Weekend Wrap-Up for September 17-19, 2010
Four Openers Breathe Life Into Dead Box Office
By John Hamann
September 19, 2010
Sixth starts the bad memories of last weekend, as Takers finishes with only $3 million. Now in its fourth weekend, the Screen Gems effort fell 47% from last weekend, but is another win in the Screen Gems column. Takers has earned $52.3 million against a budget of only $32 million. It's been a winning year for the studio, as they have released Legion ($65 million worldwide, $26 million budget), Dear John ($80 million domestic, $25 million budget), Death at a Funeral ($43 million domestic, $21 million budget), and now Takers, Resident Evil: Extinction, and Easy A.
Seventh goes to Clooney's The American, a film that started strong but faded fast. In its third weekend, The American took in only $2.8 million and was off 51%. The $20 million Focus film has now earned $32.9 million.
Eighth is Inception, which is ten weekends old. Inception earned $2 million and was off 28%. It has earned $285.2 million domestic, and $450 million overseas.
The Other Guys finishes ninth in its seventh weekend. The Will Ferrell flick took in $2 million and was off 40%. It has a running total of $115.4 million against a $100 million budget.
Tenth goes to Eat Pray Love, which is in its sixth frame. The Julia Roberts flick earned $1.7 million this weekend, and has a domestic total of $77.7 million.
Overall this weekend, things were a lot better than last weekend, and about the same as last year. This weekend, the top 12 films brought in $88.5 million, much better than the $65.8 million brought in last weekend, and on target with the $87.3 million brought in over the same weekend last year. A year ago, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs opened to $30 million, and went on to earn $125 million domestically. Next weekend, 300 and Watchmen director Zack Snyder brings a kids flick about owls to the big screen in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Oliver Stone finally opens Wall Street 2, and Kristen Bell and Betty White open You Again.
| 1 |
The Town |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$23,800,000 |
$23,808,032 |
0.0% |
$23,808,032 |
| 2 |
Easy A |
SONY |
$18,200,000 |
$17,734,040 |
New |
$17,734,040 |
| 3 |
Devil |
Universal |
$12,584,320 |
$12,289,375 |
- 2.3% |
$12,289,375 |
| 4 |
Resident Evil: Afterlife |
Screen Gems (Sony) |
$10,100,000 |
$10,002,592 |
- 1.0% |
$43,893,958 |
| 5 |
Alpha & Omega |
Lionsgate |
N/A |
$9,106,906 |
New |
$9,106,906 |
| 6 |
Takers |
Screen Gems (Sony) |
$3,000,000 |
$3,026,285 |
+ 0.9% |
$52,372,349 |
| 7 |
The American |
Focus Features |
$2,756,258 |
$2,672,521 |
New |
$32,772,475 |
| 8 |
The Other Guys |
Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$2,000,000 |
$1,972,046 |
- 1.4% |
$115,403,440 |
| 9 |
Inception |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$2,015,000 |
$1,967,137 |
- 2.4% |
$285,129,855 |
| 10 |
Machete |
Fox |
$1,700,000 |
$1,755,550 |
New |
$24,391,354 |
| 11 |
Eat Pray Love |
Sony/Columbia |
$1,700,000 |
$1,614,431 |
- 5.0% |
$77,600,235 |
| 12 |
The Expendables |
Lionsgate |
$1,400,000 |
$1,373,298 |
- 1.9% |
$101,020,533 |
| |
Also Opening/Notables |
| |
Catfish |
Universal |
$255,252 |
$257,285 |
New |
$257,285 |
| |
Never Let Me Go |
Fox Searchlight |
$120,830 |
$111,734 |
- 7.5% |
$156,733 |
| |
Jack Goes Boating |
Overture Films |
$30,000 |
$28,916 |
- 3.6% |
$28,916 |
| |
Leaves of Grass |
First Look |
$25,075 |
$20,987 |
New |
$20,987 |
| |
Kings of Pastry |
First Run Features |
N/A |
$15,162 |
New |
$22,428 |
| |
On the Bowery |
Milestone Films |
N/A |
$13,226 |
New |
$13,226 |
| |
The Other City |
Cabin Films |
N/A |
$10,396 |
New |
$10,396 |
| |
Undertow |
United Artists |
N/A |
$7,051 |
New |
$7,051 |
| |
Picture Me |
Strand |
N/A |
$6,718 |
New |
$6,718 |
| |
The Freebie |
Phase 4 |
$4,500 |
$4,309 |
New |
$4,309 |
| |
El Superstar |
Cinema Libre |
N/A |
$2,330 |
New |
$2,330 |
| |
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo |
Cinema Puratoro |
N/A |
$2,198 |
New |
$2,198 |
| |
The Temptation of St. Tony |
Olive Films |
N/A |
$747 |
New |
$747 |
| |
The Girl (flickan) |
Olive Films |
N/A |
$712 |
New |
$712 |
| |
I'm Still Here |
Magnolia |
$115,000 |
$113,333 |
New |
$259,290 |
| |
The Romantics |
Four of a Kind Productions |
$25,000 |
$25,875 |
New |
$81,173 |
| |
Bran Nue Dae |
Freestyle |
$19,244 |
$18,062 |
New |
$51,108 |
| |
Going the Distance |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$1,320,000 |
$1,355,246 |
+ 2.7% |
$16,771,305 |
| |
The Last Exorcism |
Lionsgate |
$1,250,000 |
$1,211,349 |
- 3.1% |
$40,113,370 |
| |
The Tillman Story |
Weinstein Co. |
$61,300 |
$60,680 |
New |
$519,371 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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