DHD Saturday: 16.4 M THE VOW | 16.5 M SAFE HOUSE | 12.4 M JOURNEY ll | 8.7 M SW l | 5.5 M CHRONICLE

[CJohn]

Safe House did 39.3M over the weekend. It is a shame it didn't pass the 40M.

[CJohn]

WB's JOURNEY 2 surged to $12 mil on Saturday after just $6 mill on Friday, finishing #3 with $27.3 mil.

[CJohn]

SAFE HOUSE's $39.3 mil is Denzel's 2nd best debut ever, averaging $12,610 per theatre.

Both from ERC.

[Hiccup]

Warner Brothers is probably jumping with joy!

[rockNrollaDIM]

WOW WOW WOWAwesome jump for JOURNEYAmazing for VOW and SAFE HOUSE. Woooo wooooo

Edited February 12, 2012 by rockNrollaDIM

[The Hand of Illumination]

It's 1230...

[jaysonvd]

Hey guys! Im bee93 from box office mojo, ive finally moved here to the BOT family! But anyways, i know its early but if this continues, does anyone else think 2012 can back up there in terms of attendance?

[ecstasy]

The Vow gets a Wow but Safe House should get one too.Excellent counter programming wasn't far behind in the opening total. Rated R to boot.

[fmpro]

Hey guys! Im bee93 from box office mojo, ive finally moved here to the BOT family! But anyways, i know its early but if this continues, does anyone else think 2012 can back up there in terms of attendance?

Welcome back...I´m almost 100% that it will.. Huge year comming up

[rockNrollaDIM]

I bet Fox are very happy to have pushed back This Means War a little now...

[fmpro]

I bet Fox are very happy to have pushed back This Means War a little now...

No doubt about that

[MovieGuyKyle16]

I know i'm not the first to say it but SERIOUSLY?? Where were all these people thanksgiving weekend and last few weeks of December??

[SuperBatman]

Damn I am loving this year so far.Good For The Vow Safe House and Even Journey.

[Shawn Robbins]

Just an incredible weekend. No other way to put it. The 2012 Revival continues!(Hopefully that doesn't jinx it...)

[Shawn Robbins]

I know i'm not the first to say it but SERIOUSLY?? Where were all these people thanksgiving weekend and last few weeks of December??

Its a crazy theory, but I firmly believe this kind of thing is somewhat cyclic. That's a major reason I've been expecting 2012 to alleviate some of the slump, on top of the fact that it has some arguably more appealing films yet to come than 2010 and 2011 offered.

[Neo]

I could see the next 2 weeks take a fall, will see many 'worst attended years in decades.' Don't worry March 2 will pick things up again

[fishstick]

I bet Fox are very happy to have pushed back This Means War a little now...

That movie is apparently terrible.

[fmpro]

That movie is apparently terrible.

Says who??

[Captain Craig]

But how many other re-releases do better than a 20-25 mill opening weekend?

In fact, TPM is doing better than Beauty and the Beast: http://boxofficemojo...dthebeast3d.htm

It will do about 50 mill and that is fine for a film that has been on DVD, Blue Ray and plays on Spike TV every two months or so.

Star Wars isn't "like" other franchises. Doing "what was achieved of others" is not even the low bar. Star Wars is it's own beast with it's own set of standards. Performing "like the others" is not an achievement.

[Hiccup]

I could see the next 2 weeks take a fall, will see many 'worst attended years in decades.' Don't worry March 2 will pick things up again

I agree with the exception of Act of Valor. I wouldn't be surprised if all next weeks openers fall under 25M.