The Avengers kicked ass yet again at the weekend (May 18-20) box office! Can any film stop them from their supreme reign?
The superhero flick brought in another $55.1, making it the top-grossing movie for the third week in a row. In the U.S. alone, the movie has now grossed $457.1 million. Globally, we’re talking $1.18 billion, making it the number four movie of all time–and it has no intention of slowing down either. Continue reading
Vampires and werewolves united over the weekend to draw teenage girls and soccer moms alike to the theaters, resulting in ticket sales of $139.5 million for Breaking Dawn Part 1.
The housemaids of The Help cleaned up at a very uneventful box office this past weekend, bringing in an estimated $20.5 million. Planet of the Apes came in second, adding another $16.3 million to its total. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World opened at number 3 with an estimated $12.0 million and the Conan the Barbarian remake starring Jason Momoa only took in $10 million.
Even thought this amounts to only about 50 percent of what it earned during its opening weekend, the film still beat out all other movies to retain its #1 spot.
A surprising no. 2 film of the weekend was The Help, with an estimated $25.5 million in sales. Early predictions estimated that the movie would open around $18 million, but positive word-of-mouth generated after its Wednesday opening helped in the weekend sales of the movie.
1. ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes,’ $27.5 million, $104.9 million total
2. ‘The Help,’ $25.5 million, $35.4 million
3. ‘Final Destination 5,’ $18.4 million, new release
4. ‘The Smurfs,’ $13.5 million, $101.5 million
5. ’30 Minutes or Less,’ $13.0 million, new release
6. ‘Cowboys & Aliens,’ $7.6 million, $81.5 million
7. ‘Captain America: The First Avenger,’ $7.1 million, $156.9 million
8. ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love,’ $6.93 million, $55.4 million
9. ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2,’ $6.88 million, $357.0 million
10. ‘The Change-Up,’ $6.2 million, $25.8 million
Captain America easily won the box office, earning $65.8 million on Friday and Saturday, challenging Thor as the highest-grossing superhero opening of the summer.
Harry Potter‘s final journey dropped a staggering 72 percent in its second weekend but that was expected after everyone and their mother saw the movie at least once during its first week.
The final installment of the Harry Potter franchise is saying goodbye to Harry and his Wizard friends in style by selling a staggering $476 million in tickets around the world over the weekend. Here are some other records Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 has crushed along the way since its premiere Friday:
Twihards, we lose this one. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 crushed box office records for best midnight debut of a movie and largest opening day, both of which were previously held by Twilight films.
Early estimates have Potter grossing $92.1 million on Friday, absolutely demolishing The Twilight Saga: New Moon’s record of $72.7 million. The film’s midnight screenings accounted for $43.5 million of Potter’s opening day, surpassing The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s $30 million midnight tally.
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2, $92.1 mil
2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon, $6.3 mil
3. Horrible Bosses, $5.5 mil
4. Zookeeper, $3.9 mil
5. Winnie the Pooh, $2.9 mil
For a second week in a row, Transformers: Dark of the Moon ruled the box office bringing in another estimated $47.0 million. Despite a 52% drop in earnings from last week, the movie has raked in a total of $261.0 million in just 13 days since its release.
Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Spacey‘s Horrible Bosses brought in an estimated $28.1 million in its opening weekend followed by new comer Zookeeper (Kevin James) with an estimated $21.0 million.
Looks like Shia LaBeouf does not need Megan Fox by his side to shatter box office records. Transformers: Dark of the Moon set a 4th of July weekend record with an estimated $97.4 million in ticket sales from Friday to Sunday. Its four-day earnings estimate is at $116.4 million. The movie’s total ticket sales since its Tuesday-night preview opening is a staggering $181.1 million. The previous record for the Independence Day three-day weekend record was set by Spider-Man 2 which brought in $88.2 million.
1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon, $116.4 million, $181.1 million total to date
2. Cars 2, $32.1 million, $123.0 million
3. Bad Teacher, $17.6 million, $63.0 million
4. Larry Crowne, $15.7 million, new release
5. Super 8, $9.5 million, $110.1 million
6. Monte Carlo, $8.8 million, new release
7. Green Lantern, $8.0 million, $103.7 million
8. Mr. Popper’s Penguins, $6.9 million, $51.9 million
9. Bridesmaids, $4.4 million, $153.8 million
10. Midnight in Paris, $4.3 million, $34.5 million
Despite bad reviews, Cars 2 delivered big at the box office, grossing $68 million in its opening weekend.
The surprise of the weekend was the low budget Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz flick, Bad Teacher, which only cost $20 million to make, but which brought in $31 million in its opening weekend. The raunchy comedy raked in another $12.9 million internationally for a total global opening of $49.3 million.
