Weekend Wrap-Up
Ralph Wrecks It
By John Hamann
November 4, 2012
Fifth starts the list of the also-rans, with Taken 2 at the top of the pile. Last weekend’s openers were flushed in their second weekend, so Taken 2 actually moves up a spot from sixth as it earns $6 million in its fifth weekend. That gives the Liam Neeson action flick a drop of only 22%, and bring the domestic cume up to $125.7 million. Overseas, the total has improved beyond the $200 million mark, cementing Neeson as one of the world’s biggest stars.
Sixth goes to Cloud Atlas, which is now in full-on disaster mode. After a sad opening frame where it earned only $9.6 million, Cloud Atlas fails to gain on word-of-mouth and earned only $5.2 million in its second frame, a decline of 45%. Let’s remember that this movie had a $100 million budget. At this point, it will be lucky to collect $30 million from domestic theatres. So far, it has brought in only $18.3 million.
Hotel Transylvania drops from third last weekend (Sunday estimates had it in second, but Monday actuals pushed it to third) all the way down to seventh, as Wreck-It Ralph and the post- Halloween blues pushed it down. This weekend, the animated funhouse earned $4.5 million, which means it fell 52% after a 27% hold in the last frame. Still, the news is very good for this one. The $85 million production has earned $137.6 million stateside and another $100 million overseas.
Paranormal Activity 4 continues to fall apart, as the supposedly scary sequel had another rough outing. PA4 earned only $4.3 million and fell 49% from last weekend’s fourth place, $8.5 million take (where it fell 71%). The $5 million production has now brought in $49.6 million for Paramount.
Here Comes the Boom manages one more weekend in the top ten, as Kevin James can’t repeat the Paul Blart success. Boom earned only $3.6 million and dropped 31% from last weekend. The Sony release has a gross so far of $35.6 million.
Finally in tenth is the sadness that is Silent Hill: Revelation. After a poor opening in fifth last weekend, Silent Hill 2 fell 59% this frame, earning only $3.3 million. The Open Road release is going to fail, despite costing only $20 million to bring to the screen. It has a total of $13.9 million so far.
Overall, the box office is up from a disgustingly poor frame last weekend, and outguns the November 4th - 6th frame last year when Puss in Boots remained in top spot for a second weekend. Last year, the frame earned $103.6 million, whereas this year, Wreck-It Ralph and Flight helped the top 12 toward $125.3 million. Next weekend brings the first of two consecutive single-release weekends. On tap next weekend is Skyfall, the new, well-reviewed James Bond pic that is racking up the cash overseas, already earning $100 million from foreign shores.
1 |
Wreck-It Ralph |
WALT DISNEY |
$49,100,000 |
New |
$49,100,000 |
2 |
Flight |
PARAMOUNT |
$25,010,000 |
New |
$25,010,000 |
3 |
Argo |
Warner Bros. |
$10,245,000 |
- 15% |
$75,896,000 |
4 |
The Man With the Iron Fists |
UNIVERSAL |
$8,219,200 |
New |
$8,219,200 |
5 |
Taken 2 |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$6,000,000 |
- 22% |
$125,667,263 |
6 |
Cloud Atlas |
WARNER BROS. |
$5,250,000 |
- 45% |
$18,262,000 |
7 |
Hotel Transylvania |
Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$4,500,000 |
- 52% |
$137,568,000 |
8 |
Paranormal Activity 4 |
Paramount |
$4,300,000 |
- 49% |
$49,577,000 |
9 |
Here Comes the Boom |
Sony/Columbia |
$3,600,000 |
- 31% |
$35,572,000 |
10 |
Silent Hill: Revelation |
Open Road |
$3,300,000 |
- 59% |
$13,900,000 |
11 |
Pitch Perfect |
Universal |
$3,041,550 |
- 23% |
$55,611,173 |
12 |
Sinister |
Summit Entertainment |
$2,750,000 |
- 45% |
$44,250,000 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
|
A Late Quartet |
Entertainment One |
$75,899 |
New |
$75,899 |
|
The Bay |
Roadside Attractions |
$20,000 |
New |
$20,000 |
|
This Must Be the Place |
|
$7,052 |
New |
$7,052 |
|
Vamps |
Anchor Bay |
$500 |
New |
$500 |
|
Fun Size |
PARAMOUNT |
$2,280,000 |
- 44% |
$7,440,000 |
|
Chasing Mavericks |
Fox |
$1,260,000 |
- 44% |
$4,390,016 |
|
The Other Son |
Cohen Media Group |
$101,933 |
- 11% |
$278,047 |
|
Alex Cross |
Lionsgate |
$2,000,000 |
- 61% |
$23,125,000 |
|
The Sessions |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$455,899 |
+ 110% |
$930,817 |
|
Looper |
Sony/Columbia |
$1,250,000 |
- 40% |
$63,700,000 |
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
Summit Entertainment |
$1,250,000 |
- 14% |
$13,000,000 |
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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