Despite the predicted end of the world, plenty of people still went to see PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES for a #1 opening. You’d think they’d want to show their faith with something religious, like Scott Charles Stewart’s PRIEST, which opened at #4 last week. Instead, it fell to #6 with $4.6 million, a drop off of about 70%.
Otherwise, it was once again a rather uneventful weekend for horror at the box office. James Wan’s INSIDIOUS came in at #14 with $469,000, and Duncan Jones’ SOURCE CODE made another $402,000 at #16. Not bad for flicks that have been out for months. The number of theaters that played Wes Craven’s SCREAM 4 was cut way back again, and the flick brought in another $84,000.
As bad as these last couple of weeks have been for the genre, the next one will be even worse. The only theatrical openings are THE HANGOVER 2 and KUNG FU PANDA 2, so we’ll be lucky if we even see PRIEST cling on to a Top 10 spot. You might as well queue up your DVD/Blu-ray player, because the theater won’t have much to offer for a few weeks.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
| 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides |
$ 90.1 Million | NEW |
| 2. Bridesmaides | $ 21.1 Million | $ 59.5 Million |
| 3. Thor |
$ 15.5 Million | $ 145 Million |
| 4. Fast Five | $ 10.6 Million | $ 186 Million |
| 5. Rio | $ 4.7 Million | $ 131 Million |
| 6. Priest |
$ 4.6 Million | $ 23.7 Million |
| 7. Jumping the Broom |
$ 3.7 Million | $ 31.3 Million |
| 8. Something Borrowed |
$ 3.4 Million | $ 31.4 Million |
| 9. Water for Elephants | $ 2.2 Million | $ 52.4 Million |
| 10. Madea’s Big Happy Family | $ 1.0 Million | $ 51.8 Million |
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