The Weekend Report Archive for March, 2011
The Weekend Report: March 27, 2011
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules! not only beats Sucker Punch, but moves over 25% ahead for the weekend. Strong holds for indies from Relativity and Lionsgate also lead the box office news, along with Rango and Just Go With It each passing $100m domestic. At the art house, Miral and Potiche are the weekend leaders.
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The erosion of the under 25 crowd continued this week with only Paul registering a 50/50 split for that line in the sand according to exit polling. Limitless was 56% attended by plus 25s and The Lincoln Lawyer had a staggering 85% older audience – 49% of which was 40 years old or greater.
Read the full article » 1 Comment »The Weekend Report — March 13
The fears that a depressed marketplace would take its toll on Battle: Los Angeles proved unfounded as the sci-fi extravaganza easily took weekend honors with an estimated $36.2 million. However, the frame’s other two national releases seriously underperformed. The visual flamboyant fairy tale Red Riding Hood trudged through the woods with $14 million in its basket to rank third and the family targeted Mars Needs Moms received a resounding audience “no” with $6.8 million.
Read the full article »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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