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Posted December 2, 2012 by Seth Paul in News
 
 

Box Office Weekend: No Sunset for Twilight

Critics might not have agreed, but there was no stopping the juggernaut finale…The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 held the top spot for the third week in a row. Though its estimated $17.4 million is far below its previous weekend totals, it has not suffered a bit for it, having earned $254.6 million domestically and $702.4 worldwide. If its fortunes continue it could be not only be the highest worldwide earner of the franchise, but it currently sits as the eighth highest grossing movie worldwide of 2012. But despite its second-place finish on the domestic front, Skyfall has topped Breaking Dawn Part 2 in worldwide gross, its estimated $17 million earning the film a hefty $869 million worldwide and the highest earning Bond film to date regardless of region.

In fact, much of the top ten looks very much the same, save for expected weekly revenue declines. Lincoln held its third place spot with an estimated $13.5 million (the previous Thanksgiving weekend a boon for the film, which had initially had a mild opening weekend), while Rise of the Guardians, Life of Pi, and Wreck-It Ralph held their places with estimates of $13.5 million, $12 million, and $7 million respectively. All three films (two CG, one relying heavily on fantasy CG imagery) are struggling a bit on the domestic front and will most likely require a boost from overseas ticket sales to make their budget investments worthwhile, though Wreck-It Ralph has proven stronger domestically than overseas; Rise of the Guardians and Life of Pi have actually done slightly better outside of the United States.

The new black comedy/action thriller/political satire Killing Them Softly fared a little better with critics than it did with audiences, the relatively low budget film ($15 million) getting a good head start with an estimated $7 million, but not smashing any box office records. At half its costs in its first week, though, it is faring better comparatively than Red Dawn, which, with an estimated $6.6 million this weekend, also sits at half its costs, but is unlikely to make back its $65 million budget in its time at the theater. Flight earned an estimated $4.5 million, and will likely exit the top ten next week a winner with a domestic total of $81.5 million to its $31 million production costs, while newcomer The Collection, a sequel to 2009’s The Collector, will most likely not, its initial bid for the box office a mere $3.4 million estimate for a film getting a critical and audience panning, as well as costing $10 million in the first place.

Weekend Box-Office (November 30th – December 3rd)

  1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2…$17.4 million
  2. Skyfall…$17 million
  3. Lincoln…$13.5 million
  4. Rise of the Guardians…$13.5 million
  5. Life of Pi…$12 million
  6. Wreck-It Ralph…$7 million
  7. Killing Them Softly…$7 million
  8. Red Dawn…$6.6 million
  9. Flight…$4.5 million
  10. The Collection…$3.4 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."