Friday Box Office Estimates Archive for January, 2013
Friday Estimates
Newcomers Hansel & Gretel & corsets & crossbows will take the weekend… but without much force. Also opening to limp numbers, Parker and the movie famously forgotten by its own cast, Movie 43 In the battle of Oscar nominees, Silver Lining Playbookpasses Zero Dark Thirty for Friday while ZD30 has the domestic-gross edge. But the race is close enough that it could go either way. Django Unchained closes in on $145m while Les Misérables will pass $135m.
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Though some have wildly overestimated Zero Dark Thirty‘s Friday haul, it is still easily enough to take the #1 slot by over $2 million and looks to be close to $27 million for the weekend as it finally expands, an Oscar nomination for Best Picture in hand. A slight surprise—which we have seen happen before with this kind of film—is the Wayans-y A Haunted House coming in second on Friday ahead of WB’s more lavishly-sold Gangster Squad. By the end of the weekend, the two films may well flip slots, but both are likely to come up just short of $20 million. Django and Les Mis, both around $120m domestic cume, didn’t get any real Oscar nominations hit, both dropping in the 40s. Both Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook, which also added theaters, felt mood elevations on Friday.
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D dismembers all this awards season seriousness and takes the top slot with a double-digit Friday. And Django Unchained stays strong while The Hobbit takes its biggest hit as it passes $250 million domestic. Les Miserables‘ revolution is losing steam, though it will hit $100m this weekend. And Lincoln breaks the $140m tape.
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