The Weekend Report Archive for February, 2014
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The Lego Movie (and the Canadian hockey team) got the hat trick as it once again commanded session moviegoing with an estimated $31.5 million. That left fair to poor results for a couple of new national releases. The thriller 3 Days to Kill performed pretty much to expectations with a $12.2 million bow but the historically explosive Pompeii was left to stew with a disappointing $10.1 million.
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Despite considerable incoming heat (or because of it) The Lego Movie retained top spot during the Presidents’ Day holiday session with an estimated $48.9 million (all figures reflect the 3-day portion of the session).
The new crew included a potent $26.7 million start for a contemporized version of About Last Night in second spot; fair returns of $20.5 million for a re-engineered RoboCop and disappointment for a new embrace of 1981’s Endless Love and the weekend’s sole screen original Winter’s Tale with respective openers of $13.4 million and $7.5 million.
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The Lego Movie snapped the industry to attention with a record-breaking estimated debut of $68.8 million. The bridesmaid slot went to another freshman, fact-based Second World War caper The Monuments Men, with a sterling $22.1 million.
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Ride Along led the pack again with an estimated $12.3 million. And there was good news for debuting rom-com That Awkward Moment that took second with $9 million. The session’s only other debuting title was the under-the-radar drama Labor Day that ranked seventh, cutting a thin slice of $5.3 million. Exclusive newcomers largely shaped up as commercial casualties. Acclaimed nonfiction Tim’s Vermeer entered the marketplace with a talkative $54,600 tally from four engagements.
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