Weekend Wrap-Up
Underworld Awakens as Box Office Stays Hot
By John Hamann
January 22, 2012
Sixth is Beauty and the Beast, as the Disney '"convert classics to 3D and re-release" plan hit a serious roadblock this weekend. Despite zero new family competition, Beauty and the Beast got rocked as it fell from second to sixth, and grossed only $8.6 million this weekend after finishing with $17.8 million in the last frame. That gives it a drop of 52%, light years away from The Lion King's second weekend drop of 27%. While true that the MLK weekend will deliver higher drops to the holdovers this weekend, this is still way beyond where my expectations were. Are audiences catching on? This will still be hugely profitable for Disney, as they spent only $10 million on the conversion, and the re-release has a gross so far of $33.4 million.
Seventh is Joyful Noise, the Dolly Parton/Queen Latifah combo. After a decent opening frame with $11.2 million, this is another picture that is dealt a death blow this weekend. Despite a faith-driven audience, Joyful Noise could only pick up another $6.1 million this weekend, as it fell 46%. The good news for Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment is that this is a $25 million production, and with a gross so far of $21.9 million, it won't be a complete disaster.
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is eighth, as the blockbuster continues to wind down. This weekend, Ghost Protocol earned $5.5 million and also dropped a loud 53% this weekend. The $145 million film continues to stalk the $200 million mark as it has earned $197.3 million thus far, and has earned over $350 million overseas.
Sherlock Holmes – Game of Shadows also applies the brakes this frame. The Robert Downey Jr. flick earned $4.8 million this weekend after earning $8.6 million last weekend. That's a drop of 44%, but its domestic total comes up to $178.6 million.
Finally, tenth place goes to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, David Fincher's adaptation of the popular novel. It's in its fifth weekend in theaters, and took in an additional $3.8 million, good for a drop of 44%. The dark thriller is nearing the $100 million mark with $94.8 million domestically.
Overall, things are way up over last year. The top 12 films this weekend took in a decent $111.7 million, whereas last year's totals were way down, at only $88.8 million. However, this top 12 total isn't all that great compared to $128 million in 2010 and $130 million in 2009. Next weekend brings a new Liam Neeson flick called The Grey, Man on a Ledge with Sam Worthington and One For the Money with Katherine Heigl.
| 1 |
Underworld: Awakening |
SONY |
$25,400,000 |
New |
$25,400,000 |
| 2 |
Red Tails |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$19,100,000 |
New |
$19,100,000 |
| 3 |
Contraband |
Universal |
$12,240,550 |
- 50% |
$46,138,470 |
| 4 |
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close |
WARNER BROS. |
$10,545,000 |
+ 11484% |
$11,237,000 |
| 5 |
Haywire |
Relativity Media |
$9,000,000 |
New |
$9,000,000 |
| 6 |
Beauty And the Beast 3d |
WALT DISNEY |
$8,556,000 |
- 52% |
$33,364,000 |
| 7 |
Joyful Noise |
WARNER BROS. |
$6,075,000 |
- 46% |
$21,903,000 |
| 8 |
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol |
Paramount |
$5,540,000 |
- 53% |
$197,349,000 |
| 9 |
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows |
Warner Bros. |
$4,805,000 |
- 44% |
$178,611,000 |
| 10 |
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo |
SONY |
$3,750,000 |
- 44% |
$94,775,000 |
| 11 |
The Iron Lady |
The Weinstein Company |
$3,707,000 |
- 32% |
$12,608,679 |
| 12 |
War Horse |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$3,003,000 |
- 49% |
$72,137,000 |
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| |
Coriolanus |
The Weinstein Company |
$60,000 |
New |
$60,000 |
| |
Crazy Horse |
Zipporah Films |
$10,000 |
New |
$14,375 |
| |
Ultrasuede |
Tribeca Films |
$4,000 |
New |
$4,000 |
| |
The Devil Inside |
Paramount Pictures |
$2,520,000 |
- 69% |
$51,141,000 |
| |
Pariah |
Focus Features |
$62,247 |
- 39% |
$494,855 |
| |
A Separation |
Sony Pictures Classics |
$165,000 |
+130% |
$540,000 |
| |
We Bought a Zoo |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$2,650,000 |
- 52% |
$69,431,585 |
| |
The Adventures of Tintin |
Paramount |
$2,160,000 |
- 46% |
$72,262,000 |
| |
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$2,965,000 |
- 50% |
$124,571,037 |
| |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
Fox Searchlight |
$1,830,564 |
- 43% |
$18,396,419 |
| |
The Artist |
The Weinstein Company |
$2,369,000 |
+ 99% |
$12,116,915 |
| |
My Week With Marilyn |
The Weinstein Company |
$318,000 |
- 33% |
$12,057,357 |
| |
The Descendants |
Fox Searchlight |
$2,450,000 |
+ 17% |
$51,337,360 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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