Weekend Wrap-Up for April 30 - May 2, 2010
Michael Bay Profiteering Dominates Iron Man 2 Lead Up
By John Hamann
May 2, 2010
The Losers drops to sixth this weekend after a fourth place debut last weekend. The cheap, Joel Silver produced, Warner Bros. distributed flick earned $6 million in its sophomore frame and dipped 36%. The $25 million Zoe Saldana flick has now earned $18.1 million.
Clash of the Titans, another remake that takes the campy fun out of the original, finishes seventh. Now in its fifth frame, Clash earned a 3-D influenced $6 million, and dropped 33%. The $125 million Warner Bros. release has now earned $154 million on the domestic front, and another $250 million from overseas cinemas.
Once the hot new thing coming out of Hollywood, Kick-Ass has now officially fallen on its head, earning only $4.4 million and dropping a hefty 52%. At least it will be profitable for Lionsgate. The $15 million pickup has now earned $42.2 million.
Death at a Funeral is just that, as the movie slowly dies in ninth. Death earned $4 million and dropped 50% from last weekend. The $21 million Screen Gems product has now earned $34.8 million.
Finally in tenth is Oceans, Disney's Earth Day film. Ocean's earned $2.6 million in its second weekend, and has earned $13.2 million so far.
Overall this weekend, 2010 didn't have a chance versus last year, as a year ago, Wolverine opened to $85 million, or approximately what the top seven films earned this year. The top ten films this year couldn't keep up with what the top two did last year. This weekend, the top 12 took in $91.2 million, about half of the $187.4 million from the May 1st weekend in 2009. It's now all about next weekend, as Iron Man 2 officially kicks off the summer season, and eyes The Dark Knight's $158 million record opening weekend.
| 1 |
A Nightmare on Elm Street |
New Line Cinema |
$32,200,000 |
$32,902,299 |
New |
$32,902,299 |
| 2 |
How to Train Your Dragon |
DreamWorks Pictures |
$10,825,000 |
$10,614,289 |
- 30.9% |
$192,173,750 |
| 3 |
Date Night |
20th Century Fox |
$7,600,000 |
$7,577,352 |
- 27.6% |
$73,604,361 |
| 4 |
The Back-Up Plan |
CBS Films |
$7,240,000 |
$7,255,762 |
- 40.5% |
$22,963,517 |
| 5 |
Furry Vengeance |
Summit Entertainment |
$6,500,000 |
$6,627,564 |
New |
$6,627,564 |
| 6 |
The Losers |
Warner Bros. |
$6,000,000 |
$5,888,471 |
- 37.4% |
$18,013,781 |
| 7 |
Clash of the Titans |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$5,980,000 |
$5,855,368 |
- 34.4% |
$153,911,073 |
| 8 |
Kick-Ass |
Lionsgate |
$4,450,000 |
$4,515,940 |
- 51.7% |
$42,228,273 |
| 9 |
Death at a Funeral |
MGM |
$4,000,000 |
$4,123,105 |
- 48.6% |
$34,900,278 |
| 10 |
Oceans |
Disneynature |
$2,621,000 |
$2,564,843 |
New |
$13,460,115 |
| 11 |
The Last Song |
Touchstone Pictures |
$2,313,000 |
$2,255,782 |
- 40.0% |
$58,600,765 |
| 12 |
Alice in Wonderland |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$1,510,000 |
$1,478,225 |
- 34.7% |
$329,686,666 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
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Harry Brown |
Samuel Goldwyn |
$180,957 |
$173,353 |
New |
$173,353 |
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The Good Heart |
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N/A |
$5,955 |
New |
$5,955 |
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Exit Through the Gift Shop |
Producers Distribution Agency |
$185,000 |
$186,262 |
New |
$651,870 |
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Hot Tub Time Machine |
MGM |
$1,113,000 |
$1,125,651 |
- 43.9% |
$47,636,575 |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
20th Century Fox |
$1,000,000 |
$981,535 |
- 48.0% |
$60,899,640 |
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Avatar |
20th Century Fox |
$635,000 |
$633,124 |
- 31.2% |
$747,292,481 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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