The Weekend Report Archive for April, 2011
The Weekend Report: April 24, 2011
Holy cow! Easter saw a close race between the animated Rio and the agitated Madea’s Big Happy Family. Sunday estimates gave the former a slight edge of $26.2 million to the latter’s $25.7 million. The holiday session featured another national bow with the adaptation of Water for Elephants that ranked third in the lineup with…
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The box office continued to be animated with the aviary stereoscopic Rio high aloft from the film flock with an estimated $39.9 million. Session bridesmaid was another freshman, the long delayed squeamquel Scream 4 that grossed $18.9 million.
Read the full article »The Weekend Report: April 10, 2011
Audiences continued to Hop to it as the animated Easter eggs-travaganza topped weekend tickets sales with an eggs-timated $21.6 million. The film bounded well ahead of a quarter of new national releases that saw the remake of Arthur and the distaff thriller Hanna competing for the second slot with the former squeaking ahead by about 200k with a $12.5 million tally. The inspirational Soul Surfer bowed to $10.9 million and the tongue-in-cheek swashbuckler Your Highness swiped $9.5 million.
Read the full article » 1 Comment »The Weekend Report, April 3, 2011
The non-stereoscopic anime egg hunt that is Hop easily outdistanced the competition to take the weekend box office crown with an estimated $38.3 million. The session also featured two other new entries that ranked second and third on the charts. The sci-fi thriller Source Code edged out the eerie chills of Insidious with $14.9 million to the latter’s $13 million.
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