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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 Wed, Jul. 7 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleWed, Jul. 7 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Twilight Saga: Eclipse$8,781,208-17%4,46852$1,965$195,731,2901Summit
2Toy Story 3$5,255,066-12%4,0280$1,305$313,077,8463Disney
3The Last Airbender$4,340,399-19%3,169--$1,370$79,040,8791Paramount
4Grown Ups$3,324,220-10%3,5340$941$91,663,2682Sony / Columbia
5Knight and Day$1,476,724-12%3,1046$476$52,610,0702Fox
6The Karate Kid (2010)$1,394,337-11%3,109-182$448$157,519,7734Sony / Columbia
7The A-Team$539,328-8%2,153-432$251$71,619,8064Fox

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleWed, Jul. 7 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Get Him to the Greek$243,100-11%884-383$275$58,482,5755Universal
2Shrek Forever After$203,830-3%957-1383$213$233,077,3507Paramount / DreamWorks
3Iron Man 2$101,621-5%522-647$195$308,738,4709Paramount
4Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time$97,913-15%600-269$163$88,552,0686Disney
5Sex and the City 2$90,2445%355-546$254$94,399,5766Warner Bros. / New Line
6How to Train Your Dragon$88,735-2%303-30$293$216,476,02515Paramount / DreamWorks
7Letters to Juliet$87,417-22%340-169$257$51,293,8368Summit
8Marmaduke$83,5002%475-6$176$31,105,2355Fox
9Killers$82,760-3%727-366$114$45,491,8365Lionsgate
10Solitary Man$57,480-2%176-1$327$3,034,2307Anchor Bay
11Robin Hood$54,775-7%3786$145$104,148,1858Universal
12Date Night$37,971-2%242-44$157$97,774,51713Fox
13Jonah Hex$21,7801%350-2475$62$10,021,4303Warner Bros.
14Clash of the Titans (2010)$19,015-14%175-51$109$162,996,47314Warner Bros.
15Splice$18,442-19%140-200$132$16,612,8845Warner Bros
16Furry Vengeance$16,534-13%107-50$155$17,525,04110Summit
17A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)$7,934-2%110-62$72$63,021,90210Warner Bros. / New Line

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleWed, Jul. 7 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Cyrus$106,200-15%7760$1,379$2,043,5663Fox Searchlight
2Hubble 3D$82,3536%522$1,584$9,934,74816Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Winter's Bone$58,057-1%8313$699$1,998,3654Roadside Attractions
4I Hate Luv Storys$29,304-23%84--$349$602,8561UTV
5Under the Sea 3D$18,7947%130$1,446$22,739,09673Warner Bros. / IMAX
6City Island$16,775-4%81-24$207$6,399,51216Anchor Bay
7The Back-up Plan$10,889-9%97-50$112$37,398,60011CBS Films
8Diary of a Wimpy Kid$10,668-7%70-35$152$63,825,35516Fox
9Just Wright$10,666-13%95-16$112$21,352,3478Fox Searchlight
10Babies$10,48726%42-22$250$7,310,2119Focus
11Avatar$4,687-18%9-6$521$749,614,23529Fox
12The Secret of Kells$2,0721%14-1$148$676,01518GKIDS
13Raavan$1,375140%28-87$49$707,6523Reliance Big Pictures
14Princess Kaiulani$1,37096%5-3$274$840,3768Roadside Attractions
15The Square$914-4%5-3$183$396,53113Apparition
16The Joneses$55920%1-2$559$1,471,59212Roadside Attractions