WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE
Audiences
pay to see world end!
Looks like audiences were ready to see the world
get mashed up by director Roland Emmerich again, as 2012 blasted
into the top spot with $65M in its first three days of release
alone. The film managed to make $225M worldwide in that same
period, and had the 2nd highest opening for a "disaster
movie" since Emmerich's own THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW opened
with $69M back in 2004 (see the full list of top "disaster
movie" openings HERE
-- to note, Emmerich directed 4 of the top 5).
Last week's #1 movie, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, also held
up quite well this weekend, losing only 25% of its audience from
last weekend, and crossing the $60M after only 10 days of release.
Looks like this flick will ape Zemeckis' previous mo-cap style X-Mas
flick, THE POLAR EXPRESS and spread the love throughout the
holiday season. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY also continued its storied
success as it broke through the $100M mark.
But once again the big story of the weekend came
from a smaller flick entitled PRECIOUS (I REFUSE TO ADD THE FILM'S
STUPID SUBTITLE MENTIONING THE BOOK AND ITS AUTHOR). The film
opened with a stupendous $100,000 per theater average last
weekend, but couldn't crack the top 10 because it was released in
only 18 theaters. This weekend, the studio jacked that total up to
174 theaters (still an extremely low figure), and the film rose
into the top 10 and a 4th place finish -- with a still-impressive
$35,000 per theater average (2012 had an average of $19,000 per
theater).
Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT finally seems to be
losing some steam, dropping into 5th place after three weeks of
release (although it managed to become the all-time top-grossing
music documentary, passing the $65.3 million made by the MILEY
CYRUS concert movie last year), while THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS
managed to hold on to its 3rd place spot from last week, while
adding another $6M to its total (the film has already made its
budget back). The one other new release of the week, PIRATE RADIO,
managed to scrape up about $3M and an 11th place finish.
The two films to drop out of the top 10 this week
include WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE ($73M) and ASTRO BOY ($18M). Oh,
BOONDOCK SAINTS 2 also managed to jump from 21st to 14th place
this week, as the film added another 146 theaters to its theater
count (now 251 theaters in all). The film has grossed close to $3M
in three weeks of limited release.
Next weekend sees the release of 3 wide releases
including a "little film" you might've heard about here
and there, entitled NEW
MOON starring pothead Kristen Stewart and hottie Robert
Pattinson, PLANET
51, an animated film starring Dwayne "The Rock"
Johnson (sigh) and THE
BLIND SIDE, the latest in Disney's arsenal of sports-themed
films based on true stories that will make you cry (doh, apparently it's WB)-- starring a
blonde Sandra Bullock and some country singer. Last year, the
original TWILIGHT movie opened with $70M and ended up making $191M
domestically when all was said and done. How much $$$ do you think
NEW MOON will open with next weekend? VOTE
HERE.
| 1.
2012 |
$
65 Million |
NEW |
| 2.
A Christmas Carol |
$
22.3 Million |
$
63.3 Million |
| 3.
The Men Who Stare... |
$
6.2 Million |
$
23.4 Million |
| 4.
Precious |
$
6.1 Million |
$
8.9 Million |
| 5.
This Is It |
$
5.1 Million |
$
68.2 Million |
| 6.
The Fourth Kind |
$
4.7 Million |
$
20.6 Million |
| 7.
Couples Retreat |
$
4.3 Million |
$
102.1 Million |
| 8.
Paranormal Activity |
$
4.2 Million |
$
103.8 Million |
| 9.
Law
Abiding Citizen |
$
3.9 Million |
$
67.3 Million |
| 10.
The Box |
$
3.2 Million |
$
13.2 Million |
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3:00PM on 11/16/2009