RichC2

1. Fast Five (Universal) NEW [3,643 Theaters]
Friday $34M, Estimated Weekend $80M

Even with a -25% to -30% drop on Saturday, which would be normal because of Friday's grosses expanded by midnight showings, that's still a bigger weekend cume than the top 2 openings this year combined (Rio
$39M/Rango $38M)

2. Rio (Blue Sky/Fox) Week 3 [3,842 Theaters]
Friday $3.2M, Estimated Weekend $12.5M, Estimated Cume $101.8M

3. Madea's Big Happy Family (Tyler Perry/Lionsgate) Week 2 [2,288 Theaters]
Friday $3.1M (-70%), Estimated Weekend $10.5M, Estimated Cume $41.5M

4. Water For Elephants (Fox 2000/Fox) Week 2 [2,817 Theaters]
Friday $2.7M (-61%), Estimated Weekend $9.1M, Estimated Cume $32M

5. Prom (Disney) NEW [2,730 Theaters]
Friday $2M, Estimated Weekend $5.5

6. Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil (Weinstein Co) NEW [2,505 Theaters]
Friday $1M, Estimated Weekend $4M

7. Insidious (FilmDistrict) Week 5 [2,130 Theaters]
Friday $1M, Estimated Weekend $3M, Estimated Cume $48.7M

8. Soul Surfer (FilmDistrict/Sony) Week 4 [2,240 Theaters]
Friday $975K, Estimated Weekend $3.3M, Estimated Cume $33.8M

9. African Cats (Disneynature/Disney) Week 2 [1,220 Theaters]
Friday $900K (-73%), Estimated Weekend $2.7M, Estimated Cume $11M

10. Scream 4 (Miramax/Dimension/Weinstein Co) Week 3 [3,314 Theaters]
Friday $700K, Estimated Weekend $2M, Estimated Cume $35.5M

Very impressive start for Fast Five.

Movie	Friday	Weekend	Cume	Year	rt %
The Fast and the Furious	$15m	$40m	$144.5m	2001	52%
2 Fast 2 Furious	$19.6m	$50m	$127m	2003	36%
Trokyo Drift	$9.7m	$24m	$62.5m	2006	35%
Fast and Furious	$30.5m	$70.9m	$155m	2009	27%
Fast Five	$34m	Est. $80m	???	2011	79%

Curious to see how it holds up, if being an actual critically acclaimed movie actually corresponds with what audiences think.

Drexl

Wow, shitty opening for Hoodwinked 2. What was it expected to do?

starman9000

The commercials for Hoodwinked look like it should be on TV, I can't imagine they sunk too much into the production.

Patman

I think Fast Five should get to $200 million, but we're now into the "summer" blockbuster season, and time will tell if it can hold on to enough screen to get to $200 million within a 3-4 week period (then other films will soak up available screens).

islandclaws

Hey! Beat it, pal. This is my weekend gig.

RichC2

I like to think I'm just re-taking over for chris_sc77. Yeah couldn't say that with a straight face.

islandclaws

His legend lives on...

Hokeyboy

... hewn into the living rock of Stonehenge.

Matthew Chmiel

I'm actually surprised Fast Five didn't do more. The theater I went to at midnight ended up selling out five of their largest auditoriums (it was originally scheduled to just be on three). I haven't seen such a turnout for a midnight opening since The Dark Knight.

Even with a $34 million opening day, its just as high as the two biggest weekend openers of the year (Rango and Rio).

Internationally, Fast Five is kicking Thor's ass. I honestly believe based upon those numbers that Thor will have box office akin to The Incredible Hulk rather than Iron Man. Its not as major of a character in the Marvel universe and it may be a bit too "fantasy" based for mainstream audiences. While reviews are superior to that of Fast Five, I don't think reviews will be a deciding factor. The people who want a Thor film will go, but others may be more lukewarm.

Despite hating it, it's good to see Insidious still up there. $50 million plus on an investment that cost under $10 million for production, prints and advertising? FilmDistrict is the little engine that could with that and Soul Surfer.

Solid Snake

what? I don't remember this aspect of chris. All i remember is animated films not being films and the 2hr rated R equals his attention and time...and appreciation.

dhmac

Thor may not be as well known as a Marvel character by mainstream audiences, but the Norse legend of Thor is well known by people. A movie titled "Thor" will attract audiences who have absolutely no idea that that there even is a comic based on the character.

BTW, instead of May 6th, why isn't "Thor" opening on May 5th due to it being a Thursday ("Thor's Day")?

RichC2

While I fully expect Fast Five to be a bigger draw overall than Thor, how exactly is it kicking Thor's ass? Thor just opened this weekend internationally and there are no real receipts for it afaik, Fast Five beat it in Australia ($8m to $5.7m) but thats really about the only measure thats out there. By Comparison, The Incredible Hulk opened to $1.9m down under.

Though BOM does list Thor's international at $40m and Fast Fives at $23.7m so maybe they do know something.

Just curious where the conclusion came from.

tylergfoster

Thor opened last week in Australia, as did Fast Five, and Fast Five steamrolled it, despite 3D ticket boost and the fact that Hemsworth is an Aussie.

The Antipodean

But Aussies are bogan petrolheads...

Matthew Chmiel

Matthew Chmiel

Fixed.

Hokeyboy

I would say most Americans are ENTIRELY more familiar with the Thor the Superhero than they are with Thor the Mythological figure. Or ANY mythology whatsoever. Superheroes? Sure. Humanities? Not even close.

gmanca

What numbers are you all looking at? Thor is at 40 million foreign and Fast Five is 24 according to Box Office Mojo.

tylergfoster

Thor must have opened mid-week in some countries.

Last weekend in Australia, Fast Five opened with $10.7m vs. Thor's $5.8m. The $24m number for Fast Five includes grosses in UK, NZ and Korea. Internationally, Fast Five just tacked on another $45.3m after opening in another 10 countries, and current domestic estimate is $83.6m, giving Fast Five a $165 worldwide gross at the end of today.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/box-office/
http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/fore...-start-strong/

TheMovieman

Box Office Mojo:

1 N Fast Five Uni. $83,630,000 - 3,644 - $22,950 $83,630,000 - 1
2 1 Rio Fox $14,400,000 -45.3% 3,708 -134 $3,883 $103,627,000 $90 3
3 2 Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family LGF $10,050,000 -59.9% 2,288 - $4,392 $41,080,000 - 2
4 3 Water for Elephants Fox $9,125,000 -45.8% 2,820 +3 $3,236 $32,263,000 $38 2
5 N Prom BV $5,000,000 - 2,730 - $1,832 $5,000,000 - 1
6 N Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil Wein. $4,140,000 - 2,505 - $1,653 $4,140,000 - 1
7 7 Soul Surfer TriS $3,300,000 -39.3% 2,010 -230 $1,642 $33,775,000 $18 4
8 9 Insidious FD $2,687,000 -48.4% 1,584 -546 $1,696 $48,307,000 $1.5 5
9 4 Hop Uni. $2,557,000 -79.0% 3,176 -440 $805 $105,276,000 $63 5
10 10 Source Code Sum. $2,532,000 -50.3% 1,645 -718 $1,539 $48,909,000 $32 5
11 6 African Cats BV $2,336,000 -61.1% 1,224 +4 $1,908 $10,601,000 - 2
12 8 Hanna Focus $2,203,000 -58.4% 1,569 -815 $1,404 $35,903,000 $30 4
13 5 Scream 4 W/Dim. $2,167,000 -69.2% 2,221 -1,093 $976 $35,484,000 $40 3
14 12 Limitless Rela. $1,055,000 -60.4% 838 -525 $1,259 $76,047,000 $27 7
15 11 Arthur (2011) WB $1,000,000 -75.4% 1,251 -1,519 $799 $31,663,000 $40 4
16 N Dylan Dog: Dead of Night OMNI/FSR $885,000 - 875 - $1,011 $885,000 - 1

Hokeyboy

I read that as "Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil Weinstein" and I only wish it were so vis-a-vis and such as

Matthew Chmiel

Universal has two of the highest grossing films of the year so far?

Hokeyboy

And Evil Weinstein's got two (count 'em TWO!) floparooskis! Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Patman

Hemsworth's wife, Elsa Pataky, must be in a quandry, as she's in Fast Five. How many husband/wife couples have films square off against one another in Australia?

Dr. DVD

Interesting how the fifth outing in a series is the most critically acclaimed, by quite a substantial margin. I see Thor being given some real competition by this one , even if it gets better reviews, as teenage boys might think Thor looks nerdy.