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Posted December 9, 2013 by Seth Paul in News
 
 

Box Office Weekend: Frozen Moves Up in the World But Hunger Games Still Wants a Little More


Despite a drop in revenue, Disney’s latest, Frozen, managed to move up in the standings, taking the first-place spot after a small limited release and a second-place finish in its wide release debut, earning an estimated $31.6 million. Though it has yet to make a domestic profit, it did manage to knock The Hunger Games: Catching Fire from its seemingly unbeatable perch, earning only an estimated $27 million. However, even with a large third week drop, Catching Fire seems intent on surpassing Despicable Me 2 for the second highest earning domestic film of the year; if it can hold onto the top ten for a few more weeks, it just may well do so.

FrozenBad news for Out of the Furnace; despite the star power of Christian Bale, the action thriller failed to ignite critical or audience interest, the $22 million film only making an estimated $5.3 million in its first week of release. And even though it topped the Marvel hero for this week, it cannot compete with the earnings of Thor: The Dark World, which made only an estimated $4.7 million this week but $193.6 million in an impressive five week take. It is not even competing well with Delivery Man, which, with an estimated $3.8 million, might actually make a profit before leaving theaters, a task that did not seem possible when it started three weeks ago.

Homefront continues to trail, taking in an estimated $3.4 million with about $7 million to go before its financial future looks good. The Book Thief and its estimated $2.7 million is still a mystery as to its success or failure, as its unreported budget makes its $12.1 million in revenue look good for an independent film but poor for nearly anyone else. Meanwhile, The Best Man Holiday takes a big tumble, but its estimated $2.7 million is just icing for the comedy success smash, earning $67.2 million on a $17 million production cost.

Finally, Philomena slid slightly with an estimated $2.3 million, the drama based on a true story doing okay business here with $8.3 million (though doing much better overseas), while Dallas Buyers Club bounced back into the top ten with an estimated $1.5 million, though Focus Features’ desire to keep its budget unreported is leaving anyone guessing if $12.4 million is enough to make it a success or not.

Weekend Box Office (December 6th – December 8th)

  1. Frozen…$31.6 million
  2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire…$27 million
  3. Out of the Furnace…$5.3 million
  4. Thor: The Dark World…$4.7 million
  5. Delivery Man…$3.8 million
  6. Homefront…$3.4 million
  7. The Book Thief…$2.7 million
  8. The Best Man Holiday…$2.7 million
  9. Philomena…$2.3 million
  10. Dallas Buyers Club…$1.5 million
Seth Paul

Seth Paul

When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."