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.
Studio Weekend Estimates (Domestic) Fri, May. 25 - Sun, May. 27
← previous next →| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Men in Black 3 | $55,000,000 | -- | 4,248 | -- | $12,947 | $55,000,000 | 1 | Sony / Columbia |
| 2 | Marvel's The Avengers | $36,987,000 | -34% | 3,918 | -331 | $9,440 | $513,671,788 | 4 | Disney |
| 3 | Battleship | $10,754,310 | -58% | 3,702 | 12 | $2,905 | $44,259,655 | 2 | Universal |
| 4 | The Dictator | $9,600,000 | -45% | 3,014 | 6 | $3,185 | $41,448,104 | 2 | Paramount |
| 5 | Chernobyl Diaries | $8,000,000 | -- | 2,433 | -- | $3,288 | $8,000,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Dark Shadows | $7,515,000 | -40% | 3,404 | -351 | $2,208 | $62,997,896 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $7,150,000 | -32% | 3,021 | 0 | $2,367 | $22,171,248 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $6,350,000 | 97% | 1,233 | 879 | $5,150 | $16,553,496 | 4 | Fox Searchlight |
| 9 | The Hunger Games | $2,200,000 | -25% | 1,421 | -643 | $1,548 | $395,208,785 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Think Like a Man | $1,400,000 | -47% | 786 | -936 | $1,781 | $88,271,941 | 6 | Sony / Screen Gems |
| 2 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $1,100,000 | -30% | 884 | -956 | $1,244 | $27,304,304 | 5 | Sony / Columbia |
| 3 | Bernie | $870,154 | 77% | 194 | 99 | $4,485 | $2,221,960 | 5 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 4 | The Lucky One (2012) | $560,000 | -69% | 615 | -1390 | $911 | $58,272,833 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $491,400 | 7% | 390 | 11 | $1,260 | $210,855,170 | 13 | Universal |
| 6 | The Five-Year Engagement | $309,620 | -72% | 274 | -901 | $1,130 | $27,964,905 | 5 | Universal |
| 7 | The Three Stooges | $265,000 | -39% | 325 | -269 | $815 | $42,246,354 | 7 | Fox |
| 8 | The Cabin in the Woods | $178,000 | -53% | 203 | -245 | $877 | $40,936,721 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | Girl in Progress | $120,000 | -74% | 143 | -179 | $839 | $2,398,273 | 3 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 10 | American Reunion | $100,650 | -62% | 165 | -125 | $610 | $56,692,755 | 8 | Universal |
| 11 | Safe (2012) | $52,500 | -82% | 112 | -391 | $469 | $16,789,453 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 12 | Bully (2012) | $41,000 | -55% | 104 | -100 | $394 | $3,295,473 | 9 | Weinstein Company |
| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moonrise Kingdom | $509,000 | -- | 4 | -- | $127,250 | $509,000 | 1 | Focus |
| 2 | Hysteria | $145,715 | 309% | 32 | 27 | $4,554 | $201,521 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 3 | Crooked Arrows | $129,511 | -49% | 67 | 12 | $1,933 | $447,946 | 2 | Branded/Peck Films |
| 4 | The Intouchables | $101,053 | -- | 4 | -- | $25,263 | $101,053 | 1 | Weinstein Company |
| 5 | Darling Companion | $68,967 | 17% | 61 | 1 | $1,131 | $522,802 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 6 | Where Do We Go Now? | $62,925 | 166% | 25 | 13 | $2,517 | $126,192 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 7 | Titanic 3D | $32,000 | -37% | 42 | -28 | $762 | $57,799,591 | 8 | Paramount |
| 8 | A Thousand Words | $31,000 | -46% | 59 | -51 | $525 | $18,429,118 | 12 | Paramount |
| 9 | OC87 | $6,000 | -- | 1 | -- | $6,000 | $6,000 | 1 | Fisher Klingenstein Films |
