Friday Box Office Analysis
by Tim Briody
April 13, 2013
42
With $9.1 million on Friday, Jackie Robinson biopic 42 is not quite a home run but a solid triple. Coming in ahead of most projections, the film (co-starring Harrison Ford) stands a good chance of finding some legs over the rest of the weekend and the next couple of weeks as a top option for older audiences. Look for an impressive weekend total of $27.3 million
Scary Movie V
Spoof sequel Scary Movie V comes in with $5.5 million on Friday, which is quite a ways off from Scary Movie 4's $19 million Friday on this weekend back in 2006. Granted, that was to be expected given the seven year layoff and the absolutely atrocious looking trailer (and reviews). Scary Movie 4 started strong but fell off dramatically with a 2.11 multiplier for its weekend. Scary Movie V has a much smaller Friday to start with so the multiplier won't be that terrible, but what was supposedly a close race between this and 42 turns into a blowout. Give it a weekend of $12.9 million.
Notable Holdovers
Evil Dead plunges 73.1% from last Friday to $3.2 million, your standard horror film decline. A second weekend of $8.2 million seems just fine.
Jurassic Park 3D dips 65.7% from last Friday to $2.4 million, pretty much in line with how the majority of 3D rereleases perform. Give it a weekend of about $7 million.
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Projected Estimates for the Top Ten (Three-Day)
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Projected
Rank |
Film |
Estimated Gross |
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1
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42
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27.3
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2
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Scary Movie V
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12.9
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3
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The Croods
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12.1
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4
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
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9.5
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5
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Evil Dead
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8.2
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6
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Jurassic Park 3D
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6.9
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7
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Olympus Has Fallen
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6.6
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8
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Tyler Perry's Temptation
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4.1
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9
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The Place Beyond the Pines
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4.0
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10
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Oz the Great and Powerful
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3.9
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