JamesG
04-14-2013, 09:15 PM
42 Scores, Scary Movie 5 Bombs
by Ray Subers
April 13, 2013
42 scored the best opening day ever for a baseball movie, while Scary Movie 5 showed some franchises are better left dead.
The Jackie Robinson biopic debuted to an estimated $9.1 million from 3,003 locations on Friday. That's easily the best start ever for a baseball movie ahead of The Benchwarmers ($6.8 million) and Moneyball ($6.7 million).
Assuming it has normal drops—and with an "A+" CinemaScore, there's no reason to expect otherwise—the movie is on pace for around $25 million for the three-day frame, which would make it the first baseball movie ever to open north of $20 million.
In second place, Scary Movie 5 tanked with $5.5 million at 3,402 theaters. That sets a new low for the Scary Movie franchise behind Scary Movie 2 ($7.2 million), and is off 71 percent from Scary Movie 4's $19 million opening day at the same time in 2006.
Finally, it's noticeably lower than January horror spoof A Haunted House ($6.8 million), which didn't have any brand recognition. For the weekend, Scary Movie 5 is on pace to earn around $13 million.
Falling in line with the horror movie standard, Evil Dead plummeted 73 percent to an estimated $3.2 million on its second Friday.
The remake has now grossed $35.2 million.
DreamWorks Animation's The Croods fell 49 percent to an estimated $3.05 million yesterday.
To date, the animated hit has earned $132.4 million, and it's now trailing How to Train Your Dragon by over $10 million.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation took fifth place with an estimated $2.9 million, which is a 54 percent decline from last Friday.
Through 16 days, the movie has earned $94.5 million, and should inch past $100 million by the end of the weekend.
Jurassic Park 3D dropped 66 percent to an estimated $2.4 million. That's not as bad as Phantom Menace 3D (78 percent), but it's also noticeably worse than Titanic 3D (53 percent).
Jurassic Park 3D has so far earned $25.5 million.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3669&p=.htm
April 12-14, 2013 Weekend Studio Estimates:
1. 42 $27,250,000
2. Scary Movie 5 $15,153,000
3. The Croods $13,200,000 / $142,524,000
4. G.I. Joe: Retaliation $10,800,000 / $102,426,000
5. Evil Dead $9,500,000 / $41,500,000
6. Jurassic Park 3D $8,820,000 / $31,929,000
7. Olympus Has Fallen $7,283,000 / $81,890,000
8. Oz The Great and Powerful $4,923,000 / $219,444,000
9. Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor $4,500,000 / $45,422,000
10. The Place Beyond the Pines $4,080,000 / $5,455,000
by Ray Subers
April 13, 2013
42 scored the best opening day ever for a baseball movie, while Scary Movie 5 showed some franchises are better left dead.
The Jackie Robinson biopic debuted to an estimated $9.1 million from 3,003 locations on Friday. That's easily the best start ever for a baseball movie ahead of The Benchwarmers ($6.8 million) and Moneyball ($6.7 million).
Assuming it has normal drops—and with an "A+" CinemaScore, there's no reason to expect otherwise—the movie is on pace for around $25 million for the three-day frame, which would make it the first baseball movie ever to open north of $20 million.
In second place, Scary Movie 5 tanked with $5.5 million at 3,402 theaters. That sets a new low for the Scary Movie franchise behind Scary Movie 2 ($7.2 million), and is off 71 percent from Scary Movie 4's $19 million opening day at the same time in 2006.
Finally, it's noticeably lower than January horror spoof A Haunted House ($6.8 million), which didn't have any brand recognition. For the weekend, Scary Movie 5 is on pace to earn around $13 million.
Falling in line with the horror movie standard, Evil Dead plummeted 73 percent to an estimated $3.2 million on its second Friday.
The remake has now grossed $35.2 million.
DreamWorks Animation's The Croods fell 49 percent to an estimated $3.05 million yesterday.
To date, the animated hit has earned $132.4 million, and it's now trailing How to Train Your Dragon by over $10 million.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation took fifth place with an estimated $2.9 million, which is a 54 percent decline from last Friday.
Through 16 days, the movie has earned $94.5 million, and should inch past $100 million by the end of the weekend.
Jurassic Park 3D dropped 66 percent to an estimated $2.4 million. That's not as bad as Phantom Menace 3D (78 percent), but it's also noticeably worse than Titanic 3D (53 percent).
Jurassic Park 3D has so far earned $25.5 million.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3669&p=.htm
April 12-14, 2013 Weekend Studio Estimates:
1. 42 $27,250,000
2. Scary Movie 5 $15,153,000
3. The Croods $13,200,000 / $142,524,000
4. G.I. Joe: Retaliation $10,800,000 / $102,426,000
5. Evil Dead $9,500,000 / $41,500,000
6. Jurassic Park 3D $8,820,000 / $31,929,000
7. Olympus Has Fallen $7,283,000 / $81,890,000
8. Oz The Great and Powerful $4,923,000 / $219,444,000
9. Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor $4,500,000 / $45,422,000
10. The Place Beyond the Pines $4,080,000 / $5,455,000