>Now 14 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is still running 27% ahead of last year’s dreadful pace, and the year-to-date total is still fully 15% ahead of the comparable period’s average for the last several years. Updated final domestic gross estimates are available below for recent releases, with The Hunger Games now standing at an estimated $379 million in North America.
(millions) 4yr vs vs
Week #14 $142 $153 $175 +24% +14%
Year to Date $2071 $2288 $2624
+27% +15%Studio estimates were unusually accurate this weekend. The third weekend of The Hunger Games came in at $33.112 million, only 1.2% below the $33.5 million studio estimate released Sunday morning. American Reunion came in at $21.514 million for its opening weekend, 0.1% above the $21.5 million studio estimate. And Titanic (3D) delivered $17.285 million in its actual Friday-Sunday run, only 0.4% below the $17.35 million studio estimate Sunday morning.
Updated Estimates of Final Grosses
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax $214 million (94 percentile)
21 Jump Street $136 million (86 percentile)
Wrath of the Titans $88 million (73 percentile)
John Carter $70 million (67 percentile)
Act of Valor $71 million (67 percentile)
Titanic (3D) $62 million (63 percentile)
Project X $55 million (59 percentile)
Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds $35 million (42 percentile)
A Thousand Words $17 million (17 percentile)
Silent House $11 million (8 percentile)
Weekend Predictions for April 13-15 should be posted late Wednesday.
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