Weekend Wrap-Up
Zack Snyder Sucker Punched by a Wimpy Kid
By John Hamann
March 27, 2011
Despite two new films in the top two spots, The Lincoln Lawyer manages to stay in fourth for a second straight weekend. The Lionsgate release that opened to $13 million last weekend, fell 17% to $11 million, again indicating there were few new choices for thinking adults this weekend. It's a good hold for the $40 million effort, as it tries to turn an 82% fresh rating into legs. So far, it has earned $29 million, and should earn more than the production budget domestically.
Fifth is Rango, which has another strong weekend in its fourth outing. The Johnny Depp voiced character earned another $9.8 million this weekend, and drops 35% compared to last weekend despite competition in a similar demo from Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2. Originally, I thought Paramount was going to eat it on Rango, but the talking Lizard managed to cross the $100 million plateau this weekend, and looks like it will at least match the production budget domestically. It has already brought in another $75 million from overseas, so the Gore Verbinski film is going to hit the win column for the studio despite costing $135 million to make, and being a little bit outside the norm. Give it $106.4 million on the domestic side so far, and the highlight that it has been one of the very few successful films released in 2011.
Sixth is Battle: Los Angeles, which has been the poster-child for the 2011 movie-going season with its great trailer, and complete awfulness. Now in its third weekend, Battle: Los Angeles earned $7.6 million and dropped a nasty 48% from last weekend. It's hard to believe, but this $35 million plus opener is going to struggle to reach $90 million on the domestic front. So far, it has accumulated $72.6 million in domestic receipts.
Seventh spot goes to Paul, the alien road movie with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and the voice of Seth Rogen. Paul earned $7.5 million in its second weekend, and dropped 42%. With the Shaun of the Dead guys as the leads, this one was expected to be front-loaded, as it almost plays as a sequel to the zombie flick and Hot Fuzz. Give Paul $24.6 million so far for Universal against a $40 million production budget - and remember, it has earned an additional $30 million overseas.
The rest of the top ten are the also-rans. Eighth goes to Red Riding Hood, the Warner Bros. disappointment. Red earned only $4.4 million in its third weekend, and dropped 39%. It has a running total of $32.5 million. Ninth is The Adjustment Bureau with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. Now in its fourth weekend, the Universal flick earned $4.2 million and dropped 26%. It has a running total of $54.9 million against a budget of $50 million. Finally in tenth is Mars Needs Moms, the animated bomb from Disney. It dropped a hefty 59% on its way to $2.2 million - and it beats out Beastly by only $1,000, so we might see a change once actual numbers come in. Mars Needs Moms has yet to reach $20 million, which is horrible against its $150 million budget.
Overall, this weekend is the same, same, same. The top 12 films grossed $109.3 million, a little bit more than last weekend, but definitely lower than expected due to the implosion of Sucker Punch. Last year, over the March 26th - 28th weekend, How To Train Your Dragon earned $43.7 million and led the top 12 to a cume of $117 million. Next weekend brings three new releases, Hop, an animated kids flick from Universal, Source Code with Jake Gyllenhaal, and Insidious, a new horror film.
| 1 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$24,400,000 |
New |
$24,400,000 |
| 2 |
Sucker Punch |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$19,015,000 |
New |
$19,015,000 |
| 3 |
Limitless |
Relativity Media |
$15,225,000 |
- 19.5% |
$41,280,982 |
| 4 |
The Lincoln Lawyer |
Lions Gate |
$11,000,000 |
- 16.7% |
$28,967,183 |
| 5 |
Rango |
Paramount |
$9,800,000 |
- 35.0% |
$106,363,000 |
| 6 |
Battle: Los Angeles |
Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$7,600,000 |
- 47.7% |
$72,580,000 |
| 7 |
Paul |
Universal |
$7,506,050 |
- 42.5% |
$24,610,220 |
| 8 |
Red Riding Hood |
Warner Bros. |
$4,390,000 |
- 38.9% |
$32,453,000 |
| 9 |
The Adjustment Bureau |
Universal Pictures |
$4,244,520 |
- 26.5% |
$54,870,590 |
| 10 |
Mars Needs Moms |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$2,186,000 |
- 58.9% |
$19,152,000 |
| 11 |
Beastly |
CBS Films |
$2,185,000 |
- 31.7% |
$25,313,573 |
| 12 |
Hall Pass |
Warner Bros. |
$1,755,000 |
- 31.7% |
$42,373,000 |
| |
Also Opening/Notables |
| |
The 5th Quarter |
|
$218,578 |
New |
$218,578 |
| |
Potiche |
Music Box |
$85,000 |
New |
$85,000 |
| |
Miral |
Weinstein Co. |
$65,000 |
New |
$65,000 |
| |
Win Win |
Fox Searchlight |
$470,804 |
+213.1% |
$678,720 |
| |
Bill Cunningham New York |
Zeitgeist |
$67,880 |
102% |
$151,006 |
| |
Winter In Wartime |
Sony Classics |
$26,753 |
+79% |
$49,673 |
| |
Jane Eyre |
|
$982,765 |
+110.7% |
$1,898,298 |
| |
Just Go With It |
Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$1,500,000 |
- 33.2% |
$100,000,000 |
| |
Gnomeo and Juliet |
Touchstone Pictures |
$1,446,000 |
- 37.1% |
$95,808,000 |
| |
The King's Speech |
The Weinstein Company |
$1,560,800 |
- 23.3% |
$134,645,000 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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