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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 one spot 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 Sat, Oct. 6 2012

Wide (1000+)

#TitleSat, Oct. 6 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Taken 2$18,942,4163%3,661--$5,174$37,300,4731Fox
2Hotel Transylvania$11,794,65582%3,3523$3,519$67,940,6492Sony / Columbia
3Pitch Perfect$5,913,55521%2,7702435$2,135$17,648,8132Universal
4Looper$5,142,30847%2,9931$1,718$36,750,2372Sony / TriStar
5Frankenweenie$4,562,04137%3,005--$1,518$7,886,8201Disney
6Trouble with the Curve$1,702,13648%3,003-209$567$28,689,8463Warner Bros.
7House at the End of the Street$1,664,80544%2,720-363$612$26,654,0833Relativity Media
8End of Watch$1,662,03743%2,370-410$701$31,670,0063Open Road
9Finding Nemo 3D$703,11586%1,746-893$403$38,495,3264Disney
10Resident Evil: Retribution$493,68156%1,361-1020$363$40,660,1284Sony / Screen Gems
11Won't Back Down$420,41937%2,5172$167$4,193,8372Fox

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleSat, Oct. 6 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Master$839,31268%8648$971$11,813,0474Weinstein Company
2The Perks of Being A Wallflower$634,02731%221119$2,869$2,899,6943Lionsgate / Summit
3Arbitrage$307,594102%244-11$1,261$5,872,3884Roadside Attractions
4The Dark Knight Rises$295,27565%575-80$514$445,169,67412Warner Bros.
5The Possession$285,06054%821-797$347$48,237,4636Lionsgate
6Dredd 3D$260,72943%831-1726$314$12,493,8103Lionsgate
7The Bourne Legacy$151,83047%482-342$315$112,186,1359Universal
8Ice Age: Continental Drift$134,84996%300-87$449$159,376,61513Fox
9Lawless$133,04031%611-892$218$36,909,7766Weinstein Company
10The Odd Life of Timothy Green$118,06543%534-653$221$50,129,4928Disney
11ParaNorman$110,36662%342-867$323$54,297,1368Focus
12Hope Springs (2012)$93,88049%439-252$214$63,270,7239Sony / Columbia
13Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days$79,35978%257-75$309$48,199,44510Fox
14The Campaign$76,31540%303-327$252$86,220,3179Warner Bros.
15The Expendables 2$75,71873%313-502$242$84,322,2048Lionsgate
16Barfi!$71,78083%110-17$653$2,639,8424UTV Communications
17Ted (2012)$63,58048%187-38$340$218,303,89015Universal
18The Amazing Spider-Man$56,71061%145-59$391$261,907,61314Sony / Columbia
19Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted$45,90298%155-48$296$216,201,41918Paramount / DreamWorks
20Total Recall (2012)$35,51850%167-72$213$58,853,44510Sony / Columbia

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleSat, Oct. 6 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Intouchables$48,21493%84-37$574$12,606,31920Weinstein Company
2To the Arctic 3D$41,83951%520$805$8,932,14225Warner Bros. / IMAX
3Moonrise Kingdom$24,00356%9210$261$45,366,61220Focus
4Premium Rush$22,78235%77-131$296$20,001,6137Sony / Columbia
5Beasts of the Southern Wild$17,79565%51-18$349$11,088,98715Fox Searchlight
6Thaandavam$16,338103%21-24$778$170,1012UTV Communications
7The Watch$13,72538%32-14$429$34,325,99211Fox
8Born to Be Wild 3D$13,51346%330$409$20,969,08179Warner Bros. / IMAX
9The Apparition$7,49167%38-27$197$4,926,1457Warner Bros.
10Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare$7,411-54%12--$618$23,5591Roadside Attractions
11For A Good Time, Call...$5,64745%43-41$131$1,240,2376Focus
12Hit and Run$4,98040%51-81$98$13,744,0607Open Road
13Heroine$4,40380%18-79$245$589,8943UTV Communications
14The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel$4,27138%18-14$237$46,340,25023Fox Searchlight
15The Other Dream Team$3,831-20%75$547$32,8652The Film Arcade
16Safety Not Guaranteed$2,649-8%24-10$110$3,991,87718FilmDistrict
1710 Years$1,99316%21-42$95$199,6164Anchor Bay Films
18Nitro Circus The Movie 3D$706123%6-1$118$3,376,3989ARC Entertainment
19Toys in the Attic$642-7%4-2$161$62,5065Hannover House