Weekend Wrap-Up for April 16-18, 2010
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By John Hamann
April 18, 2010
Hot Tub Time Machine finishes in eighth place this weekend, its fourth in release. The John Cusack comedy took in $3.5 million and has a total so far of $42.5 million, which exceeds its $36 million budget and is good enough that it should be a winner overall for the studio, particularly since it's likely to do quite well on home video.
Alice in Wonderland falls to ninth, as the Tim Burton flick enjoys its seventh weekend in release. Alice earned another $3.5 million and dropped 33%. What an investment this has become for Disney. The Mouse House spent $200 million on Burton's creation, and it has now earned $324 million domestically, and over $460 million overseas. It has quietly become the 21st biggest film ever domestically, and is approaching the top 20 in international grosses.
Finally, The Bounty Hunter is tenth, as the Jennifer Aniston/Gerard Butler flick earned $3.2 million and brought its total up to $60.4 million. This is a total that ensures both its stars continued work in bland romantic comedies for some time to come.
Overall, the box office had no trouble getting ahead of last year's totals when Warner Bros. punished us with the release of 17 Again with Zac Efron. Last year, the box office earned $100.4 million – this year, the top 12 films earned $113.4 million. Next weekend is another waiting period prior to Iron Man 2. We are left watching the aforementioned Back Up Plan with Jennifer Lopez, or The Losers, which at least stars the lovely Zoe Saldana.
1 |
Kick-Ass |
Lionsgate |
$19,750,000 |
$19,828,687 |
New |
$19,828,687 |
2 |
How to Train Your Dragon |
DreamWorks Pictures |
$20,000,000 |
$19,633,320 |
- 21.0% |
$158,251,066 |
3 |
Date Night |
20th Century Fox |
$17,300,000 |
$16,720,038 |
- 33.7% |
$48,666,799 |
4 |
Death at a Funeral |
MGM |
$17,000,000 |
$16,217,540 |
New |
$16,217,540 |
5 |
Clash of the Titans |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$15,770,000 |
$15,385,491 |
- 42.2% |
$132,600,220 |
6 |
The Last Song |
Touchstone Pictures |
N/A |
$5,962,916 |
New |
$50,187,855 |
7 |
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? |
Lionsgate |
$4,180,000 |
$4,098,898 |
- 62.8% |
$54,801,812 |
8 |
Alice in Wonderland |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$3,540,000 |
$3,656,442 |
- 31.0% |
$324,131,301 |
9 |
Hot Tub Time Machine |
MGM |
$3,545,000 |
$3,490,471 |
- 35.7% |
$42,449,935 |
10 |
The Bounty Hunter |
Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$3,200,000 |
$3,084,020 |
- 26.8% |
$60,261,888 |
11 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
20th Century Fox |
$2,800,000 |
$2,790,042 |
- 29.9% |
$57,090,186 |
12 |
Avatar |
20th Century Fox |
$1,025,000 |
$1,002,814 |
+ 18.7% |
$745,023,267 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
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The Joneses |
Roadside Attractions |
$500,000 |
$509,689 |
New |
$509,689 |
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Exit Through the Gift Shop |
Producers Distribution Agency |
$166,126 |
$170,756 |
New |
$170,756 |
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Handsome Harry |
Paladin |
$13,500 |
$12,562 |
New |
$12,562 |
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No One Knows About Persian Cats |
IFC Films |
N/A |
$8,842 |
New |
$8,842 |
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The Cartel |
Moving Picture Institute |
$4,127 |
$3,694 |
New |
$3,694 |
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When You're Strange |
Abramorama |
$20,448 |
$33,772 |
New |
$124,016 |
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The Square |
Apparition |
$38,071 |
$37,546 |
New |
$61,225 |
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo |
Music Box |
$750,000 |
$631,021 |
New |
$3,026,200 |
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Greenberg |
Focus Features |
$315,902 |
$320,111 |
- 24.0% |
$3,400,874 |
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Hubble 3d |
WARNER BROS. |
$313,000 |
$307,794 |
New |
$3,279,965 |
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The Runaways |
Apparition |
$295,502 |
$303,668 |
- 35.3% |
$2,995,811 |
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City Island |
Anchor Bay |
$259,000 |
$260,755 |
New |
$844,613 |
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The Ghost Writer |
Summit Entertainment |
$670,000 |
$681,271 |
New |
$13,251,944 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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