Box Office Actuals: ‘The Lorax’ $70.2M

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday March 5, 2012 @ 5:32pm PST

MONDAY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS: Updates Box Office Blockbuster: $70.7M For Dr. Seuss ‘The Lorax’ Is Year’s Biggest.

1. The Lorax (Universal) NEW [3,729 Theaters]
Friday $17.4M, Saturday $31.2M, Sunday $21.4M, Weekend $70.2M

2. Project X (Warner Bros) NEW [3,055 Theaters]
Friday $8.1M, Saturday $7.6M, Sunday $5.6M, Weekend $21M

3. Act of Valor (Relativity) Week 2 [3,093 Theaters]
Friday $3.8M, Saturday $6.1M, Sunday $3.6M, Weekend $13.5M (-44%)
Cume $45.1M

4. Safe House (Universal) Week 4 [2,553 Theaters]
Friday $1.9M, Saturday $3.5M, Sunday $1.9M, Weekend $7.3M
Cume $108.3M

5. Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (Lionsgate) Week 2 [2,132 Theaters]
Friday $1.8M, Saturday $3.4M, Sunday $1.8M, Weekend $7.0M (-55%)
Cume $25.7M

6. Journey 2 (Warner Bros) Week 4 [3,060 Theaters]
Friday $1.3M, Saturday $3.2M, Sunday $1.9M, Weekend $6.5M
Cume $85.2M

7. The Vow (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 4 [2,826 Theaters]
Friday $1.8M, Saturday $2.7M, Sunday $1.4M, Weekend $6.0M
Cume $111.6M

8. This Means War (Fox) Week 3 [2,342 Theaters]
Friday $1.6M, Saturday $2.6M, Sunday $1.3M, Weekend $5.5M
Cume $41.3M

9. Ghost Rider 2 (Sony) Week 3 [2,487 Theaters[]
Friday $1.1M, Saturday $2.2M, Sunday $1.3M, Weekend $4.6M
Cume $48.8M

10. Wanderlust (Universal) Week 2 [2,002 theaters]
Friday $1.1M, Saturday $1.7M, Sunday $980K, Weekend $3.8M (-41%)
Cume $12.4M

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Box Office Blockbuster: $70.7M For Dr. Seuss ‘The Lorax’ Is Year’s Biggest

March 2-4 Weekend Actuals

1. The Lorax (Universal) NEW [3,729 Theaters] PG
Friday $17.5M, Saturday $31.3M, Sunday $21.4M, Weekend $70.2M

2. Project X (Warner Bros) NEW [3,055 Theaters] R
Friday $8.1M, Saturday $7.6M, Sunday $5.3M, Weekend $21.1M

3. Act of Valor (Relativity) Week 2 [3,093 Theaters] R
Friday $3.8M, Saturday $6.1M, Sunday $3.7M, Weekend $13.6M (-45%)
Cume $45.1M

4. Safe House (Universal) Week 4 [2,553 Theaters]

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