Surprisingly, ‘Puss in Boots’ held onto the #1 spot at the box office with another $30+ million weekend. The family-friendly ‘Shrek’ spin-off only dropped an unheard-of 3% from its opening weekend, which brings its ten-day total to more than $75 million.
Made with a budget of $85 million, ‘Tower Heist‘ underperformed with a $25.1 million second-place opening. Considering the cast and crew at hand (Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner), this Universal flick was expected to open at #1 with upward of $30 million, but failed to hit that mark.
Despite a downturn in 3D revenue over the last several months, ‘A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas‘ astonishingly opened with 95% of its revenue coming from 3D ticket sales. Although the movie only grossed a soft $13.1 million (much lower than the second [non-3D] installment’s $18 million opening), ‘Harold & Kumar’ is still expected to make back its $20 million budget in no time.
Drake Doremus’ Sundance winner ‘Like Crazy‘ opened with the best per-screen average of $16,875. On only 16 screens, the highly improvised, relationship-based drama grossed $270,000. Paramount will expand the release of ‘Like Crazy’ through the next few weeks.
Overseas, ‘The Adventures of Tintin‘ continues to win. On weekend #2, the Steven Spielberg animated film grossed another $40 million, bringing its ten-day total to more than $125 million.
Even though it dropped out of the domestic Top 10 by its third weekend, ‘The Three Musketeers‘ has gone on to earn more than $100 million worldwide.
Top 10
1. ‘Puss in Boots’ (Paramount/DreamWorks) – $32,100,000
2. ‘Tower Heist’ (Universal) – $25,100,000
3. ‘A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas’ (Warner Bros.) – $13,100,000
4. ‘Paranormal Activity 3’ (Paramount) – $8,500,000
5. ‘In Time’ (Fox) – $7,700,000
6. ‘Footloose’ (Paramount) – $4,600,000
7. ‘Real Steel’ (Buena Vista) – $3,400,000
8. ‘The Rum Diary’ (FilmDistrict) – $3,000,000
9. ‘The Ides of March’ (Sony) – $2,000,000
10. ‘Moneyball’ (Sony) – $1,900,000
Jane Morgan
‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ made another $8M, mostly from China, bringing its total to $469M. I predict four sequels before the next reboot.
I also speculate that within ten years, US box office will account for less than 10% of the theatrical gross for most event pictures.
Julian
Luke, I can now safely say: be prepared to be amazed by Tintin! I saw it yesterday and it blew me away. It’s a beautiful, lovingly made movie! The best use of motion capture ever.
And, come to think about it, “Toy Story” and “Shrek” were once new intellectual properties. I’m 100% sure the United States – in which most people consider Tintin a complete unknown – will embrace the movie for what he’s worth.
It will win you over, dazzle and amaze you. It’s Spielberg’s best film since “Catch Me If You Can”!
Jane Morgan
‘Tintin’ looks like ‘Crystal Skull’ for kids.
It’s foreign box office is coming in lower than ‘Smurfs’ and ‘Rio.’
I wonder if, in the US, this will be another ‘Arthur and the Invisibles’?
In terms of motion capture, have they finally solved the “dead eyes” effect?