Weekend Wrap-Up
No Dark Shadows on Marvel's Avengers
By John Hamann
May 13, 2012
Fifth is The Lucky One, but the only thing Lucky about this one is its choice of release date. The Zac Efron flick earned $4.1 million in its fourth weekend and dropped 24%. The Warner Bros. flick has a running total of $53.7 million.
Sixth and seventh go to The Pirates! Band of Misfits and The Five-Year Engagement. Pirates! earned $3.2 million and dropped 42%.
Engagement earned $3.1 million in its third weekend and dropped 38%. The two films have respective totals so far of $23.1 million and $24.4 million.
Eight spot goes to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a film I believe we will hear more of in the weekends to come. After a successful arthouse roll out last weekend, the Fox Searchlight release expanded to 178 venues this weekend and earned $2.7 million. It had a solid venue average of $14,888, and has a running total so far of $3.7 million.
Ninth and tenth go to Chimpanzee and new entry Girl in Progress. Chimpanzee earned $1.6 million, declined 35% and has a running total of $25.6. Girl in Progress is a limited release from Lionsgate featuring Eva Mendes. Thanks to a weak lower portion of the top ten, it was able to break in with a spot, earning $1.4 million from 322 venues.
Overall, things remain white hot thanks to The Avengers. The top 12 films at the box office this weekend pulled in $161.2 million. A year ago, Priest flopped, and Bridesmaids was just getting started. Thor repeated on top, and the top 12 took in $128.9 million. Next weekend, The Dictator opens on Wednesday, while Battleship and What To Expect When You're Expecting both open on Friday.
| 1 |
The Avengers |
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$103,163,000 |
- 50% |
$373,182,000 |
| 2 |
Dark Shadows |
Warner Bros. |
$28,805,000 |
New |
$28,805,000 |
| 3 |
Think Like a Man |
Screen Gems (Sony) |
$6,300,000 |
- 22% |
$81,917,000 |
| 4 |
The Hunger Games |
Lionsgate |
$4,400,000 |
- 21% |
$386,901,686 |
| 5 |
The Lucky One |
Warner Bros. |
$4,055,000 |
- 24% |
$53,736,000 |
| 6 |
The Pirates! Band of Misfits |
Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$3,200,000 |
- 42% |
$23,104,000 |
| 7 |
The Five-year Engagement |
Universal |
$3,095,645 |
- 38% |
$24,405,055 |
| 8 |
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel |
Fox Searchlight |
$2,650,000 |
+260% |
$3,722,516 |
| 9 |
Chimpanzee |
Disneynature |
$1,624,000 |
- 35% |
$25,586,000 |
| 10 |
Girl In Progress |
Lionsgate |
$1,350,000 |
New |
$1,350,000 |
| 11 |
The Raven |
Rogue Pictures |
$1,300,000 |
- 51% |
$14,644,928 |
| 12 |
Safe |
Lionsgate |
$1,275,000 |
- 52% |
$15,545,255 |
| |
Also Opening/Notables |
| |
The Road |
The Weinstein Company |
$61,200 |
New |
$61,200 |
| |
God Bless America |
Magnolia |
$30,000 |
New |
$30,000 |
| |
Where Do We Go Now? |
Sony Classics |
$16,776 |
New |
$16,776 |
| |
I Wish |
Magnolia |
$10,000 |
New |
$10,000 |
| |
Bernie |
Millennium |
$216,501 |
+ 54% |
$537,051 |
| |
The Sound of My Voice |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$56,500 |
+ 4% |
$187,675 |
| |
Headhunters |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$90,000 |
+12% |
$265,000 |
| |
The Three Stooges |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$1,000,000 |
- 45% |
$41,075,430 |
| |
The Cabin in the Woods |
MGM |
$970,000 |
- 38% |
$39,752,447 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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