Weekend Box Office 12/19 - TRON Opens #1

[AndyDursin]

Finally something that didn't flop

TRON had a very strong opening...on a weekend typically weak for box-office (right prior to Christmas)...it bodes well for the film over the holiday stretch.

On the other hand, HOW DO YOU KNOW -- an expensive James Bridges comedy that's been badly reviewed and stars the has-been cast of Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Jack Nicholson (plus Paul Rudd) -- completely bombed. And it has a budget of $120 million. Good luck getting that back!

1. Tron: Legacy 3D (Disney) NEW [3,451 Theaters]
Friday $18M, Estimated Weekend $47M

2. Yogi Bear 3D (Warner Bros) NEW [3,515 Theaters]
Friday $4.7M, Estimated Weekend $17M

3. The Fighter (Relativity/Paramount) Week 2 [2,503 Theaters]
Friday $3.8M, Estimated Weekend $11.8M.

4. Narnia/Dawn Treader 3D (Walden/Fox) Week 2 [3,555 Theaters]
Friday $3.7M (-55%), Estimated Weekend $12.8M, Estimated Cume $43M

5. How Do You Know (Sony) NEW [2,483 Theaters]
Friday $2.9M, Estimated Weekend $8.7M

6. Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Week 3 [959 Theaters]
Friday $2.7M, Estimated Weekend $9M

7. The Tourist (GK Films/Sony) Week 2 [2,756 Theaters]
Friday $2.6M (-56%), Estimated Weekend $8.5M, Estimated Cume $30.6M

8. Tangled (Disney) Week 4 [3,201 Theaters]
Friday $2.5M, Estimated Weekend $10M, Estimated Cume $129.7M

9. Harry Potter/Deathly Hallows, Pt 1 (Warner Bros) Week 5 [2,860 Theaters]
Friday $1.5M, Estimated weekend $5.3M, Estimated Cume $266M

10. Unstoppable (Fox) Week 6 [1,876 Theaters]
Friday $675K, Estimated Weekend $2M, Estimated Cume $77.6M

[AndyDursin]

TRON was revised downwards to $43 million. Not quite as big as expected, though as was indicated, "Legacy appears to have sold about as many tickets in a single day as the original Tron did in its entire first weekend." So it's not all bad!

Overall though, looking at this list -- it's bad news for Hollywood across the board. How many of these films just are not bringing audiences in, it's amazing.

1 N Tron Legacy BV $43,600,000 - 3,451 - $12,634 $43,600,000 $170 1
2 N Yogi Bear WB $16,705,000 - 3,515 - $4,752 $16,705,000 $80 1
3 1 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Fox $12,400,000 -48.3% 3,555 - $3,488 $42,764,000 $155 2
4 19 The Fighter Par. $12,200,000 +3,966.5% 2,503 +2,499 $4,874 $12,634,000 $25 2
5 2 The Tourist Sony $8,700,000 -47.2% 2,756 - $3,157 $30,791,000 $100 2
6 3 Tangled BV $8,676,000 -39.5% 3,201 -364 $2,710 $127,819,000 $260 4

7 6 Black Swan FoxS $8,300,000 +151.1% 959 +869 $8,655 $15,708,000 $13 3
8 N How Do You Know Sony $7,600,000 - 2,483 - $3,061 $7,600,000 $120 1
9 4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 WB $4,845,000 -42.9% 2,860 -717 $1,694 $265,546,000 - 5
10 5 Unstoppable Fox $1,800,000 -51.4% 1,874 -1,093 $961 $77,343,000 $100 6
11 7 Burlesque SGem $1,400,000 -55.8% 1,510 -1,366 $927 $35,512,000 $55 4
12 9 Due Date WB $1,310,000 -49.2% 1,157 -833 $1,132 $97,375,000 $65 7

[Eric W.]

Looks like you weren't kidding.

Not looking good for that Narnia film at all. Got to be the end of it. I guess Disney knew what they were doing getting away from it.

[AndyDursin]

Yeah the Narnia decline isn't bad, but it didn't open well so, I doubt they'll continue unless it really holds up internationally.

PRINCE CASPIAN just killed that entire series. Nobody liked it, anywhere in the world.