Weekend Wrap-Up for July 9-11, 2010
Despicable Me Is Huge
By John Hamann
July 11, 2010
Ninth goes to The A-Team, as the Fox product just wants the misery to end. This weekend, the $110 million A-Team earned $1.8 million and was off 44%. This is another big picture that needs big business overseas if it hopes to stay in the black. Predators may have worked for the studio, but Knight and Day and The A-Team are knocking the studio down this summer.
Finally in tenth is Cyrus, the art house comedy starring big names like Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei and the lovely Catherine Keener. Now out to 200 venues, Cyrus earned $1.4 million, and was up from last weekend by 78% when it was playing in only 77 venues. Cyrus, with its $7 million production budget, has now earned $3.5 million.
With a remarkable six films earning more than $15 million this weekend, we end up with a very lucrative frame compared to last year, especially since Despicable Me and Predators brought in about $40 million more than tracking indicated. This year's top 12 comes in at $192.6 million, putting it well ahead of last year, when Bruno disappointed. Last year's top 12 earned $155.4 million, which means that 2010 wins by 24%.
Next weekend throws us a serious curveball, as Inception opens (and The Sorcerer's Apprentice, but who cares about that one?). Inception has been called a masterpiece, but looks way too thought-provoking for traditional summer audiences. It comes from the great Chris Nolan, who gave us the biggest opener ever in The Dark Knight. Let's see if Inception becomes one of those great films that doesn't do great business.
| 1 |
Despicable Me |
Universal Pictures |
$60,117,420 |
$56,397,125 |
New |
$56,397,125 |
| 2 |
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse |
Summit Entertainment |
$33,350,000 |
$31,708,438 |
- 51.1% |
$235,370,815 |
| 3 |
Predators |
20th Century Fox |
$25,300,000 |
$24,760,882 |
New |
$24,760,882 |
| 4 |
Toy Story 3 |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$22,021,000 |
$21,015,958 |
- 30.6% |
$339,240,857 |
| 5 |
The Last Airbender |
Paramount Pictures |
$17,150,000 |
$16,635,471 |
- 58.7% |
$99,712,757 |
| 6 |
Grown Ups |
Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$16,400,000 |
$15,806,738 |
- 17.0% |
$110,721,531 |
| 7 |
Knight and Day |
20th Century Fox |
$7,850,000 |
$7,719,251 |
- 26.1% |
$61,808,110 |
| 8 |
The Karate Kid |
Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$5,700,000 |
$5,365,636 |
- 32.9% |
$164,301,124 |
| 9 |
The A-Team |
20th Century Fox |
$1,800,000 |
$1,752,421 |
- 45.1% |
$73,923,594 |
| 10 |
Cyrus |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
$1,375,000 |
$1,280,470 |
+ 65.3% |
$3,426,545 |
| 11 |
The Girl Who Played With Fire |
Music Box |
$875,000 |
$751,524 |
New |
$751,524 |
| 12 |
Get Him to The Greek |
Universal |
$707,200 |
$711,625 |
- 42.3% |
$59,424,055 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
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The Kids Are All Right |
Focus Features |
$504,888 |
$491,971 |
New |
$491,971 |
| |
Grease Sing-a-long |
Paramount |
$65,000 |
$60,759 |
New |
$95,769 |
| |
Winnebago Man |
Kino |
N/A |
$16,469 |
New |
$16,469 |
| |
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Magnolia |
N/A |
$8,191 |
New |
$8,191 |
| |
Around a Small Mountain |
Cinema Guild |
N/A |
$5,326 |
New |
$5,326 |
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I Am Love |
Magnolia |
$58,587 |
$503,008 |
-5% |
$2,003,059 |
| |
Winter's Bone |
Roadside Attractions |
$506,900 |
$456,495 |
+6% |
$2,512,455 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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