Box Office Update

[Wang Chung]

For a third consecutive frame, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey led the North American box office but this time was joined by a trio of new releases opening on Christmas Day which filled up the next spots on the charts over a red hot final weekend of 2012.

Smashing through the $200M barrier, The Hobbit collected an estimated $32.9M in its third journey pushing the 17-day cume up to a sizable $222.7M. Warner Bros. enjoyed a slim 11% decline and fared very well during this past Christmas week. Finishing with $290M seems very likely while reaching the $300M mark remains a possibility as well. Hobbit should surpass $700M globally before the start of 2013.

Quentin Tarantino enjoyed the biggest debut of his career with his latest film Django Unchained which took in an estimated $30.7M over the weekend and a superb $64M in the six days since its Christmas Day launch on Tuesday. That's already bigger than his old career best opening week (first seven days) of $53.7M for his last film Inglourious Basterds which debuted on a summer Friday in 2009.

The slave Western starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, and Leonardo DiCaprio averaged a strong $10,195 from 3,010 locations making for the best average of any wide release. That is especially impressive for an R-rated film that runs nearly three hours long. Controversy related to Django's language and violence resulted in extra press coverage and more buzz and multiplexes enjoyed the benefits.

The Weinstein Co. is positioning the revenge film as both an awards contender and a commercial blockbuster and so far is succeeding on both fronts. Reviews have been very positive and the CinemaScore grade was an encouraging A-. Django Unchained already seems on track to beat the $120.5M of Basterds to become Tarantino's highest grossing film ever.

Finishing close behind in third place was the acclaimed musical Les Miserables with an estimated $28M over the Friday-to-Sunday period and a sturdy $67.4M since its Christmas launch. The Universal release averaged a terrific $9,960 from only 2,814 locations and is aiming for a long run ahead thanks to excellent word-of-mouth and upcoming awards activity including Oscar nominations and Golden Globe wins which are expected.

The Hugh Jackman-led film started off with the second best Christmas Day opening in history with $18.2M on Tuesday trailing only the $24.6M Friday of Sherlock Holmes in 2009. Compared to Django, Les Miserables has seen more erosion over the six-day launch period. But since it is based on a world-famous musical, the run was expected to have a big upfront showing of die-hard fans. Studio exit polls showed that the audience was 67% female with the overall CinemaScore being a glowing A grade.

Produced for $61M, the PG-13 film enjoyed international success too with $38.3M this weekend from only eight markets, mostly in the Pacific Rim, for a $48.7M cume and $116.2M worldwide total so far with plenty more to come. Korea accounts for nearly half of the overseas tally with a sensational $20.1M beating the opening of The Hobbit.

Opening in fourth place was the Billy Crystal-Bette Midler family comedy Parental Guidance with $14.8M and $29.6M since its Christmas Day bow. The PG-rated pic about grandparents having to care for their modern grandkids averaged a moderate $4,396 over the weekend period. With few clean options this holiday season that the whole family can enjoy together, Guidance connected with its target audience and will now try to keep it going through January when direct competition will still be light. Fox's $25M production played to a crowd that was 52% female and 55% over 25. Reviews were lousy.

Tom Cruise dropped down to fifth place with his latest action entry Jack Reacher which dipped a reasonable 10% to an estimated $14M pushing the ten-day total up to $44.7M for Paramount. Judd Apatow's new comedy This is 40 climbed up 14% from last weekend and grossed an estimated $13.2M for a ten-day take of $37.1M. The Paul Rudd-Leslie Mann pic picked up steam after Christmas once its target audience became more available, however the Universal title still sits far behind the $65.9M that Knocked Up grossed in its first ten days in 2007.

Moviegoers with extra time on their hands caught up with one of the hottest Oscar hopefuls out there, Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. The Daniel Day-Lewis starrer surged 36% from last weekend - the best jump in the top ten - and took in an estimated $7.5M bumping the cume up to a sturdy $132M for Disney. The Republican president has been cleaning up at the box office and has plenty of firepower left especially with the expected boatload of Oscar nominations coming in less than two weeks. Lincoln is now the top-grossing drama of 2012. Another older-skewing film that saw sales climb from last weekend was the Barbra Streisand comedy The Guilt Trip which banked an estimated $6.7M, up 24% from its disappointing debut. The Paramount title has collected only $21.1M in 12 days.

Animated films rounded out the top ten. Disney's 3D re-release of Monsters, Inc. shot up 33% and grossed an estimated $6.4M for $18.5M after 12 days. The Pixar hit's lifetime total now stands at $274.4M. Rival DreamWorks Animation suffered a 17% decline for its holiday adventure Rise of the Guardians which did an estimated $4.9M upping the cume to $90.2M. Studios missed out on a major opportunity by not releasing any major new toons this Christmas.

The James Bond cash cow Skyfall fell from the top ten in its eighth round, however it reached a key milestone by breaking the $1 billion barrier in worldwide box office. Sony's spy actioner captured an estimated $4.6M domestically, off a scant 2%, raising its sum to an incredible $289.6M. Overseas, Daniel Craig and company took in $10.3M boosting the hefty international tally to $710.6M and the worldwide haul to a cool $1B. In the U.K, Skyfall has become the top-grossing film of all-time and the first blockbuster ever to cross the £100M mark.

The Weinstein Co. went fully nationwide with its awards contender Silver Linings Playbook widening the seven-week old comedy from 371 to 745 locations and made an estimated $4.1M for a $5,517 average - commendable for a film this old. The average was higher than last weekend's despite the expansion which indicates that audiences are still interested in the Bradley Cooper-Jennifer Lawrence pic regardless of the flood of other Oscar hopefuls out there. Cume to date is $27.4M.

The acclaimed Osama bin Laden manhunt pic Zero Dark Thirty suffered a 23% drop from its red hot debut last weekend which was unusual for a holiday frame when moviegoers are more available. Still, Sony's Kathryn Bigelow-directed thriller averaged a sensational $63,000 from only five theaters in New York and Los Angeles. Zero expands to more cities on Friday including San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston and goes nationwide on January 11, one day after Oscar nominations are announced.

Lacking awards buzz, Matt Damon's new film Promised Land attracted a mild debut in limited release grossing an estimated $190,150 from 25 locations for a $7,606 average. Focus plans to expand nationwide on Friday into an aggressive 1,500 theaters which will be challenging given the opening weekend performance and the fact that rival arthouse pic The Impossible - which has earned better reviews and stronger box office - also goes wide on the same day. Reviews have been mixed for Promised Land.

The top ten films grossed an estimated $159.1M which was up 18% from last year when Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol was number one with $29.4M; and up 16% from 2010 when Little Fockers remained in the top spot with $25.8M.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $32.9M
Django Unchained $30.7M
Les Misérables $28.0M
Parental Guidance $14.8M
Jack Reacher $14.0M
This is 40 $13.2M
Lincoln $7.5M
The Guilt Trip $6.7M
Monsters, Inc. 3D $6.4M
Rise of the Guardians $4.9M

No surprises here.

 

[Wang Chung]

Just as with last year, 2013 kicked off its first frame with an overperforming horror flick debuting at number one as audiences powered Texas Chainsaw 3D to the top spot. Holiday holdovers fared well with most dropping by about 30% from last weekend's sturdy session.

Lionsgate generated a better-than-expected debut for its fright sequel Texas Chainsaw 3D which bowed to an estimated $23M from 2,654 locations for a muscular $8,666 average. The R-rated film which gives a 3D update to the continuing story of horror icon Leatherface played to a young adult audience which had very little product to be excited about in December. Studio research showed that 64% of the crowd was under 25 and 52% was female.

Chainsaw attracted business from the horror crowd thanks to a well-known brand but also tapped into urban audiences thanks in part to the casting of musical artist Trey Songz who has over 5 million followers on Twitter and 14 million fans on Facebook. He actively promoted the movie to his fans who came out in huge numbers. $1.15M of the weekend gross came from shows starting at 10pm on Thursday night. Moviegoers polled by CinemaScore gave the fright flick a C+ grade.

Early January is a lucrative time for Hollywood to open scary movies. The cheery mood of Christmas is over so fans are ready for some creepy violence plus a large number of college students are still on their winter breaks. The Devil Inside smashed expectations a year ago this weekend with its $33.7M debut at number one while the first weekend of next year has already been claimed by The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes launching on January 3, 2014.

Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained was tops among all holdovers and broke the $100M mark in just its second weekend of play. The R-rated revenge pic declined by only 33% to an estimated $20.1M boosting the 13-day cume since its Christmas Day bow to a sturdy $106.4M. It joined the century club on Saturday in its 12th day of release. With its strong hold and expected Academy Award nominations this week, Django stands a good chance of reaching the $150M barrier and will easily become the director's highest grossing film ever.

Suffering the largest drop of any film in the top ten, three-time box office champ The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey took in an estimated $17.5M falling by 45% from last weekend. The Middle Earth adventure has now grossed $263.8M in 24 days and cracked the quarter-billion mark in only 22 days. Warner Bros. still has a shot at reaching $300M on this one. Hobbit raked in another $57.1M overseas this weekend with the international total climbing to $561M putting the worldwide haul at a towering $824.8M.

As former Academy Award host Anne Hathaway prepares her Oscar acceptance speech, her hit musical Les Miserables landed in fourth place in its sophomore frame with an estimated $16.1M with a decent 41% decline. The Universal hit broke the $100M mark after 13 days of release with a cume so far of $103.6M. Cash will keep rolling in over the weeks ahead. On Thursday it will receive many nominations from the Academy which could help broaden appeal and next Sunday it may just sweep the Comedy/Musical category at the Golden Globes which attracts a very large TV viewing audience, especially adult women. Les Miserables grossed an estimated $14.5M overseas from only 17 territories boosting the international total to $81M and the global gross to $184.6M. Korea and Japan lead the way offshore with $28.9M and $25.2M, respectively.

Fox's family comedy Parental Guidance followed in fifth place with an estimated $10.1M, off 30%, raising the cume to $52.8M. Enjoying a similar hold was Tom Cruise's action title Jack Reacher which slipped 32% to an estimated $9.3M in its third round. Paramount has banked $64.8M to date domestically while 15 new international markets opened this weekend leading to an overseas frame of $22.3M for an international cume of $55.6M and a worldwide tally of $120.4M.

The Judd Apatow comedy This is 40 placed seventh with an estimated $8.6M, down 31%, for a sum of $54.4M thus far. Steven Spielberg's Lincoln spent its eighth straight weekend in the top ten (none at number one) by sliding only 28% to an estimated $5.3M for $143.9M to date for Disney. International openings through Fox will begin soon after it secures its boatload of Oscar nominations this week.

Barbra Steisand's road comedy The Guilt Trip followed by dropping 31% to an estimated $4.5M giving Paramount $31.2M. The Matt Damon drama Promised Land expanded nationwide after a week in limited release but didn't find many takers with an estimated $4.3M weekend. Focus averaged a weak $2,573 from 1,676 locations and has collected a measly $4.7M to date. Land had no awards buzz, mixed reviews from critics, heavy competition, and featured a big action star that does not sell well in dramas.

In limited release, Oscar hopeful Zero Dark Thirty expanded from 5 to 60 theaters in major cities and delivered a rock solid performance with an estimated $2.75M weekend and potent $45,833 average. Sony goes fully nationwide on Friday into 2,400+ locations and aims to get extra ammunition for its marketing assault the day before when Academy nods are announced. Total is now $4.5M.

Summit went national with its tsunami drama The Impossible which grossed an estimated $2.8M from 572 sites (up from 15) for a mediocre $4,825 average. Total is just $3.4M. More theaters will be added Friday.

The top ten films grossed an estimated $118.8M which was off 1% from last year when The Devil Inside opened at number one with $33.7M; but up 33% from 2011 when True Grit remained in the top spot with $14.6M.

Texas Chainsaw 3D $23.0M
Django Unchained $20.1M
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $17.5M
Les Misérables $16.1M
Parental Guidance $10.1M
Jack Reacher $9.3M
This is 40 $8.6M
Lincoln $5.3M
The Guilt Trip $4.5M
Promised Land $4.3M

The name of the top movie alone propelled Massacre to the top. Not surprised with the number 2 and 3 movies though.

 

[Fuji Vice]

The name of the top movie alone propelled Massacre to the top. Not surprised with the number 2 and 3 movies though.

Saw Texas Chainsaw this afternoon and I thought it was actually pretty good. Review should be forthcoming shortly.

 

[Wang Chung]

Saw Texas Chainsaw this afternoon and I thought it was actually pretty good. Review should be forthcoming shortly.

Did you have to watch it in 3-d? Can't wait for the review.

 

[Fuji Vice]

Did you have to watch it in 3-d? Can't wait for the review.

Yeah, it was in 3D, they don't have any 2D screenings, but it wasn't too distracting.

 

[Wang Chung]

Yeah, it was in 3D, they don't have any 2D screenings, but it wasn't too distracting.

I have watched a few in 3-d and 2-d and found that not all of them were distracting. I actually preceded the Avengers in 3-d over its counterpart, but good deal

 

[TactMrBlack]

I used to love seeing 3d the novelty has worn off here recently.


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[Wang Chung]

The supernatural thriller Mama knocked out the competition opening at number one with a sensational performance delivering one of the best January debuts ever for a horror film. It was a Jessica Chastain double feature as the Oscar-nominated actress also starred in the number two movie in North America, Zero Dark Thirty which held strong in its second round of wide release. Rival Oscar contender for Best Picture Silver Linings Playbook expanded into a full national run and jumped up into the number three spot while new action releases disappointed. Mark Wahlberg's Broken City debuted in fifth and Arnold Schwarzenegger's comeback vehicle The Last Stand took last place in the top ten with a dismal debut. Overall, the Friday-to-Sunday portion of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend was healthy and showed a small uptick compared to recent years with four Best Picture nominees making the top ten.

Scaring up plenty of business at number one was the fright flick Mama which soared to an estimated $28.1M from 2,647 locations for a sizzling $10,624 average. The PG-13 film not only gave Jessica Chastain above-the-title credit, it also represented her second straight weekend with a number one debut with both Mama and ZDT having $20M+ bows. Though she was not the major selling point for either film, it is still extremely rare for any actor to headline the top two films on the same weekend.

Mama worked its magic by catering to the underserved demographic of young females. Studio research showed that the $15M-budgeted picture's audience was 61% female and 63% under 25. More than a third of the audience was under 17. With the box office dominated by older-skewing films, Mama presented something exciting for younger people. And with the next six most popular movies on the chart having R ratings, it was one of the only things that younger teens could go and see. The current flood of serious adult films and action pictures left a huge opening for someone to come in with a teen-skewing picture and Universal took full advantage of the situation. Next weekend's line-up again features all R-rated films.

Every weekend this month has seen a low-budget film aimed at the under-30 crowd overperform and attract larger than expected crowds on the opening frame. Texas Chainsaw 3D and A Haunted House both debuted better than expected too and all dealt with the horror genre in some way. January has long been a great month for scary movies to sell.

Sony enjoyed a sturdy frame for its awards contender Zero Dark Thirty which ranked second with an estimated $17.6M declining by only 28% in its second weekend of wide release. Lead actress Jessica Chastain won the Golden Globe last weekend and continued to see strong sales for her Osama manhunt pic which watched its total climb to $55.9M on its way to a likely $100M+ finish.

In its tenth weekend of release, Silver Linings Playbook finally expanded fully nationwide and jumped up to number three with an estimated $11.4M. The Oscar nominee for Best Picture had patiently waited to pounce allowing rival contenders to see their buzz rise and fall. Now, with guns blazing, the Weinstein Co. release widened from 810 to 2,523 locations tripling its run and more than doubling its weekend gross. Playbook averaged $4,499 which was good for a film now in its third month of play. With an impressive $55.3M in the bank, the Bradley Cooper-Jennifer Lawrence hit is hoping to enjoy sturdy legs over the coming weeks and hit the $100M mark. Lawrence hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend bringing added attention to a film which has earned Academy Award nominations in all four acting categories and eight overall.

Falling 47% in its second weekend was the period crime saga Gangster Squad with an estimated $9.1M for fourth place. The Warner Bros. release has banked $32.2M in ten days and should finish with $50-55M.

The new Mark Wahlberg-Russell Crowe political drama Broken City got off to a slow start in fifth place with an estimated $9M from 2,620 theaters for a weak $3,435 average. The R-rated film about a corrupt mayor up for re-election who hires a former cop to investigate his wife earned mostly negative reviews and didn't impress paying moviegoers that much either. The CinemaScore grade for the Fox release was a lackluster B. Heavy competition for adults was also an issue. Wahlberg has been bankable in so many recent films and even topped this same MLK weekend last year with Contraband which opened to $24.3M over three days.

The spoof comedy hit A Haunted House tumbled an expected 54% in its second weekend taking in an estimated $8.3M for a $30M cume in ten days. Open Road should end with a solid $45M. Oscar contenders for Best Picture Django Unchained and Les Misérables followed with good holds grossing estimates of $8.2M and $7.8M, respectively. Quentin Tarantino's top-grossing film ever dipped only 25% and has hit $138.4M while Universal's pricey musical declined by a mere 19% for a cume to date of $132.1M. Django began its overseas run through Sony this weekend and grossed a red hot $48.1M from 54 markets with most opening bigger than the director's last film Inglourious Basterds. The Jamie Foxx pic stands at $186.5M worldwide and counting.

Dropping only 30% to an estimated $6.4M was December's biggest grosser The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey giving Warner Bros. a mammoth $287.4M to date. Worldwide total is now a towering $919.6M.

Arnold Schwarzenegger learned the hard way that there are very few people left who will pay to see his brand of entertainment. The former box office superstar's first starring vehicle since 2003's Terminator 3 crashed and burned opening in tenth place as the action pic The Last Stand debuted to an estimated $6.3M. It was the actor's worst opening in 27 years and puts into question his drawing power for future films which are already scheduled to open like his next action film The Tomb with Sylvester Stallone arriving in September.

Last Stand earned reviews that were mixed but generally better than what the former governor routinely sees. Older men made up the bulk of the small audience to no surprise. Studio research from Lionsgate showed that 60% of the crowd was male and 78% was over 25. A B CinemaScore grade and dull $2,163 average from 2,913 theaters indicate a fast fade ahead. A marketplace with too many other options for adult men also contributed to the poor debut.

Older Best Picture nominees continued to rake in extra cash during the lucrative nominee period when everyone is a contender. Presidential hit Lincoln eased just 15% to an estimated $5.4M for a robust $160.5M to date for Disney. Fox's Life of Pi expanded and climbed up 26% to an estimated $3.4M putting the total at $99.2M. Double Golden Globe winner Argo widened for the second straight weekend and saw sales shoot up 94% to an estimated $2.4M and $115M overall. At this time of year, Globe wins and Oscar nods are key endorsements that can get in business from new audiences that thought films weren't special enough to see the first time around.

Elsewhere, the James Bond juggernaut Skyfall reached a new milestone by breaking the $300M domestic mark on Friday. The Sony smash did an estimated $1.1M, off 33%, for $300.9M overall. Already over the $1 billion global mark, the latest 007 film finally opens in China on Monday and is expected to be a big seller. Last winter's Hollywood spy film Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol grossed over $100M in that market.

The top ten films grossed an estimated $112.3M which was up 6% from last year's MLK weekend when Contraband opened at number one with $24.3M; and up 4% from 2011's holiday when The Green Hornet debuted in the top spot with $33.5M.

Mama $28.1M
Zero Dark Thirty $17.6M
Silver Linings Playbook $11.4M
Gangster Squad $9.1M
Broken City $9.0M
A Haunted House $8.3M
Django Unchained $8.2M
Les Misérables $7.8M
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $6.4M
The Last Stand $6.3M

Mama banks and Arnold flops. Not surprised here at all.

 

[Fuji Vice]

Poor Arnold. I'm going to see Last Stand tomorrow anyways.

 

[Wang Chung]

Poor Arnold. I'm going to see Last Stand tomorrow anyways.

I think it looks like an amazing flick, so does Mama but I would take Arnold of some of those in the top 10

 

[Fuji Vice]

I think it looks like an amazing flick, so does Mama but I would take Arnold of some of those in the top 10

My buddy saw it last night and said it was great so yeah, looking forward to it for sure.

 

[Wang Chung]

This weekend, the horror-action combo Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters led a sluggish North American box office with a moderate debut that was more than enough to capture the number one spot. Two other new releases, Jason Statham's action film Parker and the raunchy comedy Movie 43, failed to attract much business, helping the overall marketplace lose steam. The top ten was filled with four Academy Award nominees for Best Picture, a handful of underperforming January releases, and an unusually high total of eight R-rated films.

Paramount captured the top spot with its Jeremy Renner vehicle Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters which grossed an estimated $19M this weekend. The R-rated story about the fairy tale siblings as hired guns in their adult years averaged a decent $5,635 from 3,372 locations with 55% of the gross coming from 3D screens.

Though not especially impressive, Hansel attracted respectable business and hopes to see better figures from international markets. Studio research showed that the crowd was 55% male and 57% 25 and older. The majority of films in the top ten appeal to adult males so competition was tough. Reviews were mostly negative for the $50M production which was co-financed with MGM. The opening weekend turnout was about even with that of last summer's period mash-up pic Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which bowed to $16.3M and a similar $5,247 average with its R rating, 3D surcharges, and nearly identical demographic breakdown.

Last week's number one film Mama fell to second place with an estimated $12.9M after dropping 55%, an understandable decline for a supernatural thriller. Universal's $15M pic has grossed a solid $48.6M in ten days and should end near the $70M mark. Part of Mama's success has come from its PG-13 rating as all other films in the top nine this weekend were rated R.

Enjoying the best hold by far for any wide release was Oscar contender Silver Linings Playbook which eased only 7% to an estimated $10M pushing the cume up to a robust $69.5M. The Bradley Cooper-Jennifer Lawrence hit is well on its way to smashing the $100M mark and could go much higher if it remains durable over the weeks ahead. Rival Best Picture nominee Zero Dark Thirty ranked fourth with an estimated $9.8M, off 38%. The Sony release has collected a sturdy $69.9M to date.

Jason Statham's latest effort didn't excite too many moviegoers. The action star's Parker bowed to an estimated $7M from 2,224 theaters for a weak $3,147 average putting it on the lower end of the actor's standard opening weekend range. Statham continues to head up action projects -- usually with low budgets -- but routinely opens films below the $10M mark when anchoring on his own. Parker debuted a bit below the $7.9M of Safe from last year and the $9.4M of Killer Elite from 2011. Its CinemaScore grade was a decent B+. Overseas results and home video revenue should help to cover the costs down the road.

Giving film critics something to completely tear apart, Relativity saw almost no turnout for its raunchy comedy Movie 43 which flopped in a tie for sixth place with only an estimated $5M from 2,023 theaters for a weak $2,472 average. The R-rated picture with 12 credited directors boasted an impressive cast of actors including Oscar winners Halle Berry and Kate Winslet, current Academy Award nominees Hugh Jackman and Naomi Watts, plus many other notable stars like Gerard Butler, Emma Stone, Richard Gere, Dennis Quaid, and Terrence Howard.

Produced by Peter Farrelly and featuring numerous short films strung together with a main plot, Movie 43 is already generating plenty of heat for next year's awards season -- for the Razzies, that is. The cheap $6M film earned a dismal D grade from moviegoers polled by CinemaScore. The audience was 51% male and 59% under 25.

The Weinstein Co. saw its other major Oscar contender Django Unchained fall 36% to an estimated $5M pushing the cume up to a stellar $146.3M. A strong $42.9M international weekend put the Quentin Tarantino pic at $111.5M overseas for a sturdy global gross of $257.8M. Fellow period pic Gangster Squad dropped 51% to an estimated $4.2M and has given Warner Bros. $39.6M to date.

After a weak bow, Broken City fell 52% in its second weekend to an estimated $4M putting Fox at just $15.3M after ten days. The blockbuster musical Les Misérables rounded out the top ten with an estimated $3.9M, down 48%, and a domestic tally of $137.2M. Universal has amassed $312.9M worldwide so far.

Overseas, Skyfall finally opened in China last Monday and generated a stunning $34.4M in the first seven days thanks to the widest release ever for that country with 8,000+ screens. The international total stands at $776.5M and will break $800M soon. The global gross is a towering $1.08 billion and the latest Bond will soon surpass The Dark Knight Rises for number seven on the all-time worldwide mega-blockbusters list.

The top ten films grossed an estimated $80.8M which was down 12% from last year when The Grey opened at number one with $19.7M; and down 8% from 2011 when The Rite debuted in the top spot with $14.8M.

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters $19.7M
Mama $13.1M
Zero Dark Thirty $9.7M
Silver Linings Playbook $9.4M
Parker $7.0M
Django Unchained $4.9M
Movie 43 $4.8M
Gangster Squad $4.3M
Les Misérables $4.2M
Broken City $4.0M

Not surprised that its down this week. Hansel and Gretel look pretty decent to me. I would watch it and still want to see Mama. Movie 43 just screamed dumb as shit to me.

 

[JakeYourBooty]

I dunno 43 seems like a nice funny film to just get your mind off of shot ya know?

 

[Fuji Vice]

The global gross is a towering $1.08 billion and the latest Bond will soon surpass The Dark Knight Rises for number seven on the all-time worldwide mega-blockbusters list.

I'm so happy Skyfall is going to pass the horribly overrated Dark Knight Rises shortly. Bond is definitely a worldwide phenomenon.

As for Movie 43, I think it looks stupid as well, but then again I'm going to see A Haunted House tomorrow so what the hell do I know? :

 

[JakeYourBooty]

I have it on my computer and haven't watched it yet so I am right there with ya