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'The Hangover Part III' Leads Thursday with a Soft $11.79 MillionMay 24, 2013 12:15 PM

by Daniel Garris

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 throughout the weekend for further box office updates on Fast & Furious 6, The Hangover Part III and the rest of the Memorial Day weekend line-up.

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.

Warner's The Great Gatsby fell two spots and 7 percent from Wednesday to claim fourth with $2.16 million. In the process, the Baz Luhrmann directed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio surpassed the $100 million domestic milestone on Thursday. The Great Gatsby reached the milestone in 14 days and has now grossed $100.73 million to date. The film claimed third place for the week with $33.98 million, which was down 49 percent from the film's opening week performance.

Daily Domestic Gross Fri, May. 28 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleFri, May. 28 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Sex and the City 2$12,926,000-9%3,445--$3,752$27,134,0001Warner Bros. / New Line
2Shrek Forever After$11,360,837156%4,3678$2,602$101,111,1882Paramount / DreamWorks
3Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time$10,208,668--3,646--$2,800$10,208,6681Disney
4Iron Man 2$4,440,472141%3,804-373$1,167$263,017,3824Paramount
5Robin Hood$2,867,00086%3,373-132$850$75,587,0003Universal
6Letters to Juliet$1,798,453121%2,825-150$637$32,501,8713Summit
7Just Wright$595,167109%1,195-636$498$16,592,6853Fox Searchlight
8Date Night$518,503144%1,126-743$460$92,216,2118Fox
9MacGruber$458,00033%2,546-5$180$6,109,0002Universal / Rogue

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleFri, May. 28 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1How to Train Your Dragon$285,681114%825-926$346$211,889,90010Paramount / DreamWorks
2A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)$277,00071%891-1234$311$61,056,0005Warner Bros. / New Line
3Babies$125,31044%301-94$416$5,573,8084Focus
4City Island$92,721191%201-33$461$4,421,99611Anchor Bay
5The Back-up Plan$81,22556%391-688$208$36,316,5386CBS Films
6The Bounty Hunter$79,333--287117$276$65,377,55211Sony / Columbia
7Diary of a Wimpy Kid$70,768202%283-69$250$62,505,63611Fox
8Kites$69,17882%176-32$393$1,251,8072Reliance Big Cinema
9Hot Tub Time Machine$63,00097%36486$173$49,785,00010MGM
10Clash of the Titans (2010)$61,000118%225-187$271$161,162,0009Warner Bros.
11Death at a Funeral (2010)$56,99652%247-314$231$41,712,0647Sony / Screen Gems
12Kick-Ass$40,96450%163-146$251$47,350,2317Lionsgate
13Furry Vengeance$39,79252%247-1122$161$16,324,3475Summit
14Shutter Island$36,40280%201-55$181$127,679,00715Paramount
15Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?$27,501455%17744$155$59,859,4229Lionsgate
16Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief$17,89662%108-58$166$88,477,04616Fox

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleFri, May. 28 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Hubble 3D$93,0003%480$1,938$6,774,00011Warner Bros. / IMAX
2Avatar$27,96920%84-83$333$748,956,82824Fox
3Princess Kaiulani$24,65918%38-9$649$529,2483Roadside Attractions
4Solitary Man$22,051150%62$3,675$154,6072Anchor Bay
5The Losers$22,000137%83-102$265$23,150,0006Warner Bros.
6Under the Sea 3D$18,000-10%180$1,000$22,184,00068Warner Bros. / IMAX
7The Ghost Writer$16,076139%58-28$277$15,254,73415Summit
8The Tooth Fairy$7,60122%76-39$100$59,932,08819Fox
9The Secret of Kells$6,366107%252$255$513,83613GKIDS
10Our Family Wedding$5,3952%52-32$104$20,191,19312Fox Searchlight
11The Square$4,707272%153$314$272,1318Apparition
12The Joneses$877-1%8-19$110$1,432,8247Roadside Attractions
13Racing Dreams$802--8-25$100$24,0782Hanover House
14The Runaways$698-41%11-19$63$3,568,15511Apparition