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‘The Grey’ $20M Opening Shocks Showbiz, ‘One For The Money’ $11.7M, ‘Man On A Ledge’ $8.2M

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday January 29, 2012 @ 9:15am PSTTags: Hollywood box office, Man On A Ledge, One for the Money, The Grey 




Jan. 27-29 Weekend Actuals


 


1. The Grey (Open Road) NEW [3,185 Theaters] R
Friday $6.5M, Saturday $8.2M, Sunday $5M, Weekend $19.7M

2. Underworld Awakening (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 2 [3,078 Theaters] R
Friday $3.4M, Saturday $5.5M, Sunday $3.5M, Weekend $12.4M (-51%), Cume $45M

3. One for the Money (Lionsgate) NEW [2,737 Theaters] PG13
Friday $4.1M, Saturday $4.7M, Sunday $2.7M,  Weekend $11.5M

4. Red Tails  (LucasFilm/Fox)Week 2 [2,573 Theaters] PG13
Friday $2.8M, Saturday $4.8M, Sunday $2.8M,  Weekend $10.4M (-45%), Cume $33.9M)

5. Man On A Ledge (Summit) NEW [2,998 Theaters] PG13
Friday $2.5M, Saturday $3.6M, Sunday $2M, Weekend $8M

6. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros) Week 6 [2,630 Theaters] PG13
Friday $2M, Saturday $3.2M, Sunday $1.8M, Weekend $7M (-31%),  Cume $20.9M

7. Contraband (Universal) Week 3 [2,650 Theaters] R
Friday $1.9M, Saturday $3M, Sunday $1.8M, Weekend $6.7M (-44%), Cume $56.6M

8. The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) Week 11 [2,001 Theaters] R
Friday $1.7M, Saturday $2.9M, Sunday $1.7M, Weekend $6.4M (+170%),  Cume $58.7M

9. Beauty And The Beast 3D (Disney) Week 3 [2,145 Theaters] G
Friday $1.2M, Saturday $2.4M, Sunday $1.6M, Weekend $5.3M (-40%), Cume $41.1M

10. Haywire (Relativity) Week 2 [2,441 Theaters] R
Friday $1.2M, Saturday $1.8M, Sunday $1.1M, Weekend $4M, Cume $15.3M






SUNDAY AM, 5TH UPDATE: COMING


 


Sources are telling me that the No. 1 movie at the North American box office is projected as Open Road Films acquisition of Liam Neeson-starrer The Grey with $6.5M for Friday and projected $17.6M for the weekend from 3,185 locations. Audiences gave it a ‘B-’ CinemaScore. At No. 2 is Lionsgate’s opener One For The Money starring Katherine Heigl and based on the Janet Evanovich’s bestselling novel. It came on stronger than the disaster which Hollywood thought it would be and received a ‘B-’ CinemaScore. It took in $4.1M for Friday and maybe $11.3M for the weekend from 2,737 runs. After that, one-week-old Underworld Awakening is #3 from Screen Gems/Sony Pictures and Red Tails #4 from LucasFilm/Fox had decent Friday holds of 64% and 53% respectively. All the way back in 5th place is Summit Entertainment’s new actioner Man On A Ledge with Sam Worthington which  is a very weak $2.4M right now and perhaps $7.2M for the weekend from 2,998 theaters. And yet it received the best CinemaScore of the 3 openers: ‘B+’. That’s worse than what the studio expected.


Overall it looks like another up weekend for the new year: $110M, +10% from last year. But I’m not seeing much of an Oscar nominations bounce. The black-and-white of it is that The Weinstein Company’s Best Picture frontrunner The Artist remains silent in 837 runs with $867K for $3.2M weekend and $16.6M cume.


*Grosses for both One For the Money and Man On A Ledge come with asterisks because of their opening weekend’s Groupon/Living Social discounted movie ticket deals. Lionsgate/Summit don’t collect much of that money. Instead exhibitors get the lions share. And that discount prevented the Marcus Theatre chain from playing One For The Money in the midwest.


Here’s the Top 10 with full analysis coming:


1. The Grey (Open Road) NEW [3,185 Theaters]

Friday $6.5M, Estimated Weekend $17.6M


2. One For the Money* (Lionsgate) NEW [2,737 Theaters]

Friday $4.1M, Estimated Weekend $11.3M


3. Underworld Awakening (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 2 [3,078 Theaters]

Friday $3.4M (-64%), Estimated Weekend $10.4M, Estimated Cume $43.1M


4. Red Tails  (LucasFilm/Fox)Week 2 [2,573 Theaters]

Friday $2.7M (-53%), Estimated Weekend $9.6M, Estimated Cume $33M)


5. Man On A Ledge* (Summit) NEW [2,998 Theaters]

Friday $2.4M, Estimated Weekend $7.2M


6. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros) Week 6 [2,630 Theaters]

Friday $2M, Estimated Weekend $7M, Estimated Cume $21M


7. Contraband (Universal) Week 3 [2,650 Theaters]

Friday $1.9M, Estimated Weekend $6.6M, Estimated Cume $56.5M


8. The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) Week 22 [2,001 Theaters]

Friday $1.7M, Estimated Weekend $5.7M, Estimated Cume $58M


9. Beauty And The Beast (Disney) Week 3 [2,145 Theaters]

Friday $1.2M, Estimated Weekend $5M, Estimated Cume $40.9M


10. Haywire (Relativity) Week 2 [2,441 Theaters]

Friday $1.1M, Estimated Weekend $3.5M, Estimated Cume $14.8M


Theater Chain Won’t Play Lionsgate Film ‘One For The Money’

Lionsgate-Summit Offers Discounted Tickets For Films This Weekend

	

	

	
	
	
    
	
	
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UPDATE: Lionsgate-Summit Offering Discounted Movie Tickets For 2 Films Opening This Weekend

	
By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday January 25, 2012 @ 12:50pm PSTTags: Groupon, Lionsgate, Man On A Ledge, One for the Money	


	



Summit Entertainment Living SocialBREAKING… EXCLUSIVE: This is a fast-moving story so it’s hard getting all the facts straight. Summit Entertainment is pacting with Living Social to offer discounted movie tickets for Man On A Ledge. While its new parent company Lionsgate has … Read More »

	

	

	
	
	
    
	
	
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Lionsgate Moves Katherine Heigl’s ‘One For The Money’ To 2012

	
By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday March 23, 2011 @ 6:30pm PDTTags: Katherine Heigl, Lionsgate, One for the Money, Release Date	


	



Lionsgate has confirmed that it is moving the release of its action comedy One for the Money from this July to Jan. 27, 2012. The film is based on the bestselling novel by Janet Evanovich about a bounty hunter, played by Katherine Heigl. 

	

	

	
	
	
    
	
	
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Debbie Reynolds Lands Role Opposite Heigl

	
By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday August 6, 2010 @ 8:00am PDTTags: Debbie Reynolds, Janet Evanovich, Julie Anne Robinson, Katherine Heigl, Movie Casting, One for the Money, Stephanie Plum	


	


Mike Fleming
Debbie Reynolds, who hasn’t been on camera since Will & Grace in 2006, has been lured back to the screen by Katherine Heigl in One For The Money, the Lakeshore / Sidney Kimmel Entertainment adaptation of the Janet Evanovich novel series. Heigl stars as bounty hunter Stephanie Plum for director Julie Anne Robinson, and Reynolds will play Grandma Mazur, the outspoken and outrageous advisor and maternal grandmother to Heigl’s character. “Grandma Mazur is such a great character,” Heigl said. “She’s really feisty and   Read More »

	

	

	
	
	
    
	
	
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Another Katherine Heigl Film For Sidney Kimmel And Lakeshore

	
By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 20, 2010 @ 12:16pm PDTTags: Adaline, Allison Burnett, Andy Tennant, Julie Anne Robinson, Katherine Heigl, Katherine Heigl Adaline, Lakeshore Entertainment, Movie Casting, One for the Money, Sal Paskowitz, Sidney Kimmel	


	


Mike Fleming
katherine_heigl_112Sidney Kimmel, the schmatta magnate who verged on quitting the movie biz after making a bunch of good indie films that flopped, seems reinvigorated with a new strategy: make every film possible with Katherine Heigl.


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St Martin’s Losing Biggest Fiction Author

	
By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday July 14, 2010 @ 10:27am PDTTags: Book Publishing, Books, Janet Evanovich, Katherine Heigl, One for the Money, Peter Evanovich, Publishing, St. Martin's Author, St. Martin's Press, Stephanie Plum	


	


Mike Fleming
janetIn a shocking development, bestselling author Janet Evanovich is leaving St. Martin’s Press after 15 years. The publisher refused to pay her request for $50 million for her next four books — so now her son/agent Peter Evanovich is expected to … Read More »

	

	

	
	
	
    
	
	
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