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.
Weekly domestic gross
| Week | Top 10 Gross | Chg. LW% | Total Gross | Chg. LW% | Top movie of the week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 (Jan 04 - Jan 10) | $152,133,706 | -- | $193,496,000 | -- | Django Unchained |
| 08 (Feb 22 - Feb 28) | $107,063,411 | -37% | $133,892,000 | -33% | Identity Thief |
| 04 (Jan 25 - Jan 31) | $105,088,994 | -28% | $146,431,000 | -24% | Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters |
| 11 (Mar 15 - Mar 21) | $120,883,096 | -28% | $141,302,000 | -26% | Oz: The Great and Powerful |
| 14 (Apr 05 - Apr 11) | $155,693,268 | -21% | $169,440,000 | -20% | Evil Dead |
| 19 (May 10 - May 16) | $204,809,319 | -21% | $218,222,000 | -19% | Iron Man 3 |
| 05 (Feb 01 - Feb 07) | $85,975,504 | -18% | $118,750,000 | -19% | Warm Bodies |
| 17 (Apr 26 - May 02) | $101,153,160 | -18% | $120,502,000 | -15% | Pain and Gain |
| 15 (Apr 12 - Apr 18) | $133,217,250 | -14% | $150,038,000 | -11% | 42 (2013) |
| 16 (Apr 19 - Apr 25) | $122,641,148 | -8% | $141,202,000 | -6% | Oblivion (2013) |
| 03 (Jan 18 - Jan 24) | $146,662,380 | -2% | $193,707,000 | 3% | Mama |
| 02 (Jan 11 - Jan 17) | $149,387,288 | -2% | $187,735,000 | -3% | Zero Dark Thirty |
| 20 (May 17 - May 23) | $208,677,211 | 2% | $219,433,000 | 1% | Star Trek Into Darkness |
| 09 (Mar 01 - Mar 07) | $111,456,210 | 4% | $140,514,000 | 5% | Jack the Giant Slayer |
| 13 (Mar 29 - Apr 04) | $196,934,464 | 8% | $211,780,000 | 3% | G.I. Joe: Retaliation |
| 07 (Feb 15 - Feb 21) | $168,643,186 | 35% | $198,988,000 | 21% | A Good Day to Die Hard |
| 06 (Feb 08 - Feb 14) | $125,253,826 | 46% | $164,792,000 | 39% | Identity Thief |
| 10 (Mar 08 - Mar 14) | $167,147,350 | 50% | $190,866,000 | 36% | Oz: The Great and Powerful |
| 12 (Mar 22 - Mar 28) | $182,182,889 | 51% | $206,227,000 | 46% | The Croods |
| 18 (May 03 - May 09) | $257,961,549 | 155% | $270,794,000 | 125% | Iron Man 3 |
