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Grosses

'Man of Steel' Strong on Monday with $12.59 MillionJune 18, 2013 11:34 AM

by Daniel Garris

Warner's Man of Steel continued to lead the box office with ease on Monday with a daily take of $12.59 million. The blockbuster superhero franchise re-launch was down 65 percent from Sunday. That represented a significant daily decline, but the decline was quite understandable given the film's exceptional daily hold on Father's Day. Man of Steel has grossed a strong $141.27 million through Monday. That represents a far better start than that of 2006's Superman Returns, which grossed $97.58 million through its first Monday (its sixth day of release). Man of Steel is running 22 percent behind the $180.28 million four-day start of last year's The Dark Knight Rises, a comparison which strongly suggests that Man of Steel won't have a problem surpassing the $300 million domestic mark.

This Is The End held up very nicely on Monday with a second place take of $3.42 million. Sony's modestly budgeted ensemble R-rated comedy was down just 45 percent from Sunday. R-rated comedies typically have strong Monday holds (especially in the summer months), but Monday's daily hold for This Is The End was a strong one even with that in mind. In comparison, 2008's Pineapple Express fell 50 percent on its first Monday to gross $3.85 million. With a six-day take of $36.45 million, This Is The End is running 19 percent behind the $45.17 million six-day take of Pineapple Express. With the aid of good word of mouth, This Is The End will hope to continue to make up ground on Pineapple Express going forward.

Lionsgate's Now You See Me claimed third place with $1.49 million. The surprise hit ensemble thriller fell 59 percent from Sunday and 38 percent from last Monday. Thanks in part to strong word of mouth driven holding power, Now You See Me has grossed $82.19 million through 18 days of release. That leaves the film just $17.81 million away from reaching the $100 million domestic milestone.

Universal releases The Purge and Fast & Furious 6 claimed fourth and fifth places respectively with $1.18 million and $1.08 million. The Purge was down just 47 percent from Sunday, while Fast & Furious 6 was down 65 percent. Respective total grosses stand at $220.80 million for Fast & Furious 6 in 25 days and at $53.14 million for The Purge in eleven days.

A24's The Bling Ring continued to post big grosses in its platform start in New York and Los Angeles. The Sofia Coppola directed film grossed $37,016 for the day from 5 locations. That gave the film a daily per-location average of $7,403 and was down only 44 percent from Sunday. The Bling Ring has grossed $251,411 in four days and will receive a major expansion on Friday.

Daily Domestic Gross Sun, Dec. 5 2010

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSun, Dec. 5 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Tangled$6,514,983-35%3,6030$1,808$96,570,8122Disney
2Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1$4,770,634-36%4,1250$1,157$244,519,1163Warner Bros.
3Burlesque$1,586,432-38%3,0370$522$26,986,6562Sony / Screen Gems
4Megamind$1,423,656-39%3,173-238$449$136,611,1615Paramount / DreamWorks
5Unstoppable (2010)$1,339,172-51%3,152-31$425$68,762,8644Fox
6Love and Other Drugs$1,328,234-43%2,4583$540$22,574,8872Fox
7Faster (2010)$1,028,672-39%2,47016$416$18,217,7302CBS Films
8Due Date$952,004-48%2,450-105$389$90,882,1385Warner Bros.
9The Warrior's Way$768,017-34%1,622--$474$3,048,6651Relativity Media
10The Next Three Days$610,550-47%2,236-328$273$18,301,9173Lionsgate
11Morning Glory (2010)$383,429-49%2,263-178$169$29,011,4824Paramount

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSun, Dec. 5 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1127 Hours$436,717-36%433140$1,009$6,611,7625Fox Searchlight
2Fair Game (2010)$241,289-47%43640$553$7,306,4425Summit
3Red (2010)$171,561-51%779-135$220$87,170,9128Summit
4Skyline$115,600-41%578-611$200$20,955,3954Universal / Rogue
5For Colored Girls$106,063-49%485-120$219$37,252,0235Lionsgate
6The Social Network$97,698-50%260-31$376$90,970,12310Sony / Columbia
7Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole$68,812-24%322192$214$54,811,20711Warner Bros.
8Despicable Me$64,400-34%28014$230$250,004,04022Universal
9The Town$51,336-43%3180$161$91,735,51312Warner Bros.
10Easy A$33,564-44%229-22$147$58,128,34512Sony / Screen Gems
11The Nutcracker in 3D$26,45315%11570$230$159,5152Freestyle Releasing
12Jackass 3D$24,979-50%180-3$139$116,733,0288Paramount
13Life As We Know It$24,406-43%208-41$117$52,122,4009Warner Bros.
14Paranormal Activity 2$23,952-46%200-79$120$84,257,4887Paramount
15Conviction$17,409-43%10721$163$6,663,8278Fox Searchlight
16Inception$15,371-50%117-27$131$292,383,90021Warner Bros.
17Hereafter$13,289-41%114-88$117$32,438,0418Warner Bros.

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSun, Dec. 5 2010LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Black Swan$484,544-11%18--$26,919$1,443,8091Fox Searchlight
2The King's Speech$101,699-26%62$16,950$807,9732Weinstein Company
3I Love You Phillip Morris$37,405-16%6--$6,234$112,7121Roadside Attractions
4Hubble 3D$30,091-28%570$528$18,945,31838Warner Bros. / IMAX
5The Polar Express (2010 re-issue)$26,643-29%15--$1,776$179,4585Warner Bros.
6Guzaarish$17,091-34%58-38$295$989,5273UTV
7Waiting for 'Superman'$11,405-25%8516$134$6,321,43211Paramount Vantage
8Under the Sea 3D$7,569-27%130$582$24,989,64195Warner Bros. / IMAX
9Nowhere Boy$4,998-20%23-17$217$1,445,3669Weinstein Company
10Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps$4,618-57%59-31$78$52,437,86211Fox
11Stone$3,725-24%22-1$169$1,761,4379Relativity / Overture
12Wild Target$3,180-39%137$245$91,7346Freestyle
13The Tillman Story$2,061-15%141$147$799,99516Weinstein Company
14Cool It$5853%1514$39$59,9014Roadside Attractions
15Jack Goes Boating$491-39%90$55$533,29012Relativity / Overture
16Let Me In$302-77%0-31--$12,134,42010Relativity / Overture
17Winter's Bone$165-20%20$83$6,228,91026Roadside Attractions