By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
Weekend (estimates) April 26 – 28, 2013 |
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Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % change * | Theaters | Cume | |
Pain & Gain | Par |
19.7 (6,010) |
NEW |
3277 |
20.2 |
|
Oblivion | Uni |
17.4 (4,590) |
-53% |
3792 |
64.7 |
|
42 | WB |
10.5 (3,090) |
-41% |
3405 |
68.9 |
|
The Big Wedding | Lionsgate |
7.5 (2,840) |
NEW |
2633 |
7.5 |
|
The Croods | Fox |
6.6 (2,000) |
-29% |
3283 |
163 |
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Par |
3.6 (1,330) |
-38% |
2707 |
116.4 |
|
Scary Movie 5 | Weinstein Co. |
3.4 (1,240) |
-45% |
2733 |
27.4 |
|
Olympus Has Fallen | FilmDistrict/VVS |
2.8 (1,190) |
-38% |
2334 |
93.1 |
|
The Place Beyond the Pines | Focus |
2.7 (1,690) |
-46% |
1584 |
16.2 |
|
Jurassic Park 3D | Uni |
2.3 (1,230) |
-44% |
1848 |
42 |
|
Mud | Roadside Attractions |
2.0 (5,620) |
NEW |
363 |
2 |
|
Evil Dead | Sony |
1.9 (890) |
-53% |
2186 |
51.8 |
|
Oz The Great and Powerful | BV |
1.7 (1,060) |
-43% |
1610 |
226.2 |
|
The Company You Keep | Sony Classics |
1.2 (1,470) |
200% |
807 |
2.2 |
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Temptation | Lionsgate |
1.1 (1,210) |
-49% |
942 |
50.7 |
|
Filly Brown | Lionsgate |
.50 (1,940) |
-66% |
259 |
2.3 |
|
Home Run | IDP |
.45 (1,220) |
-71% |
372 |
2.3 |
|
The Host | Open Road/eOne |
.36 (590) |
-75% |
611 |
25.8 |
|
Jack the Giant Slayer | WB |
.42 (1,150) |
99% |
365 |
63.7 |
|
Identity Thief | Uni |
.32 (760) |
-34% |
425 |
133.1 |
|
The Call | Sony |
.29 (570) |
-67% |
513 |
50.7 |
|
Disconnect | LD Entertainment |
.26 (2,320) |
13% |
111 |
0.77 |
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Silver Linings Playbook | Weinstein Co. |
.19 (540) |
-65% |
361 |
131.4 |
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The Sapphires | Weinstein Co. |
.18 (1,420) |
-30% |
126 |
1.4 |
|
Snitch | Lionsgate |
.18 (710) |
121% |
252 |
42.3 |
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Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
$84.90 |
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% Change (Last Year) |
-20% |
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% Change (Last Week) |
-19% |
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Also debuting/expanding | ||||||
Lucky Di Unlucky Story | ID Media |
.16 (6,330) |
25 |
0.16 |
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Renoir | IDP/Metropole |
.12 (1,980) |
-17% |
59 |
0.85 |
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Arthur Newman | Cinedigm |
.11 (430) |
250 |
0.11 |
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The Colony | Alliance |
88,800 (2,020) |
44 |
0.09 |
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In the House | Seville/Cohen |
71,400 (2,980) |
-27% |
24 |
0.22 |
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No | Sony Classics |
68,300 (920) |
-42% |
74 |
2.1 |
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To the Wonder | Magnolia |
66,700 (1,170) |
-38% |
57 |
0.38 |
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King’s Faith | Faith Street |
29,200 (4,870) |
6 |
0.03 |
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist | IFC |
27,300 (9,100) |
3 |
0.03 |
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Kon-Tiki | Weinstein Co. |
21,100 (10,550) |
2 |
0.02 |
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Shadow | U Square |
16,700 (320) |
53 |
0.02 |
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At Any Price | Sony Classics |
16,300 (4,070) |
4 |
0.02 |
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Graceland | Drafthouse |
13,400 (840) |
16 |
0.01 |
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Space Warriors | Integrated |
11,800 (270) |
44 |
0.01 |
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Midnight’s Children | Paladin |
9,700 (4,850) |
2 |
0.01 |
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Tai Chi Hero | Well Go |
9,500 (1,360) |
7 |
0.01 |
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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty | Variance |
9,200 (4,600) |
2 |
0.01 |
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Storm Surfers | Vitagraph |
6,600 (3,300) |
2 |
0.01 |
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The Numbers Station | Image Ent. |
4,400 (440) |
10 |
0.01 |
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Paradise: Love | Strand |
3,300 (1,650) |
2 |
0.01 |
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Bowling | eOne |
3,100 (1,030) |
3 |
0.01 |
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Love Sick Love | Film Bridge |
2,700 (270) |
10 |
0.01 |
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Domestic Market Share (Jan. 1 – April 25, 2013) | ||||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | ||||
Universal (7) |
392.9 |
13.90% |
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20th Century Fox (7) |
325.1 |
11.60% |
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Warner Bros. (11) |
322.8 |
11.50% |
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Weinstein Co. (9) |
312.9 |
11.10% |
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Buena Vista (6) |
300.5 |
10.70% |
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Paramount (9) |
237.5 |
8.40% |
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LionsGate (12) |
234.4 |
8.30% |
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Sony (6) |
206.3 |
7.30% |
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FilmDistrict (5) |
112.2 |
4.00% |
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Relativity (3) |
105.3 |
3.70% |
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Open Road (4) |
92.4 |
3.30% |
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Focus (5) |
45.1 |
1.60% |
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eOne/Alliance (10) |
22.1 |
0.80% |
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CBS (1) |
15.3 |
0.50% |
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Sony Classics (7) |
14.4 |
0.50% |
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Other * (116) |
80.3 |
2.80% |
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2819.5 |
100% |
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* none greater than 0.45% | ||||||
Audiences were feeling the pain without any sense of gain as Pain & Gain managed to take the top spot in weekend charts with an estimated $19.7 million. The frame’s other new national release, The Big Wedding, underperformed as well with fourth place ranking of $7.5 million.
In the niches, Mud, a tale of a fugitive abetted by youngsters in the Arkansas backwoods, was off to a good start with a $2 million tally at 363 locations while Arthur Newman tanked with a gross of $107,000 at 250 venues. New films from India included a disastrous start for Telegu Shadow while the Punjabi Lucky Di Lucky Story was solid with $158,000 from 25 playdates. And in Canada, sci-fi yarn The Colony was nearly blah unpopulated a box office of $88,800 in 44 censuses.
New exclusives were also largely lackluster with the most encouraging debs including Norway’s Oscar short-listed Kon-Tiki weathering $21,100 from two screens and cross-cultural The Reluctant Fundamentalist invoking $27,300 at three locations.
Overall weekend revenues pushed close to $90 million for a 19% decline from seven days back. It was also 20% behind 2012 box office when the second weekend of Think Like a Man was out front with $17.6 million and incoming Pirates! Band of Misfits absconded with the bridesmaid slot with $11.1 million.
Tracking didn’t reflect well on Pain & Gain with pundits suggesting an opening between $22-25 million. Despite high-profile action talent, the based-on-a-true-tale of dumb criminals appeared to leave potential viewers cold. Those that did show up skewed slightly female at 51% with 62% aged 35 and upward according to studio exit polls.
Paramount—P&G’s distributor—could take solace in the overseas bow of Iron Man 3. Early estimates pegged the franchise’s 42-territory launch at $195 million, easily 2013’s most bountiful debut.
Apathy also greeted The Big Wedding with top end expectations of $10 million. The ensemble comedy had the aura of “I’ve seen it already and didn’t like the last one.” It had a decidedly female audience of 77% and also skewed older with 66% identified as older than 30.
On the holdover front, Oblivion had a not-unexpected 53% drop and, at least domestically, appears headed rapidly for its titled destination. The political thriller The Company You Keep broadened and based on response, reached a commercial plateau. About the only film working elsewhere in the niches was Disconnect, which is employing a very slow and limited expansion and maintaining steady business on positive word-of-mouth.
“Paramount—P&G’s distributor—could take solace in the overseas bow of Iron Man 3. Early estimates pegged the franchise’s 42-territory launch at $195 million, easily 2013’s most bountiful debut.”
Uhh… no they can’t. Disney bought back distribution rights to The Avengers and Iron Man 3 at least two years ago. They paid them 115 million. It was well publicized and, if I remember right, this site covered it. Paramount’s logo is on the poster for Iron Man 3 and that’s the totality of their involvement. Peace.