{"id":16694,"date":"2011-06-20T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=16694"},"modified":"2017-05-19T13:38:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T20:38:10","slug":"boxoffice-jun-20-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/boxoffice-jun-20-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: ‘Green Lantern’ Shines, But Not Very Brightly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although not the most sour opening weekend of the summer, this sure wasn’t the greatest either. The B-list superhero ‘Green Lantern’ failed to meet studio expectations, and family-friendly ‘Mr. Popper’s [Pooping] Penguins’ only brought in $18 million. Taking into account the box office predictions and that fact that Father’s Day usually brings the families out, this weekend was a disappointment.
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Like I said in my review<\/a>, while ‘Green Lantern<\/strong>‘ isn’t a terrible movie, it doesn’t come close to the quality of other recent comic book adaptations. There’s too much story, not enough light-heartedness.<\/p>\n

According to Box Office Mojo<\/em><\/a>, 3D ticket sales of ‘Green Lantern’ account for 45% of its total $52.6 million weekend gross, right on par with other summer 3D disappointments ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’. So far, ‘Thor’ still holds the best opening weekend 3D percentage of the summer with over 60% coming from 3D ticket sales.<\/p>\n

Although its opening weekend finished almost $2 million above predictions, the family film ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins<\/strong>‘ should have grossed a lot more on this Father’s Day weekend. The family films that played Father’s Day weekend of last year (Toy Story 3’, ‘Karate Kid’ and ‘Shrek Forever After’) brought in a cumulative total of over $145 million. This weekend, the combined gross of family films ‘Popper’s Penguins’, ‘Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer’ and ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ only reached $29 million.<\/p>\n

The unbearable indie hipster drama ‘The Art of Getting By<\/strong>‘ grossed a low total of only $700,000 on 610 screens, pulling in only $1,148 on each screen. Don’t expect a sequel.<\/p>\n

Showing its legs, ‘Super 8<\/strong>‘ dropped only 40.1% in attendance, to bring in another $21 million. With a total gross of $72.7 million after only two weekends in theaters, ‘Super 8’ has now made more than $22 million above production costs. ‘X-Men: First Class<\/strong>‘ is still more than $40 million away from hitting its budget, while ‘Kung Fu Panda 2<\/strong>‘ is now less than $7 million away from its. One of the most successful movies of the year, ‘Bridesmaids<\/strong>‘ has now grossed more than $136 million on a budget of only $32.5 million, which is really impressive considering that it’s still holding strong at the #7 spot on its sixth weekend in theaters.<\/p>\n

Top 10:<\/h5>\n

1. ‘Green Lantern’ (Warner Bros.) – $52,685,000<\/p>\n

2. ‘Super 8’ (Paramount) – $21,250,000<\/p>\n

3. ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’ (Fox) – $18,200,000<\/p>\n

4. ‘X-Men: First Class’ (Fox) – $11,500,000<\/p>\n

5. ‘The Hangover Part II’ (Warner Bros.) – $9,635,000<\/p>\n

6. ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ (Paramount\/DreamWorks) – $8,700,000<\/p>\n

7. ‘Bridesmaids’ (Universal) – $7,487,000<\/p>\n

8. ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ (Buena Vista) – $6,236,000<\/p>\n

9. ‘Midnight in Paris’ (Sony Pictures Classics) – $5,237,000<\/p>\n

10. ‘Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer’ (Relativity) – $2,241,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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