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Weekend Box-Office: Super 8 Rolling Into First

Seth Paul

Not really much of a surprise, considering the names attached to the project; Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams monstrous Super 8 took on all challengers and earned the top spot this week, with $37 million…a bit of a drop from last week’s top earner X-Men: First Class, which dropped to 2nd place with $25 million. On the other hand, Super 8 has the distinct advantage of costing nearly a third as much as X-Men, and is likely to make up the shortfall faster. No problems lie ahead for The Hangover Part II, however, as its third place spot and $18.5 million weekend gross place it in the category of film legend, having earned $216 million in just three weeks.

Kung Fu Panda 2 dropped to fourth, picking up $16.6 million. Though not quite the draw compared to Hangover II, it has managed to stay in fairly good shape thanks to decent performance overseas, while Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is no stranger to high earnings; its $10.8 million this weekend only adds to its worldwide gross of $886 million, making it so far the top-earning film worldwide this year. And on the domestic front, Bridesmaids continues to pull in some decent cash with $10.1 million, making the comedy an even bigger surprise hit with $123.9 million in five weeks.

Not wowing most critics is the newcomer Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer. Its miniscule budget will probably help it a bit, as the $6.3 million it made this weekend still doesn’t bode well for the $20 million production. Compare that to Midnight in Paris (remarkably staying in eighth place), which got a major bump in revenue; it made $6.1 million and, counting its worldwide market, has already turned a profit and looks to be grabbing quite a bit more. The mighty Thor seems to be seeing his last days, however, with six weeks on the board, an impressive $173 million in domestic earnings alone, and $2.4 million for the weekend. It may also be goodbye time to Fast Five, which not only had a brilliant opening weekend, but with $1.7 million this weekend, has gone on to be a mega-earner both at home and overseas, with over $583 million in total gross.

Weekend Box-Office (June 10 – June 12)

  1. Super 8…$37 million
  2. X-Men: First Class…$25 million
  3. The Hangover Part II…$18.5 million
  4. Kung Fu Panda 2…$16.6 million
  5. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides…$10.8 million
  6. Bridesmaids…$10.1 million
  7. Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer…$6.3 million
  8. Midnight in Paris…$6.1 million
  9. Thor…$2.4 million
  10. Fast Five…$1.7 million

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."
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