Grosses
'The Hangover Part III' Leads Thursday with a Soft $11.79 MillionMay 24, 2013 12:15 PM
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 Wed, May. 2 2012
← previous next →| # | Title | Wed, May. 2 2012 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Think Like a Man | $1,021,480 | -24% | 2,015 | 0 | $507 | $64,087,550 | 2 | Sony / Screen Gems |
| 2 | The Five-Year Engagement | $822,080 | -27% | 2,936 | -- | $280 | $13,384,585 | 1 | Universal |
| 3 | The Hunger Games | $712,316 | -18% | 3,572 | -180 | $199 | $374,317,455 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | The Lucky One (2012) | $684,468 | -29% | 3,175 | 20 | $216 | $41,735,713 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Safe (2012) | $556,763 | -33% | 2,266 | -- | $246 | $9,926,740 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | The Raven | $513,091 | -27% | 2,203 | -- | $233 | $9,096,032 | 1 | Relativity Media |
| 7 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $463,688 | -23% | 3,358 | -- | $138 | $12,731,702 | 1 | Sony / Columbia |
| 8 | The Cabin in the Woods | $400,392 | -21% | 2,639 | -172 | $152 | $36,104,767 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | Chimpanzee | $378,067 | -21% | 1,567 | 4 | $241 | $20,174,149 | 2 | Disneynature |
| 10 | 21 Jump Street | $237,587 | -22% | 1,820 | -607 | $131 | $132,724,034 | 7 | Sony / Columbia |
| 11 | American Reunion | $236,665 | -29% | 2,154 | -879 | $110 | $54,278,980 | 4 | Universal |
| 12 | The Three Stooges | $213,954 | -23% | 3,105 | -377 | $69 | $37,634,097 | 3 | Fox |
| 13 | Titanic 3D | $150,780 | -18% | 1,409 | -1106 | $107 | $56,767,527 | 4 | Paramount |
| 14 | Wrath of the Titans | $148,363 | -24% | 1,572 | -930 | $94 | $81,030,531 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | Mirror Mirror | $128,654 | -19% | 2,017 | -921 | $64 | $59,300,624 | 5 | Relativity Media |
| 16 | Lockout | $77,869 | -26% | 1,259 | -1076 | $62 | $13,603,289 | 3 | Open Road |
| # | Title | Wed, May. 2 2012 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bully (2012) | $58,174 | 3% | 263 | 0 | $221 | $2,283,123 | 5 | Weinstein Company |
| 2 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $46,071 | -10% | 335 | -111 | $138 | $7,911,570 | 8 | CBS Films |
| 3 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $39,735 | -18% | 883 | -700 | $45 | $208,568,200 | 9 | Universal |
| 4 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $22,062 | -24% | 401 | -43 | $55 | $101,962,448 | 12 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 5 | Act of Valor | $16,283 | -14% | 285 | 56 | $57 | $69,734,075 | 10 | Relativity Media |
| 6 | Safe House | $14,885 | -7% | 229 | -72 | $65 | $125,900,465 | 12 | Universal |
| 7 | This Means War | $11,914 | -16% | 232 | -61 | $51 | $54,388,403 | 11 | Fox |
| 8 | A Thousand Words | $8,411 | -25% | 169 | 1 | $50 | $18,099,841 | 8 | Paramount |
| 9 | Project X (2012) | $7,254 | -11% | 155 | -103 | $47 | $54,660,452 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | Chronicle | $5,883 | -10% | 121 | -16 | $49 | $64,434,707 | 13 | Fox |
| 11 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $3,512 | -9% | 111 | -24 | $32 | $133,001,717 | 20 | Fox |
| # | Title | Wed, May. 2 2012 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To the Arctic 3D | $43,227 | 16% | 50 | 0 | $865 | $781,781 | 2 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 2 | Born to Be Wild 3D | $20,415 | 12% | 34 | 2 | $600 | $18,549,075 | 56 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 3 | Jeff Who Lives at Home | $6,107 | -10% | 79 | -43 | $77 | $4,157,412 | 7 | Paramount Vantage |
| 4 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | $5,758 | -21% | 67 | -39 | $86 | $1,102,848 | 3 | Code Black Entertainment |
| 5 | The Artist | $4,135 | -4% | 50 | -36 | $83 | $44,223,144 | 23 | Weinstein Company |
| 6 | Friends With Kids | $3,900 | -9% | 53 | -30 | $74 | $7,165,112 | 8 | Roadside Attractions |
| 7 | Blue Like Jazz | $3,836 | -14% | 46 | -80 | $83 | $563,814 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 8 | Sound of My Voice | $3,286 | -13% | 5 | -- | $657 | $46,629 | 1 | Fox Searchlight |
| 9 | The Woman in Black | $2,342 | -34% | 63 | -27 | $37 | $54,330,706 | 13 | CBS Films |
| 10 | We Bought a Zoo | $2,069 | -14% | 52 | -14 | $40 | $75,592,881 | 19 | Fox |
| 11 | Coriolanus | $1,838 | 4% | 14 | 0 | $131 | $712,725 | 15 | Weinstein Company |
| 12 | Touchback | $1,762 | 2% | 28 | -41 | $63 | $188,283 | 3 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 13 | Casa de mi Padre | $1,739 | 1% | 36 | -22 | $48 | $5,817,558 | 7 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 14 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D | $1,709 | -24% | 27 | -5 | $63 | $43,437,107 | 12 | Fox |
| 15 | Undefeated | $1,417 | 36% | 20 | 3 | $71 | $522,893 | 11 | Weinstein Company |
| 16 | Red Tails | $1,238 | -30% | 23 | -16 | $54 | $49,852,413 | 15 | Fox |
| 17 | W.E. | $1,028 | -10% | 10 | -5 | $103 | $578,688 | 13 | Weinstein Company |
| 18 | Silent House (2012) | $999 | -14% | 22 | -37 | $45 | $12,753,833 | 8 | Open Road |
| 19 | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds | $820 | -10% | 39 | -42 | $21 | $34,878,996 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 20 | Albert Nobbs | $684 | 5% | 16 | 1 | $43 | $3,010,940 | 14 | Roadside Attractions |