Once again, because you've all been very naughty, I've wrked enough effort to do another of these posts...yay! The following is courtesy of Box Office Mojo.com:
1 Despicable Me 2 $82,518,000 $142,076,000
2 The Lone Ranger $29,432,000 $48,936,000
3 The Heat $25,000,000 $86,398,000
4 Monsters University $19,590,000 $216,127,000
5 World War Z $18,200,000 $158,758,000
6 White House Down $13,500,000 $50,478,000
7 Man of Steel $11,415,000 $271,206,000
8 Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain $10,100,000 $17,460,000
9 This is the End $5,800,000 $85,554,000
10 Now You See Me $2,770,000 $110,415,000
Despicable Me 2 steamrolled over the competition this weekend, pulling in an estimated $142 mil since it opened this past Wednesday. Add that to the $151 mil it made overseas, and you have a bunch of Universal ececutives ordering extra hookers for themselves to the tune of $293 million. Nice.
But the big story this weekend is the huge bomb that blew up in the faces of Disney execs. Still smarting from their last big budget failure John Carter, The Lone Ranger opened to horrible reviews and a miserable 5-day total of only $48 mil--definitely a far cry from the film's estimated $250 million budget. This also marks the third big-budget bomb that came out this summer, following the dismal performances of After Earth and White House Down.
Next Week's major releases include Guillermo Del Toro's latest film Pacific Rim and Adam Sandler makes a return with Grown Ups 2--Which one of these will be the bigger draw? Betting is now open!
As always, what did YOU see, OT...and was it any good?
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