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Gary Ross should probably think twice before leaving THE HUNGER GAMES.
THE HUNGER GAMES: Because of the Good Friday holiday, Friday numbers were unusually strong this week and Saturday’s will appear unusually weak. That could mean a 3rd weekend of around $33M for Hunger Games (Lionsgate/Summit) (depending on the Easter Sunday drop), which could make it the 7th or 8th highest 3rd weekend of all time. It could also reach $300M by the end of Sunday, its 17th day in release, which would put it in a tie with Revenge of the Sith as the 6th fastest picture ever to reach that level. On its current trajectory of $350-375M, Hunger Games will also outgross every Twilight movie (that will happen very soon, at $300.6M), and all the Harry Potters except Deathly Hallows Part 2.
OPENINGS: AMERICAN REUNION (Universal) should get to around $22-25M for the weekend, which is decent enough for a franchise that was direct-to-video just recently. Similarly, TITANIC 3D (Paramount), 15 years old and with a running time over 3 hours, looks OK with a $17-20M weekend, a bit less than the 3D return of The Phantom Menace a few weeks ago.
HOLDOVERS: The 2d weekend fall for WRATH OF THE TITANS (Warner Bros) looks be around the same as the 57% fall for Clash of the Titans 2 years ago. MIRROR MIRROR (Relativity) is holding better, albeit at lower numbers, and may only go down 30-35% for the weekend. SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (CBS) added some theatres, but will only reach around a $2K per-theatre average.
LIMITED RELEASE: Whit Stillman’s extremely quirky DAMSELS IN DISTRESS (Sony Classics) should have a classy $20K average in 4 theatres. BULLY (Weinstein Company) added a theatre for its final pre-PG-13 weekend, and should have around a $17.5K average in 6.
NEXT WEEKEND: CABIN IN THE WOODS (Lionsgate) finally arrives, after a great deal of time on the shelf and a change in distributors. Also hitting screens are the sci-fi action flick LOCKOUT (Open Road), and THE THREE STOOGES (20th), which mercifully means an end to its dreadful trailers and TV promos.
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