MCN Weekend Archive for March, 2011

Box Office Hell — March 10

Our Players|Coming Soon|Box Office Prophets|Box Office Guru|EW|Box Office . com Battle: Los Angeles|36.4|31.4|27.0|31.0|30.0 Red Riding Hood|23.0|15.7|22.0|20.0|16.5 Rango |22.0|23.4|23.0|22.0|21.0 Mars Needs Moms|14.3|10.6|17.0|11.5|13.5 The Adjustment Bureau|13.1|13.0|11.5|12.0|12.0

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Review: Mars Needs Moms

I’m going to be right up front about Mars Needs Moms and tell you that I wasn’t overly impressed with this movie. And I feel bad saying that, because it’s apparent that an awful lot of work went into making it. Actors wore little dots all over their faces, for Pete’s sake! To do motion…

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Weekend Estimates — March 6, 2011

Rango|37.8 (9,660)|NEW|37.8 The Adjustment Bureau|20.9 (7,350)|NEW|20.9 Beastly|9.7 (4,980)|NEW|9.7 Hall Pass|8.8 (2,990)|-35%|26.8 Gnomeo and Juliet|7.0 (2,350)|-48%|83.8 The King’s Speech|6.5 (2,890)|-12%|123.8 Just Go With It|6.4 (2,200)|-39%|88.1 Unknown|6.4 (2,210)|-49%|52.9 I Am Number 4|5.7 (1,970)|-48%|46.5 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never|4.2 (1,880)|-55%|68.8

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The Weekend Report — March 6

Paramount’s Rango delivered the biggest opening of the year. The Adjustment Bureau settled in between Liam Neeson and Natalie Portman. And Beastly was no great Beauty while Take Me Home Tonight was beastly indeed.

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Friday Estimates – March 4, 2011

It didn’t take long for Rango to go from a question mark to the movie that every studio other than Paramount was overhyping to being a Friday afternoon “disappointment.” Meanwhile, a decent opening for The Adjustment Bureau, a terrible opening for Beastly, and a disastrous launch of Take Me Home Tonight are all being paid little attention.

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Critics Roundup — March 3

The Adjustment Bureau|Yellow|||| Rango|Green||Green||Green Beastly||||| Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives|||Green||Green I Saw the Devil||||Green| Heartbeats|||Green|| Take Me Home Tonight|||||Red

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Box Office Hell — March 3

Our Players|Coming Soon|Box Office Prophets|Box Office Guru|EW|Box Office . com Rango |42.7|n/a|36.0|44.0|43.0 The Adjustment Bureau|19.3|n/a|16.0|19.0|20.0 Gnomeo and Juliet|8.5|n/a|8.5|8.2|7.5 Hall Pass |7.5|n/a|6.5|13.0|7.7 Unknown|7.0|n/a|n/a|n/a|7.8 Beastly|6.1|n/a|n/a|6.0|8.0 Take Me Home Tonight|5.4|n/a|7.0|10.0|n/a The King’s Speech|6.2|n/a|n/a|8.1|8.7

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MCN Weekend

Gary Dretzka on: The DVD Wrapup: Ophelia, Ambition, Werewolf in Girls' Dorm, Byleth, Humble Pie, Good Omens, Yellowstone …More

rohit aggarwal on: The DVD Wrapup: Ophelia, Ambition, Werewolf in Girls' Dorm, Byleth, Humble Pie, Good Omens, Yellowstone …More

https://bestwatches.club/ on: The DVD Wrapup: Diamonds of the Night, School of Life, Red Room, Witch/Hagazussa, Tito & the Birds, Keoma, Andre’s Gospel, Noir

Gary Dretzka on: The DVD Wrapup: Sleep With Anger, Ralph Wrecks Internet, Liz & Blue Bird, Hannah Grace, Unseen, Jupiter's Moon, Legally Blonde, Willard, Bang … More

Gary Dretzka on: The DVD Wrapup: Bumblebee, Ginsburg, Buster, Silent Voice, Nazi Junkies, Prisoner, Golden Vampires, Highway Rat, Terra Formars, No Alternative … More

GDA on: The DVD Wrapup: Bumblebee, Ginsburg, Buster, Silent Voice, Nazi Junkies, Prisoner, Golden Vampires, Highway Rat, Terra Formars, No Alternative … More

Larry K on: The DVD Wrapup: Sleep With Anger, Ralph Wrecks Internet, Liz & Blue Bird, Hannah Grace, Unseen, Jupiter's Moon, Legally Blonde, Willard, Bang … More

Gary Dretzka on: The DVD Wrapup: Shoplifters, Front Runner, Nobody’s Fool, Peppermint Soda, Haunted Hospital, Valentine, Possum, Mermaid, Guilty, Antonio Lopez, 4 Weddings … More

gwehan on: The DVD Wrapup: Shoplifters, Front Runner, Nobody’s Fool, Peppermint Soda, Haunted Hospital, Valentine, Possum, Mermaid, Guilty, Antonio Lopez, 4 Weddings … More

Gary J Dretzka on: The DVD Wrapup: Peppermint, Wild Boys, Un Traductor, Await Instructions, Lizzie, Coby, Afghan Love Story, Elizabeth Harvest, Brutal, Holiday Horror, Sound & Fury … More

Leonard Klady's Friday Estimates
Friday Screens % Chg Cume
Title Gross Thtr % Chgn Cume
Venom 33 4250 NEW 33
A Star is Born 15.7 3686 NEW 15.7
Smallfoot 3.5 4131 -46% 31.3
Night School 3.5 3019 -63% 37.9
The House Wirh a Clock in its Walls 1.8 3463 -43% 49.5
A Simple Favor 1 2408 -50% 46.6
The Nun 0.75 2264 -52% 111.5
Hell Fest 0.6 2297 -70% 7.4
Crazy Rich Asians 0.6 1466 -51% 167.6
The Predator 0.25 1643 -77% 49.3
Also Debuting
The Hate U Give 0.17 36
Shine 85,600 609
Exes Baggage 75,900 62
NOTA 71,300 138
96 61,600 62
Andhadhun 55,000 54
Afsar 45,400 33
Project Gutenberg 36,000 17
Love Yatri 22,300 41
Hello, Mrs. Money 22,200 37
Studio 54 5,300 1
Loving Pablo 4,200 15
3-Day Estimates Weekend % Chg Cume
No Good Dead 24.4 (11,230) NEW 24.4
Dolphin Tale 2 16.6 (4,540) NEW 16.6
Guardians of the Galaxy 7.9 (2,550) -23% 305.8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4.8 (1,630) -26% 181.1
The Drop 4.4 (5,480) NEW 4.4
Let's Be Cops 4.3 (1,570) -22% 73
If I Stay 4.0 (1,320) -28% 44.9
The November Man 2.8 (1,030) -36% 22.5
The Giver 2.5 (1,120) -26% 41.2
The Hundred-Foot Journey 2.5 (1,270) -21% 49.4