By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
| Weekend (estimates) April 19 – 21, 2013 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % change * | Theaters | Cume |
| Oblivion | Uni |
38.1 (10,070) |
NEW |
3783 |
38.1 |
| 42 | WB |
17.8 (5,470) |
-35% |
3250 |
53.8 |
| The Croods | Fox |
9.5 (2,760) |
-28% |
3435 |
154.9 |
| Scary Movie 5 | Weinstein Co. |
6.3 (1,850) |
-56% |
3402 |
22.9 |
| G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Par |
5.8 (1,820) |
-47% |
3175 |
111.2 |
| The Place Beyond the Pines | Focus |
4.7 (3,060) |
22% |
1542 |
11.4 |
| Olympus Has Fallen | FilmDistrict/VVS |
4.5 (1,690) |
-38% |
2638 |
88.8 |
| Evil Dead | Sony |
4.0 (1,430) |
-57% |
2823 |
48.4 |
| Jurassic Park 3D | Uni |
4.0 (1,700) |
-55% |
2330 |
38.4 |
| Oz The Great and Powerful | BV |
3.0 (1,490) |
-37% |
2045 |
223.8 |
| Temptation | Lionsgate |
2.2 (1,550) |
-52% |
1405 |
48.8 |
| Home Run | IDP |
1.6 (4,170) |
NEW |
379 |
1.6 |
| Filly Brown | Lionsgate |
1.4 (7,290) |
NEW |
188 |
1.4 |
| The Host | Open Road/eOne |
1.0 (730) |
-58% |
1356 |
25.2 |
| The Call | Sony |
.85 (870) |
-56% |
977 |
50.1 |
| The Lords of Salem | Anchor Bay |
.63 (1,770) |
NEW |
354 |
0.63 |
| Silver Linings Playbook | Weinstein Co. |
.52 (600) |
27% |
867 |
131 |
| Identity Thief | Uni |
.46 (960) |
-15% |
480 |
132.7 |
| Trance | Searchlight |
.39 (890) |
-56% |
443 |
1.8 |
| The Company You Keep | Sony Classics |
.39 (4,670) |
41% |
84 |
0.95 |
| Admission | Focus |
.34 (750) |
-61% |
485 |
17.5 |
| Side Effects | Open Road/eOne |
.30 (470) |
470% |
645 |
31.8 |
| It Takes a Man and a Woman | ABS |
.28 (6,240) |
-62% |
45 |
1.5 |
| The Sapphires | Weinstein Co. |
.25 (2,240) |
2% |
114 |
1.1 |
| Safe Haven | Relativity |
.23 (710) |
28% |
325 |
71 |
| Disconnect | LD Entertainment |
.22 (3,310) |
98% |
67 |
0.28 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
$105.90 |
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| % Change (Last Year) |
-18% |
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| % Change (Last Week) |
-5% |
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| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Renoir | IDP/Goldwyn |
.15 (2,780) |
-19% |
53 |
0.66 |
| Gunde Jaari Gallantayyinde | Globas |
.15 (6,490) |
23 |
0.15 |
|
| No | Sony Classics |
.12 (1,340) |
-24% |
88 |
2 |
| To the Wonder | Magnolia |
.10 (2,160) |
-13% |
47 |
0.25 |
| In the House | Seville/Cohen |
.10 (5,690) |
17 |
0.1 |
|
| Girl Rising | GathrFilm |
88,600 (540) |
165 |
0.68 |
|
| Ek Thi Daayan | Eros |
65,200 (1,360) |
48 |
0.07 |
|
| Feo de Dia, Lindo de Noche | Caribbean |
35,700 (1,150) |
31 |
0.04 |
|
| My Awkward Sexual Adventure | Phase4 |
21,600 (2,160) |
10 |
0.02 |
|
| Udhayam Nh4 | Viva |
18,100 (1,290) |
14 |
0.02 |
|
| Deceptive Practice: Ricky Jay | Kino |
13,500 (13,500) |
1 |
0.01 |
|
| Ain’t in It for My Health: Levon Helm | Kino |
8,800 (8,800) |
1 |
0.01 |
|
| Emile | RCI |
5,600 (800) |
7 |
0.01 |
|
| Molly Maxwell | eOne |
3,800 (3,800) |
1 |
0.01 |
|
| Herman’s House | First Run |
3,700 (3,700) |
1 |
0.01 |
|
| Holla II | Rockstone |
2,800 (460) |
6 |
0.01 |
|
| Pawn | Anchor Bay |
2,300 (2,300) |
1 |
0.01 |
|
| Domestic Market Share (Jan. 1 – April 18, 2013) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
| Universal (7) |
341.3 |
12.70% |
|||
| 20th Century Fox (7) |
313.6 |
11.70% |
|||
| Weinstein Co. (9) |
303.9 |
11.30% |
|||
| Warner Bros. (11) |
299.8 |
11.20% |
|||
| Buena Vista (6) |
296.6 |
11.10% |
|||
| Paramount (9) |
230.1 |
8.60% |
|||
| Lionsgate (11) |
229.4 |
8.60% |
|||
| Sony (6) |
199.6 |
7.40% |
|||
| FilmDistrict (5) |
106.8 |
4.00% |
|||
| Relativity (3) |
105 |
3.90% |
|||
| Open Road (4) |
93 |
3.50% |
|||
| Focus (5) |
37.8 |
1.40% |
|||
| eOne/Alliance (9) |
21.5 |
0.80% |
|||
| CBS (1) |
15.3 |
0.60% |
|||
| Sony Classics (6) |
13.6 |
0.50% |
|||
| A24 (2) |
12.9 |
0.50% |
|||
| Other * (91) |
59.8 |
2.20% |
|||
|
2680 |
100% |
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| * none greater than 0.4% | |||||
| Top Global Grossers (January 1 – April 18, 2013) | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
| Oz the Great and Powerful | BV |
473,902,203 |
|||
| The Croods | Fox |
393,899,563 |
|||
| Django Unchained * | Weinstein/Sony |
351,507,298 |
|||
| A Good Day to Die Hard | Fox |
301,981,464 |
|||
| Les Misérables * | Uni |
299,432,285 |
|||
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey * | WB |
287,682,908 |
|||
| Life of Pi * | Fox |
280,418,704 |
|||
| G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Par |
276,936,533 |
|||
| Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters | Par |
225,714,693 |
|||
| Journey to the West | Huayi Brothers |
208,631,598 |
|||
| Silver Linings Playbook * | Weinstein Co. |
193,052,576 |
|||
| Jack the Giant Slayer | WB |
191,126,657 |
|||
| Wreck-It Ralph * | BV |
182,259,380 |
|||
| Identity Thief | Uni |
163,308,400 |
|||
| Zero Dark Thirty * | Sony/Panorama |
136,923,221 |
|||
| Jack Reacher * | Par |
136,676,571 |
|||
| Mama | Uni/eOne |
133,081,165 |
|||
| Lincoln * | BV/Fox |
130,525,988 |
|||
| Warm Bodies | Lionsgate |
112,969,086 |
|||
| Olympus Has Fallen | Film District/NuImage |
107,635,687 |
|||
| Gangster Squad | WB |
102,626,080 |
|||
| Safe Haven | Relativity/FilmNation |
98,186,772 |
|||
| Skyfall * | Sony/MGM |
97,633,645 |
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| * does not include 2012 box office | |||||
Sci-fi adventure Oblivion took a clear path and glided to the top of weekend box office with an estimated $38.1 million debut. While there were no other national debuts, several entries swung for the niches. The inspirational Home Run got a Hail Mary pass of $1.6 million while Filly Brown, targeted at a Hispanic audience, had a solid $1.4 million start. And fans of graphic horror The Lords of Salem priced quick thrills at $630,000.
Overall frame revenues exceeded $110 million with a 5% decline from seven days prior. It was a more significant 18% decline from 2012 when newcomers Think Like a Man and The Lucky One led, with respective openings of $33.6 million and $22.5 million.
In the niches the top Indian import was the Telegu Gunde Jaari Gallantayyinde with a $149,000 tally at 23 outposts. Hindi Ek Thi Daayan fizzled with $65,200 from 48 locations. Limited and exclusive runs generally disappointed, although Deceptive Practice, a nonfiction look at magic with Ricky Jay, proved no illusion with $13,500 on a solo deck and French import Dans la maison (In the House) by arthouse stalwart François Ozon scored well with $97,000 from 17 venues in Québec and the U.S.
Opening weekend crowds skewed 57% male, an anomaly for headliner Tom Cruise, who generally brings out a female crowd. It also skewed older with viewers aged 25-years and more senior comprising 74% initial viewers. Unless it shakes down to younger filmgoers the film will struggle to reach $100 million.
On the holdover front both 42 and The Croods continued strong and The Place Beyond the Pines added more than 1,000 branch banks to OK results.
