Grosses
'The Hangover Part III' Leads Thursday with a Soft $11.79 MillionMay 24, 2013 12:15 PM
In what looks to be its only day at the top of the daily box office, Warner's The Hangover Part III led the way on Thursday with $11.79 million. The opening day figure also included an estimated $3.1 million from late night showings on Wednesday. The Hangover Part III opened 63 percent softer than the $31.61 million Thursday opening day take of The Hangover Part II back in 2011, which obviously makes Thursday's performance a very poor showing. The Hangover Part III performed more along the lines of Star Trek Into Darkness, which generated a Thursday opening of $13.54 million last week. However, The Hangover Part III is likely to be more front-loaded than Star Trek Into Darkness was in its first few days, especially given the competition it will face from Fast & Furious 6.
Speaking of Fast & Furious 6, Universal's highly anticipated action sequel was off to a far more impressive start with an estimated $6.5 million from 10 p.m. and midnight showings. The film's late night grosses will be counted towards Friday's opening day performance. The late night performance of Fast & Furious 6 was 71 percent stronger than the $3.8 million midnight take of 2011's Fast Five and 10 percent stronger than the $5.9 million midnight gross of 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand. Check back tomorrow and throughout the weekend for further box office updates on both Fast & Furious 6 and The Hangover Part III.
Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness fell one spot on Thursday to place in second with an estimated $5.05 million. The second installment of the re-launched sci-fi series was down a reasonable 5 percent from Wednesday and down 63 percent from last Thursday's opening day performance. Star Trek Into Darkness was the week's top film with $95.29 million, but also debuted significantly below expectations in the process. The eight-day total for Star Trek Into Darkness stands at $108.83 million. That places Star Trek Into Darkness 6.5 percent behind the $116.37 million eight-day take of 2009's Star Trek, 34 percent behind the $163.87 million eight-day start of 2003's The Matrix Reloaded and 46 percent ahead of the $74.52 million eight-day gross of 2009's Terminator Salvation.
Iron Man 3 held steady in third place with $2.21 million. Disney's blockbuster superhero sequel fell a slim 2 percent from Wednesday and 33 percent from last Thursday. Iron Man 3 placed in second for the week with $46.19 million. That was down 48 percent from the previous frame and brings the film's three-week total to a massive $348.08 million.
Weekend Actuals (Domestic) Fri, Sep. 9 - Sun, Sep. 11
← previous next →| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forrest Gump | $6,760,367 | -30% | 2,298 | 52 | $2,942 | $155,628,196 | 10 | Paramount |
| 2 | Natural Born Killers | $5,010,094 | -40% | 1,904 | 0 | $2,631 | $18,363,102 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Clear and Present Danger | $4,321,189 | -41% | 2,202 | -107 | $1,962 | $61,728,914 | 6 | Paramount |
| 4 | Trial by Jury | $2,855,852 | -- | 1,401 | -- | $2,038 | $2,855,852 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | The Mask | $2,825,711 | -57% | 2,175 | -341 | $1,299 | $70,772,049 | 7 | New Line |
| 6 | Milk Money | $2,657,168 | -55% | 1,361 | 0 | $1,952 | $8,503,701 | 2 | Paramount |
| 7 | The Next Karate Kid | $2,620,484 | -- | 1,489 | -- | $1,760 | $2,620,484 | 5 | Columbia |
| 8 | True Lies | $2,153,995 | -48% | 1,547 | -144 | $1,392 | $91,434,325 | 9 | Fox |
| 9 | The Client | $1,832,751 | -39% | 1,504 | -105 | $1,219 | $54,913,746 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | The Lion King | $1,805,418 | -54% | 1,151 | -180 | $1,569 | $133,898,279 | 12 | Disney |
