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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. 8 2011

Wide (1000+)

#TitleFri, Apr. 8 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1HOP$5,532,480176%3,61637$1,530$51,988,7852Universal
2Arthur (2011)$4,498,436--3,276--$1,373$4,498,4361Warner Bros.
3Hanna$4,163,040--2,535--$1,642$4,163,0401Focus
4Your Highness$3,766,125--2,769--$1,360$3,766,1251Universal
5Soul Surfer$3,642,639--2,214--$1,645$3,642,6391Sony / TriStar
6Insidious$3,273,934241%2,41911$1,353$20,630,5222FilmDistrict
7Source Code$2,764,782150%2,97110$931$22,333,4152Summit
8Limitless$1,732,345131%2,655-183$652$60,420,5754Relativity Media
9Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules$1,338,860161%2,881-288$465$41,916,1203Fox
10The Lincoln Lawyer$1,267,752114%2,420-287$524$43,122,5624Lionsgate
11Sucker Punch$638,25234%1,755-1278$364$32,509,9063Warner Bros.
12Rango$608,50367%2,007-1127$303$115,839,3966Paramount
13Paul$525,33547%1,667-883$315$33,861,2854Universal
14Battle: Los Angeles$449,80757%1,408-855$319$80,150,1845Sony / Columbia

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleFri, Apr. 8 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Jane Eyre (2011)$328,369147%24767$1,329$4,316,1295Focus
2Win Win$309,479279%22677$1,369$2,594,1244Fox Searchlight
3The Adjustment Bureau$270,13554%783-742$345$59,501,8356Universal
4Born to Be Wild 3D$256,699--206--$1,246$256,6991Warner Bros. / IMAX
5No Eres Tu, Soy Yo$171,011--226--$757$171,0111Lionsgate / Pantelion
6Red Riding Hood$170,36919%777-1011$219$36,337,7395Warner Bros.
7The King's Speech$156,09235%675-332$231$137,191,80220Weinstein Company
8Beastly$87,85530%339-482$259$27,144,7986CBS Films
9Unknown (2011)$87,412269%36540$239$62,908,9568Warner Bros.
10Just Go With It$85,99858%320-277$269$101,737,9779Sony / Columbia
11Hall Pass$84,89217%366-337$232$44,119,8827Warner Bros. / New Line
12True Grit (2010)$66,422112%263-61$253$170,617,73716Paramount
13Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son$39,233110%184-66$213$37,385,7048Fox
14The Green Hornet$31,529--161-50$196$98,624,22313Sony / Columbia
15Cedar Rapids$29,97452%118-92$254$6,593,3979Fox Searchlight
16Black Swan$16,54713%103-59$161$106,847,80419Fox Searchlight
17Drive Angry$16,0031073%126104$127$10,612,5467Summit
18Take Me Home Tonight$11,344341%10250$111$6,872,5066Relativity Media

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleFri, Apr. 8 2011LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Thank You$70,403--92--$765$70,4031UTV Communications
2Hubble 3D$34,186-18%31-13$1,103$23,580,38956Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Kill the Irishman$22,610120%52-4$435$777,3365Anchor Bay Films
4Miral$14,02797%2914$484$206,0853Weinstein Company
5Biutiful$12,00378%38-20$316$4,670,25315Roadside Attractions
6Justin Bieber: Never Say Never$10,00281%69-44$145$72,717,4709Paramount
7The Company Men$7,513163%32-13$235$4,342,79512Weinstein Company
8The Last Godfather$5,385-25%20-38$269$141,5652Roadside Attractions
9Meet Monica Velour$3,537--2--$1,769$3,5371Anchor Bay Films
10Blue Valentine (2010)$2,349-29%19-20$124$9,684,14815Weinstein Company
11The Music Never Stopped$1,928-57%14-14$138$213,0054Roadside Attractions
12happythankyoumoreplease$1,87317%9-3$208$201,1446Anchor Bay Films
13I Love You Phillip Morris$999158%7-5$143$2,031,89319Roadside Attractions
14Winter's Bone$44--2-1$22$6,531,06544Roadside Attractions