Weekend Wrap-Up
Need for Speed Lacks Fuel at Weekend Box Office
By John Hamann
March 16, 2014
That puts Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club way down in fifth this weekend. Obviously, Single Moms wasn’t a draw for the Perry fan base, as this one managed only $8.3 million in ticket sales this weekend, albeit only from 1,896 venues. This marks the first time a Tyler Perry directed film has failed to open in the double digits, with Daddy’s Little Girls being the former lowest with an $11.2 million opening in 2007. The good news for Perry is that his next film is one where he doesn’t direct, as the multi-hyphenate appears in David Fincher’s next film, Gone Girl, due for release in the fall.
Sixth goes to The LEGO Movie, now in its sixth weekend. The LEGO Movie earned another $7.7 million as it dropped only 29% compared to its previous frame. From Warner Bros., The LEGO Movie has pulled in $236.9 million domestically, along with $141.5 million in foreign sales. That totals more than six times the production budget of $60 million.
Seventh is Son of God, as Jesus hangs in for a third weekend. The Fox release earned another $5.4 million, and brings its total up to $50.9 million.
Eighth goes to Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, despite being out to only 66 venues, or 3,885 fewer than Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Grand Budapest Hotel took in $3.6 million from those 66 venues, giving it an average of $55,152. After two weekends in limited release, the Fox Searchlight release has earned $4.8 million, but has already earned $10 million from just a few territories overseas.
In ninth is Frozen, as the Disney feature manages to stay in the top ten all the way from opening weekend to its Blu-ray release date on Tuesday. Frozen earned another $2.1 million, declining only 28%, despite being in its 16th weekend of wide release. It has pulled in $396.4 million since its release began on November 22, 2013, and has also earned $630 million from overseas ticket buyers.
Tenth goes to the Kickstarter success story that is Veronica Mars. Despite being released on VOD the same day as in theaters, the Veronica Mars movie still earned $2 million from only 291 venues. Donors raised $5.7 million to bring the film to screen, so to have this success out of the gate should drive more filmmakers (and fans) toward this method of crowd-funding a film.
Overall this weekend, the top ten had some interesting stories in it, and the overall top 12 tally of $101.6 million beat last year’s score. A year ago, Oz the Great and Powerful was on top for a second weekend, with the top 12 pulling in $96.2 million. Next weekend brings Divergent, the latest YA attempt at success, and Muppets Most Wanted, the sequel to the 2011 reboot.
| 1 |
Mr. Peabody & Sherman |
DreamWorks |
$21,200,000 |
- 34% |
$63,179,900 |
| 2 |
300: Rise of an Empire |
WARNER BROS. |
$19,105,000 |
- 58% |
$78,311,000 |
| 3 |
Need For Speed |
DISNEY |
$17,808,000 |
New |
$17,808,000 |
| 4 |
Non-Stop |
UNIVERSAL |
$10,615,305 |
- 33% |
$68,805,115 |
| 5 |
Tyler Perry's the Single Moms Club |
Lionsgate |
$8,300,000 |
New |
$8,300,000 |
| 6 |
The Lego Movie |
WARNER BROS. |
$7,705,000 |
- 29% |
$236,932,000 |
| 7 |
Son of God |
Fox |
$5,400,000 |
- 48% |
$50,874,700 |
| 8 |
The Grand Budapest Hotel |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$3,640,000 |
+ 349% |
$4,779,000 |
| 9 |
Frozen |
DISNEY |
$2,117,000 |
- 28% |
$396,356,000 |
| 10 |
Veronica Mars |
WARNER BROS. |
$2,021,000 |
New |
$2,021,000 |
| 11 |
The Monuments Men |
SONY |
$2,000,000 |
- 35% |
$73,819,000 |
| 12 |
3 Days To Kill |
Relativity |
$1,700,000 |
- 44% |
$28,432,368 |
| |
Also Opening/Notables |
| |
Bad Words |
Focus Features |
$120,000 |
New |
$120,000 |
| |
Le Week0end |
Music Box |
$45,000 |
New |
$45,000 |
| |
Art of the Steal |
Radius/twc |
$38,500 |
New |
$38,500 |
| |
Enemy |
A24 |
$18,000 |
New |
$18,000 |
| |
On My Way |
Cohen Media Group |
$11,065 |
New |
$11,065 |
| |
Big Men |
Abramorama |
$9,050 |
New |
$9,050 |
| |
Teenage |
Oscilloscope |
$8,000 |
New |
$8,000 |
| |
The Retrieval |
Variance |
$6,400 |
New |
$6,400 |
| |
The Lunchbox |
Sony Classics |
$97,386 |
- 15% |
$314,812 |
| |
Robocop |
MGM |
$850,000 |
- 58% |
$56,521,000 |
| |
About Last Night |
SONY |
$675,000 |
- 59% |
$47,821,000 |
| |
Ride Along |
New Line Cinema |
$1,402,880 |
- 31% |
$132,124,345 |
| |
12 Years a Slave |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$1,180,000 |
- 44% |
$55,048,000 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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