Matthew Chmiel

Remember, we got a four day weekend due to Presidents' Day on Monday.

Finke, like always, is on top of her game and has the early estimates...

Going to be blunt and honest, who would've thought that Avatar would gross $700 fucking million dollars domestically once all was said and done? Now with NATO pissed off at Disney for shortening Alice in Wonderland's theatrical window, it gives Avatar the edge of keeping it's 3D screens to make it to that point.

Giles

considering most Washingtonians were proabably sick of being couped up in their homes for the last few days since Tuesday's blizzard, last night's screening of 'Valentine's Day' in Mazza's largest auditorium was almost sold out and it's a total chick flick - I'd say it's top contender for #1 movie of the weekend.

islandclaws

Pretty solid number sll around. Wolfman looks to be doing fairly well for a gothic period piece horror film. V Day looks like it'll easily hang on to the #1 spot... and then plummet precipitously next weekend.

AnonomusBob15

never heard of the top two films, something tells me i'm not missing much.

Giantrobo

Think of "Percy Jackson" as "Clash of the Titans" for kids.

resinrats

??????? Why would Disney shorten a movie's running dates? Seems they'd want it on screens as long as it is making money.

My Other Self

The theater chains are pissed off about Disney's commitment to releasing it on DVD only 3 months after its theatrical window.

resinrats

When does ALice come out? What holiday is 3 months later they'd want it on DVD for?

JumpCutz

Valentines Day 60 million?


Who watches this crap?




Yeah I know.

My Other Self

March 5th.

maingon

Avatar only dropped 3.7% this weekend.

Patman

Pretty much keeping a stranglehold on the 3D theaters. Amazing hold from last week.

Giles

sorry

Daytripper

With "Avatar" grossing 22M again this weekend (just thru Sunday), with a 659.6M gross so far....clearly this movie will hit the 700M mark in the U.S.

Re: "Valentine's Day" and it's box-office take....my heart weeps.

And check out "The Blind Side" still chugging along. Doing 2.2M thru Sunday. With a 244.6M total. This will definitely make 250M or more. Who the hell would have guessed these numbers!??

fumanstan

I saw both Valentine's Day and Dear John this weekend. Valentine's Day wasn't bad, Dear John was pretty dreadful. Both afternoon shows were packed. My heart weeps for continued huge Avatar numbers more then a chick flick doing big business on valentine's day weekend

Joe Molotov

Avatar is still just making ridiculous money.

Daytripper

You can say that again. Check out the 4 day totals below. And oh, look at "Edge of Darkness" sink like a stone. Mel needs a new PR guy and yesterday! And stop being such a dick during press interviews.

1 Valentine's Day $66,855,000 -- 3,665 -- $18,241 $66,855,000 1 Warner Bros./ New Line
2 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief $38,750,000 -- 3,356 -- $11,546 $38,750,000 1 Fox
3 The Wolfman $36,489,150 -- 3,222 -- $11,325 $36,489,150 1 Universal
4 Avatar $30,000,000 +20% 2,685 -315 $11,173 $667,605,653 9 Fox
5 Dear John $18,800,000 -42% 2,975 +6 $6,319 $56,678,000 2 Sony/ Screen Gems
6 The Tooth Fairy $7,700,000 +9% 2,748 -470 $2,802 $43,628,735 4 Fox
7 From Paris with Love $6,820,000 -24% 2,722 0 $2,506 $17,930,000 2 Lionsgate
8 Edge of Darkness $5,695,000 -24% 2,615 -451 $2,178 $37,179,000 3 Warner Bros.
9 Crazy Heart $5,000,000 +28% 1,005 +186 $4,975 $17,526,975 9 Fox Searchlight
10 The Book of Eli $4,415,000 -16% 1,825 -995 $2,419 $88,369,000 5 Warner Bros.
11 When In Rome $4,207,000 -29% 1,980 -331 $1,980 $26,805,000 3 Disney
12 The Blind Side $2,670,000 -2% 1,175 -565 $2,272 $245,136,000 13 Warner Bros.
13 Legion $2,150,000 -44% 1,424 -915 $1,510 $38,252,000 4 Sony/ Screen Gems
14 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel $1,650,000 -27% 1,057 -908 $1,561 $214,265,471 8 Fox

CertifiedTHX

Avatar was number four this weekend, behind Valentine's Day, Percy Jackson, and The Wolfman.

Three days later it's back up to number two.

Almost nine weeks into its run.

--THX

Mr. Cinema

I'd say that's due to the older folks checking out Avatar during the week and avoiding the weekend crowd. The rest of the movies are mainly geared towards the younger crowd and likely plays better on the weekend.

But Avatar has spent 8 weeks in the top 5, which is terrific nowadays. It'll probably be in the top 10 a little while longer.

I noticed The Wolfman made $1.5 mil yesterday. That seems to be fading fast. I'm not surprised, but I was still hoping it would chug along a little bit. But I have a feeling it's going to have a massive 60% drop this weekend and struggle to make $70 mil when all is said and done. Yes, it was disappointing, but it's one of my favorite film characters, so I'd still like it to be somewhat successful.

Box Office Mojo has the budget at $150 mil. It's gonna need some strong video sales...

Fist of Doom

A hundred and fifty million? If true, that's insane. Where the hell did all that money go?

islandclaws

I agree with you here. At least it's holding up better than Percy, but it needs to do decent business this weekend to have a shot at making a decent return. It was flawed, but I'll gladly buy it on BD to see the lengthier cut. I hope it does well enough to get some more good werewolf movies made - there are so few.

Defiant1

Extensive reshoots. The original filming was way back in February 2008 and it originally supposed to come out in November of that year.