Grosses
'Fast & Furious 6' Sets Franchise High $38.2 Million Opening Day; 'Hangover 3' Rebounds Slightly, 'Epic' Strong in Third PlaceMay 25, 2013 03:15 AM
Universal reports an excellent $38.2 million Friday opening for Fast & Furious 6, topping the $34.4 million opening day of 2011's Fast Five for a new franchise high. BoxOffice is projecting a $119 million four-day opening for the sequel, with an outside shot at hitting $100 million in its first three days alone.
The Hangover Part III managed to increase slightly with a 23 percent increase from Thursday's disappointing debut up to $14.53 million yesterday (likely due to the late release date change). That said, the film is far under-performing against expectations as its two-day take is running 57.3 percent behind The Hangover Part II. With volatile word of mouth thus far, the outlook for the comedy three-quel isn't good. We're projecting a $52.5 million four-day weekend and $64.3 million five-day overall start.
Meanwhile, Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness held up well in the face of new competition. The J.J. Abrams-helmed sequel is headed for a four-day weekend of $49 million.
Fox's Epic impressed with a strong $9.35 million take on Friday. Despite no built-in audience, the animated film took advantage of the lack of kiddie-centric movies in the market right now (March's The Croods was the most recent film to appeal to that crowd). We're projecting a $44 million four-day gross for the pic.
Meanwhile, The Great Gatsby declined 48 percent Friday-to-Friday with $3.96 million to begin its third weekend. The film is on pace for a $17.5 million four-day frame.
3-Day & 4-Day Memorial Weekend Projections
1. Fast & Furious 6 - $98.0 million (3-day) / $119.0 million (4-day)
2. The Hangover Part III - $43.5 million (3-day) / $52.5 million (4-day) / $64.3 million (5-day total)
3. Star Trek Into Darkness - $38.5 million million (3-day) / $49.0 million (4-day)
4. Epic - $34.0 million (3-day) / $44.0 million (4-day)
5. Iron Man 3 - $20.0 million (3-day) / $25.5 million (4-day)
6. The Great Gatsby - $14.0 million (3-day) / $17.5 million (4-day)
Additional reporting by Daniel Garris.
Weekend Actuals (Domestic) Fri, Dec. 21 - Sun, Dec. 23
← previous next →| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $36,888,365 | -56% | 4,100 | 55 | $8,997 | $150,041,265 | 2 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 2 | Jack Reacher | $15,210,156 | -- | 3,352 | -- | $4,538 | $15,210,156 | 1 | Paramount |
| 3 | This is 40 | $11,579,175 | -- | 2,913 | -- | $3,975 | $11,579,175 | 1 | Universal |
| 4 | Rise of The Guardians | $5,732,817 | -20% | 3,031 | -356 | $1,891 | $79,527,047 | 5 | Paramount / DreamWorks |
| 5 | Lincoln | $5,525,774 | -21% | 2,293 | 8 | $2,410 | $116,673,598 | 7 | Disney / DreamWorks |
| 6 | The Guilt Trip | $5,290,629 | -- | 2,431 | -- | $2,176 | $7,321,243 | 1 | Paramount |
| 7 | Skyfall | $4,867,540 | -26% | 2,365 | -559 | $2,058 | $279,959,314 | 7 | Sony / Columbia |
| 8 | Monsters, Inc. 3D | $4,774,686 | -- | 2,618 | -- | $1,824 | $6,259,667 | 1 | Disney |
| 9 | Life of Pi | $4,017,237 | -26% | 1,750 | -798 | $2,296 | $76,373,481 | 5 | Fox |
| 10 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $2,626,955 | -49% | 2,000 | -1042 | $1,313 | $281,632,689 | 6 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 11 | Wreck-It Ralph | $1,819,036 | -43% | 1,444 | -805 | $1,260 | $171,741,561 | 8 | Disney |
| 12 | Red Dawn (2012) | $794,880 | -67% | 1,011 | -1239 | $786 | $42,626,783 | 5 | FilmDistrict |
| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $2,162,993 | -- | 840 | -- | $2,575 | $2,282,368 | 1 | Paramount |
| 2 | Silver Linings Playbook | $1,781,196 | -16% | 371 | 0 | $4,801 | $19,861,238 | 6 | Weinstein Company |
| 3 | Dabangg 2 | $1,019,213 | -- | 166 | -- | $6,140 | $1,019,213 | 1 | Eros International |
| 4 | Argo | $899,693 | -23% | 450 | -217 | $1,999 | $106,435,363 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Flight | $678,171 | -65% | 742 | -1081 | $914 | $90,957,858 | 8 | Paramount |
| 6 | Anna Karenina (2012) | $669,187 | -35% | 331 | -78 | $2,022 | $9,639,374 | 6 | Focus |
| 7 | Hitchcock | $579,676 | -48% | 535 | -26 | $1,084 | $4,194,968 | 5 | Fox Searchlight |
| 8 | Playing For Keeps (2012) | $424,105 | -87% | 851 | -1989 | $498 | $12,410,463 | 3 | FilmDistrict |
| 9 | Hotel Transylvania | $313,892 | 323% | 301 | 165 | $1,043 | $144,264,740 | 13 | Sony / Columbia |
| 10 | Here Comes the Boom | $218,796 | 168% | 291 | 141 | $752 | $42,936,477 | 11 | Sony / Columbia |
| 11 | Taken 2 | $204,623 | -29% | 275 | -64 | $744 | $138,469,723 | 12 | Fox |
| 12 | Pitch Perfect | $130,545 | -47% | 214 | -118 | $610 | $64,124,358 | 13 | Universal |
| 13 | Killing Them Softly | $113,244 | -89% | 149 | -1278 | $760 | $14,736,331 | 4 | Weinstein Company |
| 14 | The Collection | $80,202 | -85% | 112 | -509 | $716 | $6,810,754 | 4 | LD Entertainment |
| 15 | The Perks of Being A Wallflower | $77,094 | -12% | 141 | 16 | $547 | $17,146,730 | 14 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 16 | End of Watch | $72,466 | -21% | 172 | 0 | $421 | $40,594,538 | 14 | Open Road |
| 17 | Frankenweenie | $69,592 | 188% | 178 | 122 | $391 | $34,485,378 | 12 | Disney |
| 18 | Looper | $34,437 | -62% | 100 | -90 | $344 | $66,396,954 | 13 | Sony / TriStar |
| 19 | Khiladi 786 | $1,516 | -98% | 115 | 0 | $13 | $380,982 | 3 | Eros International |
| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zero Dark Thirty | $417,150 | -- | 5 | -- | $83,430 | $646,161 | 1 | Sony / Columbia |
| 2 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $387,579 | 32% | 86 | 50 | $4,507 | $916,571 | 3 | Focus |
| 3 | The Impossible | $143,818 | -- | 15 | -- | $9,588 | $143,818 | 1 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 4 | Rust and Bone | $126,763 | 121% | 27 | 21 | $4,695 | $366,529 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 5 | The Polar Express (2012 re-issue) | $106,724 | 16% | 15 | 1 | $7,115 | $621,681 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | The Sessions | $91,222 | -38% | 98 | -53 | $931 | $5,375,009 | 10 | Fox Searchlight |
| 7 | Amour | $68,266 | -- | 3 | -- | $22,755 | $97,817 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 8 | Hubble 3D | $51,748 | 39% | 12 | -2 | $4,312 | $35,539,669 | 145 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 9 | A Late Quartet | $48,093 | -6% | 39 | -7 | $1,233 | $1,165,521 | 8 | Entertainment One / RKO |
| 10 | To the Arctic 3D | $46,811 | 25% | 52 | 0 | $900 | $10,307,864 | 36 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 11 | Cloud Atlas | $39,829 | -52% | 50 | -48 | $797 | $26,721,901 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | On the Road | $39,550 | -- | 4 | -- | $9,888 | $39,550 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 13 | Talaash | $35,548 | -79% | 25 | -88 | $1,422 | $2,801,665 | 4 | Reliance Entertainment |
| 14 | A Werewolf Boy | $29,804 | -43% | 9 | -11 | $3,312 | $295,400 | 4 | CJ Entertainment |
| 15 | Sinister | $28,154 | -64% | 93 | -91 | $303 | $47,988,003 | 11 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 16 | Alex Cross | $27,298 | -63% | 94 | -81 | $290 | $25,801,291 | 10 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 17 | A Royal Affair | $26,774 | -42% | 36 | -20 | $744 | $585,872 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 18 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $25,801 | -44% | 72 | -12 | $358 | $161,055,790 | 24 | Fox |
| 19 | Any Day Now | $23,665 | -42% | 19 | 3 | $1,246 | $82,385 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 20 | Not Fade Away | $19,182 | -- | 3 | -- | $6,394 | $19,182 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 21 | Born to Be Wild 3D | $18,192 | -7% | 30 | 0 | $606 | $21,551,667 | 90 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 22 | The Central Park Five | $18,003 | -53% | 19 | -3 | $948 | $217,238 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 23 | Finding Nemo 3D | $17,962 | -72% | 36 | -34 | $499 | $40,975,993 | 15 | Disney |
| 24 | Searching For Sugar Man | $15,703 | -30% | 25 | -6 | $628 | $2,960,488 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 25 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $12,141 | -79% | 50 | -107 | $243 | $53,849,888 | 10 | Paramount |
| 26 | The Master | $11,568 | 24% | 13 | -1 | $890 | $15,933,452 | 15 | Weinstein Company |
| 27 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $10,124 | -76% | 49 | -56 | $207 | $51,778,216 | 19 | Disney |
| 28 | Back to 1942 | $9,414 | -- | 5 | -- | $1,883 | $300,464 | 4 | China Lion Film |
| 29 | The Intouchables | $8,901 | -51% | 7 | -18 | $1,272 | $13,094,646 | 31 | Weinstein Company |
| 30 | Brave | $7,365 | -81% | 39 | -76 | $189 | $237,236,938 | 27 | Disney |
| 31 | Samsara | $6,306 | -56% | 8 | -3 | $788 | $2,601,847 | 18 | Oscilloscope |
| 32 | Django (2012 re-issue) | $6,150 | -- | 8 | -- | $769 | $6,150 | 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 33 | ParaNorman | $5,349 | -81% | 24 | -37 | $223 | $55,978,942 | 19 | Focus |
| 34 | Chasing Mavericks | $4,590 | -76% | 18 | -28 | $255 | $5,919,210 | 9 | Fox |
| 35 | Under the Sea 3D | $4,370 | -1% | 6 | 1 | $728 | $32,479,778 | 202 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 36 | Deadfall (2012) | $4,088 | -75% | 8 | -9 | $511 | $58,601 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 37 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel | $3,643 | -20% | 7 | -7 | $520 | $945,959 | 14 | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn |
| 38 | Arbitrage | $3,580 | -45% | 5 | -5 | $716 | $7,899,166 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 39 | Brooklyn Castle | $3,383 | 149% | 2 | 0 | $1,692 | $190,896 | 10 | Producers Distribution Agency |
| 40 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $2,639 | 44% | 3 | 1 | $880 | $378,905 | 23 | Kino Lorber |
| 41 | The Flat | $2,501 | -83% | 6 | -9 | $417 | $455,203 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 42 | Smashed | $2,143 | -48% | 5 | -5 | $429 | $372,537 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | In Another Country | $1,709 | 6736% | 3 | 2 | $570 | $9,652 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 44 | Keep the Lights On | $1,179 | 44% | 1 | 0 | $1,179 | $245,138 | 16 | Music Box Films |
| 45 | Wagner & Me | $1,136 | -65% | 2 | -2 | $568 | $28,222 | 3 | First Run Features |
| 46 | California Solo | $1,007 | 18% | 1 | -1 | $1,007 | $12,464 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 47 | Masquerade (2012) | $868 | -53% | 1 | 0 | $868 | $905,108 | 14 | CJ Entertainment |
| 48 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $822 | -81% | 1 | 0 | $822 | $50,750 | 4 | SnagFilms |
| 49 | All Together | $584 | 70% | 1 | 0 | $584 | $38,482 | 10 | Kino Lorber / Tribeca Film |
| 50 | Now, Forager | $546 | -- | 1 | -- | $546 | $7,757 | 12 | Argot Pictures |
| 51 | Kumare | $497 | -- | 1 | -- | $497 | $131,417 | 27 | Kino Lorber |
| 52 | North Sea Texas | $493 | -61% | 1 | -1 | $493 | $21,615 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 53 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $443 | 164% | 2 | 1 | $222 | $28,299 | 8 | Zeitgeist |
| 54 | Starlet | $254 | -85% | 1 | -3 | $254 | $77,080 | 7 | Music Box Films |
| 55 | Somewhere Between | $139 | -95% | 1 | -1 | $139 | $179,117 | 18 | Long Shot Factory |
