FRIDAY 11:30 PM: I sound like a broken record because it’s another disappointing domestic box office. And the second weekend in a row where the overall movie total won’t make more than $80M for possibly 2011′s lowest haul. It’s also down 8% from last year. No surprises in the Top 10 since Warner Bros’ New Years Eve was expected to unseat Summit’s Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 after three straight weeks at No. 1. But what is alarming is that the latest in this holiday-themed franchise is coming in way less than the studio predicted — between $5.3M and $5.8M –especially with all those name actors and actresses cast. Showing yet again that in 2011 stars don’t mean much to audiences anymore. Audiences gave it a ‘B+’ CinemaScore. “Not much champagne for that opening,” one rival exec snarked to me. Fox’s The Sitter came in second but worse than the lowered expectations going into this North American weekend. Audiences gave it only a ‘C+’ CinemaScore. Good thing this Jonah Hill pic cost next to nothing. Full analysis in the morning when Deadline Hollywood will be holding its movie awards season ‘The Contenders’ event this Saturday and Sunday:
1. New Years Eve (Warner Bros) NEW [3,505 Theaters]
Friday $5.5M, Estimated Weekend $16M
2. The Sitter (Fox) NEW [2,750 Theaters]
Friday $3.5M, Estimated Weekend $9M
3. Breaking Dawn Part 1 (Summit) Week 4 [3,605 Theaters]
Friday $2.4M, Estimated Weekend $7M, Estimated Cume $258.8M
4. The Muppets (Disney) Week 3 [3,328 Theaters]
Friday $1.7M, Estimated … Read More
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Another Weak Weekend: ‘New Years Eve’ #1 But Underperforming, ‘The Sitter’ Feeble #2
Breaking Dawn crushes all of the box-office headboards with $139.5 million
With some movies, reviews just don’t matter. Such was the case for the latest Twilight Saga installment, Breaking Dawn Part I, which received a 29% certified “rotten” score from critics yet nonetheless went on to secure an estimated $139.5 million opening weekend. Even though this result isn’t quite as remarkable as New Moon‘s $142.5 million [...]
Hollywood Worries About Weak Box Office: ‘Footloose’ #1, ‘Real Steel’ #2, ‘The Thing’ #3; Big Comics Bomb In ‘The Big Year’
FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Seriously, do movie moguls get into showbiz just to greenlight unnecessary remakes of teen movies and horror movies or unfunny comedies that humiliate big stars like Friday’s film fare? Maybe that’s why audiences are rebelling. According to tonight’s estimates, my sources say the North American box office is looking very weak again for this weekend. As a longtime studio exec worried out loud to me tonight: “I’m really concerned about how soft things are. Numbers were looking better during the day. But I’m sitting here looking at grosses tonight and I’m concerned for the Industry. What’s worrying me is where are those hardcore movie fans at this point?” Well, I say Hollywood should expect the worst when they release a lot of dreadful pics over recent weeks. This weekend’s total gross won’t edge much over $80M — which is a whopping -35% from last year when Jackass 3D opened to $50M. (I know what you’re thinking: Who are the jackasses now?) This is not a good situation for the studios to be in as moviegoing enters the all-important holiday season. Full analysis coming:
1. Footloose (Paramount) NEW [3,549 Theaters]
Friday $5.7M, Estimated Weekend $17M
2. Real Steel (DreamWorks/Disney) Week 2 [3,440 Theaters]
Friday $4.6M (-46%), Estimated Weekend $16M, Estimated Cume $51.3M
3. The Thing (Universal) NEW [2,996 Theaters]
Friday $3.5M, Estimated Weekend $9M
4. The Ides Of March (Sony) Week 2 [2,199 Theaters]
Friday $2.3M (-31%), Estimated Weekend $7.5M, Estimated Cume $22.1M
5. The Dolphin Tale … Read More
‘Real Steel’ Wins Friday & Weekend By TKO; George Clooney’s ‘The Ides Of March’ #2
FRIDAY 10:30 PM UPDATE: Here are the Top 10 movies at the North American box office tonight. Analysis coming:
1. Real Steel (DreamWorks/Disney) NEW [3,440 Theaters]
Friday $8.7M, Estimated Weekend $27M
2. The Ides Of March (Smokehouse/Sony) NEW [2,199 Theaters]
Friday $3.7M, Estimated Weekend $11M
3. Dolphin Tale (Alcon/Warner Bros) Week 3 [3,478 Theaters]
Friday $2.4M, Estimated Weekend $8.5M, Estimated Cume $48.4M
4. Moneyball (Sony) Week 3 [3,018 Theaters]
Friday $2.1M, Estimated Weekend $7M, Estimated Cume $48.7M
5. 50/50 (Summit Entertainment) Week 2 [2,479 Theaters]
Friday $1.7M (-40%), Estimated Weekend $5.5M, Estimated Cume $17.3M
6. Courageous (Sherwood/Sony) Week 2 [1,161 Theaters]
Friday $1.3M (-56%), Estimated Weekend $4.8M, Estimated Cume $16.1M
7. Dream House (Universal) Week 2 [2,664 Theaters]
Friday $1.3M (-53%), Estimated Weekend $4.5M, Estimated Cume $14.5M
8. Lion King 3D (Disney) Week 4 [2,267 Theaters]
Friday $1.1M, Estimated Weekend $5M, Estimated Cume $86.4M
9. Abduction (Lionsgate) Week 3 [2,591 Theaters]
Friday $875K, Estimated Weekend $3M, Estimated Cume $23.5M
10. What’s Your Number? (Fox) Week 2 [3,011 Theaters]
Friday $1M (-51%), Estimated Weekend $3.2M, Estimated Cume $10.5M
FRIDAY NOON: These are very early estimates. But DreamWorks/Disney’s Real Steel is dominating the North American box office 
today and looking at a mid-$20sM weekend if not higher. Hollywood will only be impressed if the result is mid-$30sM because this action pic has a family overlay and its budget was $110+M. By contrast, director and star George Clooney’s newcomer The Ides Of March from his Smokehouse Pictures and Sony had only a $12.5M production budget after rebates. But this hard-to-sell R-rated adult political thriller co-starring Ryan Gosling is #2 … Read More
‘Moneyball’ #1 Friday But ‘Dolphin Tale’ May Take Weekend; ‘Courageous’ #4, ‘Dream House #5, ’50/50′ #6, ‘What’s Your Number’ #7
FRIDAY 11:45 PM: Still on vacation. Late numbers coming in are changing the order yet again. (Oh no, not another confused weekend like the last one!) Box office analysis coming very soon. For now, here’s the North American Top 10 as my sources see it:
1. Moneyball (Sony) Week 2 [2,993 Theaters]
Friday $3.8M (-43%), Estimated Weekend $12M, Estimated Cume $38M
2. Dolphin Tale (Alcon, Warner Bros) Week 2 [3,515 Theaters]
Friday $3.4M (-33%), Estimated Weekend $13M, Estimated Cume $37M
3. Courageous (Sony) NEW [1,161 Theaters]
Friday $3.4M, Estimated Weekend $9M
4. 50/50 (Summit) NEW [2,458 Theaters]
Friday $3.3M, Estimated Weekend $9.5M
5. Lion King 3D (Disney) Week 3 [2,340 Theaters]
Friday $3.2M, Estimated Weekend $12M, Estimated Cume $80.6M
6. Dream House (Universal) NEW [2,661 Theaters]
Friday $2.7M, Estimated Weekend $7.5M
7. What’s Your Number? (Fox) NEW [3,002 Theaters]
Friday $2M, Estimated Weekend $5.5M
8. Abduction (Lionsgate) Week 2 [3,118 Theaters]
Friday $1.7M (-54%), Estimated Weekend $5.3M, Estimated Cume $18.8M
9. Contagion (Warner Bros) Week 4 [2,744 Theaters]
Friday $1.4M, Estimated Weekend $4.7M, Estimated Cume $64.4M
10. Killer Elite (Open Road) Week 2 [2,986 Theaters]
Friday $1.4M (-56%), Estimated Weekend $4.4M, Estimated Cume $17M
FRIDAY 1 PM: These are very early numbers based on matinees. Therefore the order could change dramatically by tonight. My sources say that according to noon averages, this is simply a snapshot of where the North American box office is right now:
1. The #1 film at this time is Sony’s Courageous which is running 55% ahead of where Fireproof was at this time of day. (Fireproof went on to gross $6.8m for its first weekend. Estimates are for Courageous to earn $5M Friday and a weekend in the … Read More
'Conan' & 'Fright Night' Flatline For Friday
FRIDAY PM UPDATE: Anecdotal reports reaching me from all over are saying this moviegoing weekend redefines the terms “soft” and “flat”. As one studio exec told me, “It looks like a ghosttown in theaters.” Rarely have I seen such utter confusion at the North American box office as a result, especially with no less than four wide-release studio films opening today. Every one of my sources had a different Top 5 list all day — and there wasn’t even a consensus until tonight that DreamWorks’ holdover The Help (which needs none) is Friday’s No. 1 movie. The problem was that the new releases — Dimension/Weinstein Co’s Spy Kids 4D, Nu Image/Millenium/Lionsgate’s Conan The Barbarian, and DreamWorks/Disney’s Fright Night are all bunched together behind another holdover, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. Also, it looks like Focus Features’ romance One Day is opening strong considering its middling release. Not surprisingly, Conan and Fright Night received only ‘B-’ CinemaScores while Spy Kids received a ‘B+’. Full analysis and refined numbers coming.
1. The Help (DreamWorks/Disney) Week 2 1/2 [2,690 Runs]
Friday $5.7M (-25%), Estimated Weekend $20M, Estimated Cume $71M
2. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (Fox) Week 3 [3,471 Runs]
Friday $4.7M, Estimated Weekend $16M, Estimated Cume $133.4M
3. Spy Kids 4D (Dimension/Weinstein) NEW [3,295 Runs]
Friday $4.2M, Estimated Weekend $13M
4. Conan The Barbarian (Nu Image/Millenium/Lionsgate) NEW [3,015 Runs]
Friday $4.1M, Estimated Weekend $11M
5. Fright Night (DreamWorks/Disney) NEW [3,114 Runs]
Friday $3.5M, Estimated Weekend $8M
6. The Smurfs – 3D (Sony) Week 4 [3,427 Runs]
Friday $2.6M, Estimated Weekend $9M, Estimated Cume $118.7M
7. … Read More
Friday Box Office: 'Apes' Still Rising To #1, 'The Help' Strong #2, 'Final Destination' #3, '30 Minutes Or Less' #4, 'Glee 3D' Weak #6
FRIDAY PM: Here’s the North American box office. Full analysis and refined numbers coming:
1. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (Fox) Week 2 [3,691 Theaters]
Friday $7.8M (-60%), Estimated Weekend $26M, Estimated Cume $104M
2. The Help (DreamWorks/Disney) NEW (Wed opening) [2,534 Theaters]
Friday $7.5M, Estimated Weekend $22M, Estimated Cume $32M
3. Final Destination 5 – 3D (New Line/Warner Bros) NEW [3,155 Theaters]
Friday $7.3M, Estimated Weekend $18M
4. 30 Minutes Or Less (Sony) NEW [2,888 Theaters]
Friday $4.5M, Estimated Weekend $13M
5. The Smurfs (Sony) Week 3 [3,427 Theaters]
Friday $3.7M, Estimated Weekend $13M, Estimated Cume $101M
6. Glee – 3D (Fox) NEW [2,040 Theaters]
Friday $2.8M, Estimated Weekend $7M
7. Cowboys & Aliens (DreamWorks/Universal) Week 3 [3,310 Theaters]
Friday #7 $2.1M, Estimated Weekend $7M, Estimated Cume $80.8M
8. Crazy, Stupid, Love (Warner Bros) Week 3 [2,635 Theaters]
Friday $2.1M, Estimated Weekend $7M, Estimated Cume $55.3M
9. Captain America (Marvel/Disney/Paramount) Week 4 [2,835 Theaters]
Friday $1.9M, Estimated Weekend $6.5M, Estimated Cume $156.2M
10. The Change-Up (Universal) Week 2 [2,913 Theaters]
Friday $1.9M (-60%), Estimated Weekend $6M, Estimated Cume $25.5M
POTTER FINALE PHENOM! $173M Global = $82.5M International + $95M Domestic As 'Harry Potter' Keeps Shattering Records
FRIDAY 10 PM: 7TH UPDATE: As a Warner Bros exec tells me, “Unbelievable night!” Sources say Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows ‘
FIRST BOX OFFICE: 'Green Lantern' Opens To $22M Friday On Way To $60M; 'Popper's Penguins' $7M Friday, $19M Weekend
FRIDAY 11PM 2ND UPDATE: Both Warner Bros’ Green Lantern ($22M Friday, $60M weekend) and Fox’s Mr. Popper’s Penguins ($7M Friday, $19M weekend) look on target right now. But these numbers also mean falling stars in Hollywood. The superhero pic had well-known actor Ryan Reynolds in it, yet looks like it can’t better Thor’s recent $65.7M opening weekend starring a complete unknown. And Mr. Popper’s result shows that Jim Carrey’s popularity keeps waning in live action movies: his last pair were Fun With Dick And Jane (2005) opening to $14.6M, and The Number 23 (2007) debuted to $14.3M and Yes Man (2008) which first released to $18.2M. (I’m not counting I Love You, Phillip Morris because it never received wide distribution.) That this latest is grossing at all is due to the penguins, I’m certain. The total moviegoing weekend ends up an estimated -17% from last year (when Toy Story 3 opened to $110.3M. The big qualifier for all the above is the Sunday drop for Father’s Day.
Full analysis below. Refined numbers in the morning. Here’s the Top 10:
1. Green Lantern (Warner Bros) NEW [3,816 Runs]
Friday $22M, Estimated Weekend $60M
2. Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Fox) NEW [3,338 Runs]
Friday $7M, Estimated Weekend $19M
3. Super 8 (Paramount Week 2 [3,408 Runs]
Friday $5.8M (-52%), Estimated Weekend $19.5M, Estimated Cume $71.5M
4. X-Men: First Class (Fox) Week 3 [3,375 Runs]
Friday $3.3M, Estimated Weekend $11.5M, Estimated Cume $129M
5. The Hangover Part II (Legendary/Warner Bros) Week 4 [3,460 Runs]
Friday $3M, Estimated Weekend $10M, Estimated Cume … Read More
Kim Kardashian is Getting Off the Market
By now, I’m sure you heard that Kris Humphries proposed to Kim Kardashian. With a 20.5 carat engagement ring (it’s on the hand away from the camera in the above pic). That’s estimated to have cost about $2 million. (Yeah, you read that right.) You KNOW Reggie Bush is laughing his ass off. I mean, [...]
'Thor' Holds Onto #1; 'Bridesmaids' Yucks Up $22M Weekend; 'Priest' $16.5M
FRIDAY 10:30 PM, 3RD UPDATE: Top Five North American grosses. Refined numbers could change order later tonight. Full analysis coming…
1. Thor 3D (Marvel/Disney/Paramount) Week 2 [3,963 Theaters]
Friday $9.2M (-63%), Estimated Weekend $32M
2. Bridesmaids (Universal) NEW [2,918 Theaters]
Friday $8.5M, Estimated Weekend $23M
3. Fast Five (Universal) Week 3 [3,793 Theaters]
Friday $6M, Estimated Weekend $19M
4. Priest 3D (Screen Gems/Sony) NEW [2,864 Theaters]
Friday $5.5M, Estimated Weekend $15M
5. (TIE) Something Borrowed (Warner Bros) Week 2 [2,904 Theaters]
Friday $2.3M (-49%), Estimated Weekend $7.3M
5. (TIE) Jump The Broom (TriStar/Sony) Week 2 [2,035 Theaters]
Friday $2.3M (-49%), Estimated Weekend $7.3M
PREVIOUS 4 PM, 2ND UPDATE: Early projections based on pre-sales and strong matinees place Universal’s Judd Apatow-bannered comedy Bridesmaids big at the box office this weekend. One of the few R-rated female-targeted laffers (underperforming The Sweetest Thing was another), it’s looking to open to a $20+ million weekend and a Friday gross of $8+M. Of course, these are still very preliminary numbers. But they follow weeks of decent tracking that popped dramatically going into this weekend, especially in the ‘unaided awareness’ category. The expected gross is especially impressive because the movie lacks big name stars (Saturday Night Live regular Kristen Wiig leads a cast of TV actresses), had a trailer that was redone when it was deemed not funny enough, and is releasing into a middling but by no means giant number of North American theaters (2,918). Also opening today is Screen Gems/Sony’s horror movie Priest taking advantage of the Friday The 13th timing into 2,006 theaters for $6M … Read More
'Thor 3D' Hammering Past $23M Friday & $65M Weekend; 'Fast Five' $40M; 'Jumping Broom' $16M; 'Something Borrowed' $13M
FRIDAY 10:30 PM, 2ND UPDATE: Studios are telling me there are “major glitches” with Rentrak reporting numbers tonight. Right now, Marvel/Disney’s Thor 3D distributed by Paramount is looking like $23 million for its Friday opening and still $65+M for the weekend. “But won’t know til morning. Rentrak’s system has been down most of the evening.” So view the following Top 10 North American grosses for Friday and this Mother’s Day weekend with some healthy skepticism. Full analysis coming. Refined numbers in the morning. Total weekend gross is looking like $160M but still off last year by 10% (when Iron Man 2 did $128M all by itself):
1. Thor 3D (Marvel/Disney/Paramount) NEW [3,955 Theaters]
Friday $23M, Estimated Weekend $65M
2. Fast Five (Universal) Week 2 [3,644 Theaters]
Friday $11.3M (-67%), Estimated Weekend $40M, Estimated Cume $145M
3. Something Borrowed (Alcon/Warner Bros) NEW [2,904 Theaters]
Friday $4.6M, Estimated Weekend $13M
4. Jumping The Broom (TriStar/Sony) NEW [2,034 Theaters]
Friday $4.3M, Estimated Weekend $13M
Sony was only expecting TriStar’s Jumping The Broom this weekend to do somewhere between $8M to $10M on the film that was made for just $6.6M. Hey, if major studios keep making cheap movies like this that do double the predicted grosses, I’m going to have a tough time making fun of mogul tightwads. Aimed at older African-American women, the PG-13 film focuses on two “Uptown meets Downtown” families who meet for the first time at a weekend wedding on Martha’
'FAST FIVE' SPEEDS TO FIRST PLACE! $34M Friday And $80M Domestic Weekend; Tracking $300M Foreign & $500M Global
FRIDAY 10:30 PM, 3RD UPDATE: Here’s the latest news about the start of the Summer Box Office… North America’s #1 movie is Universal’s Fast Five which will have a debut Friday of $33M to $34M, putting the weekend estimate at $79M to $81M. That’s blowing away the $71M opening weekend of fourquel Fast & Furious. The 5th installment in the street racing franchise breaks the studio’s uninterrupted non-toon losing streak in recent years. Right now, the rest of the Top 5 are bunched up with grosses between $5M, $4M, and $3M each for Friday:
1. Fast Five (Universal) NEW [3,643 Theaters]
Friday $34M, Estimated Weekend $80M
Even with a -25% to -30% drop on Saturday, which would be normal because of Friday’s grosses expanded by midnight showings, that’s still a bigger weekend cume than the top 2 openings this year combined (Rio
$39M/Rango $38M)
2. Rio (Blue Sky/Fox) Week 3 [3,842 Theaters]
Friday $3.2M, Estimated Weekend $12.5M, Estimated Cume $101.8M
3. Madea’s Big Happy Family (Tyler Perry/Lionsgate) Week 2 [2,288 Theaters]
Friday $3.1M (-70%), Estimated Weekend $10.5M, Estimated Cume $41.5M
4. Water For Elephants (Fox 2000/Fox) Week 2 [2,817 Theaters]
Friday $2.7M (-61%), Estimated Weekend $9.1M, Estimated Cume $32M
5. Prom (Disney) NEW [2,730 Theaters]
Friday $2M, Estimated Weekend $5.5
6. Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil (Weinstein Co) NEW [2,505 Theaters]
Friday $1M, Estimated Weekend $4M
7. Insidious (FilmDistrict) Week 5 [2,130 Theaters]
Friday $1M, Estimated Weekend $3M, Estimated Cume $48.7M
8. Soul Surfer (FilmDistrict/Sony) Week 4 [2,240 Theaters]
Friday $975K, Estimated Weekend $3.3M, Estimated Cume $33.8M
9. African Cats (Disneynature/Disney) Week 2 [1,220 Theaters]
Friday … Read More
'Sucker Punch'-ed By 'Wimpy Kid' For #1
FRIDAY 11 PM: Sources have just given me North American grosses for Friday and the weekend which will be another down one overall, -9% compared to last year. Fox’s Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules sequel opens as a surprise No. 1 with $8.4 million Friday for a better-than-expected $24.5M weekend because of momentum predicted rom Saturday kiddie matinees. (That’s better than the sleeper orginal which opened to $22M last March.) Hollywood only thought Wimpy Kid 2 would be neck-and-neck with Sucker Punch starting at $20M. But the Warner Bros sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Zack Snyder (300, Watchman, the upcoming Superman) may fall short based on its $7M Friday despite a significant uptick in tracking this week. Immediately, rival studios lined up to criticize. “Sucker Punch joins Kick Ass as can’t miss cool pics that missed,” one exec snarked.”It will need an ‘up’ Saturday to avoid falling short of $20M.” Full analysis coming. Refined numbers in the morning. Meanwhile, 2 pics this first quarter have passed $100 million domestic: Rango and Just Go With It (Adam Sandler’s 12th pic to do so while international is headed to $100M, too). Here’s the Top 10:
1. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Fox) NEW [3,167 Theaters]
Friday $4.5M (-32%), Estimated Weekend $13M, Estimated Cume $39.2M
2. Sucker Punch (Warner Bros) NEW [3,033 Theaters]
Friday $7M, Estimated Weekend $20M
3. Limitless (Relativity) Week 2 [2,085 Theaters]
Friday $4.5M (-32%), Estimated Weekend $13M, Estimated Cume $39.2M
4. The Lincoln Lawyer (Lionsgate) … Read More
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'True Grit' Beating 'Little Fokkers' Friday
FRIDAY PM: Sources are giving me the following grosses:
1. True Grit (Paramount) Week 3 [3,124 Theaters]
Friday $4M, Estimated Weekend $13.5M, Estimated Cume $109M
2. Little Fockers (Universal) Week 3 [3,675 Theaters]
Friday $3.6M, Estimated Weekend $13.2M, Estimated Cume $123.5M
3. Season Of The Witch (Relativity) NEW [2,816 Theaters]
Friday $3.6M, Estimated Weekend $9.2M
4. Country Strong (Screen Gems/Sony) Week [1,424 Theaters]
Friday $2.6M, Estimated Weekend $7.5M
5. Tron: Legacy 3D (Disney) Week 4 [3,013 Theaters]
Friday $2.5M, Estimated Weekend $8M, Estimated Cume $146.1M
6. Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Week 6 [1,584 Theaters]
Friday $2.3M, Estimated Weekend $7.5M, Estimated Cume $60.6M
7. The Fighter (Relativity/Paramount) Week 5 [2,528 Theaters]
Friday $2M, Estimated Weekend $6.5M, Estimated Cume $57.3M
8. The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Co) Week 7 [758 Theaters]
Friday $1.7M, Estimated Weekend $5.5M, Estimated Cume $32M
9. Yogi Bear 3D (Warner Bros) Week 4 [3,288 Theaters]
Friday $1.1M, Estimated Weekend $5.2M, Estimated Cume $74M
10. Chronicles Of Narnia 3D (Fox) Week 5 [2,814 Theaters]
Friday $1M, Estimated Cume $4.7M, Estimated Cume $94.8M
'True Grit' Beating 'Little Fockers' Friday
FRIDAY PM: Sources are giving me the following grosses:
1. True Grit (Paramount) Week 3 [3,124 Theaters]
Friday $4M, Estimated Weekend $13.5M, Estimated Cume $109M
2. Little Fockers (Universal) Week 3 [3,675 Theaters]
Friday $3.6M, Estimated Weekend $13.2M, Estimated Cume $123.5M
3. Season Of The Witch (Relativity) NEW [2,816 Theaters]
Friday $3.6M, Estimated Weekend $9.2M
4. Country Strong (Screen Gems/Sony) Week [1,424 Theaters]
Friday $2.6M, Estimated Weekend $7.5M
5. Tron: Legacy 3D (Disney) Week 4 [3,013 Theaters]
Friday $2.5M, Estimated Weekend $8M, Estimated Cume $146.1M
6. Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Week 6 [1,584 Theaters]
Friday $2.3M, Estimated Weekend $7.5M, Estimated Cume $60.6M
7. The Fighter (Relativity/Paramount) Week 5 [2,528 Theaters]
Friday $2M, Estimated Weekend $6.5M, Estimated Cume $57.3M
8. The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Co) Week 7 [758 Theaters]
Friday $1.7M, Estimated Weekend $5.5M, Estimated Cume $32M
9. Yogi Bear 3D (Warner Bros) Week 4 [3,288 Theaters]
Friday $1.1M, Estimated Weekend $5.2M, Estimated Cume $74M
10. Chronicles Of Narnia 3D (Fox) Week 5 [2,814 Theaters]
Friday $1M, Estimated Cume $4.7M, Estimated Cume $94.8M
'Tron: Legacy 3D' Opens #1 For Disney; 'How Do You Know' Expensive Flop For Sony
SATURDAY PM UPDATE: If everybody like me is getting on or off a plane, then who’s at the movies this weekend? This is why, between shopping and travelling, the last full weekend before Christmas is traditionally a lousy time for North American grosses. “They’re not rushing out to see movies. What you tend to forget, going into this weekend, is that the pool of people who are available, and don’
'Tron: Legacy 3D' Sequel Opens #1 For Disney 28 Years Later; Jim Brooks' 'How Do You Know' Expensive Bomb For Sony
FRIDAY PM: If everyone like me is getting on or off a plane, then who’s at the movies today? This is why, between shopping and travelling, the weekend before Christmas is traditionally a lousy time for North American grosses. Here’s the Top 10. Analysis coming:
1. Tron: Legacy 3D (Disney) NEW [3,451 Theaters]
Friday $18M, Estimated Weekend $47M
2. Yogi Bear 3D (Warner Bros) NEW [3,515 Theaters]
Friday $4.7M, Estimated Weekend $17M
3. The Fighter (Relativity/Paramount) Week 2 [2,503 Theaters]
Friday $3.8M, Estimated Weekend $11.8M.
4. Narnia/Dawn Treader 3D (Walden/Fox) Week 2 [3,555 Theaters]
Friday $3.7M (-55%), Estimated Weekend $12.8M, Estimated Cume $43M
5. How Do You Know (Sony) NEW [2,483 Theaters]
Friday $2.9M, Estimated Weekend $8.7M
6. Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Week 3 [959 Theaters]
Friday $2.7M, Estimated Weekend $9M
7. The Tourist (GK Films/Sony) Week 2 [2,756 Theaters]
Friday $2.6M (-56%), Estimated Weekend $8.5M, Estimated Cume $30.6M
8. Tangled (Disney) Week 4 [3,201 Theaters]
Friday $2.5M, Estimated Weekend $10M, Estimated Cume $129.7M
9. Harry Potter/Deathly Hallows, Pt 1 (Warner Bros) Week 5 [2,860 Theaters]
Friday $1.5M, Estimated weekend $5.3M, Estimated Cume $266M
10. Unstoppable (Fox) Week 6 [1,876 Theaters]
Friday $675K, Estimated Weekend $2M, Estimated Cume $77.6M
FRIDAY AM: Disney now says Tron Legacy 3D opened to $3.6 million from midnight screenings. It also did over $1 million from 228 IMAX theaters. I’m told that’s by far the biggest percentage — 25+% – done of any movie’s midnight box office, and more than the percentage of midnight take by IMAX for Iron Man 2, Inception, Avatar. But note that’s not the highest IMAX gross.