The Weekend Report Archive for November, 2012
The Weekend Report
Overall revenues rang up roughly $210 million for the three-day slice of the holiday frame and just shy of $300 million for the five-day section. Either proportion set new benchmarks with the box office up 27% from 2011 when the prior Twilight’s sophomore session grossed $41.7 million and the debut of The Muppets opened to $29.2 million.
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Anticipation … The finale of The Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn – Part 2, had the fans lining up around the block and circling the globe with a domestic estimate of $141.5 million. As with last weekend’s Bond launch the competition steered clear of the onslaught … kinda. Lincoln expanded nationally, taking on bloodsuckers (déjà vu?) and carving out a sizeable $20.6 that ranked third in the lineup.
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Stamina. James Bond has weathered a couple of dozen excursions and experienced many pinnacles and troughs. Skyfall ranks in the former with a North American debut estimate of $88.2 million … or roughly half of all movie tickets sold during the current weekend. The competition steered clear of going head-to-head with 007 but one granite-faced figure had the fortitude to establish an alternative beachhead. Lincoln put down his standard at 11 theaters and was rewarded with a victorious $907,000. Otherwise, the exclusive bows ranged from poor to fair including the nonfiction Chasing Ice with $25,600 gross at two ridges and Danish Oscar submission A Royal Affair, entering the marketplace with $34,700 from six venues.
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A pair of potent new releases provided marketplace momentum and much-needed diversion from what’s coming up November 6. Poised at the top of the charts was the animated Wreck-It Ralph with an estimated $48.8 million leaving the bridesmaid slot to incoming Flight with $24.8 million. A third national release, the martial arts Man with the Iron Fists, slotted in position #4 with an $8.2 million gross.
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