Weekend Wrap-Up
2-D Princess Dominates Pre-Avatar 3-D Weekend
By John Hamann
December 13, 2009
Disney's A Christmas Carol drops one spot to fifth this weekend, but it's not much of a drop. The Jim Carrey flick earned $6.9 million in its sixth weekend, which is down only 11% from last weekend's take of $7.8 million. There's trouble brewing in Disneyland, though, as Avatar is going to dominate 3-D screens next weekend, which means A Christmas Carol could get crunched. So far, the $200 million Robert Zemeckis tale has earned $124.5 million.
Finishing sixth is Brothers, last weekend's biggest opener with $9.5 million. This weekend, the Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal flick earned $5 million, and was down 48% from its opening frame. Brothers is a $26 million effort from Lionsgate, and has a cume so far of $17.4 million.
2012 finishes seventh this weekend, as the Roland Emmerich disaster porn effort is now in its fifth weekend. 2012 earned $4.4 million this frame, dropping 35%. The $200 million Sony effort has now earned $155.3 million at the domestic box office, but that's not where the story is. 2012 has earned over a half a billion dollars from overseas grosses, as this one should see $750 million globally.
Eighth goes to Old Dogs, the John Travolta/Robin Williams 'comedy'. Old Dogs had a much better frame this weekend than last, as the previous weekend delivered a devastating 59% drop. This weekend, Old Dogs earns a measly $4.4 million, but at least drops only 36%. The $35 million Disney release has now earned $40 million, and won't be a disaster for the Mouse House.
Armored finishes ninth after opening in seventh for Screen Gems last weekend. Armored earned a poor $3.5 million in its second frame and drops 46%. The $20 million heist film has now earned $11.7 million.
Finally in tenth is Ninja Assassin. The action film earned $2.7 million and falls 46%. Ninja Assassin has now earned $34.3 million against a $40 million budget.
Finishing just outside the top ten is George Clooney's Up in the Air, as word-of-mouth really heats up for this awards contender, despite being on only a handful of screens. Up in the Air earned $2.5 million from only 72 venues, giving it a stellar average of $34,028. Expect to hear a lot about this one in the weekends ahead.
Overall this weekend, the box office compared to last year was just a tough stronger. Last year, with The Day Earth Stood Still on top with an opening take of $30.5 million, the box office took in $82.3 million. This year, with The Princess and the Frog on top, the box office took in $89.3 million. It's all about next weekend now, as we look forward to Avatar dominating the box office as it hits over 3,000 venues. The counter-programming option will be Did You Hear About The Morgans? with Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant.
| 1 |
The Princess and the Frog |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$25,000,000 |
$24,208,916 |
+3137.7% |
$27,088,786 |
| 2 |
The Blind Side |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$15,540,000 |
$15,055,258 |
- 24.9% |
$149,816,797 |
| 3 |
Invictus |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$9,085,000 |
$8,611,147 |
New |
$8,611,147 |
| 4 |
The Twilight Saga: New Moon |
Summit Entertainment |
$8,000,000 |
$7,960,394 |
- 48.4% |
$267,320,977 |
| 5 |
Disney's A Christmas Carol |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$6,871,000 |
$6,837,190 |
- 11.9% |
$124,426,097 |
| 6 |
Brothers |
IFC Films |
$5,000,000 |
$5,014,426 |
- 47.4% |
$17,416,217 |
| 7 |
2012 |
Paramount |
$4,400,000 |
$4,351,565 |
- 35.7% |
$155,288,405 |
| 8 |
Old Dogs |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$4,396,000 |
$4,409,772 |
- 36.0% |
$39,996,273 |
| 9 |
Armored |
Screen Gems (Sony) |
$3,500,000 |
$3,504,374 |
- 46.2% |
$11,750,895 |
| 10 |
Ninja Assassin |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$2,710,000 |
$2,707,440 |
- 46.5% |
$34,304,761 |
| 11 |
Up in the Air |
Paramount |
$2,450,000 |
$2,394,344 |
+102.7% |
$3,982,627 |
| 12 |
Planet 51 |
Sony/Columbia |
$2,300,000 |
$2,267,038 |
- 48.3% |
$37,142,406 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
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A Single Man |
The Weinstein Company |
$216,328 |
$217,332 |
New |
$217,332 |
| |
The Lovely Bones |
DreamWorks |
$116,000 |
$116,616 |
New |
$116,616 |
| |
The Slammin' Salmon |
|
N/A |
$26,167 |
New |
$26,167 |
| |
Everybody's Fine |
Miramax Films |
$2,235,000 |
$2,194,210 |
- 43.0% |
$7,327,877 |
| |
The Road |
The Weinstein Company |
$497,710 |
$505,878 |
- 32.5% |
$4,012,327 |
| |
Me and Orson Welles |
|
$176,192 |
$154,754 |
+290.9% |
$321,429 |
| |
Fantastic Mr. Fox |
20th Century Fox |
$1,400,000 |
$1,396,148 |
- 52.2% |
$16,258,464 |
| |
Precious |
Lionsgate |
$1,250,000 |
$1,280,550 |
- 43.9% |
$38,282,489 |
| |
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day |
Apparation |
$780,148 |
$793,393 |
New |
$8,475,017 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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