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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 Tue, Feb. 14 2012

Wide (1000+)

#TitleTue, Feb. 14 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Vow$11,555,393247%2,958--$3,906$56,088,3351Sony / Screen Gems
2Safe House$6,082,050106%3,119--$1,950$49,201,2401Universal
3Journey 2: The Mysterious Island$2,394,07688%3,470--$690$31,004,9251Warner Bros. / New Line
4The Woman in Black$1,634,068191%2,8561$572$37,454,5522CBS Films
5Chronicle$1,307,94868%2,9081$450$42,044,5462Fox
6Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D$1,113,13021%2,655--$419$24,500,4951Fox
7The Grey$874,021116%2,801-406$312$44,066,9163Open Road
8Underworld Awakening$596,213142%1,657-979$360$59,756,7414Sony / Screen Gems
9The Descendants$585,174121%1,581-457$370$71,521,71513Fox Searchlight
10Big Miracle$458,595106%2,1334$215$13,963,5702Universal
11One For the Money$409,535131%2,056-681$199$24,266,7513Lionsgate
12Red Tails$392,10995%1,580-767$248$45,673,9594Fox
13Contraband$259,440154%1,081-966$240$65,004,4205Universal
14Man on a Ledge$245,952146%1,423-1575$173$17,817,4913Lionsgate
15Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close$228,398102%1,375-1130$166$29,748,5448Warner Bros.

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleTue, Feb. 14 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Artist$436,576110%808-197$540$24,646,22012Weinstein Company
2Hugo$237,77175%702-328$339$64,815,68012Paramount
3The Iron Lady$194,48570%512-509$380$23,106,1407Weinstein Company
4Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol$125,593127%469-608$268$206,695,6869Paramount
5Beauty and the Beast 3D$104,90184%678-1041$155$46,625,1365Disney
6Joyful Noise$81,562135%686-664$119$30,006,4555Warner Bros.
7Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu$81,243211%111--$732$744,4651UTV Communications
8War Horse$73,15373%502-661$146$78,315,5838Disney / DreamWorks
9Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy$71,92677%232-70$310$22,107,61010Focus
10Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows$60,637130%265-592$229$184,660,2059Warner Bros.
11The Adventures of Tintin$49,00586%257-229$191$75,946,8578Paramount
12Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked$46,02942%502-316$92$129,133,2699Fox
13We Bought a Zoo$42,13793%420-334$100$73,310,5308Fox
14Albert Nobbs$40,08859%151-94$265$2,099,6593Roadside Attractions
15Haywire$39,03999%263-988$148$18,638,1244Relativity Media
16My Week with Marilyn$32,87456%125-46$263$13,397,96112Weinstein Company
17Puss in Boots (2011)$24,30039%209-44$116$148,782,74416Paramount / DreamWorks
18The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1$20,57872%230-66$89$281,190,70813Lionsgate / Summit
19Happy Feet Two$19,09954%202-53$95$63,706,60713Warner Bros.
20New Year's Eve$12,375105%155-67$80$54,511,86510Warner Bros. / New Line

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleTue, Feb. 14 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Born to Be Wild 3D$16,11452%44-1$366$16,183,74145Warner Bros. / IMAX
2Shame$14,28555%52-12$275$3,630,41011Fox Searchlight
3The Sitter$10,65676%99-27$108$30,428,67410Fox
4W.E.$9,78752%1713$576$139,9982Weinstein Company
5The Devil Inside$6,788110%95-208$71$53,159,8046Paramount
6Coriolanus$4,06819%11-3$370$275,4354Weinstein Company
7Pariah (2011)$3,09248%13-6$238$662,6227Focus
8Immortals$2,94466%33-29$89$83,493,26714Relativity Media
9Young Adult$2,33490%35-23$67$16,261,07310Paramount
10J. Edgar$2,31166%42-93$55$37,297,17814Warner Bros.
11In the Land of Blood and Honey$1,56870%103$157$274,8688FilmDistrict
12The Darkest Hour$1,360134%18-21$76$21,219,4318Summit
13Vettai$1,109560%2-2$555$199,4695UTV Communications
14Margin Call$77-47%2--$39$5,353,80717Roadside Attractions