To no surprise the #1 film at the box-office this weekend will be The Hunger Games for the second weekend in a row, besting both major newcomers Wrath of the Titans and Mirror Mirror. However, the film is looking at a slightly larger drop from its record-breaking March opening of $152.5 million than anticipated.
On Friday, The Hunger Games took in an estimated $18.9 million, which I would expect to result in something around a $59-60 million weekend signalling a 60% drop. On Thursday, Laremy envisioned a straight 50% dip, but at this point that is looking unlikely.
However, this isn’t a disappointment in the least so I don’t want to come across as negative. The Hunger Games has now passed the $200 million mark domestically in its first eight days (the fifth fastest to do so) and is now over $250 million worldwide on a $78 million budget. It’s a success all the way around and still has room to run.
In second will be Warner Bros. new release Wrath of the Titans, which is performing far below the opening weekend returns of Clash of the Titans two years ago and won’t likely gain much ground this weekend considering it will be facing off against the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
The film’s estimated Friday haul was $12.4 million and it is looking at something like a $36 million weekend. Clash brought in $61.2 million on its opening weekend before ending its domestic run at $163.2 million. Don’t count on Wrath repeating that feat despite the fact Wrath cost $25 million more than Clash‘s $125 million budget. The question for this film, however, will be its international success. Clash brought in $330 million from foreign markets, will Wrath enjoy the same success?
And in third is the week’s other new wide release, Tarsem Singh‘s farcical take on the Snow White story, Mirror Mirror, which managed an estimated $5.9 million on Friday and will likely do a little better over the weekend comparatively and end somewhere around $22 million. The film has already brought in $11.8 million from international territories after its debut one week ago and it does have an $85 million budget to overcome. However, if Tarsem’s Immortals is any barometer of success, it would seem this one should do just fine, even if it can’t manage to match that budgetary number at the domestic box-office.
I have included Friday’s top ten directly below and will be back tomorrow morning with a complete weekend wrap-up.
- The Hunger Games – $18.9 million
- Wrath Of The Titans – $12.4 million
- Mirror Mirror – $5.9 million
- 21 Jump Street – $4.7 million
- Dr Seuss’s The Lorax – $2.0 million
- John Carter – $530,000
- Salmon Fishing In Yemen – $340,000
- Act Of Valor – $292,000
- Project X – $255,000
- October Baby – $249,000
