "go ahead." Hopefully someone better capable will take over the next one.

    3 years agoby @moviemaniack1993Flag

  4. PypeBomb

    Too tired to write a full review....but overall I thought it was pretty damn cool. Acting left a little to be desired, and the editing was a bit choppy and unpolished in spots. Othere than that this was a pretty rugged terminaor flick that was nothing close to being as bad as some of the other critics (Harry Knowles) are making it out to be.

    Hopefully we'll get an unrated version when it comes to bluray. I wanted more blood and gore and hardcore violence. But still, I had a great time watching it...looking forward to more.

    3 years agoby @pypebombFlag

  5. Messenger

    I'm just looking forward to seeing the T-1000s in the next one and the introduction of time-travel.

    3 years agoby @messengerFlag

  6. MC Legendary

    the movie was meaningless.. Sam Worthington sucked because his character was nonsense and you could hear his Australian accent breaking through his American one. Christian Bale was bland but at least he used the batman voice. and Bryce Dallas Howard was gorgeous as always... thats it

    3 years agoby @normanse7enFlag

  7. The Narrator: The Better Man

    To everyone who didn't like the /story. Remember this: it's from the writers of Terminator 3 or at least one of them. So I knew the story wouldn't be that great.

    But it was fun and good. Altogether: 4 star to 4.4 movie.

    3 years agoby @narratorFlag

  8. ZanyZap

    Hopefully, I'll see this tomorrow: matinee...
    (or Angels & Demons)

    3 years agoby @zanyzapFlag

  9. PypeBomb

    I am seeing it in 15 minutes.....will be posting my review directly afterwards.

    3 years agoby @pypebombFlag

  10. Editboy

    Awesome! Really enjoyed it! Totally felt like the beginning of a trilogy, which of course is what's been planned from the beginning. Bring on the next one and DON'T, DON'T, DON'T time travel back to 2010 like I keep hearing!!! Continue the story right from where they are!

    3 years agoby @editboyFlag

  11. Chad Vital

    It was alright. I think we hyped it up too much so we were let down. Realistically, there isn't anything terribly wrong with the film. There is some predictable things that happen like the ending but the part where Marcus narrates at the end was very emotional, and was probably the best part. I think Christian overacted and he seemed strange in a few scenes lol. Sam Worthington was great. That guy will get a lot of good reviews and this will skyrocket his career hopefully. There aren't many "action" scenes in the movie as a whole, but there are a ton in the beginning. Like 3 I think at least, which was cool. Of course the "fight" between the T800, Connor and Marcus totally reminded me of T2. The Terminator tricks him with Kyle's voice in one part lol and there is even lava, and freezing, no joke. The graphics were obviously really good.

    I don't know where I saw it, but I coulda swore Christian is signed to do more sequels correct? They said 3 right? So I'm assuming in the 2nd movie Kyle is grown up and Connor gives him the picture of his mother etc and this time around, they have the laser rifle technology that was shown in the flashbacks from the old movies.

    3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag

  12. PUNISHER

    I like when people such as ALNK2 say that if you hated something they liked then youre not really a fan of it. As if they are the authority on it and they decide whos a fan and whos not. Just amusing is all. Maybe even a little ignorant.

    3 years agoby @cerealkillerFlag

  13. deepsky926

    I honestly thought that the movie was good the action really great it's just that there was a few dead spots but that's just me overall I would go see this movie again. The ending was a lil predictable and I wish there was a little more interaction with Connor and kyle but who cares go see this movie lol

    3 years agoby @deepsky926Flag

  14. ALor2

    for those of you who hated must not be real terminator fans. i thought this movie was great. it was better than what i expected. if you're a real terminator fan than you'll love this movie. Mcg exceeded my expectations of this movie. The ending was also better than what i expected bc everyone says the ending sucks but it doesn't. GO SEE THIS FILM!!! I can't wait for the sequel.

    3 years agoby @champ2Flag

  15. Mutant

    lets wait and find out by Monday. Besides, people like me will find out faster.

    3 years agoby @zenderFlag

  16. JonSpidey07

    cool
    it might pull in alot but maybe not a ton
    still it looks like a good summer blockbuster

    3 years agoby @jonspidey07Flag

  17. WiseGuy

    It will definetly not be anywhere near as good as the first two.
    But I think it will be a good summer flick. Good not great.

    3 years agoby @zgcorleone072Flag

  18. reelmein

    in my mind i dont think any New Terminator movie will not be as good as the frist two i think with out James Cameron working or writing it will all ways have something missing but i still whant to see it iam a Big Time Scifi fan

    3 years agoby @reelmeinFlag

  19. CB Junior

    I have heard a lot of bad things about this movie. Critics said that it is a soulless, heartless, loud popcorn movie. I don't care what anyone says, I am definetly seeing this today, because I am a MASSIVE Terminator fan. I heard Sam Worthington was great and that's just about it. I also heard that the cinematography was great, along with incredible special effects, and McG had and still has potential, but this movie will probably dissapoint most. Also that they should've taken more time to right a better with better writers.
    What does everybody think of this?

    3 years agoby @cbjuniorFlag

  20. Shelley

    I do not think Dance Flick is 'competition'. Star Trek is still going pretty strong and has surpassed Wolverine domestically by four million. Terminator just might make $70 million considering it is a holiday weekend.

    3 years agoby @shelleyFlag

  21. Messenger

    I was so underwhelmed by this movie. I mean for god sakes when John Conner fights Arnold he acts like he's never seen him before. It was a very emotionless action movie.

    3 years agoby @messengerFlag

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