Weekend Box-Office: January 28-30, 2011

WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE

The
Rite is just right this weekend…

This weekend’s box-office isn’t
too different from last weekend’s box-office. In fact, the
biggest drop compared to last week’s figures came from THE
DILEMMA, which lost 40% of its audience from last weekend. Most
films didn’t lose much ground compared to last week, in fact, THE
KING’S SPEECH actually made 41% more money this week, than
last (which is very rare). Granted, the film widened its release
by about 900 theaters, but TRUE GRIT also made 4% more this
week than last, and it actually lost about 350 theaters since last
week.

In fact, if you look over the
TOP 10, you’ll notice that many of the December / Oscar releases
are still hanging around, including THE FIGHTER, BLACK SWAN, the
aforementioned films and of course….YOGI BEAR!!

The only 2 new films to be
released this weekend include Anthony Hopkins’ THE RITE, which
managed to snag the #1 spot with $15M and Jason Statham’s THE
MECHANIC, which managed a #3 opening with about $12M. Last week’s
#1 movie, NO STRINGS ATTACHED, managed an impressive second-week
gross, adding another $14M to its total, which is now $40M after
only 10 days of release. THE GREEN HORNET, despite middling
reviews, is also "hanging around" in 4th place, as it
increased its total to about $80M. Oh and the limited release of
FROM NADA TO PRADA opened in 17th place with about $1M in grosses.
God help us all.

The two films to finally get
booted from the top 10 this weekend included TRON: LEGACY, which
managed a pretty decent total of $167M, which compared nicely to
its alleged $170M budget (the film has made an additional $180M
from foreign markets). LITTLE FOCKERS was the other film to get
pushed from the top 10, but it too had a decent run and ended up
with $145M when all was said and done (and it too, added another
$145M to its overall total via worldwide markets). For those
scoring at home, TANGLED finished in 12th place this weekend, and
ended up with around $190M, but managed another $232M from those
pesky foreigners…

Next week sees the release of
two new thrillers, the first of which is called THE
ROOMMATE, a loose remake of SINGLE WHITE FEMALE featuring
hotties Leighton
Meester and Minka
Kelly (call me!). The other thriller, SANCTUM,
has James Cameron’s name all over it, as it involves 3D and
underground water, yet features a cast of no-names. THE ABYSS
meets THE DESCENT meets AVATAR? Or just a piece of shit? We’ll
find out soon enough. But since this week’s slate of movies is
kinda boring, we’re focusing today’s poll question on the big news
of the day: Would you have preferred that the actor cast as Superman was American?

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