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Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Los Angeles Doesn’t Believe in Tears … Mars Does
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.
Regionally a pair of pics bowed in Quebec to undistinguished results. Local production French Kiss generated $91,200 at 54 stalls while French family fave Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes provided $68,400 from 35 venues.
The action among limited/exclusive debuts was considerably more encouraging with the latest Jane Eyre earning a $45,120 average from four screens. The indie Kill the Irishman was unexpectedly potent with a $142,000 tally in five exposures and French award winner Certified Copy grossed $66,300 from a comparable quintet.
Overall the pluses and minuses canceled out and weekend revenues slipped 4% from the immediate prior session. It was a steeper 13% decline from 2010 when the second weekend of Alice in Wonderland reigned with $62.7 million followed by bows of Green Zone and She’s Out of My League with respective openers of $14.3 million and $9.8 million.
Industry anxiety ran high for Battle: Los Angeles with pundits invoking the likes of Independence Day, District 9 and Skyline on the down side as past barometers. Initial tracking pegged its opening between $25 million and $30 million with it pushing slightly higher as opening day approached.
Exit polls pegged the audience unsurprisingly at 62% male. However, it also showed that the ticket buyers were 55% over the age of 25; continuing the 2011 industry question of where the younger, previously more avid crowds have migrated (and whether is possible to park product at that location).
Audience composition for both Red Riding Hood and Mars Needs Moms were also as anticipated. The cowl clad lass was 54% distaff and 56% under the age of 25 while the folk from the red planet were 85% family with 68% buying stereoscopic ducats. But though not particularly family friendly, Rango was the audience magnet even with a 40% hit off of its opening weekend.
Though the two films hit their target, neither hit it with quite the anticipated force. Red Riding Hood was tracking between $16 million and $20 million while Mars Needs Moms was supposed to be in the range of $10 million to $14 million.
Expect some hard questions to be asked at CinemaCon in two weeks beginning with the evaporation of the under 25s. Distribution is likely to be pushing for shorter theatrical windows and theater owners will just be … freaking out.
Weekend (estimates) March 11 – 13, 2011 |
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Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
% change |
Theaters |
Cume |
Battle: Los Angeles |
Sony |
36.2 (10,590) |
NEW |
3417 |
36.2 |
Rango |
Par |
22.8 (5,820) |
-40% |
3923 |
68.4 |
Red Riding Hood |
WB |
14.0 (4,630) |
NEW |
3030 |
14 |
The Adjustment Bureau |
Uni |
11.4 (4,010) |
-46% |
2847 |
38.4 |
Mars Needs Moms |
BV |
6.8 (2,190) |
NEW |
3117 |
6.8 |
Beastly |
CBS |
5.0 (2,570) |
-49% |
1959 |
16.9 |
Hall Pass |
WB |
5.0 (1,970) |
-43% |
2555 |
34.9 |
Just Go With It |
Sony |
4.0 (1,660) |
-38% |
2398 |
93.9 |
The King’s Speech |
TWC |
3.6 (2,030) |
-42% |
1768 |
129 |
Gnomeo and Juliet |
BV/eOne |
3.5 (1,360) |
-52% |
2585 |
89 |
Unknown |
WB |
3.3 (1,440) |
-49% |
2303 |
58.4 |
I Am Number 4 |
BV |
2.2 (1,110) |
-61% |
2005 |
50.3 |
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never |
Par |
1.3 (1,050) |
-69% |
1247 |
70.9 |
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son |
Fox |
1.2 (1,330) |
-62% |
931 |
35.1 |
Take Me Home Tonight |
Relativity |
1.2 (610) |
-65% |
2003 |
5.8 |
Cedar Rapids |
FoxSearch |
.93 (2,360) |
13% |
394 |
4.6 |
Tangled |
BV |
.62 (1,710) |
-22% |
363 |
196.6 |
The Fighter |
Par/Alliance |
.55 (1,210) |
-51% |
453 |
92.9 |
Black Swan |
FoxSearch |
.44 (1,310) |
-56% |
337 |
105.9 |
True Grit |
Par |
.43 (1,070) |
-56% |
401 |
169.4 |
Barney’s Version |
eOne/SPC |
.34 (1,760) |
-13% |
192 |
6.2 |
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Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
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$123.60 |
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% Change (Last Year) |
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-13% |
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% Change (Last Week) |
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-4% |
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Also debuting/expanding |
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Of Gods and Men |
Sony Classics |
.25 (4,500) |
-2% |
56 |
1.2 |
Jane Eyre |
Focus |
.18 (45,120) |
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4 |
0.18 |
Kill the Irishman |
Anchor Bay |
.14 (28,260) |
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5 |
0.14 |
French Kiss |
TVA |
91,200 (1,690) |
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54 |
0.09 |
Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes |
Alliance |
68,400 (1,950) |
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35 |
0.07 |
Certified Copy |
IFC |
66,300 (13,260) |
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5 |
0.07 |
HappyThankYouMorePlease |
Anchor Bay |
59,700 (3,140) |
70% |
19 |
0.09 |
I Will Follow |
Film Movement |
44,100 (11,020) |
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4 |
0.04 |
3 Backyards |
Screen Media |
11,400 (11,400) |
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1 |
0.01 |
Making th Boys |
First Run |
6,800 (6,800) |
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1 |
0.01 |
Elektra Luxx |
IDP |
5,700 (1,420) |
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4 |
0.01 |
Black Death |
Magnolia |
3,700 (3,700) |
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1 |
0.01 |
Monogamy |
Oscilloscope |
3,600 (3,600) |
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1 |
0.01 |
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Domestic Market Share (Jan. 1 – March 10, 2011) |
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Distributor (releases) |
Gross |
Market Share |
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Paramount (9) |
337.1 |
20.90% |
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Sony (9) |
277.4 |
17.20% |
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Buena Vista (5) |
215.2 |
13.30% |
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Warner Bros. (12) |
179.1 |
11.10% |
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Universal (6) |
163.3 |
10.10% |
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Weinstein Co. (3) |
121.2 |
7.50% |
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Fox (5) |
82.9 |
5.10% |
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Fox Searchlight (3) |
76.3 |
4.70% |
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CBS (3) |
41.3 |
2.60% |
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Relativity (3) |
29.5 |
1.80% |
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Focus (2) |
20.7 |
1.30% |
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eOne/Seville (7) |
12.2 |
0.80% |
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Summit (3) |
11.7 |
0.70% |
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Sony Classics (5) |
9.6 |
0.60% |
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Other * (73) |
37.6 |
2.30% |
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1615.1 |
100.00% |
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* none greater than 0.4% |
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Top Limited Releases (Jan. 1 – March 10, 2011) |
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Title |
Distributor |
Gross* |
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Blue Valentine * |
TWC |
9,313,215 |
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Barney’s Version * |
eOne/SPC |
5,661,527 |
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Biutiful |
Roadside Att |
4,337,480 |
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The Company Men |
TWC |
4,102,660 |
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Cedar Rapids |
rch |
3,676,294 |
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From Nada to Prada |
LGF |
2,946,275 |
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Another Year * |
SPC |
2,854,313 |
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The Way Back |
Newmarket/All |
2,806,469 |
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Hubble 3D * |
WB |
2,321,675 |
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The Grace Card |
IDP |
1,842,199 |
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The Illusionist * |
SPC |
1,811,964 |
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Rabbit Hole * |
LGF |
1,810,546 |
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Somewhere * |
Focus |
1,502,550 |
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Incendies * |
Seville/eOne |
1,348,780 |
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2011 Oscar Shorts |
Magnolia |
1,266,790 |
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Tags: Barney's Version, Battle: Los Angeles, Beastly, Big Mommas: Like Father, Black Swan, Cedar Rapids, Gnomeo and Juliet, Hall Pass, I Am Number 4, just go with it, justin bieber: never say never, Like Son, Mars Needs Moms, Rango, Red Riding Hood, Take Me Home Tonight, Tangled, The Adjustment Bureau, The Fighter, The King's Speech, True Grit, Unknown
Posted in MCN Originals, MCN Weekend, Movie City News, The Weekend Report | Comments Off on The Weekend Report — March 13
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Gold Star … Silver Star
The lizards of Rango slithered easily into audience hearts with an estimated $38.7 million that topped weekend viewing charts. Three other new wide releases entered the marketplace with the “what if” antics of The Adjustment Bureau ranking second with $20.9 million and the modern fairy tale Beastly following with $9.7 million. The romantic Take Me Home Tonight captured few hearts with a $3.4 million gross.
Limited and exclusive debuts were largely uninspired with the coming of age HappyThankYouMorePlease generating $29,700 on two screens and Thai award winner Uncle Bonmee grossing $25,400 from four venues. Box office for the 3D presentation of opera favorite Carmen from England’s Royal Opera weren’t reported.
The infusion of new titles expanded sales by 24% from the prior weekend but couldn’t compete with last years $116.1 million bow for Alice in Wonderland. Revenues slumped by 34% from 2010 and the year to date is lagging behind the prior year’s pace by 16%.
The enthusiastic reviews for the 3D animated gunslinger yarn Rango did little to bolster interest for the film’s non-family audience and the film bowed on the low end of industry estimates. Generally positive reviews for the sci-fi romance The Adjustment Bureau place that film on the high side of tacking predictions.
Conversely tracking for both Beastly and Take Me Home Tonight veered radically from expectations with the latter expected to out perform in its debut. With the former predicted to do no better than $6 million, you can guess the rest.
With the exhibition sector’s convention just three weeks away (now re-named CinemaCon) one can expect some hard questions being bruited. It’s decidedly not a period of warmth between theater owners and the studios and waning audiences; particular among the key under 25s will certainly heat up the issue of making new releases available on other platforms including home screens.
Oscar sheen (a distant relative of Charlie) appeared to dim rapidly for all save The King’s Speech. Though it’s hardly a new phenomenon, the shorter award season (and threat of an even shorter one in the near future) is likely to create the employ of new strategies to exploit films reliant on statuettes and the like this year.
Weekend (estimates) March 4 – 6, 2011 |
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Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
% change |
Theaters |
Cume |
Rango |
Par |
37.8 (9,660) |
NEW |
3917 |
37.8 |
The Adjustment Bureau |
Uni |
20.9 (7,350) |
NEW |
2840 |
20.9 |
Beastly |
CBS |
9.7 (4,980) |
NEW |
1952 |
9.7 |
Hall Pass |
WB |
8.8 (2,990) |
-35% |
2950 |
26.8 |
Gnomeo and Juliet |
BV/eOne |
7.0 (2,350) |
-48% |
2984 |
83.8 |
The King’s Speech |
TWC |
6.5 (2,890) |
-12% |
2240 |
123.8 |
Just Go With It |
Sony |
6.4 (2,200) |
-39% |
2920 |
88.1 |
Unknown |
WB |
6.4 (2,210) |
-49% |
2913 |
52.9 |
I Am Number 4 |
BV |
5.7 (1,970) |
-48% |
2903 |
46.5 |
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never |
Par |
4.2 (1,880) |
-55% |
2254 |
68.8 |
Take Me Home Tonight |
Relativity |
3.4 (1,710) |
NEW |
2003 |
3.4 |
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son |
Fox |
3.2 (1,950) |
-58% |
1642 |
33.2 |
Drive Angry |
Summit |
2.1 (930) |
-59% |
2290 |
9 |
The Fighter |
Par/Alliance |
1.1 (1,840) |
-33% |
575 |
92 |
Black Swan |
FxSrch |
1.0 (1,440) |
-26% |
681 |
105.1 |
True Grit |
Par |
.94 (1,300) |
-52% |
725 |
168.6 |
Cedar Rapids |
FxSrch |
.77 (3,280) |
16% |
235 |
3.3 |
Tangled |
BV |
.74 (1,760) |
76% |
421 |
195.7 |
The Roommate |
Sony |
.59 (970) |
-70% |
606 |
36.8 |
The Grace Card |
IDP |
.51 (1,450) |
-50% |
352 |
1.7 |
Barney’s Version |
eOne/SPC |
.40 (1,900) |
-27% |
211 |
5.7 |
No Strings Attached |
Par |
.36 (850) |
-75% |
425 |
69.6 |
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Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
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$127.75 |
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% Change (Last Year) |
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-33% |
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% Change (Last Week) |
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24% |
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Also debuting/expanding |
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Of Gods and Men |
SPC |
.26 (7,420) |
-16% |
42 |
0.73 |
The Illusionist |
SPC |
77,500 (1,020) |
-48% |
76 |
1.9 |
HappyThankYouMorePlease |
Anchor Bay |
29,700 (14,850) |
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2 |
0.03 |
Uncle Bonmee |
Strand |
25,400 (6,350) |
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4 |
0.03 |
Bereavement |
Paradigm |
22,300 (1,120) |
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20 |
0.02 |
Detective K |
CJ Ent |
13,500 (13,500) |
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1 |
0.01 |
I Saw the Devil |
Magnolia |
12,100 (6,050) |
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2 |
0.01 |
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom |
Mongrel |
9,400 (1,880) |
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5 |
0.01 |
The Human Resources Manager |
FilmMove |
8,300 (2,770) |
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3 |
0.01 |
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Domestic Market Share (Jan. 1 – March 3, 2011) |
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Distributor (releases) |
Gross |
Market Share |
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Paramount (8) |
283.2 |
19.60% |
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Sony (9) |
267.7 |
18.50% |
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Buena Vista (5) |
198.7 |
13.70% |
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Warner Bros. (12) |
157.7 |
10.90% |
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Universal (5) |
135.8 |
9.40% |
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Weinstein Co. (3) |
112.8 |
7.80% |
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Fox (5) |
78.8 |
5.50% |
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Fox Searchlight (3) |
73.6 |
5.10% |
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CBS (2) |
29.3 |
2.00% |
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Relativity (2) |
24.8 |
1.70% |
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Focus (2) |
20.3 |
1.40% |
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eOne/Seville (7) |
10.9 |
0.80% |
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Sony Classics (5) |
8.7 |
0.60% |
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Summit (3) |
8.5 |
0.60% |
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Other * (68) |
35.2 |
2.40% |
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* none greater than 0.4% |
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Top Domestic Grossers (Jan. 1 – March 3, 2011) |
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Title |
Distributor |
Gross* |
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The King’s Speech * |
TWC |
99,641,843 |
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True Grit * |
Par |
97,285,477 |
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The Green Hornet |
Sony |
96,820,070 |
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Just Go With It |
Sony |
81,700,070 |
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Gnomeo and Juliet |
BV/eOne |
76,782,010 |
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No Strings Attached |
Par |
69,289,473 |
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Justin Bieber: Never Say Never |
Par |
64,551,441 |
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Little Fockers * |
Uni |
63,484,205 |
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Black Swan * |
FxSrch |
63,240,197 |
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Tron: Legacy * |
BV |
53,579,845 |
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The Fighter * |
Par/Alliance |
51,877,355 |
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The Dilemma |
Uni |
48,475,290 |
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Unknown |
WB |
46,509,264 |
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I Am Number 4 |
BV |
40,738,416 |
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Yogi Bear * |
WB |
40,506,801 |
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The Roommate |
Sony |
36,260,283 |
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Tangled * |
BV |
33,709,950 |
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The Rite |
WB |
32,464,547 |
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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son |
Fox |
29,969,678 |
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The Mechanic |
CBS |
28,812,145 |
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Tags: Barney's Version, Beastly, Big Mommas: Like Father, Black Swan, Cedar Rapids, Drive Angry, Gnomeo and Juliet, Hall Pass, I Am Number 4, just go with it, justin bieber: never say never, Like Son, No Strings Attached, Rango, Take Me Home Tonight, Tangled, The Adjustment Bureau, The Fighter, The Grace Card, The King's Speech, the roommate, True Grit, Unknown
Posted in MCN Originals, MCN Weekend, Movie City News, The Weekend Report | 1 Comment »
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
I Am Number?
There was little to salute as the weekend portion of the President’s holiday frame saw movie going once again register box office and admission declines. A trio of new films opened to modest response including the action-thriller Unknown, which led the field (though it could slip to second for the four-day period) with an estimated $21.9 million. Also new were the teen-oriented chiller I Am Number 4 , with $19.4 million to slot third, and the comedy sequel Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son in position five with $16.4 million.
There were also a tsunami of niche and exclusive bows including new Hindi and Telegu movies from India. But neither 7 Khoon Maaf nor Katha Screenplay Darsakakatvam provided more than a ripple of interest. Best of the limited releases was the non-fiction The Last Lions with $49,400 at four venues and Spanish Oscar submission Even the Rain, which grossed $52,600 from eight screens. And the fistful of exclusive bows was largely non-vigorous, though the doc I Am generated an encouraging $10,100 in its solo flight.
The absence of an 11th hour Oscar surge didn’t help the situation, though two contenders — The King’s Speech and Black Swan — managed to pass the $100 million threshold. Still, the failure of most late calendar releases to find Academy favor and the wave of new releases pushing out front-runners trends toward a serious re-thinking in theatrical exploitation for award season movies.
The four-day weekend should generate roughly $175 million and that translates into a 28% drop from President’s weekend 2010. It’s a more modest 4% erosion from the prior weekend. A year ago the trio of freshmen comprised of Valentine’s Day, Percy Jackson and The Wolfman debuted to respective grosses of $63.1 million, $38.7 million and $35.6 million.
Unknown skewed dramatically older with exits indicating 89% of its ticket buyers older than 25-years old. Surprisingly, I Am Number 4 also went slightly older with 53% plus 25s and Big Mommas had a 50/50 split. Also unexpected was Number 4’s 57/43 split that favored men and only 26% of its audience identified as teens.
The past six months has certainly seen a listing toward what the industry views as an older audience. The combination of the majors’ historic slowness at responding to change in the marketplace and decades of reliance on young males to propel special effects movies into the box office stratosphere is about to face a major challenge in May.
If you build it … will they come? Stay tuned.
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Weekend Estimates – February 18-20, 2011
Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
% change * |
Theaters |
Cume |
Unknown |
WB |
21.9 (7,190) |
NEW |
3043 |
21.9 |
Gnomeo and Juliet |
BV/eOne |
19.6 (6,490) |
-23% |
3014 |
50.6 |
I Am Number 4 |
BV |
19.4 (6,160) |
NEW |
3154 |
19.4 |
Just Go With It |
Sony |
18.3 (5,150) |
-40% |
3548 |
60.8 |
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son |
Fox |
16.4 (5,810) |
NEW |
2821 |
16.4 |
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never |
Par |
13.6 (4,370) |
-54% |
3118 |
48.5 |
The King’s Speech |
Weinstein Co. |
6.5 (3,100) |
-11% |
2086 |
103.2 |
The Roommate |
Sony |
4.0 (1,870) |
-50% |
2160 |
32.6 |
The Eagle |
Focus |
3.4 (1,490) |
-61% |
2296 |
14.9 |
No Strings Attached |
Par |
3.1 (1,570) |
-47% |
1966 |
66 |
True Grit |
Par |
2.4 (1,660) |
-36% |
1465 |
164.2 |
Sanctum |
Uni |
1.5 (1,110) |
-73% |
1377 |
21.8 |
The Fighter |
Par/Alliance |
1.5 (1,990) |
-30% |
759 |
87.9 |
The Green Hornet |
Sony |
1.5 (1,170) |
-60% |
1265 |
95.1 |
Black Swan |
Fox Searchlight |
1.3 (1,970) |
-39% |
656 |
101.5 |
The Rite |
WB |
1.1 (1,030) |
-67% |
1048 |
31.3 |
The Mechanic |
CBS |
1.0 (1,090) |
-68% |
952 |
27.9 |
Cedar Rapids |
Fox Searchlight |
.93 (9,120) |
207% |
102 |
1.3 |
Barney’s Version |
eOne/Sony Classics |
.80 (2,850) |
90% |
323 |
4.3 |
Tangled |
BV |
.55 (1,410) |
-32% |
389 |
194.1 |
Biutiful |
Roadside |
.52 (3,640) |
-10% |
143 |
3 |
Tron: Legacy |
BV |
.43 (1,380) |
-22% |
312 |
170.4 |
Yogi Bear |
WB |
.41 (570) |
-47% |
725 |
97.2 |
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Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
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$139.30 |
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% Change (Last Year) |
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-28% |
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% Change (Last Week) |
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-4% |
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Also debuting/expanding |
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Blue Valentine |
Weinstein Co. |
.32 (1,370) |
-45% |
235 |
8.8 |
The Company Men |
Weinstein Co. |
.29 (1,210) |
-44% |
242 |
3.5 |
Another Year |
Sony Classics |
.22 (1,820) |
-33% |
121 |
2.5 |
7 Khoon Maaf |
UTV |
.19 (2,470) |
|
76 |
0.19 |
The Illusionist |
Sony Classics |
.19 (1,790) |
-37% |
106 |
1.5 |
Even the Rain |
Vitagraph |
52,600 (6,570) |
|
8 |
0.05 |
The Last Lions |
National Geo |
49,400 (12,350) |
|
4 |
0.05 |
Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam |
Supreme |
36,700 (1,930) |
|
19 |
0.04 |
Immigration Tango |
Roadside |
14,400 (380) |
|
30 |
0.01 |
En terrains connus |
eOne |
12,600 (1,050) |
|
12 |
0.01 |
I Am |
Paladin |
10,100 (10,100) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
Brotherhood |
Phase 4 |
8,800 (8,800) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
The Chaperone |
IFC |
6,900 (690) |
|
10 |
0.01 |
Putty Hill |
Cinema Guild |
4,500 (4,500) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
Vanishing on 7th Street |
Magnolia |
3,200 (3,200) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
Domestic Market Share – 2010
Distributor |
Gross |
Market Share |
Paramount (8) |
236.4 |
21.60% |
Sony (9) |
216.8 |
19.80% |
Universal (5) |
131.8 |
12.00% |
Buena Vista (4) |
114.3 |
10.40% |
Weinstein Co. (3) |
90.6 |
8.30% |
Warner Bros. (10) |
87.9 |
8.00% |
Fox Searchlight (3) |
66.6 |
6.10% |
Fox (4) |
47.4 |
4.30% |
CBS (2) |
27.4 |
2.50% |
Relativity (2) |
24.6 |
2.20% |
Focus (2) |
12.9 |
1.20% |
Sony Classics (5) |
5.9 |
0.50% |
Other * (49) |
33.5 |
3.10% |
1096.1` |
100.00% |
* none greater than 0.45% |
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Saturday, February 12th, 2011
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never|12.2|3965|NEW|12.2
Just Go With It|9.3|3548|NEW|9.3
Gnomeo and Juliet|6|2994|NEW|6
The Eagle|2.7|2296|NEW|2.7
The Roommate|2.8|2534|-60%|20.2
The King’s Speech|1.8|2263|-22%|88.3
No Strings Attached|1.7|2756|-43%|55.9
Sanctum|1.4|2789|-62%|13.7
True Grit|.95|2072|-38%|158
The Green Hornet|.85|2090-51%|89.6
Also Debuting
Cedar Rapids|77,700|80
2011 Oscar Shorts|53,200|15
Mooz-lum|43,600|11
Gaganam|22,500|14
Bulong|7350|6
Vidal Sassoon: The Movie|5250|1
Poetry|4300|3
Payanam|3600|9
Carancho|3200|3
Tags: 2011 Oscar Shorts, Bulong, Carancho, Cedar Rapids, Gaganam, Gnomeo and Juliet, just go with it, justin bieber: never say never, Mooz-lum, No Strings Attached, Payanam, poetry, Sanctum, The Eagle, The Green Hornet, The King's Speech, the roommate, True Grit, Vidal Sassoon: The Movie
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Friday, February 11th, 2011
Tags: Cedar Rapids
Posted in 10 Days of Sundance, DP/30, Festivals, MCN Blogs, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Originals, The Hot Blog | Comments Off on DP/30@Sundance: Cedar Rapids, director Miguel Arteta, actor Ed Helms
It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?
So I decided on three writers that I might be able to option their material and get some producer, or myself as producer, and then get some writer to do a screenplay on it, and maybe make a movie.
And so the three projects were “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “Naked Lunch” and a collection of Bukowski. Which, in 1975, forget it — I mean, that was nuts. Hollywood would not touch any of that, but I was looking for something commercial, and I thought that all of these things were coming.
There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.
I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.
So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.
But then I did, and then I realized who it was, and I thought, “Wait, he’s in that realm, maybe he knows Philip K. Dick.” I said, “You know a guy named—” “Yeah, sure — you want his phone number?”
My friend paid my rent for a year while I wrote, because it turned out we couldn’t get a writer. My friends kept on me about, well, if you can’t get a writer, then you write.”
~ Hampton Fancher
“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.
~ David Simon