Cant wait for the sequel HANCOCK II: The Dark Knigh

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2008)

Theatrical run Hancock had its world premiere as the opener at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival on June 19, 2008.[20] To avoid copyright infringement, organizers undertook "unprecedented" steps to prevent illegal reproduction of the film.[21] For the film, Sony created a digital camera package (DCP) having 4K resolution, containing four times more information than the typical DCP that possessed 2K resolution. Projectors for the higher-resolution package have been installed in 200 theaters in the United States with two dozen in evaluation. The impact of the package has been debated, with one argument being that the difference is not noticeable and the counter-argument being that the higher resolution has future value.[22] Prior to the film's opening five-day weekend in the United States and Canada, predictions for its weekend performance ranged from as low as $70 million to as high as $125 million.[23][24] Hancock was shown in advance screenings on July 1, 2008 in 3,680 theaters in the United States and Canada, grossing $6.8 million. The film was widely released on July 2, 2008, expanding to 3,965 theaters.[25] At the conclusion of the five-day weekend, Hancock took top placement at the box office in the United States and Canada, grossing an estimated $107.3 million. The film had the third-biggest opening 4th of July weekend after Transformers (2007) and Spider-Man 2 (2004). Hancock was Will Smith's fifth film to open on a 4th of July weekend and was his most successful opening to date. The film was also Smith's eighth film in a row to take top placement in the American and Canadian box office and the twelfth film in Smith's career to lead the box office.[26][27] Hancock was also Peter Berg's strongest opening of his directing career to date.[28] Outside of the United States and Canada, Hancock grossed $78.3 million in its opening weekend, drawing from 5,444 screenings across 50 markets, ranking it the third highest international opening of 2008 after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Iron Man.[29] Hancock averaged $14,382 per screen. It placed on top in 47 of the 50 markets in which it opened;[30] its strongest openings were the United Kingdom with $19.3 million, Germany with $12.4 million, South Korea with $8.5 million, Australia with $7.3 million, and China with $5.5 million. The Chinese opening was the fourth-biggest opening to date for the country. Other international performances included $3.4 million in Brazil and $3.1 million in Taiwan.[29] In Hong Kong, the film opened in first place with $1.3 million, averaging $37,300 across the 35 venues.[31] Hancock opened in France, Mexico, and Russia on the weekend of July 11, 2008.[29] The film's overall gross for its opening five-day weekend worldwide is $185.6 million.[30] In the following weekend, Hancock fell to second place in the United States and Canada behind Hellboy II: The Golden Army, grossing an estimated $33 million, a "modest" 47% drop in revenue.[32] To date, Hancock has grossed an estimated $165,034,000 in the United States and Canada and an estimated $180,200,000 in other territories for an estimated worldwide total of $345,234,00.that only means that the sequel of hellboy is not beating Hancock, and in the final of the summer we will have Hancock against The Dark Knight. I think none of these movies are going' to beat Hancock behind Indiana Jones and Iron man . Good job will smith.