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No Box Office Bounty For T-Day Weekend: ‘Breaking Dawn’ Still #1, ‘The Muppets’ #2, ‘Happy Feet’ #3, ‘Arthur Xmas’ #4, ‘Hugo’ #5

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday November 26, 2011 @ 2:31am PSTTags: Arthur Christmas, Breaking Dawn Part 1, Happy Feet Two, Hollywood box office, Hugo, My Week With Marilyn, The Artist, The Muppets, The Twilight Saga Franchise

FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM, 4TH UPDATE: Full analysis later this morning. But overall Thanksgiving holiday weekend moviegoing is looking like $230 million, which is still down -12% from last year. So the North American box office slump continues. Nevertheless, the Friday after T-Day is traditionally the biggest moviegoing day of the year, and this one didn’t disappoint. Parents and kids did come back into theaters Friday for some of the new family fare which didn’t speed out of the theatrical gate Wednesday or Thursday. It helped that critics bestowed good reviews and audiences gave great CinemaScores to Disney’s rebooted The Muppets which earned an ‘A’ and Sony Pictures’ Arthur Christmas an ‘A-’. But Summit Entertainment’s holdover Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1 is still the undisputed winner of the holiday weekend derby. Martin Scorsese’s 3D film Hugo scored 97% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoesis and is holding its own considering that it’s playing on 2,000 less screens than all the competition. But it also cost a fortune after going wildly over budget. Meanwhile, The Weinstein Co didn’t provide new numbers yet for platforming its Oscar-buzzed My Week With Marilyn which added 61 markets including Canada for 244 runs Friday. It made $156K Wednesday and $155K Thursday for a projected $2M for the 5-day holiday. The Weinstein Co’s other Academy Awards-touted film The Artist debuted in 4 locations in NY and LA Friday and the only gross reporting was NYC’s Angelika with $14,898. Here’s the Top 10:

1. Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn Part 1 (Summit) Week 2 [4,066 Theaters]
Wednesday $12.5M, Thursday $7.8M, Friday $17M (-76%)
Estimated 3-Day Weekend $41M, Est 5-Day Holiday $61.3M, Est Cume $220.3M

2. The Muppets (Disney) NEW [3,440 Theaters]
Wednesday $6.6M, Thursday $5.9M, Friday $13M
Estimated 3-Day Weekend $31M, Est 5-Day Holiday $43.5M

3. Happy Feet Two 3D (Warner Bros) Week 2 [3,606 Theaters]
Wednesday $3M, Thursday $2M, Friday $5.4M
Estimated 3-Day Weekend $13M (-38%), Est 5-Day Holiday $18M, Est Cume $43.4M

4. Arthur Christmas 3D (Sony Pictures) NEW [3,376 Theaters]
Wednesday $2.8M, Thursday $1.8M, Friday $4.8M
Estimated 3-Day Weekend $12.2M, Est 5-Day Holiday $16.5M

5. Hugo 3D (Paramount) NEW [1,277 Theaters]
Wednesday $1.6M, Thursday $2.3M, Friday $4.4M
Estimated 3-Day Weekend $11M, Est 5-Day Holiday $15M

6. Jack & Jill (Sony) Week 3 [3,438 Theaters]
Wednesday $2.1M, Thursday $1.8M, Friday $4.1M
Estimated 3-Day Weekend $10.2M, Est 5-Day Holiday $14M, Est Cume $57.3M

7. Immortals 3D (Relativity) Week 3 [3,120 Theaters]
Wednesday $2.2M, Thursday $1.9M, Friday $3.7M
Estimated 3-Day Weekend $9.5M, Est 5-Day Holiday $13.3M, Est Cume $69.4M

8. Puss In Boots 3D (DreamWorks Animation/Par) Week 5 [3,005 Theaters]
Wednesday $2M, Thursday $1.3M, Friday $3.3M
Estimated 3-Day Weekend $8.5M, Est 5-Day Holiday $11.5M, Est Cume $136.5M

9. Tower Heist (Universal) Week 4 [2,474 Theaters]
Wednesday $1.4M, Thursday $1.5M, Friday $2.9M
Estimated 3-Day Weekend $7M, Est 5-Day Holiday $10M, Est $65.2M

10. The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) Week 2 [390 Theaters]
Wednesday $985K, Thursday $1M, Friday $2.7M
Estimated 3-Day Weekend $7M, Est 5-Day Holiday $9M, Est Cume $10.5M

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Summit Starts To Refinance Looking To Raise $800M; Moody’s Assigns B1 Rating

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 11:43am PSTTags: Movies, Summit Entertainment, Summit Entertainment Finance, Summit The Twilight Saga, The Twilight Saga Franchise

The Moody’s rating came out today, generated as part of the process of Summit Entertainment refinancing its credit facilities. “Due to the company’s success over the last four years, Summit expects to substantially improve its credit terms. The company remains fully … Read More »

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‘Breaking Dawn, Pt 2′ Opens Nov 16, 2012

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday August 3, 2010 @ 12:36pm PDTTags: Summit Entertainment, Summit Release Dates, The Twilight Saga Franchise, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Summit Entertainment announced that THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2 will open in theatres on November 16, 2012.

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Next Twilight Saga ‘Breaking Dawn’ To Film In Baton Rouge & Vancouver

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday July 9, 2010 @ 3:15pm PDTTags: Books, Stephenie Meyer, Summit Entertainment, The Twilight Saga Franchise, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn

Summit Entertainment’s THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN will be filmed in both Louisiana’s Baton Rouge and Canada’s Vancouver over the next year starting this fall. The Stephenie Meyer novel will be released as two separate films starting on November 18, 2011.

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‘Eclipse’ Cast To Mix With U.S. Movie Mobs

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 1, 2010 @ 7:28pm PDTTags: Movies, Summer Movies, Summit Entertainment, The Twilight Saga Franchise, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Theaters


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The TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE stars will be visiting theaters across the U.S. to introduce the latest film in the franchise now shattering box office records. Beginning Friday July 2nd and extending through the holiday weekend, approximately 20 cast members will be … Read More »

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