WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE
Audiences
love 'robots in disguise'!!!
I think TRANSFORMERS 2's record-shattering opening
over the past 5 days has, at the very least, proven one thing:
when it comes to summer "blockbuster" movies, film
critic reviews don't matter for shit!! Despite negative reviews
across the board from critics (only 1 out of every 5 critics
enjoyed the film according to Rotten
Tomatoes), it seems as though "regular audience"
members (you know, those who actually matter!!) could care less,
and just wanted to check out a film offering some uber-escapism.
Even though the film wasn't able to beat THE DARK KNIGHT's $203M
opening record in 5 days, it almost did with a little over
$201M in the first 5 days of its release.
Its actual 3-day weekend gross wasn't as
impressive, finishing 7th on the all-time
list, with $112M over the weekend, which was about $46M less
than THE DARK KNIGHT's $158M opening weekend. Needless to say, it
was the film's opening day take of $60M (on Wednesday) which
managed to really boost its numbers. That opening placed it right
behind TDK which had opened with $67M on its first day (wasn't
director Michael Bay bitching to the studio about it not promoting
the film enough or something??!).
The film is already in 3rd
place for all films released in 2009, right behind UP and STAR
TREK. In the meantime, last week's #1 movie, THE PROPOSAL, lost
about 45% of its audience from last weekend, but stayed strong in
2nd place. THE HANGOVER also continued its solid run, losing only
35% of its audience from last weekend, while slipping over the
$180M mark overall. The weekend's only other new release, MY
SISTER'S KEEPER did 'alright' with a 5th place opening and about
$12M in receipts.
The summer's 2nd official "bust" movie
was YEAR ONE (after LAND OF THE LOST), as it lost 70% of its
audience after its so-so opening last weekend (I guess critics
don't matter, but "word of mouth" does!), dropping it to
6th place during its second week of release, and raising its total
to about $32M (the film apparently cost about $60M to make). Three
big summer movies dropped out of the top 10 this weekend including
LAND OF THE LOST ($47M), TERMINATOR SALVATION ($121M) and IMAGINE
THAT ($14M) -- actually, I suppose that Eddie Murphy film can also
be considered a "flop" (it cost about $55M to produce).
Next week is the biggest week of the summer as two
of the biggest flicks of the year are released on Wednesday
including ICE
AGE 3 and PUBLIC
ENEMIES starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. What movie do
you think will be #1 next weekend? VOTE
HERE!!!
| 1.
Transformers 2 |
$
112 Million |
$201.2
Million |
| 2.
The Proposal |
$
18.5 Million |
$
69.1 Million |
| 3.
The Hangover |
$
17.2 Million |
$
183.2 Million |
| 4.
Up |
$
13 Million |
$
250.2 Million |
| 5.
My Sister's Keeper |
$
12 Million |
NEW |
| 6.
Year One |
$
5.8 Million |
$
32.3 Million |
| 7.
The Taking of... |
$
5.4 Million |
$
53.4 Million |
| 8.
Star Trek |
$
3.6 Million |
$
246.2 Million |
| 9.
Night at the... |
$
3.5 Million |
$
163.2 Million |
| 10.
Away We Go |
$
1.7 Million |
$
4.1 Million |
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2:55PM on 06/29/2009