Weekend Estimates New Years Eve - 13.7M; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 0.3M (PTA 75,184 in 4 theaters)

[tracygee]

From Gitesh. A more readable version here.

Weekend Box Office (December 9 - 11, 2011)

# Title Dec 9 - 11 Dec 2 - 4 % Chg. Theaters Weeks AVG Cumulative Distributor 1 New Year's Eve $ 13,705,000 3,505 1 $ 3,910 $ 13,705,000 Warner Bros. 2 The Sitter 10,000,000 2,750 1 3,636 10,000,000 Fox 3 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 7,900,000 16,535,465 -52.2 3,604 4 2,192 259,500,000 Summit 4 The Muppets 7,073,000 11,082,755 -36.2 3,328 3 2,125 65,837,000 Disney 5 Arthur Christmas 6,600,000 7,401,736 -10.8 3,272 3 2,017 33,490,000 Sony 6 Hugo 6,125,000 7,557,709 -19.0 2,608 3 2,349 33,489,000 Paramount 7 The Descendants 4,385,000 4,789,741 -8.5 876 4 5,006 23,635,000 Fox Searchlight 8 Happy Feet Two 3,750,000 5,919,390 -36.6 2,840 4 1,320 56,850,000 Warner Bros. 9 Jack and Jill 3,200,000 5,356,973 -40.3 2,787 5 1,148 68,642,000 Sony 10 Immortals 2,442,000 4,464,889 -45.3 2,299 5 1,062 79,850,000 Relativity Top 5 $ 45,278,000 $ 48,497,055 -6.6 Top 10 65,180,000 70,104,824 -7.0 Top 10 vs. 2010 65,180,000 81,560,957 -20.1 Top 10 vs. 2009 65,180,000 82,656,512 -21.1 Below the Top 10: Tower Heist 2,379,000 3,953,925 -39.8 2,069 6 1,150 74,143,000 Universal Puss in Boots 1,655,000 3,042,241 -45.6 1,843 7 898 141,900,000 Paramount J. Edgar 1,200,000 2,308,411 -48.0 1,555 5 772 34,773,000 Warner Bros. My Week With Marilyn 784,000 1,179,545 -33.5 244 3 3,213 5,122,000 Weinstein Co. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 464,000 985,378 -52.9 470 6 987 33,975,000 Warner Bros. In Time 325,000 555,102 -41.5 354 7 918 36,384,000 Fox Young Adult 320,000 8 1 40,000 320,000 Paramount Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 301,000 4 1 75,250 301,000 Focus The Artist 292,000 211,265 38.2 16 3 18,250 886,000 Weinstein Co. Shame 276,000 349,519 -21.0 21 2 13,143 774,000 Fox Searchlight A Dangerous Method 80,125 119,574 -33.0 4 3 20,031 539,000 Sony Classics

[rainbowtrout]

So what was the deal with The Muppets having some sort of liberal political slant/agenda? MSNBC spent a ton of time talking about the villain being some evil "big oil" guy and this big discussion was a response to some comment on Fox News? The odd thing was the original comment on Fox couldn't have taken 1/10th of the time this long discussion on MNSBC did. Who the heck wants politics with the Muppets? I haven't seen the movie (just can't get past the wrong voices), so I have no clue what's going on. But if you have Fox saying it's biased and that's bad and MSNBC says it's biased and that's great, I can see why the pool of moviegoers is smaller.

[rainbowtrout]

How bad is the BD number compared to NM?

[tracygee]

How bad is the BD number compared to NM?

Roughly the same. NM did $7.96 its fourth weekend.

[Fake]

Decent for BD1. I knew Nikki was overestimating when she said 10M

[Fake]

And passing NM is looking very difficult right now.

[kayumanggi]

I think even 290 M is 50/50.

[John Marston]

What's the big deal with BD1 not passing 300m? It's doing well for a fourth installment and the first part of a two parter. It seems more people are concerned with this not passing 300m than DH1 last year

[AniNate]

So what was the deal with The Muppets having some sort of liberal political slant/agenda? MSNBC spent a ton of time talking about the villain being some evil "big oil" guy and this big discussion was a response to some comment on Fox News? The odd thing was the original comment on Fox couldn't have taken 1/10th of the time this long discussion on MNSBC did. Who the heck wants politics with the Muppets? I haven't seen the movie (just can't get past the wrong voices), so I have no clue what's going on. But if you have Fox saying it's biased and that's bad and MSNBC says it's biased and that's great, I can see why the pool of moviegoers is smaller.

The "big oil" guy is just a caricature, no different from any other "evil suit" character you'd see on a Nickelodeon cartoon. It's all a bunch of BS.

[Fake]

What's the big deal with BD1 not passing 300m? It's doing well for a fourth installment and the first part of a two parter. It seems more people are concerned with this not passing 300m than DH1 last year

This is a BO forum. Passing major landmarks is a big deal, for every film.

[ecstasy]

From Gitesh. A more readable version here.

Weekend Box Office (December 9 - 11, 2011)

# Title Dec 9 - 11 Dec 2 - 4 % Chg. Theaters Weeks AVG Cumulative Distributor 1 New Year's Eve $ 13,705,000 3,505 1 $ 3,910 $ 13,705,000 Warner Bros. 2 The Sitter 10,000,000 2,750 1 3,636 10,000,000 Fox 3 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 7,900,000 16,535,465 -52.2 3,604 4 2,192 259,500,000 Summit 4 The Muppets 7,073,000 11,082,755 -36.2 3,328 3 2,125 65,837,000 Disney 5 Arthur Christmas 6,600,000 7,401,736 -10.8 3,272 3 2,017 33,490,000 Sony 6 Hugo 6,125,000 7,557,709 -19.0 2,608 3 2,349 33,489,000 Paramount 7 The Descendants 4,385,000 4,789,741 -8.5 876 4 5,006 23,635,000 Fox Searchlight 8 Happy Feet Two 3,750,000 5,919,390 -36.6 2,840 4 1,320 56,850,000 Warner Bros. 9 Jack and Jill 3,200,000 5,356,973 -40.3 2,787 5 1,148 68,642,000 Sony 10 Immortals 2,442,000 4,464,889 -45.3 2,299 5 1,062 79,850,000 Relativity Top 5 $ 45,278,000 $ 48,497,055 -6.6 Top 10 65,180,000 70,104,824 -7.0 Top 10 vs. 2010 65,180,000 81,560,957 -20.1 Top 10 vs. 2009 65,180,000 82,656,512 -21.1 Below the Top 10: Tower Heist 2,379,000 3,953,925 -39.8 2,069 6 1,150 74,143,000 Universal Puss in Boots 1,655,000 3,042,241 -45.6 1,843 7 898 141,900,000 Paramount J. Edgar 1,200,000 2,308,411 -48.0 1,555 5 772 34,773,000 Warner Bros. My Week With Marilyn 784,000 1,179,545 -33.5 244 3 3,213 5,122,000 Weinstein Co. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 464,000 985,378 -52.9 470 6 987 33,975,000 Warner Bros. In Time 325,000 555,102 -41.5 354 7 918 36,384,000 Fox Young Adult 320,000 8 1 40,000 320,000 Paramount Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 301,000 4 1 75,250 301,000 Focus The Artist 292,000 211,265 38.2 16 3 18,250 886,000 Weinstein Co. Shame 276,000 349,519 -21.0 21 2 13,143 774,000 Fox Searchlight A Dangerous Method 80,125 119,574 -33.0 4 3 20,031 539,000 Sony Classics

# Title Dec 9 - 11 Dec 2 - 4 % Chg. Theaters Weeks AVG Cumulative Distributor

1 New Year's Eve $ 13,705,000 3,505 1 $ 3,910 $ 13,705,000 Warner Bros.

2 The Sitter 10,000,000 2,750 1 3,636 10,000,000 Fox

3 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 7,900,000 16,535,465 -52.2 3,604 4 2,192 259,500,000 Summit

4 The Muppets 7,073,000 11,082,755 -36.2 3,328 3 2,125 65,837,000 Disney

5 Arthur Christmas 6,600,000 7,401,736 -10.8 3,272 3 2,017 33,490,000 Sony

6 Hugo 6,125,000 7,557,709 -19.0 2,608 3 2,349 33,489,000 Paramount

7 The Descendants 4,385,000 4,789,741 -8.5 876 4 5,006 23,635,000 Fox Searchlight

8 Happy Feet Two 3,750,000 5,919,390 -36.6 2,840 4 1,320 56,850,000 Warner Bros.

9 Jack and Jill 3,200,000 5,356,973 -40.3 2,787 5 1,148 68,642,000 Sony

10 Immortals 2,442,000 4,464,889 -45.3 2,299 5 1,062 79,850,000 Relativity

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[AniNate]

This was apparently the least attended weekend in the last three years. Pathetic.

[CoolioD1]

Taylor? Really?

[baumer]

This is a BO forum. Passing major landmarks is a big deal, for every film.

Yea, but the only one's making a big deal about it is us. I don't think it was realistic to have it go past 300 mill. I can't recall a fourth film in a series being the biggest film of the four films, especially when there is one more part to come. And Indy doesn't count as it came out 20 years after the original.

[mattmav45]

Blame the studios.Releasing 3 family movies on Thanksgiving weekend, and then following up with these two movies is a complete joke. What is out right now that is really enticing people to go to the movies?As I've been saying, the slump is the studios' fault. They keep releasing pure shit and audiences will continue to stay away.

[John Marston]

It would have been smart to release Arthur Christmas this weekend. Or maybe Disney could have released Real Steel over Thanksgiving and The Muppets now. Oh well

[Ariadne]

The films coming out this holiday season have really produced a lot of ho hum buzz. Alvin will probably do well because the first two were loved by kids. But SH2, it just seems like a prime candidate to drop. I know it's just me but i really don't get the appeal of the first. I think this holiday season might really be soft.

+1 Wish we could like mod posts. SH was promising but there were a lot of flaws with the movie. The only holiday movie I'm looking forward to is GWTDT and even then I'm not really excited.I think this whole holiday period will be somewhat disappointing.

[Claire of Themyscira]

I loved NYE. Wish it did triple that.

[pretty reckless]

is that good for young adult?

[CJohn]

Solid. Is real test will be next weekend, when the movie expands into over 1000 theaters.