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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 Tue, Jul. 20 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleTue, Jul. 20 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Inception$9,765,137-4%3,792--$2,575$82,735,8391Warner Bros.
2Despicable Me$5,216,4907%3,50125$1,490$128,534,9402Universal
3The Sorcerer's Apprentice$2,318,5398%3,504--$662$29,170,5501Disney
4The Twilight Saga: Eclipse$2,088,6123%4,001-467$522$268,916,9723Summit
5Toy Story 3$2,064,1259%3,177-576$650$366,920,7875Disney
6Grown Ups$1,518,9657%3,074-389$494$132,104,7604Sony / Columbia
7The Last Airbender$1,085,0084%2,805-398$387$117,270,6413Paramount
8Predators$930,4731%2,6690$349$42,150,5112Fox
9Knight and Day$508,49114%1,925-703$264$70,071,1444Fox
10The Karate Kid (2010)$359,50211%1,532-926$235$169,974,9946Sony / Columbia

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleTue, Jul. 20 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Cyrus$148,77317%446246$334$5,360,1215Fox Searchlight
2Iron Man 2$108,32918%36229$299$310,218,64511Paramount
3Shrek Forever After$70,52438%240-221$294$234,515,2259Paramount / DreamWorks
4Marmaduke$67,52629%274-201$246$32,210,3027Fox
5The A-Team$66,99814%428-1725$157$75,332,9706Fox
6Letters to Juliet$53,15228%27231$195$52,224,51810Summit
7Get Him to the Greek$53,0953%287-155$185$60,234,6857Universal
8How to Train Your Dragon$52,96122%228-26$232$217,484,21317Paramount / DreamWorks
9Winter's Bone$44,83117%12115$371$3,148,0466Roadside Attractions
10Robin Hood$29,38013%226-74$130$104,894,43510Universal
11Solitary Man$23,26129%146-26$159$3,894,2279Anchor Bay
12Date Night$22,28814%166-76$134$98,300,45115Fox
13Killers$21,14531%166-103$127$46,128,0797Lionsgate
14Splice$10,2504%117-87$88$16,940,2987Warner Bros

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleTue, Jul. 20 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Kids Are All Right$133,09913%3831$3,503$2,064,7382Focus
2Hubble 3D$87,00016%530$1,642$11,017,09218Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Under the Sea 3D$23,121-1%130$1,779$23,016,02975Warner Bros. / IMAX
4Sex and the City 2$20,19835%97-59$208$94,971,8538Warner Bros. / New Line
5Jonah Hex$15,24566%46-19$331$10,216,4235Warner Bros.
6Clash of the Titans (2010)$5,80216%67-63$87$163,202,91816Warner Bros.
7City Island$5,42314%49-16$111$6,585,78218Anchor Bay
8Just Wright$4,87324%56-24$87$21,485,50010Fox Searchlight
9I Hate Luv Storys$3,97656%35--$114$833,0803UTV
10The Back-up Plan$2,82363%25-36$113$37,485,79413CBS Films
11Avatar$1,6269%4-5$407$749,704,53931Fox
12The Secret of Kells$40314%6-4$67$687,21820GKIDS
13Princess Kaiulani$334-36%3-3$111$856,21110Roadside Attractions
14The Square$2411%4-1$60$405,37715Apparition