Weekend Wrap-Up
Harry Potter and the Front-loaded Opening Frame
By John Hamann
July 19, 2009
The Proposal continues its leggy run, as it is now starting to look like the Paul Blart of chick flicks. The Proposal earned $8.3 million, dropping a slight 22% after dropping only 18% in the last frame. The Sandra Bullock comedy has now earned $128.1 million and is now the biggest film of her career, as The Proposal has out-grossed Speed's domestic tally of $122 million.
Public Enemies tumbles three spots to seventh as the Johnny Depp film struggles again. The Michael Mann flick earned $7.6 million and falls 45%. After a decent $40 million five-day start, Public Enemies has showed no traction, and the $100 million film now has a total of $79.5 million.
Up holds on to eighth spot. The Disney/Pixar flick earned $3.1 million and dropped 33%. After the big drop when the also 3-D Ice Age 3 entered the picture (50%), Up has recovered nicely. It now has a running total of $279.6 million, and is still just getting started overseas.
Ninth place is My Sister's Keeper, the weeper that didn't keep her. My Sister's Keeper earned $2.9 million in its fourth frame and dropped 34%. The Cameron Diaz flick now has a total of $41.5 million, ahead of its $27.5 million production budget.
Finally, in tenth we have I Love You Beth Cooper, which opened poorly to $4.9 million. Things didn't get any better for Beth this weekend, as the movie had a gross of $2.7 million and a drop of 46%. The $18 million Fox comedy now has a total of $10.3 million.
Overall, the box office didn't have a chance to keep up with last year, as it has now been a year since The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia! opened over the same frame. Over that historic weekend, the top 12 films tallied $253 million, the biggest weekend ever. Even with Harry Potter leading the charge, the top 12 could only muster $153.9 million, leaving this weekend 39% behind last year. Next weekend we get back to rolling the dice on potential weekend successes, instead of the sure-things like Harry Potter, Transformers and Ice Age. Openers next weekend include talking hamsters in G-Force, some competition for Sandra Bullock with The Ugly Truth, and an interesting horror film in The Orphan.
| 1 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
Warner Bros. |
N/A |
$77,835,727 |
New |
$158,022,354 |
| 2 |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$17,700,000 |
$17,561,406 |
- 36.4% |
$151,865,987 |
| 3 |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
DreamWorks Pictures |
$13,750,000 |
$13,691,487 |
- 43.5% |
$363,808,123 |
| 4 |
Bruno |
Universal |
$8,373,565 |
$8,318,385 |
- 72.8% |
$49,533,475 |
| 5 |
The Proposal |
Touchstone Pictures |
$8,294,000 |
$8,289,707 |
- 21.8% |
$128,083,273 |
| 6 |
The Hangover |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$8,315,000 |
$8,177,272 |
- 17.7% |
$235,744,423 |
| 7 |
Public Enemies |
Universal Pictures |
$7,592,330 |
$7,748,235 |
- 43.8% |
$79,639,205 |
| 8 |
Up |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$3,147,000 |
$3,172,014 |
- 32.7% |
$279,583,282 |
| 9 |
My Sister's Keeper |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$2,825,000 |
$2,828,367 |
- 34.1% |
$41,507,695 |
| 10 |
I Love You, Beth Cooper |
20th Century Fox |
$2,665,000 |
$2,766,863 |
- 43.8% |
$10,363,239 |
| 11 |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 |
Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$900,000 |
$889,259 |
- 42.4% |
$62,900,310 |
| 12 |
(500) Days of Summer |
Fox Searchlight |
$837,588 |
$834,501 |
New |
$834,501 |
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The Hurt Locker |
Summit Entertainment |
$764,000 |
$740,224 |
+ 15.4% |
$2,148,619 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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