‘Hunger Games’ Passes $500M Global Cume, Scores #1 Domestic B.O. For 4th Weekend; ‘Three Stooges’ #2, ‘Cabin In Woods’ #3; ‘Battleship’ Builds $58M Foreign War Chest
April 13-15 Weekend Actuals
1. The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) Week 4 [3,916 Theaters] PG-13
Friday $6.4M, Saturday $9.3M, Sunday $5.4M, Weekend $21.1M (-36%), Cume $336.7M2. The Three Stooges (Fox) NEW [3,477 Theaters] PG
Friday $5.6M, Saturday $7M, Sunday $4.4M, Weekend $17.0M3. The Cabin in The Woods (Lionsgate) NEW [2,811 Theaters] R
Friday $5.6M, Saturday $5.7M, Sunday $3.5M Weekend $14.7M4. Titanic 3D (Paramount/Fox) Week 2 [2,697 Theaters] PG-13
Friday $3.3M, Saturday $5.2M, Sunday $3.4M, Weekend $11.9M (-31%), Cume $44.7M5. American Reunion (Universal) Week 2 [3,203 Theaters] R
Friday $3.4M, Saturday $4.4M, Sunday $2.6M, Weekend $10.5M (-51%), Cume $39.7M6. Wrath of The Titans 3D (Warner Bros) Week 3 [3,102 Theaters] PG13
Friday $1.9M, Saturday $3.0M,Sunday $1.9M, Weekend $6.9M (-53%), Cume $71.3M7. Mirror Mirror (Relativity) Week 3 [3,206 Theaters] PG
Friday $2.1M, Saturday $3.0M, Sunday $1.8M, Weekend $6.8M (-38%), Cume $49.3M8. 21 Jump Street (Sony) Week 5 [2,735 Theaters] R
Friday $2.0M, Saturday $2.9M, Sunday $1.6M, Weekend $6.6M (-34%), Cume $120.3M9. Lockout (FilmDistrict) NEW [2,308 Theaters] PG13
Friday $2.2M, Saturday $2.5M, Sunday $1.5M, Weekend $6.2M10. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (Universal) Week 7 [2,112 Theaters] PG
Friday $866K, Saturday $1.3M, Sunday $865K, Weekend $3.1M, Cume $204.5M
SATURDAY PM/SUNDAY AM, 5TH UPDATE: Overall the North American weekend looks to be down around -11% from last year which may make Hollywood nervous going into the all-important summer movie season starting in May after a super-heated 2012 first quarter. The difference in this weekend’s close finishes were a matter of MPAA ratings and theater counts with 22% of K-12 out of school Friday. Lionsgate’s PG13-rated The Hunger Games scored the most locations in the U.S. and Canada this weekend and beat its domestic competition for the 4th straight weekend. As of Sunday morning, its global cume is now a gargantuan $500+ million! Fox received its hoped-for Friday (#1 after matinees) and Saturday (+24%) family fare bumps for the Farrelly Brothers’ PG-rated The Three Stooges, which played in more runs than Lionsgate’s R-rated The Cabin In The Woods. Interesting to note that both Stooges and Cabin were greenlit by then MGM production chief Mary Parent — and then taken over by other studios when MGM couldn’t handle its debt load. CinemaScores were as follows: Fox’s The Three Stooges ‘B-’ (‘A’ from audiences under 18, ‘C’ from 25 and older), Lionsgate’s The Cabin In The Woods ‘C’ (‘D+’ from females), FilmDistrict’s Lockout ‘B-’. Interesting how the Stooges reviews were better than expected, especially from top-end critics who found genius in that silliness. But not as good as Joss Whedon’s horror pic which received truly stellar reviews, including 93% positive on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Three Stooges will be Peter and Bobby Farrelly’s 3rd highest opener.
Universal’s Battleship continues to screen strongly overseas with estimates bringing the 72-hour total to $58 million now that all 26 international territories are open. Director Peter Berg’s military vs alien actioner debuted to #1 in 24 of those new territories. For months the studio has fought bad buzz about how risky this expensive pic has been. Especially when the studio is claiming it came in at $209M — and everyone else is saying $250+M. And there’s still the possibility that, in the United States at least, it could become a disappointing ”John Carter in gunmetal grey”. But the film is performing well enough to allay fears that the rah-rah-USA patriotic theme in 2D might not do well internationally in a crowded foreign marketplace (against The Hunger Games, Titanic 3D, American Pie Reunion, and The Wrath Of The Titans). Universal pursued an unorthodox, even daring, strategy to open Battleship internationally more than a month before it debuts May 18th in North America. But it may pay off. My sources project the film could steam past $300M foreign box office based on current trends. The film rolls out to another 24 territories including big guns Russia and China next weekend.
My sources estimate these early Top Ten grosses for Friday, Saturday, and the weekend in North America:
1. The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) Week 4 [3,916 Theaters] PG-13
Friday $6.5M, Saturday $9.5M, Weekend $21.7M, Cume $335.7M
2. The Three Stooges (Fox) NEW [3,477 Theaters] PG
Friday $5.6M, Saturday $6.9M, Weekend $17.1M
3. The Cabin In The Woods (Lionsgate) NEW [2,811 Theaters] R
Friday $5.5M, Saturday $5.9M, Weekend $15.1M
4. Titanic 3D (Paramount/Fox) Week 2 [2,697 Theaters] PG-13
Friday $3.3M, Saturday $5.1M, Weekend $11.4M (-34%), Cume $44.1M
5. American Reunion (Universal) Week 2 [3,203 Theaters] R
Friday $3.4M, Saturday $4.4M, Weekend $10.6M (-51%), Cume $39.8M
6. Mirror Mirror (Relativity) Week 3 [3,206 Theaters] PG
Friday $2.0M, Saturday $3.1M, Weekend $7.2M, Cume $49.6M
7. Wrath Of The Titans 3D (Warner Bros) Week 3 [3,102 Theaters] PG-13
Friday $1.9M, Saturday $3.1M, Weekend $7.0M, Cume $71.3M
8. 21 Jump Street (Sony) Week 5 [2,735 Theaters] R
Friday $2.0M, Saturday $3.0M, Weekend $6.8M, Cume $120.0M
9. Lockout (FilmDistrict) NEW [2,308 Theaters] PG-13
Friday $2.2M, Saturday $2.6M, Weekend $6.4M
10. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (Universal) Week 7 [2,112 Theaters] PG
Friday $880K, Saturday $1.3M, Weekend $3.0M, Cume $204.7M
FRIDAY 8:15 PM, 2ND UPDATE: My sources say latest weekend estimates based on today’s trends show that Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games looks like it will hold top spot again with a weekend between $19M-$22M, followed by Fox’s The Three Stooges with $17M-$20M, and Lionsgate’s The Cabin In The Woods with $15M-$17M. More later.
FRIDAY 4:15 PM UPDATE: Strong matinees are helping Twentieth Century Fox newcomer The Three Stooges to overperform at the North American box office. It was #1 for matinees today. By 4 PM it was neck-and-neck with Joss Whedon’s extremely well-reviewed The Cabin In The Woods at $6.4M-$6.5M. But the horror genre does better on Friday nights and the PG family fare best on Saturday mats. For the weekend, there’s a good chance Stooges could take down juggernaut The Hunger Games after Lionsgate’s 3 straight weeks atop the box office in the U.S. and Canada. Right now weekend projections are: Three Stooges $21M, The Hunger Games $21M, and Cabin In The Woods $17M. Hunger Games is looking like $4.7M-$5M today. At midday my sources upped their weekend Stooges projections to “possibly a number with a ’2′ in front of it”.
I cant wait. nuk-nuk-nuk
I can and will.
i hope this holds up. all the snarky reactions online (as usual) are totally uncalled for considering no one saw it and the farrellys were trying to just make people laugh and have a good time and have people remember how good the stooges were. i was really happy to see the good reviews it got and if it comes close to 20 million this weekend that really would be huge.
the internet is mean waaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I saw the “Stooges” this weekend and can confirm it is HILARIOUS and all the stuffed shirt snarky reviews are from “imbeciles”, as Moe would say, who have not actually SEEN the movie.
The entire audience was laughing out loud and I haven’t laughed that hard in years.
The REAL imbeciles are the ones watching the “Stooges” movie thinking that it’s HILARIOUS. Yeah, right… Never mind that the movie turns Moe, Larry, and Curly from proud Jewish boys to Catholics, or that none of the actors playing them are Jewish, but to have them interacting with them pukes from JERSEY SHORE… Moe AND Curly AND Larry would be running to Fox to find their studio executives and poke ‘em in the eye, bop ‘em in the forehead, and/or punch ‘em in the belly if they could see how they’re being portrayed today… Do yourself a favor and watch the REAL Stooges (i.e. from the days BEFORE television). Promise ya, AT LEAST a million times funnier than this drivel.
One of those situations where the Tomato meter is useless. Stooges got a lot of good reviews from published critics.
We’ve underestimated the american publics love of crap
I love the Three Stooges tv show. One of my all time faves.
The movie however, looks competely stupid. I have no interest in seeing it at all.
Yes, Jack,
Because the original Stooges were “High Art” and this is just stupid. Get a clue, industry wannabe.
There’s slapstick, and then there’s stupid. If you don’t know the difference, YOU’RE the industry hack.
The Three Stooges was not a TV show. They were short subjects that ran before feature films in theatres from 1935-1957.
I thought the same thing but we saw it Sunday and it was a really good movie.The trailers do it no justise,we couldn’t stop laughing.
Now I wanna see it.
you should give it a chance! if you don,t like it ill pay your 7.00 movie ticket thru pay pal
The reviews have been love letters! Can’t wait to see it
I’m not a Stooges fan.
But I am a fan of movies that aren’t just bad movies like 30 MINUTES OR LESS, aimed at one demographic.
There is a reason romantic comedies always do well. I know three smart women, a mom and her two daughters, who went to see SOMETHING BORROWED, even though they acknowledged it was going to be awful, simply because there is nothing aimed at them. Stooges, there is something for a grandfather to take his grandson to, or for 4 guys in a retirement home to go see. One can laugh, but those four men will never, ever see a movie.
Which is why I want to see more films aimed at the older generation. More films aimed at women. More films aimed at the starving specialty audience, that aren’t over the top artsy fartsy. THE DESCENDANTS was good, but not so good that you can’t make more of those quality films. And people are starved for them.
Stop making crap like 30 MINUTES OR LESS just because it’s about two guys and they curse a lot. I like profanity, I use profanity, but not when it’s just there to be there.
Films like 30 Minutes or Less are geared for men in their 20s. Can’t they have their own films, as well as everyone else.
What a poke in the eyes to the prognosticators!
Woo-woo-woo!
Shame. I thought Friday the 13th would help Cabin in the Woods to get off to a stronger start. Guess not.
Took the kids this afternoon and they loved it. Not surprised the movie is number one in America.
You took your kids to ‘Cabin in the Woods’ and they loved it!!!! You’re a terrible parent.