Weekend Wrap-Up
Horton Hears the Cash Registers Ring
By John Hamann
March 16, 2008
Sony's Vantage Point continues to hold on to a top five spot despite four weekends of release. Vantage Point earned $5.4 million and was off a seriously slim 27%. Vantage Point has turned into a winner for Sony, as the film with a $40 million production budget has earned $59.2 million so far, and has a foreign gross of about $30 million. Look for Vantage to finish with about $65 million domestically.
Finishing sixth is The Bank Job, Jason Statham's return to the old fashioned crime drama. The Bank Job earned $4.9 million, off only 17% from the previous frame. The Lionsgate release has now earned $13.1 million.
Our final opener of the weekend takes the number seven spot. That film is Doomsday, the Mad Max lookalike, except with a chick. Doomsday disappointed this weekend, earning only $4.7 million from a small venue count of only 1,936. It had a venue average of $2,450. This film may fail, but it may be a step up for Rhona Mitra, the star of Doomsday, as she looks to join Milla Jovavich as the go-to girl for these silly apocalyptic zombie flicks.
Eighth goes to the Will Ferrell disaster Semi-Pro. The basketball comedy earned a lowly $3 million and fell 49%. Looks like this one may fail to reach $35 million, as its total so far sits at $29.7 million.
Ninth is The Other Boleyn Girl, which started with an okay $8.2 million a few weeks ago, but fell hard. The Sony release earned $2.9 million, seeing a much improved drop of 28% after falling 50% last weekend. The total now for The Other Boleyn Girl is $19.2 million.
Finally in tenth we have The Spiderwick Chronicles, as the kids flick gets whacked by Horton and friends. Spiderwick earned $2.4 million and was off 49%. It has a total now of $65.4 million, against a budget of $100 million.
Overall this weekend, things should be better. Last year the top twelve films at the box office earned about $105 million. Last year had 300 on top for the second weekend with $33 million, and three films missed badly: Premonition, Dead Silence, and I Think I Love My Wife, opening to a combined $30 million. This year, with Horton on top, the top twelve films earned $105.4 million, making the two weekends neck and neck - but at least 2008 is the winner this time.
| 1 |
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! |
Fox |
$45,100,000 |
$45,012,998 |
New |
$45,012,998 |
| 2 |
10,000 B.C. |
Warner Bros. |
$16,415,000 |
$16,773,312 |
- 53.2% |
$61,577,423 |
| 3 |
Never Back Down |
Summit Entertainment |
$8,610,000 |
$8,603,195 |
New |
$8,603,195 |
| 4 |
College Road Trip |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$7,893,000 |
$7,810,400 |
- 42.6% |
$24,203,543 |
| 5 |
Vantage Point |
Sony/Columbia |
$5,400,000 |
$5,462,747 |
- 25.7% |
$59,263,128 |
| 6 |
The Bank Job |
Lionsgate |
$4,910,000 |
$5,054,961 |
- 14.8% |
$13,257,949 |
| 7 |
Doomsday |
Rogue Pictures |
$4,743,200 |
$4,926,565 |
New |
$4,926,565 |
| 8 |
Semi-Pro |
New Line Cinema |
$2,975,000 |
$3,043,162 |
- 47.4% |
$29,809,714 |
| 9 |
The Other Boleyn Girl |
Sony/Columbia |
$2,900,000 |
$2,882,846 |
- 28.8% |
$19,153,729 |
| 10 |
The Spiderwick Chronicles |
Paramount |
$2,390,000 |
$2,335,238 |
- 50.5% |
$65,376,031 |
| 11 |
Jumper |
20th Century Fox |
$2,135,000 |
$2,025,810 |
- 44.7% |
$75,657,556 |
| 12 |
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
Focus Features |
$1,950,362 |
$1,940,781 |
- 22.1% |
$5,299,639 |
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Funny Games |
Warner Independent Pictures |
$522,000 |
$510,958 |
New |
$510,958 |
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Sleepwalking |
Overture |
$50,000 |
$47,762 |
New |
$47,762 |
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Flash Point |
Third Rail |
N/A |
$3,271 |
New |
$3,271 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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