{"id":45855,"date":"2013-01-14T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=45855"},"modified":"2017-02-23T10:43:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T18:43:18","slug":"boxoffice-jan-14-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/boxoffice-jan-14-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: ‘Zero Dark’ Assassinates All Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend was a major upset for Friday’s new releases. One performed better than expected, but the other highly underperformed \u2013 and both lost to the expansion of an Oscar nominee.
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‘Zero Dark Thirty<\/strong>‘ went from a limited release in New York and L.A. to more than 2,900 screens in its fourth weekend, and picked up an additional $24 million in the process. To date, the film has grossed $29.4 million domestically. The controversial drama is on track to pass (please note that I’m laughing out loud while comparing these two movies) ‘Point Break<\/a>‘ as Kathryn Bigelow’s highest grossing film. Knowing that they had a Best Picture contender on their hands, the brass at Sony decided to hold its expansion until the Oscar nominations were announced, which proved to be a very wise choice.<\/p>\n

The underdog horror comedy ‘A Haunted House<\/strong>‘ surprisingly debuted in the #2 spot. Predicted to earn only $13.7 million, the ‘Paranormal Activity’ spoof finished with $18.8 million. The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> notes that<\/a> 78% of the audience consisted of Latinos and African-Americans.<\/p>\n

While ‘A Haunted House’ opened $5 million above expectations, ‘Gangster Squad<\/strong>‘ opened $5 million below its predictions. Despite featuring a star-studded and relevant cast headed by Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin and Sean Penn, the cops and robbers period piece only pulled in $16.7 million. That’s terrible considering that it’s budget is rumored to be around $70 million.<\/p>\n

Oscar nominations didn’t help out the box office tallies for the fourth and fifth place films, ‘Django Unchained<\/strong>‘ and ‘Les Miserables<\/strong>‘. But those two were already successful to begin with. ‘Django’ earned another $11 million and ‘Les Miserables’ $10.1 million.<\/p>\n

Oscar nominations did help ‘Lincoln<\/strong>‘, which added an additional 126 screens to its run and<\/em> climbed 16.6% in attendance. ‘Silver Linings Playbook<\/strong>‘ added 65 screens (and will be expanding to 2,500 this weekend) and climbed 38.2% in attendance. <\/p>\n

Not a single of the week’s new indie releases have had their weekend estimates announced, so you’ll have to check the actuals later today to see how they performed.<\/p>\n

Top 10:<\/h5>\n

1. ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ (Sony) – $24,000,000<\/p>\n

2. ‘A Haunted House’ (Open Road) – $18,817,000<\/p>\n

3. ‘Gangster Squad’ (Warner Bros.) – $16,710,000<\/p>\n

4. ‘Django Unchained’ (Weinstein) – $11,065,000<\/p>\n

5. ‘Les Miserables’ (Universal) – $10,127,000<\/p>\n

6. ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ (Warner Bros.) – $9,080,000<\/p>\n

7. ‘Lincoln’ (Buena Vista) – $6,314,000<\/p>\n

8. ‘Parental Guidance’ (Fox) – $6,100,000<\/p>\n

9. ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’ (Lionsgate) – $5,150,000<\/p>\n

10. ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ (Weinstein) – $5,000,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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