2012 Tops Box Office
2012 was the top movie at the box office this weekend earning an estimated $65 million. The movie represents the best opening of star John Cusack’s career and the 2nd best opening of director Roland Emmerich’s career — after The Day After Tomorrow which opened in 2004 with $68.7 million.
Dropping to 2nd for the weekend was Disney’s A Christmas Carol with $22.3 million — a mere 25% drop since opening last weekend. Still — the movie still has a ways to go before recouping its reported $200 million budget. After 2 weekends in release the movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis and featuring performances by Jim Carrey, has earned $63.3 million.
Hanging on in 3rd spot was The Men Who Stare at Goats. The movie, starring George Clooney and Ewan McGregor, earned another $6.2 million bringing its 2 week total to $23.3 million.
Entering the top ten in 4th place was Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire. The movie earned $6.1 million bringing its total to $8.9 million.
Rounding out the top 5 movies was Michael Jackson’s This Is It earning another $5.1 million. The movie has earned $68.2 million after 3 weekends in release.
Next weekend’s new releases include The Twilight Saga: New Moon with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock and the animated Planet 51.
For more information, check out our Box Office results.
Christmas Carol Tops Box Office
Disney’s A Christmas Carol, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, opened at the top of the box office this weekend earning an estimated $31 million. That’s a bit of a disappointment considering the movie cost a reported $200 million to produce. Then again, it’s early in the holiday season, so the movie may stick around for a while. Seemed a little early to me to be releasing a Christmas movie anyways. I’m still making my way through leftover Halloween candy. I don’t want to be thinking about Christmas for at least a couple of more weeks.
Dropping to 2nd place was Michael Jackson’s This Is It which earned $14 million in its 2nd weekend of release. The movie has earned $57.8 million to-date — with another $70 million at the international box office.
Opening in 3rd was The Men Who Stare at Goats. The movie, which stars George Clooney and Ewan McGregor, opened with $13.3 million.
Rounding out the top 5 movies were The Fourth Kind which opened with $12.5 million and Paranormal Activity which added another $8.6 million, bringing it’s 7-week total to $97.4 million.
In other new releases, The Box opened in 6th place with $7.8 million while Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire opened in 13th place with $1.8 million — at only 18 theaters. That’s an amazing $100,000 per location. (To put that in perspective, A Christmas Carol earned $8,400 per location.)
Next weekend’s new releases include 2012 starring John Cusack and directed by Roland Emmerich and Pirate Radio written and directed by Richard Curtis. Fantastic Mr. Fox also opens in limited release.
For more information, check out our Box Office Results.
Michael Jackson’s This Is It Tops Box Office
Michael Jackson’s This Is It was the top movie at the box office earning an estimated $21.3 million — $32.5 million since opening on Wednesday. Combined with international figures the movie, which chronicles Jackson’s preparations for his planned “This Is It” concert tour before his sudden death this summer, has earned in excess of $101 million.
Dropping to 2nd for the weekend was Paranormal Activity, which added another $16.5 million. The movie has earned more than $84.7 million after 6 weekends in release.
In 3rd place with $7.3 million was Law Abiding Citizen starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx. The movie has earned $51.3 million after 3 weekends in release.
Rounding out the top 5 movies were Couples Retreat in 4th with $6 million ($86.6 million to-date) and Saw VI in 5th with $5.5 million ($22.8 million to-date).
Next weekend’s new releases include A Christmas Carol directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, The Box starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden, The Fourth Kind with Milla Jovovich and The Men Who Stare at Goats starring George Clooney.
For more information, check out our Box Office results.
Paranormal Activity Tops Box Office
Paranormal Activity was the top movie at the box office this weekend, earning an estimated $22 million. The movie — produced on a reported budget of $15,000 — has earned $62.4 million after 5 weekends of release.
Opening in 2nd place was Saw VI. The movie earned an estimated $14.8 million — representing the lowest opening for a Saw movie since the original opened with $18.2 million in 2004. Incidentally, with a 44% rating at Rotten Tomatoes, Saw VI is the best reviewed movie of the franchise next to the original which scored 46% with RT critics. Go figure.
Falling to 3rd place for the weekend was Where the Wild Things Are which scored another $14.4 million — bringing it’s 2-week total to $53.9 million.
Rounding out the top 5 films were Law Abiding Citizen in 4th with $12.7 million ($40.3 million to-date) and Couples Retreat in 5th with $11 million ($78.2 million to-date).
In other new releases, Astro Boy opened in 6th with $7 million and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant opened in 8th with $6.3 million.
Next weekend’s only wide new release will be the Michael Jackson concert movie This Is It.
For more information, check out our Box Office results.
Wild Things Roar at Box Office
Where the Wild Things Are was the top movie at the box office this weekend earning an estimated $32.4 million. The movie, based on the children’s book by Maurice Sendak, stars Max Records as a boy named Max who is experiencing a bit of trouble at home and runs away where he finds himself in a world inhabited by the Wild Things. Spike Jonze directed. I saw the movie this weekend with daughter #2 and liked it. Although, for the most part, I found myself wondering throughout what my daughter was thinking. She got a little frightened at the end, and was genuinely sad when Max left the Wild Things. (I think that was the first time ever where a scene in a movie made her cry. Almost broke my heart.) Incidentally, I was a bit shocked with how well the movie did, considering I went to a Saturday matinee and the theater was only 10% full.
In 2nd place was Law Abiding Citizen starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx. (I wanted to see this one too, but opted for Zombieland instead.) The movie opened with a respectable $21.2 million.
Continuing to rake in the dollars in 3rd place was Paranormal Activity. The movie expanded to 800 locations and earned another $20.1 million, bringing its 4-week total to $33.7 million. Not bad for a movie that cost a reported $15,000 to make. Based on those numbers, the movie is well on its way to beating out Blair Witch as the most profitable movie of all time.
Rounding out the top 5 films were Couples Retreat in 4th with $17.9 million ($63.3 million to-date) and The Stepfather which opened in 5th with $12.3 million.
Next weekend’s new releases include Saw VI, Astro Boy, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant and Amelia.
For more information, check out our Box Office results.
Meatballs Tops Box Office Again
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs held on to the top spot at the box office earning another $24.6 million — roughly a 20% drop since opening last weekend. Not bad. The animated movie, featuring the vocal stylings of Bill Hader as the film’s hero Flint Lockwood and Anna Faris as perky weathergirl Sam Sparks, has earned more than $60 million in 2 weekends of release.
Opening in 2nd spot was Surrogates starring Bruce Willis. The movie opened with a somewhat disappointing $15 million.
Opening in 3rd was Fame. The movie, a remake of the 1980 original, opened with $10 million.
Rounding out the top 5 films were The Informant (4th) starring Matt Damon with $6.9 million ($20.9 million after 2 weekends in release) and Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself (5th) with $4.7 million ($44.5 million after 3 weekends in release).
The weekend’s only other new release to crack the top 10 was Pandorum which opened in 6th with $4.4 million.
Next weekend’s new releases include Zombieland starring Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg, Whip It directed by Drew Barrymore and starring Ellen Page, The Invention of Lying starring Ricky Gervais. Beginning next weekend, for a limited run, you can also see Toy Story and Toy Story 2 which are being released as a 3D double bill.
For more information, check out our Box Office results.
The Final Destination Tops Box Office
The Final Destination was the top movie at the box office this weekend earning an estimated $28.3 million. The opening marks the most successful yet for the Final Destination franchise. The previous best was Final Destination 3 which opened with $19.6 million in 2006.
Dropping to 2nd spot was Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds which added another $20 million – bringing it’s 2-week total to $73.7 million.
Opening in 3rd for the weekend was the Rob Zombie-directed Halloween 2 which earned $17 million. Zombie’s original Halloween remake opened with $26.3 million when it was released in 2007.
Rounding out the top 5 films were District 9 (4th) with $10.7 million ($90.8 million after 3 weekends in release) and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (5th) with $8 million ($132.4 million after 4 weekends in release).
The only other new release to open in the top 10 was Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock which finished 9th with $3.7 million.
Next weekend’s new releases include Gamer starring Gerard Butler, All About Steve starring Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper and Extract starring Jason Bateman.
For more information, check out our Box Office results.
Inglourious Basterds Tops Box Office
Inglourious Basterds was the top movie this weekend earning an estimated $37.6 million. The movie, directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, marks the best opening of Tarantino’s career. (His previous best was Kill Bill Vol. 2 which earned $25.1 million when it opened in April 2004.)
Dropping to 2nd place for the weekend was District 9 which earned another $18.9 million. The movie, directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson, has earned $73.5 million in 2 weekend of release. It was produced on a reported budget of $30 million.
In 3rd was G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra which brought in another $12.5 million. After 3 weekends in release, the movie has earned $120 million.
Rounding out the top 5 films were The Time Traveler’s Wife (4th) with $10 million ($37.4 million after 2 weekends) and Julie & Julia (5th) with $9 million ($59.3 million after 3 weekends).
The only other new release to crack the top 10 was the Robert Rodriguez kids movie Shorts which finished in 6th spot earning $6.6 million.
Next weekend’s new releases include Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2 and The Final Destination.
For more information, check out our Box Office results.
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