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The Hunger Games grossed $18.85 million Friday and is headed for $62 million in its second weekend, down 59% from the massive opening weekend. If the second weekend number holds, The Hunger Games will total about $252 million through its first 10 days. Comparing it to movies with similar massive opening weekends, the 10-day total for The Hunger Games will lag The Dark Knight ($313.8 million 10-day) but will be pacing ahead of Spider-Man 3 ($240.2 million 10-day), Twilight Saga: New Moon ($230.9 million 10-day) and Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 ($220.8 million 10-day). Our estimated final domestic for The Hunger Games is holding at $397 million.
Wrath of the Titans from Warner Brothers opened with $12.4 million Friday for an estimated $33 million for Friday-Sunday, missing the $39.5 million ShowBuzzDaily forecast and almost half the $61.2 million opening for Clash of the Titans April 2-4, 2010. As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on me…. The crticially savaged sequel (only 25% positive reviews at RottenTomatoes) should average $9,300 this weekend at 3,545 theaters. Wrath of the Titans is headed for a preliminary $88 million total domestic (compared to the $163.2 million domestic for Clash of the Titans two years ago).
In case you missed them, click to see this week’s Weekend Predictions
(millions) Showbuzz Early FRI Domestic
Forecast Proj. Actual Final
The Hunger Games (LG) [$70.5] $62.0 $18.9 $397
Wrath of the Titans (WB) [$39.5] $33.0 $12.4 $ 88
Mirror Mirror (Rel) [$24.0] $20.5 $ 5.9 $ 55
21 Jump Street (Sony) [$12.0] $14.3 $ 4.7 $131
The Lorax (Uni) [$ 8.0] $ 7.8 $ 2.0 $213
John Carter (Dis) [$ 2.2] $ 1.9 $ 0.5 $ 72
Act of Valor (Rel) [$ 1.2] $ 1.0 $ 0.3 $ 71
A Thousand Words (Par) [$ 1.1] $ 0.9 $ 0.5 $ 16
Salmon Fishing Yemen (CBS)[$1.4] $ 1.3 $ 0.3 —
October Baby (5&2) [$ 1.0] $ 0.8 $ 0.2 —
Total Box Office Volume
The Top 12 Films this weekend are looking like a solid $146 million total Friday-Sunday, up 28% from the same calendar weekend last year and up 14% from the more typical volume for this weekend in other years.
Top 12 Films: Weekend #13
2012 $146 Wrath of the Titans $33, Mirror Mirror $20.5
2011 $114 Hop $37.5, Source Code $15, Insidious $13
2010 $169 Clash of the Titans $61, TP Why Did I Married $29
2009 $149 Fast & Furious $71, Adventureland $6
2008 $ 80 Nim’s Island $13, Leatherheads $13, The Ruins $8
2008-11
Avg $128
Check back tomorrow for updated weekend figures and revised estimates for domestic final grosses.
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