{"id":19043,"date":"2011-08-22T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=19043"},"modified":"2017-10-02T13:03:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T20:03:19","slug":"boxoffice-aug-22-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/boxoffice-aug-22-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: Week-Old ‘Help’ Defeats Barbarians, Vampires, Spies and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

The top two films at the box office this week were also the top two films last week. After reigning for two-weeks in a row, ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ fell to second place as ‘The Help’ rose to first. Not a single one of the four new releases finished the weekend with more than $12.1 million. Ouch.<\/p>\n

The most successful of this weekend’s openers was ‘Spy Kids: All the Time in the World<\/strong>‘. Neither the additional cost of 3D nor the draw of “4D” (which in essence turned ‘Spy Kids 4’ into ‘Scratch and Sniff: The Movie’) could raise the family film above third place. Since Robert Rodriguez’s homemade movies cost little to make (‘Spy Kids 4’ was made for $27 million), it won’t be long before ‘All the Time in the World’ is profitable.<\/p>\n

On the flip side, the terribly-reviewed reboot of ‘Conan the Barbarian<\/strong>‘ somehow required a budget of $90 million. Considering the fantasy action flick opened in fourth place, earning only $10 million this weekend, ‘Conan’ isn’t likely to conquer anything \u2013which may mean that Robert Rodriguez won’t be given the green light for his proposed ‘Red Sonja’ film.<\/p>\n

But the most tragic opening of the weekend goes to Disney’s ‘Fright Night<\/strong>‘ remake. ‘The Smurfs’ actually beat out ‘Fright Night’ this weekend by $100,000. As the best-reviewed film opening this weekend (it scored a surprisingly fresh 74% on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>), it’s sad to see ‘Fright Night’ fall so hard. Predicted to earn $16.5 million this weekend, the film only earned $7.9 million. Another ouch.<\/p>\n

‘Fright Night’, ‘Spy Kids’ and ‘Conan’ were all presented in 3D. While 61% of the income of ‘Conan’ and ‘Fright Night’ came from 3D presentations, ‘Spy Kids’ only drew in 44%.<\/p>\n

Opening on almost half the number of the screens of the other nationwide releases, the romantic drama ‘One Day<\/strong>‘ debuted in ninth place with $5.1 million. Given that Focus Features put the film together for only $15 million, the $5.1 million opening wasn’t too terrible.<\/p>\n

Top 10:<\/h5>\n

1. ‘The Help’ (Buena Vista) – $20,479,000<\/p>\n

2. ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ (Fox) – $16,300,000<\/p>\n

3. ‘Spy Kids: All the Time in the World’ (Weinstein\/Dimension) $12,020,000<\/p>\n

4. ‘Conan the Barbarian’ (Lionsgate) – $10,000,000<\/p>\n

5. ‘The Smurfs’ (Sony) – $8,000,000<\/p>\n

6. ‘Fright Night’ (Buena Vista) – $7,900,000<\/p>\n

7. ‘Final Destination 5′ (Warner Bros.) – $7,705,000<\/p>\n

8. ’30 Minutes or Less’ (Sony) – $6,300,000<\/p>\n

9. ‘One Day’ (Focus) – $5,128,000<\/p>\n

10. ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’. (Warner Bros.) – $4,950,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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