Weekend Wrap-Up
Cruise, Sandler Flop at Weekend Box Office
By John Hamann
June 17, 2012
Sixth goes to Men in Black 3. After drops of 49% and 51% since opening to $54.6 million, MIB3 manages a better hold this weekend, likely due to the lack of solid choices from new films. This weekend, the Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones sci-fi comedy took in $10 million and dropped a much better 28% compared to last weekend. MIB3 has already earned a half-billion worldwide, with the domestic side coming in at $152.7 million so far.
Seventh is Marvel's The Avengers, now in its seventh weekend. The Avengers had its first weekend total below $10 million, with the gross coming in at $8.8 million. It fell 21% compared to last weekend as it continues to shed screens. The $220 million super-feature has now earned $586.7 million domestically, and is over $1.4 billion from worldwide audiences.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel continues its North American vacation in the top ten this weekend – its sixth as a top ten film. This weekend, Marigold Hotel earned another $2.2 million, and dropped 33% compared to where it was last weekend. The UK import has now earned $35.1 million stateside, and more than $82 million overseas.
Now out to 178 locations, Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom moves up a rank in the top ten this weekend, as the art house rambler continues to pick up screens and revenue. After a $1.55 million gross from only 96 locations last weekend, Moonrise Kingdom pulled in $2.2 million from 178 locations this weekend. It had a venue average of $12,254. Despite being out to only a handful of screens for most of its run, Moonrise Kingdom has already earned $6.8 million, and will hopefully be a staple in this column for many weekends to come.
Finally, our tenth place movie is What to Expect When You're Expecting, the chick flick miss from Lionsgate. The ensemble comedy earned $1.3 million and fell 52% from the previous frame. Its cumulative domestic total is $38.8 million, which isn't great, but also not low enough to qualify as an out and out disaster for the studio.
Overall this weekend, this is the worst top 12 weekend since the last frame in April, and has a summer total usually reserved for weekends in late August. The top 12 films this weekend brought in only $124.5 million, where last year – despite Green Lantern being the big film of the weekend – earned $147.2 million. Next weekend brings some much more interesting films. Openers include Brave, the new Pixar film, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. These flicks should make for an interesting weekend in the next frame.
| 1 |
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted |
Paramount |
$35,500,000 |
- 41% |
$120,451,000 |
| 2 |
Prometheus |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$20,200,000 |
- 60% |
$88,858,127 |
| 3 |
Rock of Ages |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$15,060,000 |
New |
$15,060,000 |
| 4 |
Snow White & the Huntsman |
Universal |
$13,804,730 |
- 40% |
$122,601,765 |
| 5 |
That's My Boy |
Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$13,000,000 |
New |
$13,000,000 |
| 6 |
Men In Black 3 |
SONY |
$10,000,000 |
- 28% |
$152,679,000 |
| 7 |
The Avengers |
|
$8,848,000 |
- 21% |
$586,737,000 |
| 8 |
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel |
Fox Searchlight |
$2,200,000 |
- 33% |
$35,133,495 |
| 9 |
Moonrise Kingdom |
Focus Features |
$2,181,130 |
+ 40% |
$6,778,621 |
| 10 |
What to Expect When You're Expecting |
Lions Gate |
$1,330,000 |
- 52% |
$38,766,001 |
| 11 |
Battleship |
Universal Pictures |
$1,262,280 |
- 45% |
$62,165,950 |
| 12 |
The Dictator |
Paramount Pictures |
$1,115,000 |
- 50% |
$57,685,000 |
| |
Also Opening/Notables |
| |
Something From Nothing: the Art of Rap |
Indomina Media |
$150,000 |
New |
$150,000 |
| |
Your Sister's Sister |
IFC Films |
$120,000 |
New |
$120,000 |
| |
Woman In the Fifth |
Ato Pictures |
$36,985 |
New |
$36,985 |
| |
Marina Abramovic: the Artist Is Present |
Music Box |
$10,989 |
New |
$16,235 |
| |
Safety Not Guaranteed |
Filmdistrict |
$300,000 |
New |
$445,000 |
| |
Lola Versus |
|
$59,314 |
+ 207% |
$105,526 |
| |
Dark Horse |
Vitagraph |
$10,500 |
+ 86% |
$30,804 |
| |
The Intouchables |
Weinstein Co. |
$356,000 |
- 23% |
$1,551,617 |
| |
The Hunger Games |
Lionsgate |
$860,000 |
- 8% |
$401,773,620 |
|
The Hunger Games |
Lionsgate |
$860,000 |
- 20% |
$401,773,620 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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