What a weekend at the box office !!! Another great weekend for the film industry, as there was alot of movie goers in theaters. OH, Did I mention we have a NEW box office CHAMP ?!?!?!?
Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 has earned a massive $283.5 million worldwide since opening internationally on Wednesday. Based on the Stephenie Meyer book, "Breaking Dawn - Part 1" grossed $139.5 million domestically from 4,061 theaters this weekend and added another $144 million overseas for the five days in 54 markets. The $139.5 million domestic opening is the fifth-best ever, trailing just The Twilight Saga: New Moon's $142.8 million, Spider-Man 3's $151.1 million, The Dark Knight's $158.4 million and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2's $169.2 million. The $283.5 million worldwide opening is the 10th largest ever and a franchise best, passing up "New Moon's" $274.9 million launch. Coming in 2nd place this weekend was the family film "Happy Feet two," making $22 Million. Last weeks Number 1 movie, "Immortals" dropped two spots to Number 3, raking in more than $12 million this past weekend. Adam Sandler's "Jack & Jill" was Number 4, grossing $12 Million in ticket sales, and finally "Puss In Boots" closes out the top 5, making clost to $11 Million this past weekend to make it one of the highest grossing films of the fall/winter time. Check the list for the remaining 12 films, and check back friday for all the other new films in theaters !!!
TW | LW | Title | Studio | Weekend | Total | ||
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1 | - | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | Summit Entertainment |
$139,500,000
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$139,500,000
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2 | - | Happy Feet Two | Warner Bros. Pictures |
$22,025,000
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$22,025,000
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3 | 1 | Immortals | Relativity Media |
$12,252,000
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$52,979,930
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4 | 2 | Jack and Jill | Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$12,000,000
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$41,027,906
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5 | 3 | Puss In Boots | DreamWorks Animation |
$10,725,000
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$122,312,562
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6 | 4 | Tower Heist | Universal Pictures |
$6,957,830
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$53,391,605
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7 | 5 | J. Edgar | Warner Bros. Pictures |
$5,900,000
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$20,694,694
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8 | 6 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.) |
$2,900,000
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$28,332,846
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9 | 7 | In Time | 20th Century Fox |
$1,675,000
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$33,418,841
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10 | - | The Descendants | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
$1,222,344
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$1,301,544
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11 | 8 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Paramount Pictures |
$1,000,000
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$102,618,677
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12 | 9 | Footloose | Paramount Pictures |
$835,000
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$50,140,680
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