Saw V's Performance

Development

Saw V was written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. The film went into production after Christmas 2007, so early this year. Filming began on March 17, 2008 in Toronto. Principal photography concluded on April 28, 2008. Saw V finished filming by May 2, 2008 and had started post-production. By mid July, there had been three photos released of David Hackl at the set.

The first trailer, depicting Agent Strahm's box trap, was released at Comic-Con 08 as a short clip. The trailer was also shown before The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

The website opened on August 6, 2008 but only lef to the teaser trailer after filling out with basic information chart. On September 29, 2008 Myspace began posting advertisements on their website about the film. ALSO on September 29, 2008 the website officially opened with other features besides just the trailer.

During October, several new clips from the film were also released on the internet - one depicting a flashback featuring Hoffman, strapped to a chair with a shotgun pointing to his head, conversing with Jigsaw about Seth, the man in the Pendulum Trap.



The other released clip features five people in a room where they are placed in a connected trap while Billy the puppet appears on screen, explaining the rules.



Box Office Performances

Saw's Box Office Performance
Saw was a financial success. With a budget of US $1.2 million, it earned over $55 million at the box office in the US alone and $102,917,772 worldwide.

Saw II's Box Office Performance
Made for only $5 million (NOT including a $20 million P&A budget), Number 2 grossed $153 million worldwide, which includes $87 million in the United States.

Saw III's Box Office Performance
Playing in 3,167 cinemas Saw III grossed a total of $33, 610, 391 on its opening weeked. With a production budget of $9.98 million, the was already considered a box office success. The film ended up grossing $80,238,724 domestically and $150,907,724 worldwide. As of May 2008, the film had made $164,874,275, making Saw III the most successful film in the series worldwide thus far.

Saw IV's Box Office Performance
The film opened October 26, 2007 in the United States and Canada and grossed $31,756,764 in 3,183 theaters its opening weeked, ranking #1 at the box office. As of March 29, 2008, Saw IV grossed $63,300,095 domestic and $139,352,633 worldwide. The film stayed in cinemas for 49 days (7 WEEKS!!!)

Saw V's Box Office Performance
In its opening weeked, Saw V grossed $30 million in 3, 060 theaters in United States and Canada, ranking #2 at the box office behind High School Musical 3. As of December 2, 2008, it has grossed $56,670,155 in the United States.

Money earned:
Saw - $102,917,772
Saw II - $153 million
Saw III - $164,874,275
Saw IV - $202,652,728
Saw V - $56,670,155

This post has been more successful than my other post, (http://videokid-film.blogspot.com/2008/12/are-people-sick-of-saw-movies.html)
I have found out more here, so I guess this can be guess this has been a sort of development.

That is a MASSIVE drop! Although it hasn't been out for that long and the films don't seem to make all the money til early next year
We'll see!