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Tag: The Heat

  • Weekend Box Office July 26-28, 2013

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    The Wolverine opened up at number one just like everyone thought it would, but its $55 million take was on the lighter side of expectations with studio estimates leaning more towards a $70 million opening. While initially this would be considered a disappointment, The Wolverine pulled in $86 million from the foreign box office and with a budget of only $115 million, the film is already sitting at almost $150 million after one weekend of release. The gross was on par with 2011’s [amazon_link id=”B004LWZW4C” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]X-Men: First Class[/amazon_link] which opened with $55.1 million.

    The Conjuring held over amazingly well in its second weekend. Normally horror movies fall off the face of the Earth in their second weeks, but the James Wan-directed feature managed to pull in $22 million. After two weeks the $20 million film has grossed almost $100 million worldwide.

    1. The Wolverine- $55.0 million/ $55.0 million

    2. The Conjuring- $22.1/ $83.8

    3. Despicable Me 2- $16.0/ $306.3

    4. Turbo- $13.3/ $55.7

    5. Grown Ups 2- $11.5/ $101.6

    6. Red 2- $9.4/ $35

    7. Pacific Rim- $7.5/ $84.0

    8. The Heat- $6.8/ $141.2

    9. R.I.P.D.- $5.9/ $24.3

    10. Fruitvale Station- $4.6/ $6.3

  • Weekend Box Office- July 19-21

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    Two big bombs this weekend would normally be a cause of worry, but when a small film hits it big, it eases the news. James Wan’s The Conjuring hit it huge over the weekend raking in $41 million. Wan has become the go-to director for small budget horror. The director of the original Saw and last year’s Insidious has another low risk/high reward winner on his hands. His next film will have a bit more at stake because he will take over the director chair for Fast & Furious 7.

    It was a double bad break for Ryan Reynolds this weekend. He had two huge movies that both failed to reach even low expectations. Turbo, the DreamWorks animated feature, only managed $21.5 million which is one of the lowest totals ever for a DreamWorks animated feature. Then we have R.I.P.D. which cost $130 million to produce and it seemed like the writing was on the wall before the movie even released. The comic -based film could only bring in just over $12 million and will probably be a movie you see on TNT on a week to week basis before you know it.

    1. The Conjuring- $41.5 million/ $41.5 million

    2. Despicable Me 2- $25.1/ $276.2

    3. Turbo- $21.5/ $31.2

    4. Grown Ups 2- $20.0/ $79.5

    5. Red 2- $18.5/ $18.5

    6. Pacific Rim- $15.9/ $68.2

    7. R.I.P.D.- $12.7/ $12.7

    8. The Heat- $9.3/ $129.2

    9. World War Z- $5.2/ $186.9

    10. Monsters University- $5.0/ $248.9

  • Weekend Box Office- June 28-30, 2013

    Photo courtesy comicbookmovie.com
    Photo courtesy comicbookmovie.com

    Monsters University held on to the top spot at the box office this weekend, but got better competition than anyone thought from The Heat. The Sandra Bullock/ Melissa McCarthy team-up brought in $40 million and blowing past the other new release this week White House Down. Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx fell short of expectations bringing in only $25 million for a fourth place finish.

    World War Z held up well in its second weekend with almost $30 million for a total domestic gross of $123.7 million in two weeks. Man of Steel continued its rise becoming the second highest grossing movie of the year behind Iron Man 3. The Superman reboot has crossed $500 million worldwide.

    1. Monsters University- $46.1 million/ $171.0 million

    2. The Heat- $40.0/ $40.0

    3. World War Z- $29.8/ $123.7

    4. White House Down- $25.7/ $25.7

    5. Man of Steel- $20.8/ $248.6

    6. This Is The End- $8.7/ $74.6

    7. Now You See Me- $5.5/ $104.6

    8. Fast & Furious- $2.4/ $233.3

    9. Star Trek Into Darkness- $2.0/ $220.5

    10. The Internship- $1.4/ $41.7