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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 Mon, Dec. 10 2012

Wide (1000+)

#TitleMon, Dec. 10 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Skyfall$888,168-66%3,401-62$261$262,288,4495Sony / Columbia
2Lincoln$785,424-66%2,014-4$390$97,922,8715Disney / DreamWorks
3The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$712,174-70%3,646-362$195$269,403,2034Lionsgate / Summit
4Life of Pi$687,721-71%2,94618$233$61,636,0143Fox
5Rise of The Guardians$481,744-85%3,639-33$132$62,255,9363Paramount / DreamWorks
6Playing For Keeps (2012)$416,933-67%2,837--$147$6,167,2211FilmDistrict
7Killing Them Softly$305,236-59%2,4240$126$12,135,8742Weinstein Company
8Red Dawn (2012)$296,287-71%2,754-27$108$37,537,2073FilmDistrict
9Flight$291,980-64%2,431-172$120$86,494,5216Paramount
10Wreck-It Ralph$252,041-82%2,746-341$92$164,654,9756Disney
11The Collection$136,223-67%1,4030$97$5,591,5512LD Entertainment
12End of Watch$93,060-58%1,2491225$75$40,082,82612Open Road

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleMon, Dec. 10 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Silver Linings Playbook$190,253-66%3710$513$14,154,6584Weinstein Company
2Anna Karenina (2012)$170,715-63%42238$405$6,773,7574Focus
3Argo$128,879-65%944-99$137$103,288,8949Warner Bros.
4Hitchcock$70,136-65%181131$387$1,731,8063Fox Searchlight
5Taken 2$33,580-65%430-66$78$137,733,88410Fox
6The Sessions$25,870-55%197-29$131$4,974,2128Fox Searchlight
7Pitch Perfect$23,220-64%387-16$60$63,540,62811Universal
8Cloud Atlas$21,591-63%191-3$113$26,474,5627Warner Bros.
9Talaash$19,351-85%162-12$119$2,448,2702Reliance Entertainment
10Looper$15,416-58%232--$66$66,161,49611Sony / TriStar
11The Perks of Being A Wallflower$12,878-64%175-14$74$16,871,27112Lionsgate / Summit
12Alex Cross$11,153-63%214100$52$25,629,0508Lionsgate / Summit
13The Man With the Iron Fists$10,860-60%1817$60$15,532,9206Universal
14Seven Psychopaths$8,219-57%141-21$58$14,912,1049CBS Films

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleMon, Dec. 10 2012LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1To the Arctic 3D$8,859-24%520$170$10,137,90234Warner Bros. / IMAX
2A Late Quartet$8,687-61%63-11$138$1,004,3296Entertainment One / RKO
3Hyde Park on Hudson$8,059-65%4--$2,015$89,4211Focus
4The Polar Express (2012 re-issue)$7,044-78%171$414$321,8113Warner Bros.
5Sinister$3,721-62%77-11$48$47,827,5759Lionsgate / Summit
6Ice Age: Continental Drift$3,487-79%90-12$39$160,956,71122Fox
7Born to Be Wild 3D$3,105-55%300$104$21,479,02788Warner Bros. / IMAX
8ParaNorman$2,958-77%81-23$37$55,928,73717Focus
9Chasing Mavericks$2,907-57%67-12$43$5,877,4777Fox
10Silent Hill: Revelation 3D$2,559-66%76-48$34$17,509,9987Open Road
11Hecho en Mexico$2,443-79%2614$94$123,9152Lionsgate / Pantelion
12Trouble with the Curve$1,994-54%71-29$28$35,756,54912Warner Bros.
13House at the End of the Street$1,973-69%68-40$29$31,590,90512Relativity Media
14Fun Size$1,904-80%80-36$24$9,404,3147Paramount
15The Dark Knight Rises$1,904-67%62-18$31$448,132,54621Warner Bros.
16Paranormal Activity 4$1,512-62%48-22$32$53,746,9268Paramount
17Arbitrage$1,333-66%25-10$53$7,878,77413Roadside Attractions
18The Master$1,233-72%230$54$15,896,97213Weinstein Company
19This Must Be the Place$695-52%5-2$139$137,0346Weinstein Company
20Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days$623-89%47-5$13$48,985,41619Fox
21The Rabbi's Cat$352-81%1--$352$4,6531GKIDS
22The Intouchables$323-40%12-7$27$13,049,40129Weinstein Company
23Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare$36-56%2--$18$83,91210Roadside Attractions