By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report: September 5, 2011
No written report today, please see yesterday’s 3-day analysis.
| Weekend (estimates) September 2 – 5, 2011 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
| The Help | BV | 18.6 (6,550) | 0% | 2843 | 123 |
| The Debt | Focus | 12.5 (6,850) | NEW | 1826 | 14.4 |
| Apollo 18 | Weinstein Co | 10.6 (3,180) | NEW | 3328 | 10.6 |
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Fox | 10.1 (3,170) | -11% | 3193 | 162.3 |
| Shark Night | Relativity | 10.1 (3,600) | NEW | 2806 | 10.1 |
| Colombiana | Sony | 9.4 (3,610) | -30% | 2614 | 24 |
| Our Idiot Brother | Weinstein Co | 6.9 (2,710) | -22% | 2555 | 17.2 |
| Spy Kids: All the Time in the World | Weinstein Co | 6.6 (2,190) | -20% | 3007 | 31 |
| Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark | Film District | 6.2 (2,220) | -40% | 2780 | 17.5 |
| The Smurfs | Sony | 5.6 (2,060) | -15% | 2706 | 133.5 |
| Crazy, Stupid, Love | WB | 4.2 (2,920) | 3% | 1450 | 75.4 |
| Harry Potter & the Deadly Hollows, Part 2 | WB | 3.3 (3,060) | -4% | 1092 | 375.5 |
| Captain America: The First Avenger | Par | 2.4 (2,300) | -16% | 1050 | 172.1 |
| Cowboys & Aliens | Uni | 2.4 (2,010) | -21% | 1185 | 96.7 |
| 30 Minutes or Less | Sony | 2.2 (1,640) | -34% | 1355 | 35.4 |
| Conan the Barbarian | Lions Gate | 1.9 (1,110) | -52% | 1722 | 20.1 |
| Final Destination 5 | WB | 1.8 (1,480) | -52% | 1226 | 40.9 |
| One Day | Focus | 1.6 (1,380) | -47% | 1187 | 12.6 |
| Cars 2 | BV | 1.6 (770) | 387% | 2043 | 189.1 |
| Seven Days in Utopia | Vision | 1.6 (2,830) | NEW | 561 | 1.6 |
| Fright Night | BV | 1.5 (1,020) | -60% | 1468 | 17.3 |
| Bodyguard | Big Pictures | 1.1 (12,550) | NEW | 89 | 1.4 |
| The Change-Up | Uni | .95 (1,760) | -35% | 539 | 36 |
| Horrible Bosses | WB | .88 (2,080) | 6% | 422 | 115.1 |
| Midnight in Paris | Sony Classics | .86 (2,140) | -15% | 402 | 52.9 |
| Sarah’s Key | Weinstein/A-Z | .83 (2,510) | -2% | 331 | 5.4 |
| Saving Private Perez | Lions Gate | .77 (4,780) | NEW | 161 | 0.62 |
| The Guard | Sony Classics | .74 (4,160) | 46% | 178 | 2.7 |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Par | .67 (1,580) | -14% | 424 | 350 |
| Bad Teacher | Sony | .46 (470) | 252% | 986 | 98.8 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $128.10 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | 1% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | 12% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Mankatha | Ficus | .26 (9,034) | 29 | 0.22 | |
| Senna | PDA/Mongrol | .24 (4,300) | -18% | 56 | 1 |
| A Good Old Fashioned Orgy | IDP | .15 (1,040) | 142 | 0.15 | |
| Pour l’amour de dieu | Metropole | .14 (3,030) | 47 | 0.14 | |
| Higher Ground | Sony Classics | .12 (7,210) | 344% | 17 | 0.17 |
| The Whistleblower | IDP/eOne | .12 (1,770) | -34% | 70 | 0.79 |
| Bol | Eros | 76,300 (2,060) | 37 | 0.08 | |
| Detective Dee: Mystery of Phantom Flame | Indomina | 67,200 (22,400) | 3 | 0.07 | |
| Circumstance | Roadside | 47,300 (4,300) | -19% | 11 | 0.1 |
| Love Crime | IFC | 42,800 (8,560) | 5 | 0.04 | |
| Brighton Rock | IFC | 33,600 (2,580) | -25% | 13 | 0.09 |
| Gainsbourg (Heroic Life) | Music Box | 28,100 (9,370) | 3 | 0.03 | |
| InSight | Check Ent | 15,600 (580) | 27 | 0.02 | |
| That Girl in Yellow Boots | IndiePix | 9,800 (360) | 27 | 0.01 | |
| I’m Glad My Mother is Still Alive | Strand | 3,900 (3,900) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Rebirth | Oscilloscope | 3,300 (3,300) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (Jan. 1 – Sept. 1, 2011) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Gross | Market Share | |||
| Paramount (14) | 1413.9 | 19.40% | |||
| Warner Bros. (22) | 1336.6 | 18.40% | |||
| Universal (14) | 908.5 | 12.50% | |||
| Sony (20) | 895.8 | 12.30% | |||
| Buena Vista (13) | 861.5 | 11.80% | |||
| Fox (13) | 742.8 | 10.20% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (10) | 223.4 | 3.10% | |||
| Lions Gate (11) | 138.1 | 1.90% | |||
| Relativity (5) | 125.5 | 1.70% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (9) | 108.1 | 1.50% | |||
| Focus (7) | 91.2 | 1.30% | |||
| Sony Classics (12) | 73.1 | 1.00% | |||
| Summit (6) | 69.9 | 1.00% | |||
| FilmDistrict (2) | 65.4 | 0.90% | |||
| CBS (3) | 57.5 | 0.80% | |||
| Other * (236) | 157.3 | 2.20% | |||
| 7268.6 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.4% | |||||
| Top Domestic Grossers * (Jan. 1 – Sept. 1, 2011) | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross | |||
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Part 2 | WB | 372,154,889 | |||
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Par | 349,758,855 | |||
| The Hangover 2 | WB | 254,325,595 | |||
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | BV | 240,541,782 | |||
| Fast Five | Uni | 209,916,424 | |||
| Cars 2 | BV | 187,478,906 | |||
| Thor | Par | 181,030,624 | |||
| Captain America: The First Avenger | Par | 169,696,129 | |||
| Bridesmaids | Uni | 168,175,335 | |||
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | Par | 164,360,319 | |||
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Fox | 152,224,693 | |||
| X-Men: First Class | Fox | 146,169,988 | |||
| Rio | Fox | 143,602,602 | |||
| The Smurfs | Sony | 127,952,612 | |||
| Super 8 | Par | 126,176,228 | |||
| Rango | Par | 123,481,694 | |||
| The King’s Speech * | Weinstein Co. | 121,123,415 | |||
| Green Lantern | WB | 116,042,554 | |||
| Horrible Bosses | WB | 114,155,647 | |||
| Hop | Uni | 108,426,065 | |||
| * does not include 2010 box office |
