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 tomorrow and throughout the weekend for further box office updates on both Fast & Furious 6 and The Hangover Part III.
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.
Daily Domestic Gross Fri, Dec. 21 2012
← previous next →| # | Title | Fri, Dec. 21 2012 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $10,078,827 | 52% | 4,100 | 55 | $2,458 | $123,231,727 | 2 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 2 | Jack Reacher | $5,021,737 | -- | 3,352 | -- | $1,498 | $5,021,737 | 1 | Paramount |
| 3 | This is 40 | $3,714,075 | -- | 2,913 | -- | $1,275 | $3,714,075 | 1 | Universal |
| 4 | Rise of The Guardians | $1,566,419 | 82% | 3,031 | -356 | $517 | $75,360,649 | 5 | Paramount / DreamWorks |
| 5 | The Guilt Trip | $1,489,795 | 49% | 2,431 | -- | $613 | $3,520,409 | 1 | Paramount |
| 6 | Lincoln | $1,392,449 | 56% | 2,293 | 8 | $607 | $112,540,273 | 7 | Disney / DreamWorks |
| 7 | Monsters, Inc. 3D | $1,390,711 | 97% | 2,618 | -- | $531 | $2,875,692 | 1 | Disney |
| 8 | Skyfall | $1,277,886 | 52% | 2,365 | -559 | $540 | $276,369,660 | 7 | Sony / Columbia |
| 9 | Life of Pi | $999,521 | 41% | 1,750 | -798 | $571 | $73,355,765 | 5 | Fox |
| 10 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $761,511 | 38% | 2,000 | -1042 | $381 | $279,767,245 | 6 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 11 | Wreck-It Ralph | $474,852 | 34% | 1,444 | -805 | $329 | $170,397,377 | 8 | Disney |
| 12 | Red Dawn (2012) | $244,474 | 3% | 1,011 | -1239 | $242 | $42,076,377 | 5 | FilmDistrict |
| # | Title | Fri, Dec. 21 2012 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $808,188 | -- | 840 | -- | $962 | $927,563 | 1 | Paramount |
| 2 | Silver Linings Playbook | $439,279 | 62% | 371 | 0 | $1,184 | $18,519,321 | 6 | Weinstein Company |
| 3 | Argo | $209,467 | 48% | 450 | -217 | $465 | $105,745,137 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Flight | $181,822 | -1% | 742 | -1081 | $245 | $90,461,509 | 8 | Paramount |
| 5 | Anna Karenina (2012) | $166,638 | 19% | 331 | -78 | $503 | $9,136,825 | 6 | Focus |
| 6 | Hitchcock | $152,286 | 28% | 535 | -26 | $285 | $3,767,578 | 5 | Fox Searchlight |
| 7 | Playing For Keeps (2012) | $132,044 | -48% | 851 | -1989 | $155 | $12,118,402 | 3 | FilmDistrict |
| 8 | Hotel Transylvania | $82,181 | -- | 301 | 165 | $273 | $144,033,029 | 13 | Sony / Columbia |
| 9 | Here Comes the Boom | $59,906 | -- | 291 | 141 | $206 | $42,777,587 | 11 | Sony / Columbia |
| 10 | Taken 2 | $58,919 | 73% | 275 | -64 | $214 | $138,324,019 | 12 | Fox |
| 11 | Pitch Perfect | $41,735 | 37% | 214 | -118 | $195 | $64,035,548 | 13 | Universal |
| 12 | Killing Them Softly | $32,096 | -61% | 149 | -1278 | $215 | $14,655,183 | 4 | Weinstein Company |
| 13 | The Collection | $25,132 | -31% | 112 | -509 | $224 | $6,755,684 | 4 | LD Entertainment |
| 14 | The Perks of Being A Wallflower | $22,039 | 38% | 141 | 16 | $156 | $17,091,675 | 14 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 15 | End of Watch | $20,250 | 61% | 172 | 0 | $118 | $40,542,322 | 14 | Open Road |
| 16 | Looper | $9,998 | -34% | 100 | -90 | $100 | $66,372,515 | 13 | Sony / TriStar |
| # | Title | Fri, Dec. 21 2012 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zero Dark Thirty | $115,476 | 11% | 5 | -- | $23,095 | $344,488 | 1 | Sony / Columbia |
| 2 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $90,999 | 227% | 86 | 50 | $1,058 | $619,991 | 3 | Focus |
| 3 | The Impossible | $37,726 | -- | 15 | -- | $2,515 | $37,726 | 1 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 4 | The Polar Express (2012 re-issue) | $25,499 | 36% | 15 | 1 | $1,700 | $540,456 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | The Sessions | $20,575 | 6% | 98 | -53 | $210 | $5,304,362 | 10 | Fox Searchlight |
| 6 | To the Arctic 3D | $13,379 | -2% | 52 | 0 | $257 | $10,274,432 | 36 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 7 | Cloud Atlas | $9,821 | -32% | 50 | -48 | $196 | $26,691,893 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | A Late Quartet | $9,489 | 20% | 39 | -7 | $243 | $1,126,917 | 8 | Entertainment One / RKO |
| 9 | Talaash | $7,926 | -31% | 25 | -88 | $317 | $2,774,043 | 4 | Reliance Entertainment |
| 10 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $7,827 | 8% | 72 | -12 | $109 | $161,037,816 | 24 | Fox |
| 11 | Sinister | $7,740 | -30% | 93 | -91 | $83 | $47,967,589 | 11 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 12 | Alex Cross | $7,214 | -19% | 94 | -81 | $77 | $25,781,207 | 10 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 13 | Born to Be Wild 3D | $5,334 | 2% | 30 | 0 | $178 | $21,538,809 | 90 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 14 | Not Fade Away | $5,314 | -- | 3 | -- | $1,771 | $5,314 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 15 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $3,411 | -56% | 50 | -107 | $68 | $53,841,158 | 10 | Paramount |
| 16 | The Master | $3,111 | 3% | 13 | -1 | $239 | $15,924,995 | 15 | Weinstein Company |
| 17 | The Intouchables | $1,870 | -57% | 7 | -18 | $267 | $13,087,615 | 31 | Weinstein Company |
| 18 | ParaNorman | $1,725 | -36% | 24 | -37 | $72 | $55,975,318 | 19 | Focus |
| 19 | Arbitrage | $791 | -43% | 5 | -5 | $158 | $7,896,377 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
