Weekend Wrap-Up
Christmas Jackpot For Sherlock Holmes, Avatar, and Fox
By John Hamann
December 27, 2009
The Princess and the Frog finishes seventh, as despite the holiday, the 2-D experience from Disney still gets hit by the 3-D Avatar and Alvin and the Chipmunks. Princess earned $8.7 million this weekend, and dips 29% despite the kid-friendly holiday. This one is getting messy for Disney, as it now has a cume of $63.4 million versus a budget that is likely higher than $100 million.
Nine is the expanding film that appears to be left out in the cold, as the musical can't play with the big boys this weekend. The star-driven Rob Marshall flick earned only $5.5 million from 1,412 venues, and had a venue average of $3,926 as it finished a disappointing eighth over the holiday frame. This is an $80 million film for The Weinstein Company, and if things don't quickly improve, could be the final nail in the coffin for Bob and Harvey Weinstein.
Did You Hear About the Morgans? finishes ninth, as the critically reviled comedy doesn't gain ground over last weekend. The Hugh Grant/Sarah Jessica Parker flick earned only $5 million in its second weekend, off 24% from last weekend. It has a total so far of $15.6 million against a $60 million budget for Sony.
Invictus finishes tenth as it improves slightly from last weekend, and knocks The Twilight Saga: New Moon out of the top ten (victory at last for this writer). The Morgan Freeman/Matt Damon rugby flick earned $4.4 million, and was up 4% compared to last weekend. It has a cumylative so far of $23.4 million.
Overall, the box office sets a record for the biggest three-day frame ever. The former record holder for biggest weekend ever was the frame when The Dark Knight opened, and the top 12 films brought in $253.6 million. This weekend, the top 12 films brought in an unbelievable $264 million, setting the new high water mark. Box office for 2009 crosses the $10 billion mark, and still has four very big earning days to come. No new openers hit screens next weekend, so we should see another big weekend for all of these films over the New Year's frame.
1 |
Avatar |
20th Century Fox |
$75,000,000 |
$75,617,133 |
- 1.8% |
$212,711,184 |
2 |
Sherlock Holmes |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$65,380,000 |
$62,390,000 |
New |
$62,390,000 |
3 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel |
20th Century Fox |
$50,200,000 |
$48,875,415 |
New |
$75,589,048 |
4 |
It's Complicated |
Universal |
$22,114,420 |
$22,100,820 |
New |
$22,100,820 |
5 |
The Blind Side |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$11,730,000 |
$11,470,000 |
+ 14.5% |
$184,127,000 |
6 |
Up in the Air |
Paramount |
$11,755,000 |
$11,275,000 |
+251.2% |
$24,038,000 |
7 |
The Princess and the Frog |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$8,683,000 |
$9,004,610 |
- 26.1% |
$63,679,289 |
8 |
Nine |
The Weinstein Company |
$5,544,000 |
$5,452,513 |
+2019.7% |
$5,830,605 |
9 |
Did You Hear About the Morgans |
Columbia Pictures |
$5,000,000 |
$5,000,143 |
New |
$15,600,328 |
10 |
Invictus |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$4,390,000 |
$4,045,000 |
- 3.8% |
$23,020,000 |
11 |
The Twilight Saga: New Moon |
Summit Entertainment |
$3,000,000 |
$3,047,000 |
- 30.9% |
$280,970,522 |
12 |
3 Idiots |
Big Pictures |
N/A |
$1,645,502 |
New |
$2,149,227 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
Sony Pictures Classics |
$129,980 |
$334,183 |
New |
$334,183 |
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Police, Adjective |
IFC Films |
N/A |
$19,452 |
New |
$26,692 |
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The Young Victoria |
|
$603,866 |
$645,315 |
+303.1% |
$927,963 |
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CRAZY HEART |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$156,000 |
$159,850 |
New |
$324,428 |
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A Single Man |
The Weinstein Company |
$323,000 |
$352,652 |
+146.9% |
$920,532 |
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The Lovely Bones |
DreamWorks |
$38,000 |
$42,000 |
- 6.9% |
$276,000 |
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The Road |
The Weinstein Company |
$429,000 |
$449,066 |
- 32.0% |
$5,879,604 |
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2012 |
Paramount |
$960,000 |
$994,494 |
- 54.9% |
$161,490,680 |
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Disney's A Christmas Carol |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$1,356,000 |
$1,292,155 |
- 62.5% |
$135,888,543 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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