Saturday, April 14, 2012

Mid April Derby

The Lorax continues to cling to a rung of the Top Ten:

1. The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) Week 4 [3,916 Theaters] PG-13 Friday $6.5M, Weekend $20.0M, Cume $335.6M

2. The Three Stooges (Fox) NEW [3,477 Theaters] PG Friday $5.6M, Weekend $17.5M

3. The Cabin In The Woods (Lionsgate) NEW [2,811 Theaters] R Friday $5.5M, Weekend $13M

4. American Reunion (Universal) Week 2 [3,203 Theaters] R Friday $3.4M (-64%), Weekend $10M, Cume $39.0M

5. Titanic 3D (Paramount/Fox) Week 2 [2,697 Theaters] PG-13 Friday $3.3M (-54%), Weekend $10.5M, Cume $43.3M

6. Lockout (FilmDistrict) NEW [2,308 Theaters] PG-13 Friday $2.2M, Weekend $6.5M

7. Mirror Mirror (Relativity) Week 3 [3,206 Theaters] PG Friday $2.0M, Weekend $6.2M, Cume $49.0M

8. 21 Jump Street (Sony) Week 5 [2,735 Theaters] R Friday $2.0M, Weekend $6.3M, Cume $120.0M

9. Wrath Of The Titans 3D (Warner Bros) Week 3 [3,102 Theaters] PG-13 Friday $1.9M, Weekend $6.0M, Cume $70.0M

10. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (Universal) Week 7 [2,112 Theaters] PG Friday $880K, Weekend $3.5M, Cume $204.8M

Lorax has made $59 million abroad. This is a little over 22% of its total gross, but ... since Dr. Seuss's titles don't usually clean up overseas ... the usual 60% of the take coming from foreign venues might not apply to the latest Illumination Entertainment title.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

And that awful john carter has finally vanished, leaving Disney stockholders with a $250 million hangover.

Anonymous said...

JC is far from awful

Anonymous said...

and well into "worst major release of 2012"

Anonymous said...

John Carter is awful.

Anonymous said...

It was awful. Total write off, and like tron legacy, don't expect a sequel anytime soon.

Anonymous said...

^Actually, Tron: Legacy will be getting a sequel, not that it should. I wouldn't be surprised if John Carter gets a sequel too, just to make Andrew Stanton happy; they'll give him the keys to the Disney money vault and let him spend 500 million on principle photography, or something outrageous.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, and the Muppet movie is getting a sequel, and it shouldn't either. Sell your Disney stock now!

Anonymous said...

Hey. Let's not forget the very fine Astro Boy.

Anonymous said...

Actually, no. Tron will not be getting a sequel. And the Muppets won't either---they'll be getting another movie, but not a "sequel."

And astroboy disappeared down the failure toilet as one of the worst children's cartoons ever made.

Anonymous said...

The Muppet movies never make much money, and one of them (Muppets From, In, whatever, Space) bombed, but idiots in Hollywood keep making them. Why?

Anonymous said...

^ I dunno, the last Muppet movie ("The Muppets") made more than triple its budget, which I'd consider a pretty good return. Disney does too, apparently. Especially considering the loss on John Carter...

wtf said...

'Hey. Let's not forget the very fine Astro Boy.'

Hey dummass! Astro Boy was not a disney movie, so keep the irrelevant bithchfest to disney failures, thank you!

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