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Bosses but they’d just claim to be my Zookeeper. (The reason, actually, is far less interesting and much more banal.) That said, both new movies outperformed their tracking and scored ‘B+’ CinemaScores. Though that sucking sound you heard starting Thursday was because of the giant tracking numbers for the upcoming final Harry Potter installment which made it hard for this weekend’s releases to show strength on paper. Overall Friday through Sunday moviegoing should total $155M, or -15% from last year. Refined numbers in the morning. Here’s the Top Ten:
1. Transformers 3 3D (Paramount) Week 2 [4,088 Theaters]
Friday $14.9M, Saturday $18.4M, Weekend $47M (-54%), Cume $261M
A very gold hold. Plus it now holds 2011′s record as the top grossing domestic film so far this year. (This 3D summer’s Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides made the vast majority of its money abroad…) Meanwhile, I’ve heard from a reliable source that Michael Bay should make between $80M and $100M from Paramount’s Transformers: Dark Of The Moon. And, if that’s not enough to make you call Hollywood’s suicide hotline, then this might be: Transformers 3 will now be the highest grossing movie of the year. And its 2nd weekend is running +10% of Transformers 2‘s. Internationally, pic remained #1 on the foreign circuit this weekend, grossing a big $93M from 9,926 locations in 59 markets. So after only two weekends of release, the actioner has amassed an overseas cume of $384M anf global cume of $645M.
2. Horrible Bosses (New Line/Warner Bros) NEW [3,040 Theaters]
Friday $9.9M, Saturday $10.3M, Cume $28.1M
Yet another New Line high concept/low brow comedy had a good opening day that improved on Saturday — demonstrating that raunchy vagina- and scrotum-centric comedies (like Bridesmaids, The Hangover Part II, Bad Teacher) still rule the box office this summer. Audiences sampled Horrible Bosses with 51% of men rating it an ‘A-’ and 49% of women rating it a ‘B+’. The studio tells me that the film “played evenly well” across North America, over-indexing in Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Denver, and Kansas City. With 74% ripe on Rotten Tomatoes going into the weekend, plusses were the chemistry between leads Charlie Day, Jason Bateman, and Jason Sudeikis, as well as the poison oozing from Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, and Jennifer Aniston. Great Warner Bros marketing tapped into the universal relatability of contempt that workers have for their bosses rather than relied on the script’s lame gags. The campaign used tag lines (‘Is your boss a slave driving you psycho?’, ‘Is your boss a sex crazed maneater?’, ‘Is your boss a total sleazy tool?’) to good effect. The studio created early awareness with a hosting slot on the MTV Movie Awards. I don’t understand why it took this $35M-budgeted film’s producers Brett Ratner and Jay Stern (paired on Rush Hour) four years to get this to the big screen, but it got there once director Seth Gordon nailed the tone on his first pitch. Credits on the script go to Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley, and Jonathan Goldstein.
3. Zookeeper (MGM/Sony) NEW [3,482 Theaters]
Friday $7.4M, Saturday $7.5M, Weekend $21M
I remember when MGM production chief Mary Parent greenlit this script and got Kevin James at a pre-Paul Blart: Mall Cop bargain price. Then MGM slid slowly into bankruptcy, and the film became collateral damage and eventually a co-fiinanced production with Sony Pictures. Along the way the budget ballooned to $80M (because of all that talking animals CGI work). So now the pressure is on for the film to perform next weekend. At least Kevin James did his job and opened the movie to around $20M which is all anyone can ask of a star. Exit polling showed that audiences were 48% general moviegoers and 52% parents and children; overall 47% were male and 53% female, with 41% under age 25 while 59% over age 25. But it doesn’t bode well that PG Zookeeper didn’t get a Saturday kiddie bump especially when it had been tracking well enough with audiences and families to convince Sony execs to move it from October 2010 into a coveted July 2011 slot. (After cancelling Spider-Man 4 in favor of a reboot, the studio was light on summer product. Given the $1+B success of Pirates Of The Caribbean 4, is that the smart move now?)
Sony made Zookeeper seem like a tentpole with a petting zoo inside Caesar’s Palace at Cinema-Con and a screening inside the gargantuan Colisseum. The studio tapped 220 zoos and aquariums nationwide in over 50 markets for live remote broadcasts. During the NBA post-season, Zookeeper was the exclusive motion picture partner for the finals, and Kevin James taped a series of interstitials using the NBA’s talking basketball and the film’s talking gorilla. Sony is hoping Zookeeper delivers a strong multiple here but also overseas, where it debuts this week in Mexico and Germany. I was surprised that celeb voices like Sly’s and Cher’s and Adam’s (and, yes, even Judd Apatow’s) weren’t more hyped in this country. Speaking of Sandler, this is another production pairing Sandler’s Happy Madison with James; other producers are Todd Garner, Jack Giarraputo, and Walt Becker. Directed by Frank Coraci, the screenplay is credited to Nick Bakay & Rock Reuben & Kevin James and Jay Scherick & David Ronn, with story by Jay Scherick & David Ronn.
4. Cars 2 3D (Pixar/Disney) Week 3 [3,990 Theaters]
Friday $4.8M, Saturday $6M, Weekend $15.2M, Cume $148.8M
5. Bad Teacher (Sony) Week 3 [2,962 Theaters]
Friday $3M, Saturday $3.5M, Weekend $9M, Cume $78.7M
6. Larry Crowne (Vendome/Universal) Week 2 [2,976 Theaters]
Friday $2M, Saturday $2.4M, Weekend $6.3M (-52%), Cume $26.4M
7. Super 8 (Paramount) Week 5 [2,292 Theaters]
Friday $1.5M, Saturday $1.9M, Weekend $4.8M, Cume $118M
8. Monte Carlo (Fox) Week 2 [2,473 Theaters]
Friday $1.4M, Saturday $1.3M, Saturday $3.8M, Cume $16.1M
9. Green Lantern 3D (Warner Bros) Week 4 [2,015 Theaters]
Friday $945K, Saturday $1.2M, Weekend $3.1M, Cume $109.7M
10. Mr Popper’s Penguins (Fox) Week 4 [1,996 Theaters]
Friday $1M, Saturday $1M, Weekend $2.8M, Cume $57.7M
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YEAAAAAH! Fucking robots!
And TITS!!
Fuck Yeah!!!
Kiss Zookeeper’s ASS much?
This proves that Michael Bay is the best director ever and that Transformers is the best film series ever made. Money earned is the best indicator of quality. Right?
Great “Transformers,” numbers and just wait for Captain America (ohh noo, not with “America,” in the title… ha ha) which will also make a fortune after “Harry Potter.” Box office is righting itself after a few years of political crap….
Can’t you people just be happy that “LARRY CROWN” bombed?
The audience has rebuked Tom Hanks for his childlike political pronouncements.
Or maybe people just really like robots (I defer to our esteemed first commenter, “YEAAAAAH! Fucking robots!”).
Or they just rebuked him because…well, his movie sucked.
Yeah, the movie is supposed to be pretty damn awful. But don’t discount the fact that Tom Hanks has worn out his welcome with many of us. Some personalities have been so public in their political protestations that it overshadows their on-screen persona and audiences get turned off. It’s a shame really because some of my favorite films have included Tom Hanks and some of Hollywood’s other loud-mouths. They have every right to be politically active, however that comes with a price. It may not be measurable, but make no mistake, it is real.
His political persuasions are just fine with me and my family. Not everyone agrees with people like you. As for Larry Crowne, I saw it, it was a little soft, a little too polite, well-intentioned but hardly deserving of anger. So you don’t like Tom Hanks anymore because he doesn’t agree with your politics. My whole family loves Tom Hanks and my young son became a huge Tom Hanks fan after The Terminal. I can’t watch the final scene of Philadelphia without getting teary. Enjoy your ugly hate.
I remember when these same right wing nutjobs said that they would boycott ‘The Hangover 2′ because it didn’t have a cameo from Mel Gibson. That one really suffered…
trust me, the right’s lunatic fringe isn’t as influential as it thinks it is.
This has nothing to do with hate, racism, homophobia or any other b.s. you wish to label it. I happen to be gay, jewish and conservative, so those labels disseminated by the left to marginalize conservatism doesn’t apply here (unless you now want to label me as self-hating). The left has used its boycott muscle to silence views it holds to be objectionable. Many of us are simply tearing a page from the left-wing liberal, progressive (whatever the hell you call yourselves these days to hide the fact that you are socialist) lunatic fringe’s own playbook. You can marginalize us all you want. Just wait for 2012 and your tune will change. We are pushing back.
tom hanks has gotten old. his left wing politics dont help, but mostly he just isnt appealing to audiences anymore. time to recede, like his hairline.
It wasn’t his politics, it was the story line that failed. I could care less about his point of view.
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts are just to old for this movie, which was reported on this website to be watched by an older crowd.
The days of Runaway Bride, My Best Friends Wedding, Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail have long since passed.
The Rom-Com market for 50 year old men and 40 something women is weak.
Maybe Hanks can start playing the Jack Nicholson type role in a movie starring younger actors/actresses ?
As far as his political views, he made a few comments 15 months ago when “The Pacific” was broadcast on HBO, and he quickly shifted away from political speech once the comments were not well received.
Tom Hanks’ movie tanked because the acting gods have turned against him for his horrible behavior towards actors. His choices of material and performances will continue to stink until he fades away. The damn hypocrite is a pro-corporate republican too. As for why he pretends to be a liberal … he must’ve thought it would project an image. It’s all Joe Vs the Volcano for him now.
What could Tom Hanks have possibly said that pissed all of you off?
You old men have really gotta get off the internet (and your medication) and start living your lives.
The clock’s ticking, boys.
why would you think The Rom-Com market for 50 year old men and 40 something women is weak ? With all the boomers out there? They do go to the movies. Movies aren’t only 15 year old girls & boys.Of course this wasn’t a great flick , but no worse than the rest of the crap out there. Transformers is just expensive junk , I don’t care how much money it makes
I really don’t think America is voting against movie stars due to their political statements – there may be a small group of extremists who proclaim as much, but my guess is that it’s a tiny percentage, if any at all. (I’m not sure who is angrier at Obama these days – my liberal or my conservative friends! I say just give the guy a chance… seems we always attack the guy in office).
Anyway – I think there’s a much stronger political axiom at work here – “It’s the economy, stupid”. As much as we in the industry like to point out how going to the movies is the cheapest form of entertainment available – the creep factor has hit us. Personally – I love going to the Arclight – if I take three kids (under 12) to see Transformers 3 in 3D with my partner – the cost is $69.25 (instead of $74.25 – since I’m a member)). Add in some “kid snack packs” and a bucket of popcorn and some drinks for the “over-12′s” – and we’ve topped the $100 mark. (BTW – this is $10 cheaper than the Burbank AMC – which is a far less enjoyable experience!)
How many of these excursions can a normal family afford in the summer?
People aren’t going to the movies to just escape the heat in the summer anymore – not at these prices. We have to make quality films that entertain people and the theater owners have to make the whole experience more enjoyable for everyone.
Basic economics – give the public a great product at an affordable price and they’ll line up to buy it. (no matter what their politics!)
We used to do it… we better start again!
My two cents…
Agreed. Families are priced out of the movie going experience as are many others. That’s the bottom line. Escaping to the movies is no longer an option.
How hard is it to change your viewing habits? Take the kids out to dinner before the movie, or make something at home, so you don’t have to buy them “kid snack packs.” See the movie in 2D instead of 3D. Let you or your partner stay home. Or just wait until it shows up at the second run theatres and see it there.
Couldn’t agree with you more on the economics argument. Looking at the top 10 films, I realized that I have not seen any of them. Why? Because two tickets will cost me around $26 (my wife and I did the math for HP7 in Imax3D and it’s like $37!). Not to mention parking, gas, snacks, etc. NONE of these films are worth it to me.
I just started using Redbox last week (a little late to the game, I know) and have since rented: Unstoppable, I am Number Four, Battle: Los Angeles, and Chronicles/Narnia: Dawn Treader. That’s four relatively-recent films for the total price of $4.
And more importantly, I enjoyed most of the films more than I would have in the theater, because I knew I was only spending $1 on each one (probably still got ripped off on Battle: LA)! None of those films was worth a $13 ticket to me.
Thinking about this summer, I figure I’ll wait another few months and catch Transformers, Super 8, and Green Lantern for a total of $3. I’ve already waited this long, what’s another 2 or 3 months to save hundreds of dollars?? Or maybe I’ll just wait till FX shows them, ha!
2008: Tom Hanks makes “childlike political pronoucement” in endorsing Barack Obama.
2009: Angels & Demons released. Domestic gross: $133,375,000.
2010: Toy Story 3 released. Domestic gross: $415,004,880.
2011: Larry Crowne released. Domestic gross to date: $26,526,000
I guess it really took awhile for their hatred of his politics to sink in with the American public, huh?
This crap again? Seriously, save that garbage for Free Republic.
Oh please. People like you make EVERYTHING political. FYI: just because audiences reject something, does NOT necessarily mean it has to do with said actor’s politics. Even an actor’s diehard fans aren’t going to be interested in every film that actor puts out.
Maybe YOU didn’t see it because of Tom Hanks’ politics…which is fine. But please…stop speaking for everyone else. There are a million different reasons why people reject certain films.
Please, most of the comments to my post are once again…predictable… always the “right wing nut jobs,” or “we punish actors for their political views,” yadda yadda yadda.
Its amazing how people who never meet you suddenly know you’re a “right wing,” something. Great mental powers they must have. And for crying out loud, no one really cares what an actor does in their personal life…
The problem is Hollywood is a “business,” and people pay money to watch films… there…with me so far or is too “nut job.” See the problem with the political crap released the last few years was simple… NO ONE wants to buy a ticket to see it… let me repeat… NO ONE WANTS TO PAY TO SEE THIS CRAP!!!!!
No money, lower box office… So yeah, actors can bash on people all they want, just don’t expect their business in return. Now we have films doing well because people want to pay to see them. This model works, yours’ is just a film industry masquerading as a political infomercial. Get over it!!!!
Youºre a nut job because you actually give credence to the notion that more than a tiny fraction of people even realize what Tom Hanks political view is, much less allowing it to determine whether they will watch one of his films or not. Only a rightwing nut job would actually be foolish enough to be offended by the idea that Tom Hanks supported Barack Obama.
You just like to present yourself as being bigger, and more important, than you actually are. It makes up for how tiny you usually feel.
America wallows in crap again. Where are the quality movies?
All the good content is on cable television. Chill out about America not liking/producing good content. We just consume stuff like Mad Men at our own leisure at home while the kiddies go out to enjoy a brief period of independence at the movie theater.
agree 100%. how often can employed adults make it to a movie debut vs teenagers who are looking for ways to kill time.
there is lots of great stuff out there, it is just on TV or not ruling the multi-plex.
I’ts Demographics plain and simple.
The older crowd that wants serious, adult(non-porn) entertainment is staying home with cable, PPV and DVD. You CAN get them out of the house with something critically acclaimed like KINGS SPEECH or BLACK SWAN, however. Some warmed over studio bushwah like LARRY CROWNE simply won’t cut it.
The younger, highly-social crowed and the fanboy demo are out in force looking for stuff to do and can’t wait to get out of the house on the weekends. In Summer or other times.
Absolutely agree with that statement. Even if you have basic cable, you can still watch high quality original series. Summer TV isn’t the wasteland of reruns and reality shows it was five years ago. TV is where the best quality programming is now. Why would I spend $10 to see some mediocre film when I can watch HBO’s original programming in my living room? Most of what is on AMC, HBO, and other networks is better made and produced than what you see in the theater.
FYI, Breaking Bad’s next season comes out on July 17th on AMC. It’s better than the rest of the crap on the screen.
Quality movies don’t do well in the box office because people are more interested in mindless movies, then pundits like Nikki will proclaim the movie a bomb or that the actors bombed and the ensuing fallout from bad publicity is something that I am sure some stars do not want to deal with.
The studios are just providing what they think the public wants, mindless entertainment. I watched Bad Teacher and could not believe how awful it was and yet, that is what is popular today.
They get made every year but you’re too busy reading Good Housekeeping or saluting a flag to go see them…
Stop whining, turn off Limbaugh, and go throw a hump into your wife…
There are plenty of good movies out there…they just don’t come out until the Fall and Winter time. Remember last year. We had to deal with the worst summer movies on record only to have an amazing September through December when “The Social Network”, “The Fighter”, “Black Swan” and “The King’s Speech” all came out. It will happen again this year, starting with “Drive” in September. So just wait, the good stuff is coming. Right now studios just want to make their money.
Great … just simply great. Looks like there is going to be a a another shitty transformers movie and i’m sure i will be watching that and will regret it later
The $1 billion milestone for Worldwide (US + Foreign) box office should be kicked up a notch. It’s not exactly a big deal anymore (with 3 2011 movies sailing past it: Pirates 4 (done), Transformers 3 (very likely) and Harry Potter 7-Part 2 (safe bet)). Without the 3D surcharge, $1 billion would translate into something like $700-$800 million, I guess.
Not exactly a big deal anymore? Only 8 films ever released (excluding inflation) have grossed 1 billion or more worldwide. It’s STILL a big deal.
At least one movie has crossed the 1B mark each of the last four years. (Five total, soon to be seven). That includes Avatar, which almost tripled that mark. That excludes Harry Potters’ 6 and 7a, which were only 65M and 45M shy of the mark respectively and Transformers 3 and HP 7b which, like Joen said, are highly likely to surpass 1B. Total these up and we have NINE films to approach or surpass 1B in the last four years.
Much like 4000 passing yards in the NFL, it has become standard for movies to hit 1B worldwide annually and, therefore, 1B no longer holds the same prestige.
I think the new mark should be 1.5B as only two movies have crossed that and no others are even close. But, an argument could also be made to go straight to 2B.
I think that you should use your words more carefully. It’s become standard?? Again, 8 out of thousands of movies have grossed at least 1 billion worldwide. It’s not even close to being standard yet.
Let me clarify my “standard” claim.
Prior to 1997 no movie (barring inflation) had crossed 1B worldwide. The second to do so didn’t occur untill 2003 (though 2001′s HP1 came close).
Beginning in 2008 we have had annual 1B films. 2009′s Avatar did earn the lion’s share of it’s money in 2010 but HP6 did make 934M that summer. 2010 gave us TS3 and Alice in Wonderland and this year we should see PC4, T3 and HP7b cross 1B. This is enough of a trend for me to reasonably project at least one movie hitting 1B annually going forward.
This eliminates 1B as the premier target; though, it is still a platinum standard for a blockbuster.
2012 brings the Avengers, DKR, Superman and the Hobbit 1 which all have the potential to hit 1B.
The fact is that 1B gets crossed every year and that means it is now standard.
I’m guessing Transformers 4 is a lock.
Might as well put some lesbian sex in the next one… you know, make it REALLY entertaining
I’m first in line for this. Especially if they bring back Megan Fox and have her in a bitchfight with Rosie Huntington-Whitely. In a kiddy pool. In whipped cream. In 3D, of course. You hear me, Michael Bay?
Shocked by the Cars 2 numbers. Looks like it might not reach $200M. Word-of-mouth has been so-so and the reviews less than that. I get that they make a ton from marketing, but this might put a dent in their brand longer-term.
There wasn’t really a *reason* for a Cars 2. The first one under-performed, as well, and only made money in home video and merch sales. But Disney probably thought it could coast on the other Pixar sequel which *was* successful at the box office. Of course, that one benefited from *not* being a greedy, soul-less cash-in. Didn’t Pixar say it was *against* unnecessary sequels to Disney movies, too?
Cars is very close to John Lasseter’s heart. There were two reasons he went ahead with the sequel: 1) To prove that people were wrong about the first one; and more importantly 2) Because the first one made a ton of money on merchandising. Seriously, up until a month ago, you could still find merchandise from the first Cars movie, which was made five years ago, in the stores.
So, a Cars sequel made both Lasseter and his Disney bosses happy. But I think it simply proved that the concept has a more limited appeal than some of other Pixar movies, and that story is everything. As good as Cars 2 looked, the story was convoluted and not very involving. Frankly, I don’t think next year’s Pixar offering – “Brave” – looks all that appealing, either.
Disney didn’t make Cars2 to sell box office tickets; it made it to sell merchandise to the tune of 1 billion dollars. The movie is just a vehicle to sell merchandise. People around here just don’t get Disney; it’s a media/licensing corporation, NOT just a studio.
Studios can only dream of what Disney has become. Every State Farm commercial, every toy, every thing related to Cars2,. . . . . . . . pure gold.
If the stuff sells who cares if people are in the seats.
Interesting. I was listening to a critic a few weeks back and he was talking about the movie from a kid’s perspective. Apparently the kid thought movies like Toy Story were ‘OK’ but Cars is what his kid really looked forward to. Best not to underestimate the merchandising factor I guess.
Cars is crack to 3 year old boys.
Yes, true, BUT… they only get a fraction of the ancillary revenue, they don’t pocket all of the billions from every toy, towel, tooth brush and lunch box with Cars 2 on it. I’m sure the licensing deals vary significantly in compensation. It absolutely is a factor in which projects any studio pursues, but unless you have access to the books (I’m guessing you don’t) it’s not possible to even hazard a guess at what the numbers might actually be rather than to say a lot. It’s be better if the movies were also good.
The budget for the original “Cars” was 120 Million and it made over 450 Million worldwide and 1B in merchandising. How can you cay a sequel wasn’t warranted? Many other films have had big budget sequels greenlit when they made WAY LESS money in WW Box Office gross…
Because the box office profit for Cars was considerably lower than other Pixar movies, and unlike Toy Story, no one demanded more of it.
Pixar’s reputation won’t be damaged in the least. This sequel is currently the 42nd highest grossing animated film domestically while Cars is number 12. There is plenty of summer left and few family-oriented films on the horizon. I’m not sure where you get your numbers, but Cars did not under perform. Six of the top-ten highest grossing animated films have come from Pixar and Cars performed better than the first Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Wall-E and Ratatouille (my personal favorite).
“Cars performed better than the first Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Wall-E and Ratatouille (my personal favorite)”
I’m guessing you don’t believe in facts.First, when comparing one movie to another film that is from the distant past, remember to adjust for inflation.Toy Story and A Bug’s Life were release nearly a decade before Cars and both made only hundred million less than Cars.If you adjust both Toy Story and A Bug’S Life grosses to today’s dollars and they both would have made more than Cars.Not to mention, Toy Story and A Bug’s Life budget were far smaller.As for Ratatouille and WALL-E they gross $621 million and $521 million respectively,so exactly how did Cars which made $461 million outperform them? What D.Z. was spot on, Cars is the lowest grossing pixar films ever when you adjust older films like A Bug’s Life and Toy Story for inflation.
No, Pixar’s rep will take a beating on this. We now all know that Pixar is capable of turning out a clunker. The bloom will be somewhat off the rose in the critical community though I don’t think it will have much of an impact commercially. Personally, I think Pixar has stumbled in the last few years and their last half dozen films don’t compare to the early days of Toy Story, Nemo and The Incredibles. I’ve been surprised at how critics praise the Pixar canon time and again even when except visually they’re very pedestrian stories or more often wildly ambitious but only mediocre in execution.
How have we gotten to the point that making an animated film that kids really like is horrible for Pixar’s reputation?
Horrible Bosses lived up to it’s title. At least the first half. Lame, hacky script. Too bad the acting talent was wasted on this. Plus the directing was awful, half the movie was blurry (no, it wasn’t the theater). Colin F was the funniest part by far and he was barely in it. End of rant.
Horrible Bosses was horrible. Lame, stupid, walked out with several audience members half way through. Pretty misogynistic and filled with white male fear and insecurity. Jason Bateman is so talented and this was such a waste of his talent. The script, the directing were just awful. Colin Farrell was good. Jennifer Aniston should go take acting lessons.
America loves going to the movies. They will buy tickets to anything in hopes of a laugh or two. Why don’t the studios try to make something that’s actually good?
Terrible! Worst movie of the year gets most of the money.
Wait until net week and the HP7:2 will dump on it big time. Plus HP7:2 is at the moment on 100% on RT, not that it will stay there, but I’m guessing it’ll be ‘ripe’.
Uh huh. I seem to recall the Potter fanboys making similar claims for last year’s instlament of the franchise. HP7A was totally gonna make $400m dollars domestic, a billion worldwide, clean up at the Oscars, etc. Yeah… remember that?
Cannot believe how bad this one was. I’m not that hard to please but I almost walked out.
So Transformers without the 3D bump would have been around 33-35M and its per theater average for the weekend would have been around $8500 while Horrible Bosses per theater average is around $9100 and Zookeeper is around $5800. Looks like HB didn’t do too bad.
HP7 got 4 out of 5 stars from Total Film in the U.K. I trust them, they’ve been pretty harsh on the other ones at times.
Meh, the 3-d ticket costs are the only reason TF3′s on top. If not for that, Hangover 2 would be #1 this year.
Well maybe the Hangover 2 should have been released in 3D. And if it was, maybe they should have marketed it better.
3D is the money maker now, so competition should adjust accordingly.
No thanks. Shemale wang in 2D is creepy enough. And 3D is a pricey and gimmicky joke which is killing the domestic of even guaranteed hits like POTC 4. I so can’t wait for Titanic and Phantom Menace to bomb in those formats so it’s discontinued once and for all.
You do realize TF3 has only been out for two weekends, right? Why don’t you shut your mouth and wait for it to run its course before you make your smug little 3D pronouncements, hm? Try having an original, critical thought in your brain.
If 3D and Bayformers had a better rep, it’d be doing double its current money.
RE: 3D. Are people retarded? Why would you pay more for a LESSER experience? I don’t have glaucoma, so I don’t wish to watch movies with sunglasses on. Who the fuck would?
You are an idiot and under 28 if you went to see this and, thought it would be good.
Wow.
Horrible Bosses was great! Very funny. Do people really think Capt America will do wellÉ I got a bad feeling about it.
You mean, “Captain Whitey?”
Other than Hancock, every superhero is Captain Whitey.
I wish the fan movement to cast Donald Glover as Spiderman had succeeded…
Justin Bieber will be taking over as the lead actor for Transformers 4.
I guess that on Saturday, Midnight in Paris was able to leverage its position as “best movie currently available for grown-ups” and stay in the Top-10 while The Green Lantern and Bridesmaids dropped out. Since its per-screen average is holding quite well, maybe $50 million domestic for Midnight is possible after all.
There must be pretty good word of mouth going on for Bad Teacher. Holding onto the #5 spot is pretty good considering the new competition from Horrible Bosses.
Horrible bosses was hilarious! Charlie Day should seriously get an oscar nomination — Kevin Kline won for for a comedic role and this is such a hilarious role and one of the best comedies of the year.
You. are. fcking. INSANE. Or dude’s agent.
Or his mom.
He was HILARIOUS! And Kevin Kline and alan arkin both won for comedic performances.
Kudos to Woody Allen. 9 weeks in and MIP is still generating cash, whereas Green Lantern is… well, y’know.
Just saw it this weekend. Afternoon show and the (large) theater had a good-sized crowd. Great film!
Potter will take over any momentum Optimus has generated already. It’s literally going to be tsunami at the b.o. And CAP the following week? Trans ends at 350 domestic at best.
Potter will have its usual front-loaded first weekend courtesy of the fanbase, followed by its usual second weekend nosedive. And after the way superheroes have been playing this summer, I don’t know that Captain America is such a threat either. I don’t think Michael Bay is too worried.
MGM/Sony screwed up big time on ‘Zookeeper.’ With talking animals and Kevin James, this one should’ve opened much higher than ‘Paul Blart’ and probably should’ve done ‘Night at the Museum 2′ numbers. Instead they went with the stupid premise of a bunch of animals trying to teach Kevin James of all people how to bed an attractive woman, while unnecessarily sending the budget through the roof.
People judging Bay for what he might make on this film are rediculous. NO ONE can bring to the screen the kind of Sensationalism he does. NO ONE !!! The fact that he’s an amazing business man on top of that your all going to condemn it for that as well. Unbelievable !!! He ROCKED this Film. It’s AMAZING.
Go get a life PEOPLE !!!!!!!!
Dear Jennifer Aniston and Michael Bay,
Everyone thinks you two are just the ginchiest. You two should get married. I mean to, like, each other. When the band played “Proud Mary” and you two danced, it would be awesome!
Peace and Love,
Mark