Weekend Wrap-Up
Monsters and Zombies: Summer Box Office Style
By John Hamann
June 23, 2013
Sixth is Fast & Furious 6, which earned another $4.7 million this weekend, declining 51%. It has a domestic cume of $228.4 million, and has crossed the $425 million mark overseas, all against a budget of $160 million.
One of the few summer misses so far, The Internship, finishes in seventh, as it hasn’t been able to find an audience after a soft opening frame. The comedy grossed only $3.4 million and fell 52% this weekend. The $60 million film has now earned only $38.4 million.
Eighth is The Purge, which opened strong at $34 million, but is fading fast. Last weekend it earned $8.3 million, and this weekend it found only $3.4 million. That’s another big drop of 59%, but remember, The Purge cost only $3 million to make, and has a gross so far of $59.4 million.
Star Trek Into Darkness finishes in ninth place as it earns another $3 million in weekend six. It declined 52% and has a domestic cume of $216.6 million, with a similar amount coming overseas. Finally, in tenth is Iron Man 3, which hangs around for one final weekend on the charts. The early summer blockbuster earned $2.2 million and has now run its domestic total up over $400 million.
Eleventh place goes to The Bling Ring, the new film from Sofia Coppola. Not critically loved, and starring only Emma Watson, this one did not have a lot to hang its hat on. It earned a slight $2 million this weekend from 650 screens, and had an disappointing venue average of $3,077.
Overall this weekend, the box office is hot, scorching, and on fire. The top 12 films earned a remarkable $230.6 million, 47% ahead of the same weekend last year when Brave led the top 10 to $157.4 million. Next weekend could be a down weekend, as the openers are both originals. Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock bring The Heat, while Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx star in White House Down.
| 1 |
Monsters University |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$82,000,000 |
New |
$82,000,000 |
| 2 |
World War Z |
Paramount |
$66,000,000 |
New |
$66,000,000 |
| 3 |
Man of Steel |
Warner Bros. |
$41,215,000 |
- 65% |
$210,006,000 |
| 4 |
This Is the End |
SONY |
$13,000,000 |
- 37% |
$57,792,000 |
| 5 |
Now You See Me |
Lionsgate |
$7,870,000 |
- 29% |
$94,450,976 |
| 6 |
Fast & Furious 6 |
UNIVERSAL |
$4,725,235 |
- 51% |
$228,412,705 |
| 7 |
The Internship |
Fox |
$3,425,000 |
- 52% |
$38,364,500 |
| 8 |
The Purge |
UNIVERSAL |
$3,411,550 |
- 59% |
$59,427,995 |
| 9 |
Star Trek: Into Darkness |
PARAMOUNT |
$3,000,000 |
- 52% |
$216,611,000 |
| 10 |
Iron Man 3 |
|
$2,175,000 |
- 26% |
$403,120,000 |
| 11 |
The Bling Ring |
A24 |
$2,000,000 |
+ 841% |
$2,341,241 |
| 12 |
Epic |
Fox |
$1,730,000 |
- 72% |
$100,985,100 |
| |
Also Opening/Notables |
| |
Somm |
Samuel Goldwyn |
$22,500 |
New |
$99,344 |
| |
Unfinished Song |
Weinstein Co. |
$27,692 |
New |
$27,692 |
| |
The Attack |
Cohen Media |
$26,352 |
New |
$26,352 |
| |
20 Feet From Stardom |
Radius/twc |
$64,682 |
+ 18% |
$149,409 |
| |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Roadside Attractions |
$725,000 |
+ 349% |
$1,200,000 |
| |
After Earth |
SONY |
$850,000 |
- 79% |
$57,300,000 |
| |
The East |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$348,000 |
+ 21% |
$1,190,900 |
| |
The Kings of Summer |
Cbs Films |
$124,000 |
- 20% |
$754,608 |
| |
Before Midnight |
Sony Classics |
$927,578 |
- 33% |
$4,645,221 |
| |
Fill the Void |
Sony Classics |
$173,398 |
+ 92% |
$616,537 |
| |
The Hangover Part Iii |
WARNER BROS. |
$705,000 |
- 75% |
$110,001,000 |
| |
The Great Gatsby |
WARNER BROS. |
$572,000 |
- 66% |
$141,570,000 |
| |
Mud |
Roadside Attractions |
$300,000 |
- 44% |
$20,130,000 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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