Weekend Wrap-Up
Potter Roasts Box Office Over Turkey Frame
By John Hamann
November 28, 2010
Also holding well and dominating is Denzel Washington's Unstoppable, which is benefiting from good word-of-mouth. Unstoppable earned $11.7 million over the three-day portion of the Thanksgiving frame, and $16.2 million over five days. It dropped only 10% compared to last weekend, and should finish as an $85 million film. It's already picked up over $30 million overseas, so the $100 million production budget shouldn't be in jeopardy. So far, Unstoppable has earned $60.7 million for 20th Century Fox.
In sixth is Edward Zwick's Love and Other Drugs with Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal. This dramedy failed to penetrate the masses out there this weekend, as the Fox film earned only $9.9 million over three days and $14 million over five. The good news for Fox is that this one cost only $30 million to make.
Seventh is Faster starring Dwayne Johnson, noticeably not The Rock this time. Faster didn't do all that well, but it's not going to hurt upstart CBS Films all that much. Faster earned $8.7 million over three days and $12.2 million over five. Variety reported that the budget for Faster was $24 million, with Sony picking up foreign rights for half the budget cost. This marks the first time that The Rock has failed to open a film to more than $10 million, save for Southland Tales.
Due Date drops four spots to eighth place. The Robert Downey Jr. flick earned $7.3 million and dropped 18% from last weekend. Now in its fourth weekend, the $65 million Warner Bros. flick has earned $85 million.
The Next Three Days finishes ninth, as the Russell Crowe flick is getting the quick boot from the top ten. The Lionsgate miss earned $4.8 million this weekend, and was off 26%. Crowe's latest disaster has a running total of $14.6 million.
Morning Glory is also fading fast this weekend, as the Rachel McAdams film isn't clicking with audiences. Glory earned $4 million this weekend and dropped 23%. The $40 million Paramount entry has earned $26.5 million.
Overall, it was a very healthy Thanksgiving frame, despite the leftovers being more popular than the meal. The top 12 films rang up $173.9 million this weekend, which is just slightly down from last year's $175.2 million, when the top seven films all grossed more than $10 million. As is traditional in the box office year, the weekend after Thanksgiving provides a break, and next week is no exception. The only new release is A Warrior's Way – something about ninjas and cowboys, as well as some Oscar fare released into limited markets. A year ago, it was a bloodbath, as the best holdover had a drop of 50%. Expect more of the same.
| 1 |
Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows Part 1 |
WARNER BROS. |
$50,345,000 |
$49,087,101 |
-61% |
$219,056,129 |
| 2 |
Tangled |
WALT DISNEY |
$49,100,000 |
$48,767,052 |
New |
$68,706,298 |
| 3 |
Megamind |
DreamWorks Animation |
$12,850,000 |
$12,575,778 |
- 21.5% |
$130,218,934 |
| 4 |
Burlesque |
SONY |
$11,800,000 |
$11,947,744 |
New |
$17,300,213 |
| 5 |
Unstoppable |
20th Century Fox |
$11,750,000 |
$11,432,903 |
- 12.1% |
$60,442,621 |
| 6 |
Love And Other Drugs |
Fox |
$9,850,000 |
$9,739,161 |
New |
$13,901,532 |
| 7 |
Faster |
CBS Films |
$8,708,300 |
$8,523,153 |
New |
$12,002,840 |
| 8 |
Due Date |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$7,300,000 |
$7,167,885 |
- 19.6% |
$84,861,008 |
| 9 |
The Next Three Days |
Lionsgate |
$4,840,000 |
$4,683,123 |
-28% |
$14,392,072 |
| 10 |
Morning Glory |
Paramount |
$4,030,000 |
$3,910,058 |
- 24.8% |
$26,340,571 |
| 11 |
127 Hours |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$1,725,000 |
$1,708,883 |
+86% |
$4,420,168 |
| 12 |
Fair Game |
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$1,583,000 |
$1,560,189 |
+ 7.2% |
$5,958,795 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
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The King's Speech |
Weinstein Co. |
$349,791 |
$355,450 |
New |
$355,450 |
| |
The Nutcracker 3d |
Freestyle |
$68,208 |
$65,944 |
New |
$87,539 |
| |
The Legend of Pale Male |
Balcony |
$13,136 |
$12,910 |
New |
$15,952 |
| |
Skyline |
Universal |
$1,107,554 |
$1,141,440 |
- 67.9% |
$20,215,790 |
| |
For Colored Girls |
Lionsgate |
$1,415,000 |
$1,362,287 |
-41% |
$36,564,364 |
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Red |
Summit Entertainment |
$1,385,000 |
$1,375,685 |
- 44.6% |
$86,117,412 |
| |
Secretariat |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$656,000 |
$647,172 |
- 33.4% |
$57,547,263 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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