Posts Tagged ‘Takers’
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
PICK OF THE WEEK: NEW
Lebanon (Four Stars)
Israel: Samuel Maoz, 2010 (Sony Picture Classics)
Lebanon. Spring, 1982. The war.We are inside an armored tank with four Israeli soldiers, in Beirut, in the throes of the Lebanon War. The battle is a raging hellfield punctuated with death, only barely comprehensible to the men or to us. Israelis battle Arabs battle Phalangists (Christian Arabs). The streets pop with gunfire. You can’t tell civilians from killers. The tank is hot and stinking and so small, the four can barely move around — tempers flaring, nerves frayed — as they roll though the streets, and peer through a periscope or gun sight seeking traps to avoid, enemies to kill.
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Tags: Buried, dances with wolves, Jack Goes Boating, Lebanon, Legacy: The Story of Civilization, Sherlock Jr., Shock Corrider, Stone, Takers, The Three Ages, Treasure Island
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Sunday, October 10th, 2010
Nobody Nose Anything
The Social Network surprised pundits with a better than expected hold and won the weekend movie going chase with an estimated $15.3 million. Three national debs were on its tail with lackluster returns. The rom-com Life As We Know It faltered in the clutch with $14.6 million while the much ballyhooed turf saga Secretariat posted $12.4 million, and there was a lack of stereoscopic shock for My Soul to Take with $6.9 million.
There was also a lack of oomph for the comic oddity It’s Kind of a Funny Story with $2 million tally-woo from 742 engagements.
In the niches Telegu-language Khaleja had a buoyant bow of $343,000 from 24 screens and OK returns of $72,700 for French thriller L’Immortel in Quebec. There were also a raft of exclusive bows with Darwinian winners that included the young John Lennon of Nowhere Boy grossing $51,300 at four venues, the squeezed of non-fiction Inside Job with $37,500 at two interviews and psychological thriller Stone with $71,400 from six couches.
Overall business once again took a dip with 2010 box office now less than 2% ahead of last year’s pace and industry mavens sweating out a quick reversal of fortune.
Tracking reports had pegged the uplifting tale of racing Triple Crowner Secretariat as the weekend’s odds-on favorite with estimates in the range of $16 million to $18 million. But its appeal to women and an older demo that remembered the four-legged wonder of the early 1970s failed to bring ‘em out in its maiden performance despite a considerable marketing push.
Life As We Know It was expected to be about a length behind Secretariat but pulled ahead right from the opening gate. It opened ahead of the pack on Friday with a $5.2 million bow but quickly lost ground to The Social Network as the weekend advanced.
And My Soul to Take fell smack in the middle of estimates in the $6 million to $8 million range. All three of the newbies skewed toward distaff viewers and there’s little question the marketplace is in dire need of something for the boys.
Weekend revenues pushed to roughly $92 million that represented a 4% dip from seven days back. It was a considerably steeped 16% fall from 2009 when the launch of Couples Retreat topped the charts on a $34.3 million first salvo.
On the expansion track, the “what’s wrong with our education” doc Waiting for “Superman” is holding up well and Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger continues to draw in aficionados. But the dour Never Let Me Go appears to have peaked early in the awards season. Among the new entries the highly enjoyable Tamara Drewe proved to be the surprise commercial disappointment with a dull $4,300 engagement average from four initial exposures.
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Weekend Estimates – October 1-3, 2010
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
% change * |
Theaters |
Cume |
| The Social Network |
Sony |
15.3 (5,520) |
-32% |
2771 |
45.9 |
| Life As We Know It |
WB |
14.6 (4,630) |
New |
3150 |
14.6 |
| Secretariat |
BV |
12.4 (4,050) |
New |
3072 |
12.4 |
| My Soul to Take |
Uni/Alliance |
6.9 (2,670) |
New |
2572 |
6.9 |
| Legend of the Guardians |
WB |
6.8 (2,100) |
-38% |
3225 |
39.2 |
| The Town |
WB |
6.3 (2,310) |
-36% |
2720 |
73.7 |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps |
Fox |
4.5 (1,600) |
-55% |
2829 |
43.6 |
| Easy A |
Sony |
4.1 (1,450) |
-39% |
2847 |
48.1 |
| Case 39 |
Par Vantage |
2.6 (1,160) |
-55% |
2212 |
9.5 |
| You Again |
BV |
2.4 (1,030) |
-58% |
2332 |
20.7 |
| Let Me In |
Overture |
2.4 (1,160) |
-54% |
2042 |
9.1 |
| It’s Kind of a Funny Story |
Focus |
2.0 (2,670) |
New |
742 |
2 |
| Devil |
Uni |
1.7 (1,210) |
-51% |
1442 |
30 |
| Alpha and Omega |
Lionsgate |
1.4 (890) |
-51% |
1616 |
21 |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife |
Sony/Alliance |
1.2 (1,210) |
-56% |
1012 |
58.8 |
| Waiting for “Superman” |
Par Vantage |
.63 (6,120) |
54% |
103 |
1.4 |
| Toy Story 3 |
BV |
.55 (1,400) |
140% |
393 |
412 |
| Inception |
WB |
.52 (1,290) |
-43% |
403 |
289.2 |
| Takers |
Sony |
.39 (950) |
-50% |
412 |
56.8 |
| Catfish |
Uni/Alliance |
.37 (2,590) |
-37% |
143 |
2.2 |
| Khaleja |
Ficus |
.34 (14,290) |
|
24 |
0.39 |
| Never Let Me Go |
Searchlight |
.33 (1,990) |
77% |
167 |
1.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
|
$86.30 |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Year) |
|
-16% |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Week) |
|
-4% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Also debuting/expanding |
|
|
|
|
|
| You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger |
Sony Classics |
.25 (3,380) |
15% |
73 |
0.84 |
| Buried |
Lionsgate |
.21 (2,300) |
118% |
92 |
0.5 |
| L’Immortel |
Seville |
72,700 (3,030) |
|
24 |
0.07 |
| Stone |
Overture |
71,400 (11,900) |
|
6 |
0.07 |
| Nowhere Boy |
Weinstein Co. |
51,300 (12,820) |
|
4 |
0.05 |
| Inside Job |
Sony Classics |
37,500 (18,750) |
|
2 |
0.04 |
| Route 132 |
Alliance |
37,300 (1,430) |
|
26 |
0.06 |
| I Spit on Your Grave |
Anchor Bay |
30,800 (2,570) |
|
12 |
0.03 |
| Tamara Drewe |
Sony Classics |
17,200 (4,300) |
|
4 |
0.02 |
| Ghetto Physics |
IDP |
10,700 (1,190) |
|
9 |
0.01 |
| Budrus |
Balcony |
8,400 (8,400) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
| It’s a Wonderful Afterlife |
UTV |
5,500 (770) |
|
20 |
0.01 |
| As Good as Dead |
First Look |
1,850 (1,850) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
Domestic Market Share – January 1 – October 7, 2010
| Distributor (releases) |
Gross |
Market Share |
| Warner Bros. (23) |
1340.5 |
16.20% |
| Fox (16) |
1277.7 |
15.40% |
| Paramount (14) |
1237.4 |
15.00% |
| Buena Vista (14) |
1107.4 |
13.40% |
| Sony (23) |
1081.3 |
13.10% |
| Universal (16) |
753.6 |
9.10% |
| Summit (9) |
425.1 |
5.10% |
| Lionsgate (12) |
407.1 |
4.90% |
| Overture (6) |
74.5 |
0.90% |
| Fox Searchlight (5) |
71.5 |
0.90% |
| Focus (6) |
68.4 |
0.80% |
| Weinstein Co. (6) |
60.9 |
0.70% |
| Sony Classics (19) |
52.3 |
0.60% |
| MGM (1) |
50.4 |
0.60% |
| CBS (2) |
50 |
0.60% |
| Other * (260) |
217.3 |
2.60% |
|
8275.4 |
100.00% |
| * none greater than .04% |
Top Global Grossers: January 1 – October 7, 2010
| Title * |
Distributor |
Gross |
| Avatar * |
Fox |
1,948,069,404 |
| Toy Story 3 |
BV |
1,047,492,510 |
| Alice in Wonderland |
BV |
1,024,537,295 |
| Twilight: Eclipse |
Summit |
691,330,829 |
| Inception |
WB |
803,799,128 |
| Shrek Forever After |
Par |
732,163,289 |
| Iron Man 2 |
Par |
622,718,660 |
| How to Train Your Dragon |
Par |
494,288,254 |
| Clash of the Titans |
WB |
489,778,913 |
| Sherlock Holmes * |
WB |
367,796,599 |
| Despicable Me |
Uni |
367,194,481 |
| The Karate Kid |
Sony |
357,206,535 |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
BV |
335,020,929 |
| Robin Hood |
Uni |
311,610,747 |
| The Last Airbender |
Par |
310,375,125 |
| Shutter Island |
Par |
301,977,955 |
| Sex and the City 2 |
WB |
301,158,934 |
| Salt |
Sony |
287,626,258 |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel |
Fox |
264,341,533 |
| Grown Ups |
Sony |
261,324,243 |
| The Expendables |
Lionsgate |
257,529,373 |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife |
Sony/Alliance |
244,795,280 |
| Knight and Day |
Fox |
229,686,302 |
| Percy Jackson & the Olympians |
Fox |
226,497,209 |
| Valentine’s Day |
WB |
217,596,116 |
|
|
| * does not include 2009 box office |
Tags: Alpha and Omega, As Good as Dead, Budrus, Buried, Case 39, Catfish, Devil, Easy A, Ghetto Physics, I Spit on Your Grave, Inception, Inside Job, It's a Wonderful Afterlife, It's Kind Of A Funny Story, khaleja, L'Immortel, Legend of the Guardians, Let Me In, Life As We Know It, My Soul To Take, Never Let Me Go, Nowhere Boy, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Route 132, Secretariat, Stone, Takers, Tamara Drewe, The Social Network, The Town, Toy Story 3, Waiting For 'Superman', Walt Street: Money Never Sleeps, You Again, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger
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Sunday, September 26th, 2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps| 19.5|New| 19.5
Legend of the Guardians|16.3|New |16.3
The Town| 15.9|-33%|49
Easy A|10.7|-40%|32.8
You Again|8.4|New|8.4
Devil|6.4|-48%|21.7
Resident Evil: Afterlife| 4.8| -52%| 51.9
Alpha and Omega|4.6| -49%|15.1
Takers| 1.6| -46%| 53.26
Inception| 1.2| -37%|287
Tags: Alpha and Omega, Devil, Easy A, Inception, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Takers, The Town, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, You Again
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Saturday, September 25th, 2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps|6.9|3565||6.9
The Town|5|2885|-40%|38.1
Legend of the Guardians|4.5|3575||4.5
Easy A|3.6|2856|-47%|25.7
You Again|2.7|2548||2.7
Devil|2.1|2809|-57%|17.3
Resident Evil: Afterlife|1.4|2642|-54%|48.5
Alpha and Omega|1.1 |2625|-53%|11.5
Takers|0.5|1413|-49%|53.7
Inception|0.4|907|-37%|286.2
Also Debuting
The Virginity Hit|0.1|700||0.1
Waiting for Superman|52,300|4||52,300
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger|44,800|6||44,800
Like Dandelion Dust|37,100|26||37,100
Buried|34,100|11||34,100
Tags: Alpha and Omega, Buried, Devil, Easy A, Inception, Legend of the Guardians, like dandelion dust, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Takers, The Town, the virginity hit, Waiting For 'Superman', Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, You Again, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger
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Sunday, September 19th, 2010
The Town| 23.6|New| 23.6
Easy A| 18|New | 18
Devil| 12.5| New| 12.5
Resident Evil: Afterlife| 9.9| -63%| 43.8
Alpha and Omega| 9.2|New|9.2
Takers|3|-48%|52.3
The American| 2.7| -52%| 32.8
Inception| 2 | -29%| 285.1
The Other Guys| 1.9| -43%| 115.3
Eat Pray Love| 1.6| -44%| 77.6
Tags: Alpha and Omega, Box Office, Devil, Easy A, Eat Pray Love, Inception, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Takers, The American, The Other Guys, The Town
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Sunday, September 19th, 2010
(Tardy writing… 7p… football and family… and not much to say…)
So not only didn’t Easy A chase down The Town, Affleck’s latest was actually quite muscular after its Friday launch.
Devil reminds us again that Screen Gems is not an easy act to imitate. Not a horrible launch… but not surprisingly strong, given the marketing pedigree.
I’m Still Here, expanding to 5x the screens and still doing less than $1000 per screen is a tribute to how publicity can fail to draw a crowd. They must be hoping Phoenix’s Letterman slot this week turns the corner on the VOD, if not the theatrical.
Tags: Alpha and Omega, Devil, Easy A, Inception, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Takers, The American, The Other Guys, The Town
Posted in MCN Blogs, The Hot Blog | 42 Comments »
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
The Town|8.2|2861||8.2
Easy A|6.7|2856||6.7
Devil|4.8|2809||4.8
Resident Evil: Afterlife|3|3209|-72%|36.9
Alpha and Omega|2.3|2625||2.3
Takers|0.9|2139|-49%|50.3
The American|0.8|2457|-53%|30.9
Inception|0.6|1305|-29%|283.7
The Other Guys|0.6|1827|-42%|114
Machete|0.5|1704|-62%|23.1
Also Debuting
Catfish|87,000|12||87,000
Incendies|44,000|29||44,300
Never Let Me Go|33,500|4||33,500
Jack Goes Boating|8,300|4||8,300
Leaves of Grass|6,900|2||6,900
Picture Me|2,900|1||2,900
The Freebie|1,900|1||1,900
Tags: Alpha and Omega, Catfish, Devil, Easy A, incendies, Inception, Jack Goes Boating, Leaves of Grass, Machete, Never Let Me Go, picture me, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Takers, The American, The Freebie, The Other Guys, The Town
Posted in Friday Box Office Estimates, MCN Originals, MCN Weekend, Movie City News | Comments Off on Friday Estimates – September 17
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Weekend Estimates – September 10-12, 2010
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
change |
Theaters |
Cume |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife |
Sony |
26.9 (8,390) |
New |
3203 |
26.9 |
| Takers |
Sony |
5.9 (2,710) |
-45% |
2191 |
47.9 |
| The American |
Focus |
5.7 (2,020) |
-57% |
2833 |
28.2 |
| Machete |
Fox |
4.1 (1,520) |
-64% |
2678 |
20.7 |
| Going the Distance |
WB |
3.8 (1,260) |
-45% |
3030 |
14 |
| The Other Guys |
Sony |
3.4 (1,530) |
-35% |
2246 |
112.5 |
| The Last Exorcism |
Lions Gate |
3.4 (1,230) |
-54% |
2731 |
38.1 |
| The Expendables |
Lions Gate |
3.2 (1,050) |
-51% |
3058 |
98.5 |
| Inception |
WB |
3.0 (1,870) |
-35% |
1583 |
282.4 |
| Eat Pray Love |
Sony |
2.9 (1,230) |
-40% |
2339 |
74.6 |
| Nanny McPhee Returns |
Uni |
2.0 (850) |
-43% |
2364 |
26.2 |
| The Switch |
BV |
1.9 (1,210) |
-38% |
1595 |
24.9 |
| Despicable Me |
Uni |
1.5 (1,120) |
-48% |
1375 |
243.4 |
| Vampires Suck |
Fox |
1.4 (830) |
-57% |
1670 |
24 |
| Lottery Ticket |
WB |
1.3 (1,390) |
-41% |
905 |
22.7 |
| Get Low |
Sony Classics |
.85 (1,690) |
-29% |
504 |
6.9 |
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World |
Uni |
.79 (1,280) |
-49% |
619 |
30.4 |
| Twilight: Eclipse |
Summit |
.73 (610) |
68% |
1187 |
299.6 |
| Avatar (reissue) |
Fox |
.69 (1,580) |
-69% |
436 |
759.5 |
| Toy Story 3 |
BV |
.67 (940) |
-66% |
712 |
409.9 |
| Piranha 3D |
Weinstein Co. |
.63 (760) |
-74% |
825 |
24.3 |
| Salt |
Sony |
.62 (1,370) |
-51% |
451 |
116.4 |
| Debangg |
Eros |
.61 (9,100) |
New |
67 |
0.61 |
| Dinner for Schmucks |
Par |
.51 (950) |
-51% |
536 |
71.9 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
|
$76.50 |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Year) |
|
-12% |
|
|
|
| % Change (Last Week) |
|
-23% |
|
|
|
| Also debuting/expanding |
| L’Arnacouer/Heartbreaker |
Alliance/IFC |
.17 (3,690) |
|
47 |
0.17 |
| Legendary |
IDP |
.12 (690) |
|
178 |
0.12 |
| I’m Still Here |
Magnolia |
93,600 (4,930) |
|
19 |
0.09 |
| The Romantics |
Par |
43,700 (21,850) |
|
2 |
0.04 |
| De Mai Tinh (Fool for Love) |
Wave |
40,400 (5,050) |
|
8 |
0.04 |
| Expecting Mary |
Rocky Mtn |
32,500 (580) |
|
56 |
0.03 |
| A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop |
Sony Classics |
28,300 (2,360) |
3% |
12 |
0.06 |
| Bran Nue Dae |
FreeStyle |
23,600 (1,470) |
|
16 |
0.02 |
| Ahead of Time |
Vitagrapaph |
11,100 (11,100) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
| Le Refuge |
Strand |
10,700 (2,680) |
|
4 |
0.01 |
| Who is Harry Nilsson |
Lorber |
6,200 (6,200) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
Tags: Box Office, Boxoffice, Going the Distance, Machete, Resident Evil: After, Takers, The American, The Expendables, The Last Exorcism, The Other Guys
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Monday, September 6th, 2010
Four Day Estimates| | |
The American| 16.5| New| 19.6
Machete| 14.1| New| 14.1
Takers| 13.6| -47%| 40.1
The Last Exorcism| 8.7| -64%| 33.5
Going the Distance| 8.6| New| 8.6
The Expendables| 8.3| -46%| 93.9
The Other Guys| 6.6| -16%| 108
Eat Pray Love| 6.1| -29%| 70.2
Inception| 5.8| -6%| 278.4
Nanny McPhee Returns| 4.6| -24%| 23.4
Tags: Eat Pray Love, Going the Distance, Inception, Machete, Nanny McPhee Returns, Takers, The American, The Expendables, The Last Exorcism, the othe guys
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Monday, September 6th, 2010
Summer of Our Discontent
Domestic box office for the summer season dropped 3% from 2009 on an estimated gross of $4.05 billion. On an even graver note admissions sank at least 10% and possibly as high as 12%. Following a fast start in early May, movie going appeared to lose steam mid-stream and though the final Labor Day holiday frame contributed a slight 5% weekend boost it was insufficient to close the gap.
Heading into the weekend, Paramount led in market share but were out-gunned at the final shoot out by Sony with the latter closing the season with a 16.5% slice of the big pie to the former’s 15.9%. The summer’s top grossing film was Toy Story 3 with a $408.8 million tally. Five of the top 10 top seasonal grossers were in the 3D format and two others — Inception and Iron Man 2 — had a significant number of large format engagements. The surge of premium price movies proved to be a ferocious audience magnet. Collectively the seven films contributed $1.82 billion to the box office, or 45% of all summer ticket sales.
Despite the potency of such conventionally formatted films as The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and unexpected results for the likes of Grown Ups and The Expendables, box office events are increasingly tilted toward pictures with higher entry fees. And whereas the historic trend of successful films increasing attendance, the present situation appears to have limited the general publics frequency at the multiplex in what may be a factor of the slowly recovering American economy. Gloom and doom aside, major gains were made in the independent sector.
The likes of Summit and Lions Gate chose to compete against the majors for a change and the former was a hair’s breath away from nudging Fox out of the top six. Niche titles ranging from the first two portions of the Millennium trilogy, festival favorites such as Winter’s Bone and The Kids Are All Right and critical favorite I Am Love were a significant factor in summer sales. In all 13 films of this type grossed in excess of $4 million each — a seasonal record that indicates a growing audience for alternative fare.
Though the industry has long contended that there is an insufficient market for mid-range pictures, the absence of a breakout title on the order of The Hangover may have finally sealed that verdict. Summer 2010 certainly underlines that the multiplex comes in just two sizes — big and small.
Weekend (estimates) September 3 – 6, 2010
| Title |
Distributor |
Gross (average) |
% change * |
Theaters |
Cume |
| The American |
Focus |
16.5 (6,060) |
New |
2721 |
19.6 |
| Machete |
Fox |
14.1 (5,290) |
New |
2670 |
14.1 |
| Takers |
Sony |
13.6 (6,170) |
-47% |
2206 |
40.1 |
| The Last Exorcism |
Lions Gate |
8.7 (3,030) |
-64% |
2874 |
33.5 |
| Going the Distance |
WB |
8.6 (2,840) |
New |
3030 |
8.6 |
| The Expendables |
Lions Gate |
8.3 (2.440) |
-46% |
3398 |
93.9 |
| The Other Guys |
Sony |
6.6 (2,520) |
-16% |
2607 |
108 |
| Eat Drink Pray |
Sony |
6.1 (2,300) |
-29% |
2663 |
70.2 |
| Inception |
WB |
5.8 (3,410) |
-6% |
1704 |
278.4 |
| Nanny McPhee Returns |
Uni |
4.6 (1,690) |
-24% |
2708 |
23.4 |
| Despicable Me |
Uni |
3.8 (2,400) |
-2% |
1600 |
241.3 |
| The Switch |
BV |
3.8 (2.030) |
-32% |
1885 |
22.2 |
| Vampires Suck |
Fox |
3.7 (1,520) |
-43% |
2434 |
33 |
| Toy Story 3 |
BV |
2.6 (1,730) |
89% |
1520 |
408.8 |
| Piranha 3D |
Weinstein Co. |
2.9 (1,640) |
-46% |
1789 |
23 |
| Avatar (reissue) |
Fox |
2.8 (3,480) |
-43% |
811 |
758.1 |
| Lottery Ticket |
WB |
2.6 (1,990) |
-41% |
1310 |
21 |
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World |
Uni |
1.9 (2,390) |
-38% |
807 |
29.2 |
| Salt |
Sony |
1.6 (2,230) |
-34% |
705 |
115.5 |
| Get Low |
Sony Classics |
1.5 (2,910) |
-26% |
526 |
5.7 |
| Dinner for Schmucks |
Par |
1.2 (1,540) |
-45% |
804 |
71.1 |
| Step Up 3D |
BV |
.89 (2,050) |
-44% |
434 |
41.2 |
| Grown Ups |
Sony |
.65 (1,950) |
88% |
333 |
160.1 |
| Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore |
WB |
.64 (1,410) |
-30% |
455 |
42.2 |
| The Sorcerer’s Apprentice |
BV |
.57 (1,600) |
63% |
357 |
61.7 |
| Twilight: Eclipse |
Summit |
.54 (1,360) |
-18% |
396 |
298.8 |
| The Kids Are All Right |
Focus |
.51 (2,130) |
-22% |
239 |
19.9 |
* percentage changes are 3-day to 3-day
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) |
|
$125.10 |
| % Change (Last Year) |
|
5% |
| % Change (Last Week) |
|
-11% |
Also debuting/expanding
| We Are Family |
UTV |
.32 (4,730) |
|
67 |
0.32 |
| Cairo Time |
IFC |
.22 (3,960) |
-11% |
55 |
0.9 |
| Mesrine: Killer Instinct |
Alliance/Music Box |
.16 (3,110) |
-38% |
52 |
0.88 |
| Mesrine: Public Enemy no. 1 |
Alliance/Music Box |
.15 (3,020) |
143% |
51 |
0.23 |
| A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop |
Sony Classics |
33,800 (6,760) |
|
5 |
0.03 |
| My Dog Tulip |
New Yorker |
14,100 (14,100) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
| Prince of Broadway |
Elephant |
12,300 (12,300) |
|
1 |
0.01 |
| White Wedding |
Mitropoulos |
6,700 (1,670) |
|
4 |
0.01 |
| The Winning Season |
Roadside At. |
6,100 (2,030) |
|
3 |
0.01 |
| 16 to Life |
Water Dog |
3,500 (1,750) |
|
2 |
0.01 |
Domestic Summer Market Share (May 7 – September 6, 2010)
| Rank |
Distributor |
Gross |
Mkt Share |
% Change |
Rank |
|
|
(in millions) |
|
2009 |
2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Sony |
669.2 |
16.50% |
27% |
5 |
| 2 |
Paramount |
643.6 |
15.90% |
-18% |
2 |
| 3 |
BV |
611.6 |
15.10% |
-12% |
3 |
| 4 |
Warner Bros. |
514 |
12.70% |
-49% |
1 |
| 5 |
Universal |
499.9 |
12.40% |
54% |
6 |
| 6 |
Fox |
362.3 |
8.90% |
-24% |
4 |
| 7 |
Summit |
360.6 |
8.90% |
1148% |
9 |
| 8 |
Lions Gate |
178.5 |
4.40% |
1273% |
12 |
| 9 |
Focus |
47.3 |
1.20% |
172% |
11 |
| 10 |
Weinstein Co. |
23.9 |
0.60% |
-80% |
7 |
|
Miramax |
22.2 |
0.50% |
158% |
13 |
|
Sony Classics |
18.8 |
0.50% |
6% |
10 |
|
Other |
96.3 |
2.40% |
N/A |
|
|
|
4048.2 |
100.00% |
-3% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% Change 2010 (Other Distributors) |
|
|
|
|
Fox Searchlight |
-83% |
|
|
|
Tags: Going the Distance, Grown Ups, I Am Love, Inception, Iron Man 2, Machete, mesine: killer instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1, Takers, The American, The Expendables, The Kids Are All Right, The Last Exorcism, Toy Story 3, twilight saga: eclipse, Winter's Bone
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Our Players|Coming Soon|Box Office Prophets|Box Office Guru|EW|Box Office . com
Machete|16.4|10.1|18|15|15.5
Going the Distance|15.6|12.6|12|14.5|11
The American|13.6|9.5|12|10.5|11.5
Takers|12.3|10.8|13|12.5|13.5
The Last Exorcism|10|9.4|11|8|9.2
Tags: Going the Distance, Machete, Takers, The American, The Last Exorcism
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
The Last Exorcism|9|2874|NEW|9
Takers|7.4|2206|NEW|7.4
The Expendables|2.7|3398|-46%|75.2
Eat, Pray, Love|2.1|3108|-43%|55.8
The Other Guys|1.9|3181|-37%|94.6
Vampires Suck|1.7|3233|-63%|23.6
The Switch|1.4|2017|-47%|12.6
Inception|1.4|2070|-34%|267.1
Piranha 3D|1.3|2491|-63%|15.3
Nanny McPhee Returns|1.3|2798|-50%|13.6
Also Debuting (in thousands)
Avatar (reissue)|1.2|811||1.2
Y’en aura pas de facile|56,600|57||56,600
Nick Saban: Gamechanger|44,400|22||44,400
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1|17,700|22||17,700
Centurion|13,800|12||13,800
Change of Plans|4,900|2||4,900
Tags: Eat Pray Love, Inception, Nanny McPhee Returns, Piranha 3D, Takers, The Expendables, The Last Exorcism, The Other Guys, The Switch, Vampires Suck
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Takers won’t win any awards or set a new watermark for spectactular heist films, but for what it is — a rather generic heist film with a mostly decent ensemble cast and one very good performance by Matt Dillon — it’s mostly harmless. If you’re a particularly passionate fan of any of the ensemble cast, you might even find it moderately entertaining.
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Tags: matt dillon, T.I., Takers
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
Our Players|Coming Soon|Box Office Prophets|Box Office Guru|EW|Box Office . com
The Last Exorcism|17.4|n/a|14.0|13|17
Takers|9.6|n/a|7|14|15.5
The Expendables|8.5|n/a|9|10|10.2
Eat Pray Love|6.6|n/a|7|6|7.8
The Other Guys|6|n/a|11|5|6.5
Vampires Suck|n/a|n/a|5.5|n/a|5.3
Tags: Eat Pray Love, Takers, The Expendables, The Last Exorcism, The Other Guys, Vampires Suck
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
For the past few years, I’ve been looking, yearning even, for a few American studio movies that would make me feel the way I sometimes did as a movie-going kid: searching for smart, realistic dramas or thrillers or comedies (or comedy-dramas), good solid movies that had the warmth, sensibility and humanity of the classics of the studio Golden Age or later, of the late ‘60s and ‘70s.
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Tags: Centurion, Flipped, Neil Marshall, rob reiner, Takers, The Descent, Twilight, Vampires Suck
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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
