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SUNDAY AM: Sources have given me the following preliminary numbers for domestic grosses Friday, Saturday, and Easter weekend for the Top 3 movies:
1. Clash Of The Titans from Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures debuted to $26.3M Friday and $21.5M Saturday from 3,777 theaters. Either the NCAA Final Four, or poor word of mouth, appears to have accounted for the downturn. The studio now says it made $2.6M from Thursday night's 8 PM and 10 PM showings, and another $1.6M from midnight plays which counted towards Friday's total. Including Sunday's estimate, that's a 3.5 day cume of $64M, or $61.4M for a record Easter weekend helped by higher 3D ticket prices. (The previous best was 2006's 2D Scary Movie 4 which opened to $40M.) Warner Bros said 52% of audiences saw the film in 3D. Clash debuted day and date in 15 international markets and generated a big $44.2M with 7,900 admissions from 4,240 screens. The 3D screens grossed $24.3M from 1,270 screens (55% of total box office from 30% of total screens).
2. Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too for Lionsgate reached $30.1M this weekend after taking in $12.3M Friday and $10.6M Saturday from 2,155 runs. It's the 2nd biggest Tyler Perry opening out of the nine films he's released (behind Madea Goes To Jail's $41M).
3. DreamWorks Animation's How To Train Your Dragon distributed by Paramount took in $11.1M Friday and $11.1M Saturday for $29.2M this weekend (-33%) from 4,060 locations. IMAX accounted for $3.6M (or 12.5%) of this weekend's gross, leaving no theaters for Clash. That's a new cume of $92.3M.
4. Disney's Miley Cyrus starrer The Last Song from the Nicholas Sparks novel opened to $7.1M Friday and $5.9M Saturday from 2,673 plays and reached $16.2M this weekend with a $25.6M five-day cume after Sunday.
5. Disney's 3D Alice In Wonderland from Tim Burton starts its 5th weekend with $3M Friday and $3.1M Saturday from 2,980 venues and an $8.2M weekend and $309.7M cume. With $422.3M international, the worldwide total is now $732.1M.
6. Hot Tub Time Machine (MGM/UA) Week 2 [2,771 Theaters] Friday $2.9M, Saturday $3M, Weekend $8M (-43%), Cume $27.8M
7. The Bounty Hunter (Sony) Week 3 [3,118 Theaters] Friday $2.4M, Saturday $2.3M, Weekend $6.2M, Cume $48.9M
8. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (Fox) Week 3 [2,842 Theaters] Friday $2.3M, Saturday$1.8M, Weekend $5.5M, Cume $46.2M
9. She's Out Of My League (Paramount) Week 4 [1,390 Theaters] Friday $552K, Saturday $562M, Weekend $1.4M, Cume $28.6M
10. Shutter Island (Paramount) Week 7 [1,356 Theaters] Friday $530K, Saturday $583K, Weekend $1.4M, Cume $123.4M
FRIDAY 6 PM: Sources telling me Clash Of The Titans already looking to make $25M-$30M today.
FRIDAY NOON: The Warner Bros blockbuster co-produced and co-financed by Legendary Pictures is off to an impressive 3 1/2-day Easter Weekend after playing 8 PM and 10 PM in 3,004 locations Thursday night. Clash Of The Titans is certain to record the biggest Easter weekend ever helped by higher 3D ticket prices (2006's 2D Scary Movie 4 did $40M) given that Hollywood is estimating that Clash will finish Sunday with a cume of $70M from 3,777 theaters, or $65M for just the 3-day holiday weekend. (Warner Bros, of course, is trying to manage expectations with an estimate of $55M.) Despite the crowded 3D box office, Warner Bros eked out 1,810 3D screens, but no IMAX screens since those had been committed 2 years ago to DreamWorks Animation/Paramount. The Sam Worthington starrer was originally a 2D film set for release last weekend. But then it was upped to 3D and pushed back a week.
This weekend's expected huge debut follows a memorable marketing campaign including trailers and TV ads that camped up Clash's 3D-special effects and plot and characters. Best was Liam Neeson, dressed like the 5th member of Kiss, staring into the camera and shouting, "Release The Kraken" -- which already has become a pop culture catchphrase in recent weeks. (One reviewer hoped the snarling gruesome beast gets a Best Supporting Actor nod next year...)
The rest of this weekend's Top 4 movies -- Miley Cyrus' The Last Song for Disney, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too for Lionsgate, and 3D holdover How To Train Your Dragon which still needs to make up last weekend's disappointing debut -- should finish Easter weekend with cumes in the $20M-$25M range. Meanwhile Tim Burton's 3D Alice In Wonderland for Disney should finish its 5th weekend with a strong $10M.
Based on yet another Nicholas Sparks novel (The Notebook, Dear John) with the good fortune to be a Miley Cyrus vehicle, Disney's The Last Song opened Wednesday in 2,673 locations with $5.1M and its current cume is $9.3M. Disney is managing expectations with a low $20sM estimate by Sunday. "Miley is unpredictable [in movies]," an insider tells me. "Disney. Adam Shankman. Everyone is on the edge of their seats. They moved this movie to Wednesday from Friday when Clash Of The Titans moved on to the weekend." Co-star Liam Hemsworth is one of the hunky Australian brothers (EXCLUSIVE: Chris Hemsworth Is 'Thor') whose overnight success is one of those great Hollywood backstories that happens only once in a blue moon. Liam had only been in Los Angeles for 3 weeks and didn't even have an agent when he got cast as the male lead opposite Miley. Both brothers were living in their manager William Ward's guest house at the time. No more. Liam just got cast in Arabian Nights.
Lionsgate releases Tyler Perry's sequel Why Did I Get Married Too for 2,155 runs. The October 2007 original grossed $55.2M domestic, including a $21.3M opening weekend. The fact this new one also stars Janet Jackson (whose first Oprah Winfrey Show appearance since Michael's death airs today) will help it at the crowded box office. Expect a $23M Easter weekend.
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Boycott this fake 3-d remake, and stop casting the wooden Jake Sully
Awwwww how cute….. Someone’s jealous of Worthington’s success…. the guy is a superstar now… get over it.
You may read the reviews of the film. Wooden does not even begin to describe his performance(s). I think we have the pleasure to the new Orlando Bloom.
Superstars open movies without built in audiences. There’s no proof Worthington can accomplish that. Heck, I didn’t even know the dude was in Clash of the Titans until this week when he did interviews claiming he could do other roles other than spectacle crap.
AMEN!
I just saw Titans and I can say it was ok. Worrington was BORING. He seemed more like a extra then the actual main character. I dont know how this guys finds work. He is so BLAND it makes one think how he got the part.
Just saw the emotional How did I get married too — what great performances — especially Tasha Smith — who should really get an oscar nomination, if this movie were in another type of movie, she would be a shoo in.
How to train a dragon is A GREAT MOVIE that is as good as UP.
Keep smoking that meth, brother. Pretty soon, Heroes will be good to you, too.
Did you take a puff, too? Perry makes trite garbage, but Tasha Smith is extremely talented.
WB has to be really disappointed with the numbers! Look at that HUGE Saturday drop-off! This movie is not going to have legs – I can’t believe how much it dropped off on Saturday – I don’t think this movie will get to $200m domestic even. WB execs were raving about this movie saying how huge it’s going to be – I wonder who they will start blaming Monday morning. This is a huge disappointment – I work on the WB lot and let me tell you everyone thought this was going to make over $500m worldwide. Serves them right for making such crap – and how cheap is WB to pick the cheapest 3D conversion they could possibly get and convert to 3D in 8 weeks! Pathetic! That’s what you get. They spent $150 million on this movie. A terrible remake or a terrible movie. Congrats WB execs!
Given how much 3D has raised ticket prices, box office numbers don’t impress me much anymore. Every 3D film is a blockbuster.
Wow what a stupid comment. The 3D prices argument goes both ways. There are still millions of people like YOU who refuse to see 3D movies and pay the extra money. It also hurts people seeing it more than once.
Just wait till Smellovision makes a comeback and one ticket costs $50.
They actually have some movie theaters like that in South Korea. They call it 4D, and the chairs rock to the movie effects, and etc.
I’m holding out for Feel-around.
/KFM, anyone?
*LAUGH*
“And the capitol of Nebraska is Lincoln!”
Yes, we need “Feel Around”!
Still won’t come close to ALICE IN WONDERLAND… Alice is supposed to break 700 million worldwide this weekend and it still hasn’t opened in Japan yet. And it just opened in China and France.
Wow – that’s amazing – how come no one is talking about Alice about to make close to $1 billion worldwide. I think it’s great that a film targeted towards women and girls is making this much money yet no one is talking about it. This will probably be the biggest movie of the year or one of them – what other movies this year are going to come close to $1 billion??? I wish more female journalists would talk about the success of this film! And shame on Amy Pascal, another leading female studio executive for passing on this – according to LA Times article.
Does that even cover the p+a spend?
-RnsW
I didn’t think a movie could exist that would make the original Harry Hamlin “Clash of the Titans” look like a masterpiece (well, at least more than a silly, “Xanadu”-esque take on the gods), but this one does the trick. It’s not just bad, it’s boring.
Looks like it’s going to be a big, BIG weekend! I’m seeing $83 million for Clash Of The Titans, $18 million for The Last Song ($27 million including Wed and Thurs), and $23 million for Why Did I Get Married Too?!!!!
I enjoyed the hell out of Clash last night. Huge fun.
In Sweden, “Kraken” means “Weakling”…
That’s just what they told you in the bar when you tried to pick up girls. telling them you were going to release the Kracken.
CLASH will die off due to word of mouth. Its essentially overblown overhyped kid flick without a story just cobbled together action sequences none of which fully play out Im glad it only cost me $12 for two tickets, I cant imagine paying the extra cost to see this in 3D. This will be a nail in the 3D coffin, trust me.
Saw CLASH last night in 2D. My perspective was that only two or three sequences would have benefited from a 3D effect anyway, so definitely no need to spend the extra money to see it in 3D.
Visually it was fine. The effects were fine, albeit instantly forgettable. Credit Ralph Feinnes and Liam Neeson for at least immersing themselves with their performance, as long as they were collecting a paycheck. Verdict still out on whether Worthington can actually act, or whether he is just a good-looking guy with an accent.
Biggest problem with the movie is that it lacked any heart or emotion and the storyline was disjointed. And essentially, if you can’t bring yourself to care about any of the characters and don’t feel emotionally-invested in them, then all the effects in the world can’t save the movie because you just don’t care about what you’re watching.
Strongly recommend that everyone pass on this one. A waste of time and money. Male, mid-30’s.
Remarkable for such a pathetic film. Everything felt fake. No stakes. No story. Truly a polished turd.
Frank has no idea what he is talking about. Clash is a very entertaining and fun film, better than other 3d films like Avatar and Alice.
actually it appears many on here agree with Frank
Lies…
The 3D in this film was awful. It was so piss poor and the story sucked…
Haven’t heard good things about the movie or the 3D especially. Heard the 3D was distracting and blurry, mostly due to the crappy post-conversion rush job.
1D…2D…3D…4D…no matter how many D’s this movie has…it still sucks on EVERY level of filmmaking!
I enjoyed Clash of the Titans very much.
It kept me on the edge of my sit during many scenes. Fun popcorn movie. I dont think they ever said that this is more than a fun entertainment movie.
Well done.
And yes I watched it in 2D, 3D wasnt available at my cinema. Alice and Dargon still the only ones in 3D over here.
wow, what a Cheeze-fest.
Processed food turned into celluloid. The 3D was a joke.
The accents were a Waring Blender. Zeus is Irish, Hades is British and Poseidon speaks with a US accent. And Perseus calls Medusa “a bitch”.
With all the clusterfuck to the facts of Mythology, they don’t want to cast any black or asian people in the film. If you are taking liberties, why not take interesting ones? I should just be grateful at this point that Perseus didn’t say “Awesome” or “and like” every third word. Oy vey.
Everyone in my Facebook and Twitter streams kept going on and on and on about how every screening of Why Did I Get Married Too? was sold out. I forgot this was being released on Easter weekend, of course Perry and the ‘Gate were going to clean up.
I really want to see Clash, though.
The bottom will fall out of Married this week. As always front-loaded one shot crapfest movie from Perry.
I would agree with you except for the fact that people know what to expect from a Tyler Perry movie…and they keep coming back for more.
p.s. How about Bounty Hunter?… where are all the ANISTON PLANTS this week? i miss hearing how amazing it is!
The Last Song with Miley Cyrus was AMAZING!!!
Er, direction?
Poor Miley Cyrus was SAVAGED by the reviews. What happened? She was great a year ago in Hannah Montana: The Movie.
why did you edit what you wrote about the tyler perry movie? it’s true. the film’s got zero-chance in foreign markets.
I snuck out of work early to see “clash of the titans”. all i can say is, this film is an embarrassment to the film industry. yay for the big opening weekend. but come on what a huge waste of talent this film is. why on god’s good earth would liam neesan take this role after the brilliant role he had in “taken”? did wb really pay him that much money? and what the hell is sam worthington doing with his career? it’s one CG film after the other. but this one is completely laughable. the script and dialogue were so unbelievably cheesy! i want my money back! who do i call about that?
plesehelp, get over yourself. Clash is a good popcorn film, it serves it’s purpose and is entertaining. Dialogue is cheesy ? Not really, it’s just fine for an action movie.
i want my money back too! clash is god awful! horrible! so badly acted, written, directed! but the worst part is the 3D doesn’t exist, that process 2D to 3D is a joke, there are no effects, no dimension in Clash (oh yes the coin for Caron bouncing on the water, amazing effect, one!), i didn’t care for Avatar that much but the 3D was great, Clash 3D is just so amazingly BAD! i’ve decided to boycott all the next 2D to 3D movies, i’ll go see them in 2D. Completely feel like someone stole my money after watching that film.
Chris, go see it in 2d. It’s a good popcorn film in 2d. And while the acting is cheesy, the writing and direction is fine for a film of it’s nature. You people praise Avatar AKA Dances with Smurfs and yet bash an actually good movie in Clash.
Why is no one talking about how damn good HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON is? Yeah, I know it was marketed as a kids movie, and it had a disappointing opening weekend ($44 M, real disappointing) which Dreamworks had to publicly apologize for, once their stock went down 8%.
All of that obscuring the fact that this is one of the most solid pieces of cinematic writing to come out in years (don’t complain about CLASH OF THE TITANS script — go see DRAGONS!), and a truly exceptional movie experience, in 2D or in 3D.
Check out how much it’s making during the week, and how small the dropoff is going to be. This movie should be around for a LONG TIME!
HTTYD is a really charming movie, it worked on every level. I’d be very surprised if word of mouth wasn’t very strong.
Dragon was phenomenal. UP there with Pixar’s best.
I saw this earlier tonight, and it was hilarious. They should’ve marketed this as a comedy.
Yeah, word of mouth on How to Train Your Dragon is through the roof, whereas Clash’s is consistent, too: stay away. One’s gonna drop like a stone and the other will be around a long time.
after the brilliant role he had in “taken
lol, that movie sucked
Another solid result for Miley, but I really thought she had a chance to knock it out of the park. But it was too edgy, and no Hannah Montana fans showed up. Mostly girls Miley’s age (17). But I guess it’s “edginess” was the whole point of the excercise.
btw, Dragon went down 8%…not 36% nikki. If it went down 36%, last weeks opening wouldnt have been so disappointing lol.
Tyler Perry is an abomination.
Check your parenthesized facts Nikki. It was David Zucker’s Scary Movie 4 that had the old record for Easter. The original Wayans Bro. Scary Movie came out in July of 2000.
Dragon’s second-week percentile drop was far, far bigger than that of Avatar, the film that it’s allegedly better than by leaps and bounds according to its cuckoo fanbase of man-children. Since you people dragged Avatar’s good name through the mud by bringing it down to Dragon’s subterranean comparison level, I’m intent on being a reminding voice at every turn about the night and day disparity in cultural and financial significance between the two releases. Avatar is the wheel, and Dragon is the inflatable dartboard.
The 165-million production has pretty much gone worldwide with only a few holdover territories to go, and so far those overseas grosses have been decidedly limp (42 mil). It’s on pace to earn less than the cumulative 336-million intake of Over the Hedge, another animated franchise hopeful from Dreamworks that instead became a one-and-done. The studio will react to Dragon’s uninspiring numbers in the same way: they’ll go back to the drawing board to come up with a property that can rival Pixar in the area of convincing childless adults that their new dopey cartoon is a must-see event. Whatever Dragon ultimately earns will amount to the spare change that James Cameron drops on the floor and doesn’t even bother to pick up when he’s fumbling through his pockets at a vending machine.
Crow all you want about how magical or special the film is. There’s little correlation between the hard figures and that kind of adulation. You can do all the number spinning you want, but the reality is the theatrical profit margin will be minuscule relative to the expectations of the studio heads. Of course the dvd will be profitable. Every dvd is profitable. Resorting to the dvd defense is the final refuge of a straw-grasping fanboy apologist, and in this instance it’s not as applicable because the urgency of needing to see it in 3D should detract from those sales.
Maybe you hardcore Dragon fans should do some L.Ron Hubbard tactics to beef up the grosses a little: meet up at a centrally located Chuck E. Cheese for pizza & cake, and then buy twenty evening-admission tickets apiece for Dragon at the nearest theatre. Afterwards, you can congregate in the lobby to quote your favorite anachronistic lines that are totally out of era from the movie’s medieval setting.
Also, I have the key behind why Dragon fell so short of its aim of setting the world ablaze. The design of the eponymous winged creature stunk. Very nondescript except for the creepily phallic shape of its head. The movie was doomed to irrelevancy the moment those horrible conceptual drawings were signed off on. The lukewarm intake has to be partially attributed to a chunk of its primary target audience of extremely young children staying away, which is likely related to the main attraction of the film being so visually unappealing and uninteresting.
You call yourself ” Cartoons are for kids, stupid”, and then go nuts defending AVATAR? Open your eyes- if 90% of a movie is CGI, than it IS a cartoon!( And that’s true of a growing number of these SPFX “blockbusters”- Jackson’s LOTR was, in terms of it’s combining CGI and live action, a direct descendant of Bakshi’s over-rotoscoped 1970’s “animated” version).The line between “animation” and “live-action” has been erased by CGI, and the only thing that matters is the quality of the final product.(Now if the STUDIO’S would grow a pair and let the animators explore more adult material, I’d be happy- but they’re more interested in dumbing-down live action, so I guess we’ll just end up with infantile films across the board…)
I am just one person, but I am actually burned out on animated features to the point I am starting to call them cartoons. To me, hybrids are in a different category, and I don’t mind them at all. I appreciated Alice in Wonderland, for instance.
“Very nondescript except for the creepily phallic shape of its head.”
Time for your meds, Jimbob.
Oh dear, $2.6 billion at the box office and still some AVATAR boosters aren’t satisfied, and get awful touchy whenever anyone dares say anything remotely disparaging.
For the record, CAFKS, nobody here has been comparing DRAGON to AVATAR, they’ve been comparing DRAGON to CLASH, and DRAGON is indeed superior to that weakly written, lousy-looking film—as AVATAR certainly is as well. If anything, DRAGON helps prove Cameron’s point that movies intended for 3-D from the beginning can look spectacular, while hasty post-conversion (like CLASH’s) has murky, unimpressive results.
Thank you for addressing the craziness of Dragon fanboys. They make hard-core Twihards look like a picture of sanity. Besides, Dragon may have scored 98% at RT but its averige score is,well, averige, 7.8. So the incredible WOM in only in someone`s head. It has good WOM but incredible? Nah.
And right on about the crappy dragon design. Buzz killer right there.
Am I the only one who got a 10K BC vibe watching the CotT previews? We all know how awful that was.
If only more people would see HTTM. Stinks that Greenberg still has yet to expand in my area.
CLASH was horrific. Such a waste. Everyone at WB and Legendary should be fired. Filmmaking isn’t just marketing…it’s story telling and CLASH had zero story. Logic was missing and the emotional arc of the characters was so forced it’s laughable.
And the verdict is still out there on whether or not Louis Leterrier can actually direct. Maybe if the film was 25 minutes longer, the story and characters would have been better served but as is, it’s terrible. Save your money and wait for it on Redbox.
Nikki,
No offense, but you suck at math. How to Train Your Dragon was off 8.7% from last Friday, not 36%.
It’s the estimated weekend drop-off.
Three massive blockbusters in less than a year for Sam Worthington and still the vast majority of Americans have no idea who he is…
That’s probably because he’s so freaking boring and unforgettable. There’s absolutely nothing about him or his performances that are memorable. He’s going to be stuck with the “Sam Borington” moniker forever. Or at least for a couple more years until he gives up.
Wouldn’t be so fast to proclaim this a $70m opening. Should not have turned $26.3m with the overnights where they were; word of mouth is lousy.
Everyone knew that WOM would be really bad for the 3D because the conversion is botched. Question is how hard does that hit on Saturday & Sunday?
Still hope all of you see She’s out of my league — its a great and funny movie.
I cannot wait for Knight and Day, but is anyone concerned that the similar Killers opens three weeks earlier?
FYI.. The first “Why Did I Get Married” also starred Janet Jackson. In fact, all of the characters in the first film also appear in part 2.
I really enjoyed Clash of Titans. In fact this one had more kick than the campy original did. Now an interestng thing about Yahoo movie shown that Alice in Wonderland was suppose to open here but still that didn’t happen. Nor did the whimpy kid movie either. But Clash did but not get thier facts right yahoo is another thing.
I can’t wait to see this movie! Sam Worthington is awesome!
More amazing is that the Green Zone dropped out of the top 10 with no comment from anyone writing for this site. A catastrophic failure that merits some attention from a site focused on the biz.
“1. Clash Of The Titans from Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures debuted to $26.3M Friday and $19.5M Saturday from 3,777 theaters. Poor word of mouth appears to have accounted for the downturn.”
OR it was competing for the same audience with the NCAA Final Four and lost. They should’ve pushed Clash back another week.
Those greedy studio executive Bast_rds who decided to convert Clash of The Titans (in two weeks time) into 3D just to ripp off more money from consumers..
*beep* YOU!!!
James Cameron said, that this might backlash and will damage 3D industry… amd it’s happening.. WOM is Awfull
Stupid Greedy Lazy C_nts..
Seems Cameron was right, again.
People better go and watch How To Train Your Dragon in 3D!!
movie is Awesome
“Poor word-of-mouth accounted for the downturn”? Are you sure? It’s pretty typical for franchise pictures, sequels, remakes, etc. that are geared to teen or adult audiences to decline in their 2nd day of release. This decline was far less noticeable than, say, the -41.8% drop Twilight: New Moon suffered on its 2nd day. True, it was a little steeper than X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Star Trek actually went up on Saturday slightly last year apparently due to good word-of-mouth. But it seems like anticipation was probably higher for Clash than for Star Trek or Wolverine, which were both franchises thought to be mostly out of gas at that point. I think we can assume at worst that Clash of the Titans is getting average word-of-mouth, not great or terrible.
No, actually it’s getting terrible word of mouth.
Cume projections haven’t contracted 15% so far for nothing. Final Four or not, opening patterns or not, this thing is tracking well below what was being called out on Friday.
This should surprise no one. Anyone who has the misfortune of seeing the 3D print is going to want their money back and is going to have very negative things to say about the experience. Even if you saw it in 2D (as I did) there’s nothing like a 300 here to recommend.
Releasing it against the Final Four was also not the most intelligent move in the world, of course.
3D stands for $3 more.
well avatar proved you didnt need a really well-developed script or movie to gain sales as long as it was hyped with 3D.
And now the flood cometh.
be careful what you wish for cameronites.
for all of you cameron zealots who loathe the current 3D onslaught, maybe if cameron had produced & directed a movie that had more acting balls and less special effects the other studios would have had to raise their acting street cred too.. BUT CAMERON DIDNT. HE WENT CHEESE.
so take your medicine & stop your complainin. you all sound like spoiled brats.
first your prayed for god to show up and now you hate his children. oh frakin well.
dolts & zombies.
Just a hunch but Clash seems like the type of flick that could have strong appeal with unsophisticated hayseeds in the flyover territories.
What a busy Easter. Strong Good Fridays helped offset the black hole that is Easter Sunday for a super good weekend with every film hitting their target demo.
1. CLASH OF THE TITANS – With a $61M OW (sure to be lower given WB’s over-zealous estimates) CLASH also had a sturdy $16256 PTA. However, 3D accounted only for 55% of the gross which is the lowest yet for a 3D film, but then again the 3D was poorly reviewed and their were few screens available (I saw it in 2D and only thought one or two scenes might have been enhanced by the blurry last-minute post-conversion. At least ALICE was planned to be in 3D reducing the blurry effects). However, WB must have been hoping for $70M with the high hype and lack of competition, also films that give audiences the first taste of summer tend to do higher (ie. FAST & FURIOUS). Marketing can open a film, but word-of-mouth carries it and so far its been just so-so. Most action Easter openers OW account for 40% of the gross and CLASH needs higher than that to get it’s planned sequels greenlit. Only time will tell. With only one new film opening next weekend, it should lessen the usual post-easter weekend blow.
2. WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO? – In a surprising second place (though it might get swapped to third when actuals come in), Tyler Perry scored with his second highest opening weekend ever. With his non-Madea films growing stronger and strong, Perry has been a goldmine for Lionsgate and a $65M finish seems like a safe bet. Combine Perry’s track record, his first sequel to a fairly high grossing original, and Janet Jackson, it really isn’t surprising at all.
3. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – With a great hold (the highest of the weekend and it would’ve been even higher if it weren’t for the Sunday), DRAGON should make a minimum of $175M which is fantastic with it’s strong overseas sales. Having a grasp on all 3D screens and IMAX ones until mid-May practically, DRAGON should soar high.
4. THE LAST SONG – Miley Cyrus proved her box office potential outside of the Hannah Montana franchise, but the results seem a bit shy compared to February’s Sparks’ adaptation, DEAR JOHN. However, that fizzled out unlike Sparks’ other films that opened small and had great legs. So can SONG still have those legs? Probably not, but $50M is all but guaranteed which is a great number.
5. ALICE IN WONDERLAND – With a sharp drop in 3D screens, the 50+% drop was inevitable, but then again, it’s had high drops all along. Yet crashing through the $300M mark, Disney is still ecstatic. Roughly $330M finish.
6. HOT TUB TIME MACHINE – A fair 40% drop still doesn’t make up for it’s lackluster OW, a lukewarm $40M finish seems likely for this supposed MGM-savior.
7. THE BOUNTY HUNTER – Now really trailing FOOL’S GOLD, a $60M-ish final is likely given DATE NIGHT and THE BACK-UP PLAN coming out soon.
8. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID – Never have a seen a kids pic crash so fast, but given its big opening weekend and cheap production ($15M), a sequel is probable even though the OW will account for roughly 40% of the finish. Likely strong DVD sales will support this.
9/10/11 – SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE/SHUTTER ISLAND/GREEN ZONE – Three films finding various grosses played out similarly because each lost about or more than 50% of it’s theaters. LEAGUE should end with a middling $30M before finding it’s DVD audience; ISLAND should wrap up with a good $126M; GREEN ZONE is deep in the red with a disasterous $34M finish.
*OUTSIDE OF THE TOP 10 BUT NOTABLE*
12. GHOST WRITER – Maybe Summit wanted this just for it’s catalog because in barely-wide release, it’s not doing this film any favors. Should struggle to $13M. Shame because it is a really good film even though I am totally against what Polanski did. Still worth seeking out if it’s playing near you.
13. AVATAR – Finally with a sub-$1M weekend, albiet 15K, AVATAR got hit by losing pretty much all of its 3D playdates to a shitty post-conversion CLASH.
14. GREENBERG – Failing to capitalize on the so-so gross last weekend, Focus doesn’t seem to look to expand GREENBERG any further for a not even $4M finish at this rate.
15. OUR FAMILY WEDDING – After successful PTA’s, I guess Perry stole all of this film’s audience. Now $20M seems out of reach, but that is still probably a profit for this little flick.
16. CHLOE – See GREENBERG but replace Focus with SPC, the shittiest distributor around.
17. REPO MEN – Talk about when it crashes, it burns, in week 3, REPO doesn’t tumble, but bellyflops 82.5%. YIKES!
18. DRAGON TATTOO – Succesfully expanding, this should give encouragement to the US remake that is forthcoming.
20. HUBBLE 3D – Enthralling audiences and finding its week-to-week rise again, this will be a good alternative to IMAX theaters to replace DRAGON with when it starts to wane before IRON MAN 2 comes out.
19/?? – REMEMBER ME/RUNAWAYS – Success after Twilight? With these two films, neither Pattinson nor Stewart proved it. REMEMBER ME will cap off at $19M and don’t hold your breath for RUNAWAYS to expand next week after it’s poor showing that should wind up with about $2.5M
Next week DATE NIGHT is the sole new release so it will be a good week to expand movies in limited, but I’m not in charge of that so… til’ next week – Ryan
Hey Ryan, if you have a blog I would definitely read it every week. I am not a Robert Pattinson fan, but at least his film will show a profit as it’s doing better overseas. Still, in terms of his box office drawing power, this was supposed to play to his strengh, so studios are more likely to see it as a failure than a push.
Thanks for the compliment mfan. I am thinking about a blog since I do movie reviews/interviews as well, but just haven’t found the time yet to make it perfect and worthwhile for readers.
I agree with you on Pattinson. I briefly mentioned this on my post last week that I wouldn’t cross Pattinson off of my list yet for a leading actor, but I would not trust him with a non-Twilight tentpole picture yet either. Give it another film or two and then the verdict will be told. For Stewart though, I do not feel as if she has anything to prove in terms of acting because unlike Pattinson, she had quite a good filmography before TWILIGHT. I feel as if she can easily lead a film, but just because she is a part of this mega-grosser series it doesn’t mean she alone can open another movie big just by her name alone. What it does mean though is that she is a quality actress, unlike Pattinson just yet.
Sorry, my comment has nothing to do with the movie.. since you guys have pretty much covered everything..
But who is this ‘Jim’ character… and why does he feel this strong urge to leave these stupid and extremely patronizing comments defending the film on every single message..
To quote one of the many cheesy dialogues from your favourite film, Jim: “Hold your storm!!”
The Last Song only cost 20 million to make. It’s already raked in over 25 million in the first 5 days. It’s all PROFIT from here.
Meanwhile crappy Clash cost 125 million to make and only raked in 64 million.
CLASH is still a dreadful film, and nothing to be proud of. My friends went to see it yesterday and complained greatly about the lousy 3D – so bad they had to frequently take the polarized glasses off because the images were so blurry. Everyone came out with headaches.
This movie definitely gives 3D a bad name – we should force Alan Horn to watch it 50 times with the damn glasses!!!
BTW – has anyone noticed how idiotic Sam Worthington looks in the film? Every actor has long hair, but he’s got the same buzz cut from Terminator 4 and Avatar. This guy is no actor; but he is a Diva with all the talent of a slab of pine.
By the way Tyler Perry’s new flick didn’t open in Vicksburg either nor did the Last Song with Miley Cyrus. Three of the same movies are being held over once again; not showing Tyler Perry film slaps the African Americn community in the face since the town is made up of that majority population. But since wilcox lacks 3d tech projectors the teens are going to metro jackson cinemas to get a bang for thier buck.
I don’t really get all the Clash of the Titans hate. Found it surprisingly enjoyable, but maybe I’m just easy.
Where most of you are way off is the boxoffice assessment. It crushed the Easter weekend record by 50%, and there’s a reason Easter is normally seen as a tough weekend. Dismissing the final four as nothing is crazy: that’s a huge evening and night hit to the core audience. I’m surprised it held up as well as it did. Easter’s a tough one. We’ll see next week.
This movie is all about international. 44+million in only 15 TERRITORIES, guys. That’s nothing short of phenomenal performance. UK (where the reviews were a lot better) box office= gigantic. However you feel about it, I wouldn’t worry about this movie not making money.
Don’t really get the hate for Clash of the Titans. Found it surprisingly enjoyable, but that’s just me.
Where some of you are way off is the box office handwringing. Are you kidding? There’s a reason the former Easter record was 40. It’s a tough, tough weekend. Dismissing the final four is crazy, because that is a shot directly into Clash of the Titans’ core audience, and Easter itself is slow every single year. This is a huge start.
But the real point is international. 44+ in only 15 territories? No matter what you think of the film, that’s phenomenal performance. Here in the UK (where it got much better reviews) box office is giant. I wouldn’t worry about the film making money. Take a peek at the 2012 numbers domestic / foreign.
And man, Tyler Perry is a machine. Tip of the cap.
The weekend Clash was released would have been a MUCH different story had this NOT been in 3D.