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Sorkin On Wish-Fulfillment And Crack
Monday, October 25th, 2010Tags: The Social Network
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Weekend Box Office Report – October 24
Sunday, October 24th, 2010Back to Paranormal
Paranormal Activity 2 exceeded pundit expectation (though not necessarily fans) with an estimated $41.6 million to lead weekend movie ticket sales. The session’s only other national bow was Hereafter, which shot up to $11.9 million following last weekend’s limited opener.
Niche and regional bows included a solid $212,000 (in Hindi and Telegu versions) bow for the Indian crime saga Rakhtcharitra. Fans won’t have to wait long for its second part conclusion that’s scheduled for late November. Meanwhile up in Canada the Toronto fest curtain raiser Score: A Hockey Musical failed to live up to its name with a discordant $143,000 from 127 rinks.
Exclusives included good though unsensational debuts that included non-fiction Boxing Gym with a $6,100 TKO in its solo bout and Taqwacores — the tale of an Islamic rock band — grossing $5,500 also in a single outing.
Though there was a marginal dip from last weekend’s box office, the frame saw its first uptick from 2009 in a month with industry mavens already predicting expanded revenues through the end of the year.
Critical response to sleeper sensation Paranormal Activity 2 was at best tepid with the more negative reviews viewing it as a cynical rehash of its inspiration. Nonetheless avids were cueing up to provide Thursday midnight shows a record preview for an R-rated film. It lost traction as the weekend proceeded but the fast start was sufficient to speed past tracking that suggested an opening salvo of not much more than $30 million.
Exit polls for both Paranormal Activity 2 and Hereafter were disappointing. The latter film pretty much brought in the anticipated older crowd and filmmaker Clint Eastwood’s films have a history of hanging in for longer than typical runs and much higher multiples than is the industry norm. Still, this yarn could well stray from that trend.
Weekend revenues amassed roughly $130 million in torn ducats. It represented a slight 2% dip from seven days back but the unexpected Paranormal Activity 2 and overall strong holdovers translated into a 13% box office boost from 2009. A year ago the first Paranormal Activity (in its initial wide weekend) led with $21.1 million followed by Saw VI and Where the Wild Things Are with respective tallies of $14.1 million and $14 million.
With the exception of Waiting for “Superman” it’s been a brutal season for Oscar hopefuls trying to set an early footprint on the awards landscape. Granted, very few have received a wholehearted critical embrace, but even by niche standards the likes of Nowhere Boy, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger and Jack Goes Boating among others have been comparative under-performers when measured against past films that have employed this tactic.
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Weekend Estimates – October 22-24, 2010
| Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % change * | Theaters | Cume |
| Paranormal Activity 2 | Par | 41.6 (12,930) | New | 3216 | 41.6 |
| Jackass 3D | Par | 21.5 (6,920) | -57% | 3111 | 87.1 |
| Red | Summit | 15.1 (4,620) | -31% | 3273 | 43.6 |
| Hereafter | WB | 11.9 (5,450) | 2175 | 12.2 | |
| The Social Network | Sony | 7.2 (2,450) | -31% | 2921 | 72.8 |
| Secretariat | BV | 6.9 (2,210) | -26% | 3108 | 37.3 |
| Life As We Know It | WB | 6.1 (2,010) | -32% | 3019 | 37.5 |
| Legend of the Guardians | WB | 3.1 (1,390) | -26% | 2236 | 50.1 |
| The Town | WB | 2.7 (1,390) | -33% | 1918 | 84.6 |
| Easy A | Sony | 1.7 (1,050) | -35% | 1632 | 54.7 |
| Wal Street: Money Never Sleeps | Fox | 1.2 (960) | -49% | 1255 | 50 |
| My Soul to Take | Uni/Alliance | 1.0 (600) | -68% | 1689 | 13.9 |
| Waiting for “Superman” | Par Vantage | .76 (2,620) | 2% | 290 | 3.7 |
| Alpha and Omega | Lionsgate | .71 (980) | -14% | 727 | 23.5 |
| It’s Kind of a Funny Story | Focus | .66 (1,180) | -46% | 560 | 5.1 |
| Devil | Uni | .63 (980) | -35% | 642 | 32.4 |
| You Again | BV | .61 (680) | -50% | 901 | 24 |
| N Secure | FreeStyle | .53 (1,190) | -55% | 445 | 1.9 |
| Toy Story 3 | BV | .42 (1,211) | -21% | 350 | 413.4 |
| You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Sony Classics | .40 (1,060) | 46% | 381 | 1.8 |
| Case 39 | Par Vantage | .38 (530) | -69% | 721 | 12.7 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $123.90 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | 13% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | -2% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Stone | Overture | .34 (3,030) | 49% | 113 | 0.76 |
| Conviction | Fox Searchlight | .30 (5,420) | 192% | 55 | 0.34 |
| Rakhtcharitra | Viva/Happy | .21 (6,230) | 34 | 0.21 | |
| Nowhere Boy | Weinstein Co. | .21 (870) | -39% | 215 | 0.76 |
| Score: A Hockey Musical | Mongrel | .14 (1,130) | 127 | 0.14 | |
| Jhootha Hi Sahi | Viva | 64,700 (1,350) | 48 | 0.06 | |
| My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend | Fiftyfilms | 10,300 (5,150) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| Boxing Gym | Zipporah | 6,100 (6,100) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Taqwacores | Rumanni | 5,500 (5,500) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Inhale | IFC | 5,600 (2,800) | 2 | 0.01 |
Domestic Market Share (Jan. 1 – Oct. 21, 2010)
| Distributor (releases) | Gross | Market Share |
| Warner Bros. (25) | 1403.9 | 16.30% |
| Paramount (15) | 1310.6 | 15.30% |
| Fox (16) | 1287.9 | 15.00% |
| Buena Vista (15) | 1144.7 | 13.30% |
| Sony (23) | 1129.9 | 13.20% |
| Universal (17) | 771.4 | 9.00% |
| Summit (10) | 453.6 | 5.30% |
| Lionsgate (12) | 411.5 | 4.80% |
| Overture (7) | 79.7 | 0.90% |
| Focus (7) | 73.2 | 0.90% |
| Fox Searchlight (6) | 72.7 | 0.80% |
| Weinstein Co. (7) | 61.6 | 0.70% |
| Sony Classics (21) | 53.7 | 0.60% |
| MGM (1) | 50.4 | 0.60% |
| CBS (2) | 50 | 0.60% |
| Other * (271) | 226.9 | 2.70% |
| 8581.7 | 100.00% | |
| * none greater than .04% |
Top Domestic Grossers * (Jan. 1 – Oct. 21, 2010)
| Title | Distributor | Gross |
| Avatar * | Fox | 476,726,209 |
| Toy Story 3 | BV | 413,013,123 |
| Alice in Wonderland | BV | 334,191,110 |
| Iron Man 2 | Par | 312,445,596 |
| Twilight: Eclipse | Summit | 300,531,751 |
| Inception | WB | 289,881,124 |
| Despicable Me | Uni | 247,148,995 |
| Shrek Forever After | Par | 238,667,087 |
| How to Train Your Dragon | Par | 218,685,707 |
| The Karate Kid | Sony | 176,797,997 |
| Clash of the Titans | WB | 163,214,888 |
| Grown Ups | Sony | 161,942,598 |
| The Last Airbender | Par | 131,733,601 |
| Shutter Island | Par | 128,051,522 |
| The Other Guy | Sony | 118,236,912 |
| Salt | Sony | 118,229,865 |
| Valentine’s Day | WB | 110,509,442 |
| Sherlock Holmes * | WB | 106,967,985 |
| Robin Hood | Uni | 105,425,146 |
| The Expendables | Lions Gate | 103,068,524 |
| * does not include 2009 box office |
Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Alpha and Omega, Avatar, boxing gym, Case 39, Clash of the Titans, Conviction, Despicable Me, Devil, Easy A, Grown Ups, Hereafter, How to Train Your Dragon, Inception, inhale, Iron Man 2, It's Kind Of A Funny Story, Jackass 3D, Jhootha Hi Sahi, Legend of the Guardians, Life As We Know It, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, My Soul To Take, N Secure, Nowhere Boy, Paranormal Activity 2, Rakhtcharitra, Red, Robin Hood, Salt, Score: A Hockey Musical, Secretariat, Sherlock Holmes, Shrek Forever After, Shutter Island, Stone, Taqwacores, The Expendables, The Karate Kid, The Last Airbender, The Other Guy, The Social Network, The Town, Toy Story 3, Twilight: Eclipse, Valentine's Day, Waiting For 'Superman', Walt Street: Money Never Sleeps, You Again, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger
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Weekend Estimates – October 24
Sunday, October 24th, 2010Paranormal Activity 2|41.6|New| 41.6
Jackass 3D|21.5|-57% |87.1
Red|15.1|-31%|43.6
Hereafter|11.9||12.2
The Social Network|7.2|-31%|72.8
Secretariat|6.9|-26%|37.3
Life As We Know It|6.1|-32%|37.5
Legend of the Guardians|3.1|-26%|50.1
The Town|2.7|-33%| 84.6
Easy A|1.7|-35%|54.7
Tags: Easy A, Hereafter, Jackass 3D, Legend of the Guardians, Life As We Know It, Paranormal Activity 2, Red, Secretariat, The Social Network, The Town
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Friday Estimates – October 23
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010Paranormal Activity 2|19.1|3216|New|19.1
Jackass 3D|7.6|3111|-66%|73.1
Red|4.5 |3273|-38%|33
Hereafter|4.1|2175||4.4
The Social Network|2.2|2921|-34%|67.8
Life As We Know It|2|3019|-35%|33.4
Secretariat|1.9|3108|-31%|32.4
The Town|0.8|1918|-35%|82.7
Legend of the Guardians|0.75|2236|-27%|47.7
Easy A|0.55|1632|-35%|53.6
Also Debuting
Score: A Hockey Musical|81,400|120||81,400
Rakhtcharitra|63,700|29||63,700
Jhootha Hi Sahi|20,200|48||20,200
My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend|3,700|2||3,700
Taqwacores|2,400|1||2,400
Boxing Gym|2,300|1||2,300
Inhale|1,300|2||1,300
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*in millions|||
Tags: boxing gym, Easy A, Hereafter, inhale, Jackass 3D, Jhootha Hi Sahi, Legend of the Guardians, Life As We Know It, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, Paranormal Activity 2, Rakhtcharitra, Red, Score: A Hockey Musical, Secretariat, Taqwacores, The Social Network, The Town
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Will Social Network Gain More Friends?
Thursday, October 21st, 2010Tags: The Social Network
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Box Office Hell – October 21
Thursday, October 21st, 2010Our Players|Coming Soon|Box Office Prophets|Box Office Guru|EW|Box Office . com
Paranormal Activity 2|33.8|24.2|30|29.5|28
Jackass 3D|22.5|25|20|22|23
RED|12.5|12.4|13|12.5|12.8
Hereafter|8.7|9.4|12|11.5|10.5
The Social Network|7.0|7.4|6.5|7|7
Tags: Hereafter, Jackass 3D, Paranormal Activity 2, Red, The Social Network
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Best Picture Chart – 19 Weeks To Go – 10/21/10
Thursday, October 21st, 2010|
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Director
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Stars |
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Dec 25
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True Grit |
Par
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Coens
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Bridges
Brolin Damon |
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Nov
24 |
The King’s Speech |
TWC
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Marshall
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Firth
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Dec 1
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Black Swan |
FxSch
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Aronofsky
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Portman
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The Social Network |
Sony
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Fincher
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Eisenberg
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Dec 10
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The Fighter |
Par/Rel
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O. Russell
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Wahlberg
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Nov 5
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127 Hours |
FxSch
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Boyle
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Franco
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Oct 22
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Hereafter |
WB
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Eastwood
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Damon
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June 18
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Toy Story 3 |
Disney
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Unkrich
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| July 16 |
Inception |
WB
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Nolan
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DiCaprio
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July 9
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The Kids Are All Right |
Focus
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Cholodenko
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Bening
Moore |
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| The Next Tiers Of Likely | |||||
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Dec 17
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Everything You’ve Got |
Sony
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Brooks
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Witherspoon
Nicholson |
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Nov 24
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Love & Other Drugs |
Fox
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Zwick | Hathaway | |
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Dec 29
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Another Year |
SPC
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Leigh
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Broadbent
Staunton |
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| June 11 | Winter’s Bone |
RdAtt
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Granik
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Lawrence
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Feb 19
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Shutter Island |
Par
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Scorsese
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DiCaprio
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July 30
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Get Low |
SPC
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Schneider
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Duvall
Spacek Murray |
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Sept 15
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Never Let Me Go |
FxSch
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Romanek
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Knightley
Mulligan Garfield |
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Sept 17
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The Town |
WB
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Affleck
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Renner |
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Nov 19
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Made In Dagenham |
SPC
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Cole
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Hawkins
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Oct 8
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Secretariat |
Dis
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Wallace
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Lane
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Somewhere |
Focus
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Coppola
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Dorff |
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Dec 10
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The Tempest |
Mir
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Taymor
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Mirren
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Dec 31
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Blue Valentine |
TWC
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Cianfrance
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Gosling
Williams |
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Dec 29
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Biutiful |
RdAtt
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Gonzalez-
Inarritu |
Bardem
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Dec 29
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The Way Home |
NewMkt
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Weir
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Farrell
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by David Poland
Previous Chart
Tyler Perry was on Oprah this week. After all, it’s a little more than two weeks until his award aspirant, For Colored Girls, goes into theaters. But he didn’t say more than a couple of sentences about the film. Hmmm… But he’s going to be on again on his film’s opening day, November 5. And that episode was described by Oprah as being like no Oprah episode before. Interesting. So the movie… oh… no… the show will have 200 grown men who were molested as children, including Perry himself.
