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Sunday, December 5th, 2010
The Warrior’s Weigh
The first weekend of December has the ignominious tradition of being one of the lowest moviegoing periods of the year. This year is no exception with but a single new wide release and holdover titles generally experiencing declines of more than 50%.
The newcomer arrived from the re-constituted Relativity Media with the martial arts actioner The Warrior’s Way. It barely squeaked into the top 10 with an estimated $3 million. Industry trackers hadn’t expected much for the picture but even their estimates were pegged significantly higher at roughly $5 million.
The frame leader was the animated Tangled with an estimated $21.5 million with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 taking the consolation prize with $16.9 million. The rest of the holdovers were indeed the deathly hallows.
However, there were a couple of spectacular exclusive debuts. The controversial and intense drama Black Swan bowed to $1.4 million, which translated into a jaw dropping per engagement average of $76,670. And the left-for-dead black comedy I Love You Phillip Morris hit the target with $109,000 from six locations and an $18,200 average. Also encouraging was the two-screen bow of the ironically titled All Good Things with $37,500.
The rest of the new niche crowd ranged from fair to poor including several new films on the Indian circuit, the independent Night Catches Us and the documentary Bhutto.
All added up, revenues amounted to about $86 million and a 54% drop from the weekend slice of Thanksgiving. It was also off 15% from the 2009 edition when the top new entry was third-ranked Brothers with $9.5 million. The 2009 leader with $20 million was The Blind Side.
Domestic box office should push past $10 billion next weekend and register a slight gain for the year when the dust settles in 26 days. It also unquestionably marks another year of theatrical admission declines; likely between 5% and 7%.
As to award’s contenders, it remains anyone’s game and last week’s announcement of honors from the National Board of Review provided scant indication of what’s to follow from major critical groups or the Hollywood Foreign Press. Apart from James L. Brooks’ How Do You Know, the anticipated upcoming releases have been seen and left prognosticators fumbling to identify leaders in any of the talent categories.
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Weekend Estimates – December 3-5, 2010
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
% change * |
Theaters |
Cume |
| Tangled |
BV |
21.5 (5,970) |
-56% |
3603 |
96.5 |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows, Part 1* |
WB |
16.9 (4,090) |
-66% |
4125 |
244.4 |
| Burlesque |
Sony |
6.1 (2,020) |
-49% |
3037 |
27 |
| Unstoppable |
Fox |
6.1 (1,930) |
-47% |
3152 |
68.9 |
| Love and Other Drugs |
Fox |
5.7 (2,310) |
-42% |
2458 |
22.6 |
| Megamind |
Par |
4.9 (1,550) |
-61% |
3173 |
136.6 |
| Due Date |
WB |
4.2 (1,720) |
-41% |
2450 |
91 |
| Faster |
CBS |
3.8 (1,550) |
-55% |
2470 |
18.1 |
| The Warrior’s Way |
Relativity |
3.0 (1,870) |
NEW |
1622 |
3 |
| The Next Three Days |
Lionsgate |
2.6 (1,150) |
-45% |
2236 |
18.3 |
| Morning Glory |
Par |
1.7 (760) |
-56% |
2263 |
29.1 |
| 127 Hours |
Fox Searchlight |
1.6 (3,790) |
-4% |
433 |
6.6 |
| Black Swan |
Fox Searchlight |
1.4 (76,670) |
NEW |
18 |
1.4 |
| Fair Game |
Summit |
1.0 (2,320) |
-27% |
436 |
7.3 |
| Red |
Summit |
.75 (960) |
-45% |
779 |
87.2 |
| For Colored Girls … |
Lionsgate |
.45 (930) |
-67% |
485 |
37.3 |
| Lance et compte |
Seville |
.43 (4,480) |
-31% |
96 |
1.3 |
| Skyline |
Uni/Alliance |
.42 (730) |
-63% |
578 |
20.9 |
| The Social Network |
Sony |
.41 (1,580) |
-42% |
260 |
91 |
| The King’s Speech |
Weinstein Co. |
.32 (53,000) |
-10% |
6 |
0.8 |
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| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
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$81.25 |
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| % Change (Last Year) |
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-15% |
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| % Change (Last Week) |
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-54% |
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| Also debuting/expanding |
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| I Love You Phillip Morris |
Roadside |
.11 (18,200) |
|
6 |
0.11 |
| Raktacharitra 2 |
Viva/Happy |
94,200 (4,100) |
|
23 |
0.09 |
| Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey |
Viva |
65,300 (960) |
|
68 |
0.07 |
| Nutcracker 3D |
FreeStyle |
45,700 (1,040) |
-31% |
44 |
0.14 |
| Made in Dagenham |
Sony Classics |
39,600 (3,600) |
-37% |
11 |
0.18 |
| All Good Things |
Magnolia |
37,500 (18,750) |
|
2 |
0.04 |
| Dead Awake |
New Film |
31,400 (570) |
|
55 |
0.03 |
| Mar Jawan Gur Khake |
Punjabi |
18,800 (6,270) |
|
3 |
0.02 |
| Night Catches Us |
Magnolia |
12,100 (3,020) |
|
4 |
0.01 |
| Bhutto |
First Run |
7,800 (3,900) |
|
2 |
0.01 |
Domestic Market Share (Jan. 1 – Dec. 2, 2010)
| Distributor (releases) |
Gross |
Market Share |
| Warner Bros. (27) |
1792.9 |
18.40% |
| Paramount (18) |
1609.2 |
16.50% |
| Fox (18) |
1371.7 |
14.00% |
| Buena Vista (16) |
1252.3 |
12.80% |
| Sony (24) |
1185.4 |
12.10% |
| Universal (18) |
797.2 |
8.20% |
| Summit (11) |
517.9 |
5.30% |
| Lionsgate (15) |
512.4 |
5.20% |
| Fox Searchlight (7) |
84.7 |
0.90% |
| Overture (7) |
81.9 |
0.80% |
| Focus (7) |
75.2 |
0.80% |
| CBS (3) |
64.2 |
0.70% |
| Weinstein Co. (8) |
63.1 |
0.70% |
| Sony Classics (22) |
58.7 |
0.60% |
| MGM (1) |
50.4 |
0.50% |
| Other * (301) |
246.6 |
2.50% |
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9763.8 |
100.00% |
| * none greater than .04% |
Top Global Grossers * (Jan. 1 – Dec. 2, 2010)
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross |
| Avatar * |
Fox |
1,955,694,414 |
| Toy Story 3 |
BV |
1,065,128,004 |
| Alice in Wonderland |
BV |
1,024,537,295 |
| Inception |
WB |
840,550,911 |
| Shrek Forever After |
Par |
738,351,966 |
| Twilight: Eclipse |
Summit |
699,325,617 |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 |
WB |
634,033,738 |
| Iron Man 2 |
Par |
622,718,600 |
| Despicable Me |
Uni |
534,415,944 |
| How to Train Your Dragon |
Par |
495,921,283 |
| Clash of the Titans |
WB |
489,778,913 |
| Sherlock Holmes * |
WB |
367,796,599 |
| The Karate Kid |
Sony |
359,429,551 |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
BV |
335,816,141 |
| The Last Airbender |
Par |
319,062,129 |
| Robin Hood |
Uni |
312,207,159 |
| Shutter Island |
Par |
301,977,955 |
| Sex and the City 2 |
WB |
301,158,934 |
| Salt |
Sony |
293,955,694 |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife |
Sony/Alliance |
292,972,689 |
| The Expendables |
Lionsgate |
272,550,235 |
| Grown Ups |
Sony |
271,417,359 |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel |
Fox |
264,341,533 |
| Knight and Day |
Fox |
261,206,060 |
| Percy Jackson & the Olympians |
Fox |
226,497,298 |
| * does not include 2009 box office |
Tags: 127 Hours, Alice in Wonderland, All Good Things, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Avatar, bhutto, Black Swan, Burlesque, Clash of the Titans, Dead Awake, Despicable Me, Due Date, Fair Game, Faster, For Colored Girls …, Grown Ups, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows, How to Train Your Dragon, I Love You Phillip Morris, Inception, Iron Man 2, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, Knight and Day, Lance et compte, Love and Other Drugs, Made in Dagenham, Mar Jawan Gur Khake, Megamind, Morning Glory, night catches us, Nutcracker 3D, Part 1, Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Raktacharitra 2, Red, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Robin Hood, Salt, Sex and the City 2, Sherlock Holmes, Shrek Forever After, Shutter Island, skyline, Tangled, The Expendables, The Karate Kid, The King's Speech, The Last Airbender, The Next Three Days, The Social Network, the warrior's way, Toy Story 3, Twilight: Eclipse, unstoppable
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Sunday, November 28th, 2010
Tangled Up in Blues … and Reds
A quartet of new releases for Thanksgiving failed to topple Harry Potter from the top of the charts during the gobble, gobble fest. The first part of the Potter finale — Deathly Hallows — grossed an estimated $51.2 million for the weekend portion of the holiday frame. Just a cluck behind was the animated Rapunzel of Tangled with $49.2 million ($69.1 million for the 5-days).
The other three wide release freshmen clustered in positions five to seven with indifferent results. The glitzy musical Burlesque crooned $11.4 million, rom-com Love and Other Drugs ingested $9.6 million and Faster added a tortoise-paced $8.2 million.
The big noise of the session proved to be the well positioned awards contender The King’s Speech that amassed a heady $86,000 screen average from just four venues. There was also an impressive $610,000 for local hockey comedy Lance et compte in Quebec, but a dull $212,000 for Bollywood entry Break Ke Baad. And a new seasonal Nutcracker in 3D was virtually D.O.A. with a $62,700 tally from 42 screens.
Adding it all up, Thanksgiving box office was a smidgen less than last year’s result.
Industry trackers generally predicted that Deathly Hallows would prevail at the box office but few anticipated that Tangled would be truly competitive with the Hogwart’s grad. They also generally over estimated the strengths of the remaining trio of new entries; especially Faster, which was given the edge over Love and Other Drugs.
Overall weekend numbers added up to roughly $187 million that translated into a 6% decline from the immediate prior session. It was also a slight 1% decline from Thanksgiving weekend 2009 when The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Blind Side led with respectively $42.9 million and $40.1 million. The top new entry, Old Dogs, ranked fourth with $16.9 million.
The current session also saw expansions for 127 Hours and Fair Game that were encouraging but nonetheless displayed signs of fatigue. Still with critics groups just weeks away from announcements both films could well experience second winds. The potent arrival of The King’s Speech however has put that film in the forefront and its now vying with a real royal wedding as well as a smattering of pictures yet to be seen for late year honors.
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Weekend Estimates – November 26-28, 2010
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
% change * |
Theaters |
Cume |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows, Part 1* |
WB |
51.2 (12,420) |
-59% |
4125 |
221.2 |
| Tangled |
BV |
49.2 (13,660) |
NEW |
3603 |
69.1 |
| Megamind |
Par |
12.9 (3,770) |
-20% |
3411 |
130.5 |
| Unstoppable |
Fox |
11.7 (3,670) |
-10% |
3183 |
60.6 |
| Burlesque |
Sony |
11.4 (3,740) |
NEW |
3037 |
16.8 |
| Love and Other Drugs |
Fox |
9.6 (3,920) |
NEW |
2455 |
13.8 |
| Faster |
CBS |
8.2 (3,360) |
NEW |
2451 |
11.8 |
| Due Date |
WB |
7.2 (2,830) |
-19% |
2555 |
84.9 |
| The Next Three Days |
Lionsgate |
4.8 (1,860) |
-27% |
2564 |
14.5 |
| Morning Glory |
Par |
4.0 (1,630) |
-24% |
2441 |
26.4 |
| 127 Hours |
Searchlight |
1.7 (5,900) |
89% |
293 |
4.4 |
| Fair Game |
Summit |
1.6 (3,960) |
8% |
396 |
6 |
| For Colored Girls … |
Lionsgate |
1.4 (2,360) |
-38% |
605 |
36.6 |
| Red |
Summit |
1.4 (1,540) |
-43% |
914 |
86.2 |
| Skyline |
Uni/Alliance |
1.1 (900) |
-70% |
1189 |
20.1 |
| The Social Network |
Sony |
.73 (2,510) |
-22% |
291 |
90.4 |
| Secretariat |
BV |
.66 (1.310) |
-32% |
502 |
57.6 |
| Lance et compte |
Seville |
.61 (6,930) |
NEW |
88 |
0.61 |
| The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest |
Music Box/Alliance |
.36 (1,970) |
-10% |
184 |
4.2 |
| Despicable Me |
Uni |
.35 (1,320) |
31% |
266 |
249.7 |
| The King’s Speech |
Weinstein Co. |
.34 (86,030) |
NEW |
4 |
0.34 |
| Inside Job |
Sony Classics |
.31 (2,330) |
-9% |
132 |
2.6 |
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| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
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$179.40 |
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| % Change (Last Year) |
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-1% |
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| % Change (Last Week) |
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-6% |
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| Also debuting/expanding |
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| Break Ke Baad |
Reliance |
.21 (2,500) |
|
85 |
0.33 |
| Nutcracker 3D |
FreeStyle |
62,700 (1,490) |
|
42 |
0.09 |
| Made in Dagenham |
Sony Classics |
62.500 (5,680) |
64% |
11 |
0.12 |
| The Legend of Pale Male |
Balcony |
11,400 (11,400) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
| The Unjust |
CJ |
7,200 (7,200) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
| Tere Ishq Nachaye |
Eros |
4,200 (200) |
|
21 |
0.01 |
Domestic Market Share (Jan. 1 – Nov. 21, 2010)
| Distributor (releases) |
Gross |
Market Share |
| Warner Bros. (27) |
1674.1 |
17.80% |
| Paramount (18) |
1578.1 |
16.70% |
| Fox (17) |
1333.8 |
14.10% |
| Buena Vista (15) |
1174.6 |
12.50% |
| Sony (23) |
1161.6 |
12.30% |
| Universal (18) |
793.9 |
8.40% |
| Summit (11) |
512.7 |
5.40% |
| Lionsgate (15) |
500.4 |
5.30% |
| Overture (7) |
81.8 |
0.90% |
| Fox Searchlight (7) |
81.4 |
0.90% |
| Focus (7) |
75.2 |
0.80% |
| Weinstein Co. (7) |
62.6 |
0.70% |
| Sony Classics (21) |
57.8 |
0.60% |
| MGM (1) |
51.2 |
0.50% |
| CBS (2) |
50 |
0.50% |
| Other * (296) |
242.7 |
2.60% |
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9431.9 |
100.00% |
| * none greater than .04% |
Top Limited Releases * (Jan. 1 – Nov. 21, 2010)
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross |
| Hubble 3D |
WB |
18,355,494 |
| The Ghost Writer |
Summit |
15,569,712 |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
Music Box/Alliance |
11,282,938 |
| The Young Victoria * |
Apparition/Alliance |
11,131,232 |
| Get Low |
Sony Classics |
9,080,285 |
| A Single Man * |
Weinstein Co. |
7,935,872 |
| The Girl Who Played with Fire |
Music Box/Alliance |
7,837,823 |
| Cyrus |
Fox Searchlight |
7,461,082 |
| Babies |
Focus |
7,444,272 |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasus * |
E1/Sony Classics |
7,394,171 |
| City Island |
Anchor Bay |
6,671,036 |
| The Last Station |
Sony Classics |
6,617,867 |
| The Secret in Their Eyes |
Sony Classics |
6,391,436 |
| It’s Kind of a Funny Story |
Focus |
6,350,058 |
| Winter’s Bone |
Roadside Attraction |
6,225,414 |
| Waiting for “Superman” |
Par Vantage |
6,130,466 |
| Under the Sea 3D * |
WB |
5,504,062 |
| Precious |
Lions Gate |
5,085,319 |
| I Am Love |
Magnolia |
5,002,411 |
| An Education * |
Sony Classics |
4,963,224 |
| * does not include 2009 box office |
Tags: 127 Hours, A Single Man, An Education, Babies, break ke baad, Burlesque, City Island, Cyrus, Despicable Me, Due Date, Fair Game, Faster, For Colored Girls …, Get Low, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Hubble 3D, I Am Love, Inside Job, It's Kind Of A Funny Story, Lance et compte, Love and Other Drugs, Made in Dagenham, Megamind, Morning Glory, Nutcracker 3D, Part 1, Precious, Red, Secretariat, skyline, Tangled, Tere Ishq Nachaye, The Ghost Writer, the girl who kicked the hornet's nest, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasus, The King's Speech, The Last Station, The Legend of Pale Male, The Next Three Days, The Secret In Their Eyes, The Social Network, The Unjust, The Young Victoria, Under the Sea 3D, unstoppable, Waiting For 'Superman', Winter's Bone
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Saturday, November 27th, 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 1|20.8|4125|-45%|190.8
Tangled|19.9|3603|New|40.3
Megamind|5.3|3411|43%|123
Unstoppable|4.5|3261|12%|53.5
Burlesque|4.4|3037|New|9.8
Love and Other Drugs|3.7|2455|New|7.9
Faster|3.2|2451|New|6.8
Due Date |2.8|2555|-3%|77.7
The Next Three Days |1.9|2564|-15%|11.7
Morning Glory |1.6|2441|-1%|24
Also Debuting
Lance et compte|0.25|88||0.25
The King’s Speech|0.12|4||0.12
Break Ke Baad|70,400|85||70,400
Nutcracker 3D|25,100|44||25,100
The Legend of Pale Male|3,300|1||3,300
The Unjust|1,900|1||1,900
Tags: break ke baad, Burlesque, Due Date, Faster, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 1, Lance et compte, Love and Other Drugs, Megamind, Morning Glory, Nutcracker 3D, Tangled, The King's Speech, The Legend of Pale Male, The Next Three Days, The Unjust, unstoppable
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