RichC2

Weekend Estimates:
1 N How to Train Your Dragon P/DW $43,300,000 - 4,055 - $10,678 $43,300,000 $165 1
2 1 Alice in Wonderland (2010) BV $17,300,000 -49.4% 3,384 -355 $5,112 $293,100,000 $200 4
3 N Hot Tub Time Machine MGM $13,650,000 - 2,754 - $4,956 $13,650,000 $36 1
4 3 The Bounty Hunter Sony $12,400,000 -40.1% 3,074 - $4,034 $38,812,000 $40 2
5 2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fox $10,000,000 -54.8% 3,083 +6 $3,244 $35,776,000 $15 2
6 6 She's Out of My League Par. $3,526,000 -39.2% 2,432 -526 $1,450 $25,601,000 $20 3
7 5 Green Zone Uni. $3,350,000 -45.2% 2,557 -447 $1,310 $30,440,000 $100 3
8 7 Shutter Island Par. $3,175,000 -33.0% 2,123 -581 $1,496 $120,600,000 $80 6
9 4 Repo Men Uni. $3,048,000 -50.2% 2,519 -2 $1,210 $11,342,000 $32 2
10 9 Our Family Wedding FoxS $2,200,000 -41.2% 1,132 -477 $1,943 $16,785,000 - 3
11 8 Avatar Fox $2,015,000 -50.0% 930 -306 $2,167 $740,408,000 - 15
12 10 Remember Me Sum. $1,900,000 -41.6% 1,935 -280 $982 $17,001,000 $16 3

14 30 Greenberg Focus $1,058,000 +795.5% 181 +178 $5,845 $1,237,000 - 2
15 N Chloe SPC $1,002,000 - 350 - $2,863 $1,002,000 $15 1
22 23 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo MBox $352,000 +4.9% 44 +10 $8,000 $840,000 $13 2
- N Waking Sleeping Beauty BV $33,100 - 5 - $6,620 $33,100 - 1
- N Lbs. Truly $10,900 - 1 - $10,900 $10,900 - 1

Supermallet

Great to see How To Train Your Dragon doing so well. Excellent film.

The Antipodean

Wow, kind of thought Hot Tub Time Machine would do better.

cranberries fan

What would make you think it's numbers would be better? " 3-D is force right now".

movieguru

Avatar has now dropped out of the top 10. With the dvd planned for release on April 22, it looks like it may hit $750 million or a little more if it's not pulled after the dvd release.

RichC2

The fact it's still pulling $2k per screen probably has a few chains kicking themselves for pulling it

Patman

I wonder if it'll really be able to squeeze out that $10 million to reach the $750 million mark? Perhaps it'll still stay in 2nd run theaters as well, even with the release of the DVD/BD in late April.

Thrush

3-d is going to ruin movies for the next decade.

Hokeyboy

Mountain Biker

Adam Tyner

I wonder if it's the Snakes on a Plane effect where the studio generates an inhuman amount of online buzz but waits another 8 months before bothering to release the movie in theaters.

Shap

I'm leaning towards this. I remember being excited when I first saw the trailer many months ago. But then I kept seeing it on every. site. I. visited for months on end. It was promotion overkill and it really turned me off on seeing it. I'm going to wait for the DVD.

cpgator

Green Zone appears to be a rather huge bomb.

fumanstan

Weird, I didn't even know there was a lot of online hype for Hot Tub Time Machine at all.

GreenVulture

There was an insane amount of hype on TV for HTTM. I think for the past 3 weeks, there was not one day where I didn't see a commercial for the movie multiple times, regardless of the channel I was watching. Seriously, the only time I didn't see an ad was when I was watching a pay cable channel like HBO or Showtime.

DonTHX1378

Dragon didn't do as well at they thought it was going to do. Many thought it would score at least $60 million over the weekend. I see a big drop next weekend because when Clash opens, how many Reel 3D screens is it going to lose to it.

resinrats

There really isn't any other kids movies out so Dragon should do fine. I can't see parents taking little kids to Titans.

thelwig14

This is a good thing...shaky cam in any circumstance needs to go away forever.

RichC2

Actuals:

1 N How to Train Your Dragon P/DW $43,732,319 - 4,055 - $10,785 $43,732,319 $165 1
2 1 Alice in Wonderland (2010) BV $17,707,858 -48.2% 3,384 -355 $5,233 $293,534,935 $200 4
3 N Hot Tub Time Machine MGM $14,020,502 - 2,754 - $5,091 $14,020,502 $36 1
4 3 The Bounty Hunter Sony $12,006,731 -42.0% 3,074 - $3,906 $38,418,433 $40 2
5 2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fox $10,121,961 -54.3% 3,083 +6 $3,283 $35,898,390 $15 2
6 6 She's Out of My League Par. $3,512,218 -39.5% 2,432 -526 $1,444 $25,586,560 $20 3
7 5 Green Zone Uni. $3,384,480 -44.6% 2,564 -440 $1,320 $30,475,005 $100 3
8 7 Shutter Island Par. $3,187,487 -32.7% 2,123 -581 $1,501 $120,612,552 $80 6
9 4 Repo Men Uni. $3,010,515 -50.9% 2,519 -2 $1,195 $11,304,730 $32 2
10 9 Our Family Wedding FoxS $2,352,539 -37.1% 1,132 -477 $2,078 $16,938,462 - 3
11 8 Avatar Fox $2,047,475 -49.2% 930 -306 $2,202 $740,440,529 - 15
12 10 Remember Me Sum. $1,935,640 -40.5% 1,935 -280 $1,000 $17,036,782 $16 3
13 11 The Ghost Writer Sum. $1,696,784 -17.8% 819 - $2,072 $9,239,079 $45 6
14 30 Greenberg Focus $1,021,151 +764.3% 181 +178 $5,642 $1,200,139 - 2
15 N Chloe SPC $1,002,000 - 350 - $2,863 $1,002,000 $15 1

The studio won't read that, they'll read "No more war politics!" -- Bourne 2 and 3 being huge successes have saved a spot for Shaky cam.

Yeti4623

I don't mind smooth handheld cam. The Mist for example. The shutter effect, I think it's called, is worse than shaky cam. It's weird, strange camera movements during action scenes. I've seen it in movies like Gladiator, Dawn of the Dead and Mr. Brooks. Those movies come to mind right now.