Thor
smash…!!!
After last weekend’s massive $84M
opening by FAST FIVE, it seemed like everything was set for
THOR to break the $100M opening mark, as per previous Marvel
superhero movies like SPIDER-MAN ($115M), IRON MAN ($98M),
WOLVERINE ($85M) and others, but despite the awesome reviews, it
managed only $66M over its first three days of release, which is
“good”, but ultimately the studio expects the film to
keep bringing in the big bucks, for weeks to come.
This opening is more in line
with 2003’s THE HULK, which opened with $62M and ended up grossing
close to $132M when all was said and done. I would assume that
THOR will beat that, but then again…my mother always taught me
never to ass-u-me anything. Something to do with being an ass!!!
Last weekend’s #1 movie movie,
FAST FIVE, dropped a ton this week, losing 62% of its audience
from last weekend, but it still managed to stick around in second
place, and raise its domestic gross to $140M after only 10 days of
release (that’s only $15M off the franchise record of $155M). The
other 2 new film releases, JUMPING THE BROOM and SOMETHING
BORROWED, did “ayight”, but nothing more than that with
$13M grosses and a 3rd and 4th place showing respectively.
The main difference between the
two films is that BROOM only cost $7M to produce, while BORROWED
cost closer to $35M. Yet another Kate Hudson disappointment. Can
anyone please explain to me why Hollywood keeps casting this lame
chick in every other rom-com out there? (that is, other than her
great ass!).
And after six full weeks in the top 10, James
Wan’s surprise horror hit INSIDIOUS finally dropped out and into
11th place this weekend. The film apparently only cost Film
District about $2M, and has so far grossed over $50M for the
distributor. Not too shabby. SOURCE CODE also dropped out of the
top 10 this weekend, while it too grossed around $50M (although
the Jake Gyllenhaal film apparently cost around $32M to produce).
Next week sees the release of the first R-rated
“chick flick” of the summer, BRIDESMAIDS,
a film produced by Judd Apatow, directed by Paul Feig
(“Freaks & Geeks”) and starring a ton of funny
ladies (psssst, it’s also sitting at 85%
over at Rotten Tomatoes), as well as the film that I thought
was somehow related to LEGION
from last year entitled PRIEST.
So do you think that either BRIDESMAIDS or PRIEST will be able to
beat THOR to the #1 spot next weekend? VOTE
HERE!!!
| # | MOVIE TITLE | WKND $ | TOTAL $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thor | $66 M | NEW |
| 2 | Fast Five | $32.5 M | $139.8 M |
| 3 | Jumping the Broom | $13.7 M | NEW |
| 4 | Something Borrowed | $13.2 M | NEW |
| 5 | Rio | $8.2 M | $114.9 M |
| 6 | Madea's Big Happy Family | $3.9 M | $46.8 M |
| 7 | Water for Elephants | $5.6 M | $41.6 M |
| 8 | Prom | $2.4 M | $7.8 M |
| 9 | Soul Surfer | $2.1 M | $36.7 M |
| 10 | Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil | $1.9 M | $6.7 M |
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