Weekend Box Office 8/21 - PIRANHA Bombs, EXPENDABLES #1

[AndyDursin]

PIRANHA 3-D bombed -- another 3-D flop this summer...EXPENDABLES will have about a 60% drop but for an action movie some presumed to be "front loaded" that's pretty solid, as is $60+ million after two weekends.

People expect it to outpace VAMPIRES SUCK when all three days are said and done.

1. Vampires Suck (Fox) NEW [3,233 Runs]
Friday $5M, Estimated Weekend $14.5M, Estimated Cume $21M.

2. The Expendables(Lionsgate) Week 2 [3,270 Runs]
Friday $4.8M (-64%), Estimated Weekend $14.5M, Estimated Cume $62.7M

3. Lottery Ticket (Warner Bros) NEW [1,973 Runs]
Friday $3.7M, Estimated Weekend $11M

4. Eat Pray Love (Sony) Week 2 [3,082 Runs]
Friday $3.6M (-57%), Estimated Weekend $11.2M, Estimated Cume $43.3M

5. Piranha 3D(Dimension/Weinstein Co) NEW [2,470 Runs]
Friday $3.6M, Estimated Weekend $10M

6. Nanny McPhee Returns (Working Title/Universal) NEW [2,784 Runs]
Friday $3M, Estimated Weekend $9M

7. The Other Guys (Sony) Week 3 [3,472 Runs]
Friday $2.9M (-47%), Estimated Weekend $9.5M, Estimated Cume $87.5M

8. The Switch (Miramax) NEW [2,012 Runs]
Friday $2.8M, Estimated Weekend $8M

9. Inception (Warner Bros) Week 6 [2,401 Runs]
Friday $2.1M (-37%), Estimated Weekend $7.0M, Estimated Cume $261.2M

10. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (Universal) Week 2 [2,820 Runs]
Friday $1.5M (-65%), Estimated Weekend $4.5M, Estimated Cume $20.2M

[mkaroly]

Hopefully we are coming to the end of the 3-D fad that should have been over a while ago.

[Eric W.]

Hopefully we are coming to the end of the 3-D fad that should have been over a while ago.

Especially as long as the movie quality is so abysmal for the most part and the extortion prices to boot.

I'm glad that Pirhana is bombing because, as always, I want crap to fail miserably and am always happy when it does.

[AndyDursin]

I do confess I want to see Piranha. Apparently cheap laughs, topless women and Elisabeth Shue sounds like my kind of movie.

But at $15, I'm probably gonna pass

[Monterey Jack]

1. Vampires Suck (Fox) NEW [3,233 Runs]
Friday $5M, Estimated Weekend $14.5M, Estimated Cume $21M.

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[AndyDursin]

Full weekend numbers below.

THE EXPENDABLES' 52% drop is actually superb, especially for an action film that's perceived to be front-loaded and male-dominated. $65 mil after 2 weekends is excellent

1 1 The Expendables LGF $16,500,000 -52.6% 3,270 - $5,046 $64,890,000 $80 2
2 N Vampires Suck Fox $12,200,000 - 3,233 - $3,774 $18,564,000 $20 1
3 2 Eat Pray Love Sony $12,000,000 -48.1% 3,082 - $3,894 $47,100,000 $60 2
4 N Lottery Ticket WB $11,125,000 - 1,973 - $5,639 $11,125,000 $17 1
5 3 The Other Guys Sony $10,100,000 -42.0% 3,472 -179 $2,909 $88,190,000 $100 3
6 N Piranha 3D W/Dim. $10,035,000 - 2,470 - $4,063 $10,035,000 $24 1

7 N Nanny McPhee Returns Uni. $8,310,000 - 2,784 - $2,985 $8,310,000 $35 1
8 N The Switch Mira. $8,100,000 - 2,012 - $4,026 $8,100,000 - 1
9 4 Inception WB $7,655,000 -32.2% 2,401 -719 $3,188 $261,848,000 $160 6
10 5 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Uni. $5,034,000 -52.6% 2,820 +2 $1,785 $20,730,000 $60 2
11 6 Despicable Me Uni. $4,338,000 -37.8% 2,236 -687 $1,940 $230,733,000 $69 7
12 8 Dinner for Schmucks P/DW $3,505,000 -44.2% 2,149 -897 $1,631 $65,785,000 $69 4