From slashfilm, The weekend box office estimates are in, and we have some good news and some bad news:
The bad news: Word of mouth did not help Lionsgate’s Kick-Ass, the comic book adaptation dropped an estimated 52% in its second weekend at theaters. In fact, it will place #5 on the Box office results listing this weekend with only $9.5 million in 3,065 theaters.
The good news: The word of mouth buzz on How To Train Your Dragon continues to draw more and more people to the theater. In its fifth weekend of release, the film took over the #1 spot with an estimated $15 million, overtaking new releases like The Back-Up Plan ($12.25 million), The Losers ($.6 million) and Disney’s Oceans ($6 million).
In limited releases, one of my favorite films of the year thus far, Exit Through The Gift Shop, packed $13,545 per screen, for a total of $149,000 — not bad for a movie playing in only 11 theaters. To give you a comparison, Kick-Ass made $3,100 per screen this week — but yes, A LOT more screens.
4 comments:
I have to dye my hair purple.
See Kick Ass, it's fun!
I caught Kick Ass over the weekend. I think it was Nicholas Cage's best performance since, well, ever.
I saw Kick-Ass with 50P last weekend. It was really fun, but the story is smaller in scope than the hype would have you believe. Hit Girl there is the real star. I'm totally down with having a purple-haired wife.
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