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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, Apr. 1 2011

Wide (1000+)

#TitleFri, Apr. 1 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1HOP$11,524,380--3,579--$3,220$11,524,3801Universal
2Source Code$5,053,494--2,961--$1,707$5,053,4941Summit
3Insidious$4,776,838--2,408--$1,984$4,776,8381FilmDistrict
4Limitless$3,034,981148%2,83833$1,069$49,236,7253Relativity Media
5Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules$2,804,032173%3,1692$885$30,959,3782Fox
6The Lincoln Lawyer$2,056,468124%2,7070$760$34,643,4843Lionsgate
7Sucker Punch$1,917,09397%3,0330$632$25,707,8082Warner Bros.
8Paul$1,287,430104%2,550-256$505$28,886,3153Universal
9Rango$1,265,55574%3,134-511$404$110,488,8575Paramount
10Battle: Los Angeles$1,051,32078%2,263-855$465$76,017,4514Sony / Columbia
11The Adjustment Bureau$678,62580%1,525-757$445$57,066,5905Universal
12Red Riding Hood$582,83370%1,788-927$326$34,398,9404Warner Bros.
13The King's Speech$345,610117%1,007-55$343$135,798,75319Weinstein Company

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleFri, Apr. 1 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Jane Eyre (2011)$332,489247%18090$1,847$2,596,8704Focus
2Win Win$308,089744%149126$2,068$1,117,1693Fox Searchlight
3Beastly$275,40864%821-764$335$26,239,9365CBS Films
4Hall Pass$245,24943%703-501$349$43,245,0656Warner Bros. / New Line
5Just Go With It$206,37147%597-519$346$100,998,8788Sony / Columbia
6Gnomeo and Juliet$122,423-16%735-629$167$96,558,7678Disney
7True Grit (2010)$93,757443%324119$289$170,221,71115Paramount
8Mars Needs Moms$91,989-56%701-1469$131$20,115,7354Disney
9Unknown (2011)$75,27520%325-363$232$62,570,5907Warner Bros.
10Cedar Rapids$63,11058%210-132$301$6,342,3838Fox Searchlight
11I Am Number Four$59,75328%270-242$221$53,727,5557Disney / DreamWorks
12Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son$53,40193%250-156$214$37,124,7047Fox
13Yogi Bear$44,70658%265-61$169$100,038,91716Warner Bros.
14The Green Hornet$43,133--211-35$204$98,415,55312Sony / Columbia
15Black Swan$32,04841%162-45$198$106,701,37518Fox Searchlight
16No Strings Attached$26,39655%145-68$182$70,570,97611Paramount
17Justin Bieber: Never Say Never$15,679-22%113-176$139$72,646,8918Paramount

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleFri, Apr. 1 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Hubble 3D$40,0942%442$911$23,300,89955Warner Bros. / IMAX
2Kill the Irishman$31,414122%5615$561$628,5304Anchor Bay Films
3The Last Godfather$27,788--58--$479$27,7881Roadside Attractions
4Miral$19,677270%1511$1,312$109,7942Weinstein Company
5Biutiful$11,84231%58-8$204$4,872,89114Roadside Attractions
6Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1$10,16529%66-19$154$294,953,81820Warner Bros.
7The Company Men$8,75662%45-3$195$4,301,77511Weinstein Company
8The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader$8,65160%60-12$144$104,327,66117Fox
9The Music Never Stopped$8,448131%28-5$302$176,0153Roadside Attractions
10The Eagle$7,29240%57-40$128$19,463,1688Focus
11The Rite$6,913-10%72-83$96$33,018,92610Warner Bros. / New Line
12Blue Valentine (2010)$5,5201%39-5$142$9,654,43014Weinstein Company
13Drive Angry$4,57915%22-50$208$10,580,0736Summit
14The Mechanic$4,568-13%43-57$106$29,102,36510CBS Films
15Take Me Home Tonight$4,241-24%52-37$82$6,842,0395Relativity Media
16happythankyoumoreplease$3,92630%12-4$327$182,6285Anchor Bay Films
17Rabbit Hole$3,899115%6132$64$2,213,57616Lionsgate
18Gulliver's Travels (2010)$2,6571%26-8$102$42,746,00215Fox
19I Love You Phillip Morris$2,19199%123$183$2,021,66018Roadside Attractions
20Winter's Bone$84--32$28$6,530,79243Roadside Attractions