Gopher Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) << PREVIOUS JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012 Rank* Title Friday 8/17 (Estimates) Saturday 8/18 Sunday 8/19 Monday 8/20 1 THE EXPENDABLES 2 Lionsgate 3,316 $10,500,000 -- / $3,166 $10,500,000 / 1 N/A N/A N/A 2 THE BOURNE LEGACY Universal 3,753 $5,300,000 +73.6% / $1,412 $57,861,000 / 8 N/A N/A N/A 3 PARANORMAN Focus Features 3,429 $4,560,000 -- / $1,330 $4,560,000 / 1 N/A N/A N/A 4 SPARKLE (2012) TriStar 2,244 $4,550,000 -- / $2,028 $4,550,000 / 1 N/A N/A N/A 5 THE CAMPAIGN Warner Bros. 3,255 $4,175,000 +69.5% / $1,283 $42,484,000 / 8 N/A N/A N/A 6 THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN Buena Vista 2,598 $3,403,000 +72.4% / $1,310 $7,681,000 / 3 N/A N/A N/A 7 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Warner Bros. 3,157 $3,125,000 +53.8% / $990 $401,901,000 / 29 N/A N/A N/A 8 HOPE SPRINGS Sony / Columbia 2,361 $2,750,000 +76.6% / $1,165 $28,702,000 / 10 N/A N/A N/A 9 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS Fox 2,737 $1,150,000 +27.7% / $420 $36,062,000 / 15 N/A N/A N/A 10 TOTAL RECALL (2012) Sony / Columbia 2,434 $1,050,000 +15.7% / $431 $49,332,000 / 15 N/A N/A N/A 11 ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT Fox 2,274 $820,000 +12.3% / $361 $148,006,000 / 36 N/A N/A N/A - BRAVE Buena Vista 641 $220,000 -3% / $343 $228,526,000 / 57 N/A N/A N/A - BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD Fox Searchlight 236 $150,000 +55.5% / $636 $7,698,000 / 52 N/A N/A N/A - THE WATCH Fox 513 $121,000 -48.2% / $236 $32,681,000 / 22 N/A N/A N/A - THE INTOUCHABLES (U.S.-ONLY) Weinstein Company 194 $90,000 +64.1% / $464 $6,622,000 / 85 N/A N/A N/A - RUBY SPARKS Fox Searchlight 218 $83,000 +41.6% / $381 $1,578,000 / 24 N/A N/A N/A - - N/A N/A N/A N/A << PREVIOUS Edited August 18, 2012 by Gopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Paranorman! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 http://www.hollywood...stallone-363825 "Testosterone-fueled The Expendables 2 -- featuring a who's who of action stars -- might not be able to match the $34.8 million debut of the first film, but it's still widely expected to win the weekend crown and bump The Bourne Legacy from the top spot. By early Friday evening, Expendables 2 was trailing the first Expendables, which opened on the same weekend in 2010 and quickly transformed into a sleeper hit after grossing $13.3 million on its first Friday." TE2: 11/29 Paranorman: 17-18 Sparkle: 16+ That bold part is what worries me. Thanks for making a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bballman24 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 So TBL might actually be #4 this weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 So TBL might actually be #4 this weekend?Well it could have a smaller than expected drop and remain at #2. That would mean that Variety was right and it did cut into Ex2 box office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Yay for stop-motion! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Yikes Expendables, maybe Dexter of Suburbia's under 60m club will come true. A lot of people were giving him shit for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Great for ParaNorman if it holds up. Would fall right in line with my prediction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wboxoffice Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) Hmmm I'm actually disappointed in all these early numbers!For EXP2, it's horrible considering its budget is 100 million.For Sparkle, considering that it's playing in about 1,200 less theaters than Paranorman and EXP2, and the fact that its budget is only 14 million, this is a solid debut even though I'm still hoping for an increase.For Paranorman, does anyone know the budget? For the huge amount of theaters it's playing in, I think it's a good enough number. But Sparkle for example would have a much higher per screen average than Paranorman if all these numbers hold.But wow @ EXP2, I'm surprised that it might not even match the first movie, especially since there are more stars in this one... anyways we'll see what happens to all these numbers as further updates arrive. Hopefully they all go up! Edited August 18, 2012 by wboxoffice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 The 16+ for Sparkle is so vague, here's hoping it ends up being 20+ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accursed Arachnid!™ Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I had bought into an increase for TE2 earlier this year, but recently realized that the first one survived more on the novelty of all these aging action stars together than the fact that it was a good film. And it was good, just not good enough to elevate it beyond it's inherent gimmick-ness. A drop was most likely inevitable, so I'm not shocked by word that it is trailing TE on Friday evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 Despite the fact that eight movies should break 10m this weekend, this is the fourth weekend in a row that will be down double digits percent from last year. The slump continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) I don't understand why people are suprised with these numbers. TE2 was getting overestimated a lot on this forum. Edited August 18, 2012 by Jessie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I don't understand why people are suprised with these numbers.Paranorman and Sparkle are pretty much in line with expectations. People just expected waaay too much from TE2, the 50m and 60m+ OW expectations started popping up everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 The shayhiri curse has been lifted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Paranorman and Sparkle are pretty much in line with expectations. People just expected waaay too much from TE2, the 50m and 60m+ OW expectations started popping up everywhere.When I said numbers, I meant expendable numbers. I think my 27 OW prediction could come close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenedictL11 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 this is the fourth weekend in a row that will be down double digits percent from last year. The slump continues. Actually, even if TE2 opens to only Total Recall numbers, this weekend will ACTUALLY be up from last year. Last year's highest grosser was at $20M and the top ten totaled nearly $98M with the top twenty at $119M. www.boxofficeguru.com/082211.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodIsCool Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) These numbers are complete bollocks. There is not a chance in hell TE2 is opening to less than TE. None. Whatsoever. Edited August 18, 2012 by GodIsCool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) I know that there are many reasons for TE2 to disappoint, but at least it puts clear water to the glass and no one can deny the Aurora effect. We can find good explanation for every single film that underperformed and I'm not ignoring these facts, nor blaming everything on the shooting (clearly its not effecting TE2 hugely), but it's clear as daylight that the market as a whole is still in the recovering phase. If Bourne misses 100m we'll have zero films hitting 100m this month. When was the last time that August failed to produce a single 100m grosser? Surely it was more than a decade ago. Edited August 18, 2012 by The Dark Alfred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...