Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
1. More good news for Pixar and Disney. As expected, Toy Story 3 tops the North American box office for the 2nd straight week. Thanks to higher 3D ticket prices and a wide release into 4,028 theaters, the toon with massive appeal did $18.5M Friday, only a 56% drop following its monster opening a week ago. It's vital to Hollywood summer grosses that so many families are having a great experience at the cineplex because of this pic. Estimates are for a $62M weekend and cume of $230M by Sunday . "To infinity ... and beyond!"
2. Sony Pictures' Grown Ups continues Adam Sandler's near-perfect string of $40M weekend comedy openings for a strong 2nd place finish with $14.5M Friday from 3,434 locations. "Adam has been one of the most consistently performing summer box office draws for over a decade," one Sony exec emailed me. (But only so long as his raunchy pictures contain fart jokes.) Tracking had been strong, but even the studio didn't expect this poorly reviewed frolic to pass Click's $14.4M Friday. That gives the pic a $40M weekend even if it's flat on Saturday -- Click dropped -1% -- but the smart bet is on Grown-Ups going higher because of the marketable ensemble cast including Kevin James. Sony is claiming a negative cost of only $70M. How much do bathing suits cost anyway? 3. Twentieth Century Fox's Knight And Day now sits in 3rd place with a slightly better-than-expected estimate of $19M for the 3-day weekend and $27M for its 5-day cume from 3,098 theaters. No one can agree on what the pic took in Friday with Fox claiming a low of $6.1M and other studios $6.7M to $7.0M. Spoiler:
4. Karate Kid (Sony) Week 3 [3,740 Theaters] Friday $4.5M, Estimated Weekend $15M, Estimated Cume $135M 5. The A-Team (Fox) Week 3 [3,242 Theaters] Friday $1.7M, Estimated Weekend $5.5M, Estimated Cume $62.3M 6. Shrek Forever After (DWA/Par) Week 6 [2,340 Theaters] Friday $1.0M, Estimated Weekend $3.5M, Estimated Cume $229.9M 7. Prince of Persia (Disney) Week 5 [1,851 Theaters] Friday $975K, estimated Weekend $3.2M, Estimated Cume $86.6M 8. Get Him To The Greek (Universal) Week 4 [2,188 Theaters] Friday $975K, Estimated Cume $3.0M, Estimated Cume $54.5M 9. Killers (Lionsgate) Week 4 [2,271 Theaters] Friday $675K, Estimated Weekend $2.0M, Estimated Cume $44.0M 10. Jonah Hex (Warner Bros) Week 2 [2,825 Theaters] Friday $500K (-74%), Estimated Weekend $1.5M, Estimated Cume $9.0M Spoiler:
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
'Hex' this year's 'Wild Wild West'
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Originally Posted by Giles
(Post 10233576)
'Hex' this year's 'Wild Wild West'
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Fox can spin it all they want Knight and Day is considered a flop with those numbers and star power.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Originally Posted by d2cheer
(Post 10233593)
Fox can spin it all they want Knight and Day is considered a flop with those numbers and star power.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
I'm surprised Knight and Day isn't doing better. They actually made it look decent in the trailers. Now, I've not seen it, but I'd like to.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
I thought K&D was fun, if not a bit too lightweight in some areas. And I always loathe Diaz. Of course, I also saw it over a month ago with tons of unfinished FX. I wonder how the finished product plays.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
^ I actually thought Knight and DAy was pure goofy popcorn fodder - and on the second largest screen at Mazza it was an almost sell out crowd. I overheard someone say "well at least it was better than 'Killers'' - a film I personally don't and wont ever see - Ashton really irks me to no avail.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
What's with the spoilers there?
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Diaz's star power is all smoke & mirrors. Tom Cruise is last decade's action hero.
Knight & Day with Matt Damon and Sandra Bullock would've been more fun and #1. |
Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Originally Posted by GreenVulture
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What's with the spoilers there?
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Just seemed odd to insert commentary in the middle of the box office figures.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Originally Posted by Giles
(Post 10233576)
'Hex' this year's 'Wild Wild West'
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Knight & Day is geared towards adults, which is rare these days. Maybe it'll have some decent legs. If it doesn't, Fox's rough Summer continues. They better hope Predators is a big hit. Date Night is currently their biggest grosser at $97 million.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Originally Posted by GreenVulture
(Post 10233866)
Just seemed odd to insert commentary in the middle of the box office figures.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
I'd have to know what DHD stands for before I can tell you.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
"#1 in Jamaica"
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
The Hex #s can only mean one thing: Megan Fox will be in Playboy soon! :thumbsup:
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
I cannot believe Grown Ups did better than Knight and Day. Aside from the people involved, Grown Ups looked 100% not funny (and was 100% not funny), while Knight and Day at least looked like fun.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Originally Posted by GreenVulture
(Post 10233927)
I'd have to know what DHD stands for before I can tell you.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Originally Posted by Suprmallet
(Post 10233970)
I cannot believe Grown Ups did better than Knight and Day. Aside from the people involved, Grown Ups looked 100% not funny (and was 100% not funny), while Knight and Day at least looked like fun.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Originally Posted by Suprmallet
(Post 10233970)
I cannot believe Grown Ups did better than Knight and Day.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema
(Post 10233870)
Probably closer to "The Avengers", which was another big budget WB flick with a good cast.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
Originally Posted by Giles
(Post 10234434)
but wasn't that a case of where WB did some in house pruning... er I mean editing and resulted in a giant hacked up mess.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (6/25-6/27): Hex is an amazing failure
I'm not getting all the Knight and Day hate. It was obviously not high art, but it was a very fun ride for a couple of hours. The cast was likable and the story was pretty much non-stop over-the-top action, none of which was really meant to be taken seriously. If anything, it was kind of making fun of itself along the way.
My wife and I saw it, and both had a good time (and it looked to me like the rest of the near-sell-out crowd did, as well). |
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