kayumanggi Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 (edited) http://www.deadline....midnight-shows/ 7TH UPDATE, SATURDAY PM: Universal’s $70M-budget holdover Dr Suess’ The Lorax is #1 and Disney’s 3D sci-fi epic John Carter finished a feeble #2 considering its whopping $250+M cost. Friday’s box office numbers for director Andrew Stanton’s actioner came in even weaker than predicted but rival studios tell me the pic experienced an unexpected +26% bounce on Saturday. (Disney’s Saturday estimate is lower…) Clearly word of mouth, like the ‘B+’ CinemaScore from audiences, is helping although reviews were decidedly mixed. Only Monday actuals will confirm whether Disney gets its “miracle” and John Carter‘s North American box office opening this weekend has a ’3′ in front of it. But that still means a massive $100+M writeoff for the parent company. How much this dismal opening will affect the new pic’s future fortunes remains to be seen. The studio’s Prince of Persia, for instance, opened similarly weak then made up its domestic deficit overseas. Disney planned a gigantic worldwide day-and-date push for John Carter and says Russia continues ”very strong”, taking in close to $12M as of Saturday AM. “We have some good starts in Europe, with some softer than we hoped. A few Asian territories are strong where this type of film plays well,” an exec tells me. After Friday, the international total was $27.8M with updated numbers coming in the morning when my autopsy report posts. Eddie Murphy has yet another bomb in Paramount’s A Thousand Words which received a ‘B-’ CinemaScore. But audiences gave Open Road’s horror genre film Silent House the dreaded ‘F’ CinemaScore. 1. The Lorax (Universal) Week 2 [3,746 Theaters] Friday $9.8M, Saturday #19.3M, Weekend $42.5M, Cume $125.4M 2. John Carter (Disney) NEW [3,749 Theaters] Friday $9.6M, Saturday $12.5M, Weekend $29M 3. Project X (Warner Bros) Week 2 [3,055 Theaters] Friday $3.9M, Saturday $4.5M, Weekend $11.5M, Cume $40.1M 4. Act Of Valor (Relativity) Week 3 [2,951 Theaters] Friday $2.0M, Saturday $3.1M, Weekend $7M, Cume $56.1M 5. Silent House (LD Entertainment/Open Road) NEW [1,890 Theaters] Friday $2.6M, Saturday $2.7M, Weekend $7M 6. A Thousand Words (Paramount) NEW [2,124 Theaters] Friday $1.9M, Saturday $2.7M, Weekend $6.2M 7. Safe House (Universal) Week 5 [2,144 Theaters] Friday $1.3M, Saturday $2.2M, Weekend $4.8M, Cume $115.6M 8. The Vow (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 5 [2,478 Theaters] Friday $1.2M, Saturday $1.7M, Weekend $4M, Cume $117.6M 9. Journey 2 (Warner Bros) Week 5 [2,525 Theaters] Friday $850K, Saturday $1.8M, Weekend $3.6M, Cume $90.6M 10. This Means War (Fox) Week 4 [1,848 Theaters] Friday $1.2M, Saturday $#1.6M, Weekend $3.6M, Cume $46.7M Edited March 11, 2012 by kayumanggi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 If that 12.5 M Saturday for JOHN CARTER holds, 30 M is possible. Still low, but that's a better number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Expected numbers for JC and Lorax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 So that 26% jump was expected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 If that 12.5 M Saturday for JOHN CARTER holds, 30 M is possible. Still low, but that's a better number.If it has a 3 in front of it it would be a miracle according to Nikki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 So that 26% jump was expected?To me it was. With the low midnights it was clear that it was´ent frontloaded and sat was always going to increase IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Lorax is a beast. No words for JC. 26m-30m what's the difference ? Still not good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 These Sat bumps for Lorax are crazy. Actually a good bump for JC too, but like Ecstasy said, what does it really matter at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 expected numbers for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Stellar bump for The Lorax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I really didn't expect Lorax to increase that much. I was thinking it would come in under 40m for the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I think it might be overestimated though, she could be projecting from her original 9.8m Friday numbers, but BOM has Friday at 9.6m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Yeah, that Saturday jump is insane. THE LORAX's second weekend number is what many predicted for its OW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Decent increase for JC. If that Saturday number holds and if it drops ~35%, it should get 30-31M weekend, exactly what I was expecting.Excellent jump for Lorax. 40M+ weekend for sure.Journey 2 may still crawl to 100M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedarpoint1111 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Very good for Lorax. 200m is all but assured now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Decent increase for JC. If that Saturday number holds and if it drops ~35%, it should get 30-31M weekend, exactly what I was expecting.Excellent jump for Lorax. 40M+ weekend for sure.Journey 2 may still crawl to 100M.Your estimate was pretty close. Didn't you see a 20-25% increase for JC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Lorax may very well be the most surprising 200M-grosser in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Your estimate was pretty close. Didn't you see a 20-25% increase for JC?My initial prediction was....10M Friday12M Saturday8M SundaySo it has been following it pretty well so far..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 BTW nice avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 BTW nice avatar! Thanks! That's my girl Dejah Thoris aka Pincess of Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
