Sunday, August 12, 2012

Bourne #1, Campaign #2, Dark Knight #3

Box-office numbers for the weekend of August 10-12.


1.  The Bourne Legacy - $40.26 million - 1 wk (U)
 . . . 3745 screens / $10,752 per screen
2.  The Campaign - $27.44 - 1 wk (WB)
 . . . 3205 / $8562
3.  The Dark Knight Rises - $19.54 ($390.15) - 4 wks (WB) -45.3%
 . . . 3690 / $5295
4.  Hope Springs - $15.6 ($20.05) - 1 wk (Sony)
 . . . 2361 / $6607
5.  Dairy of a Wimpy Kid 3 - $8.2 ($30.55) - 2 wks (Fox) -43.9%
 . . . 3398 / $2413
6.  Total Recall - $8.1 ($44.19) - 2 wks (Sony) -68.3%
 . . . 3601 / $2249
7.  Ice Age: Continental Drift - $6.75 ($144.06) - 5 wks (Fox) -21.6%
 . . . 3102 / $2176
8.  Ted - $3.29 ($209.92) - 7 wks (U) -41.7%
 . . . 2208 / $1490
9.  Step Up Revolution - $2.85 ($30.17) - 3 wks (Sum) -51.9%
 . . . 1898 / $1502
10. The Amazing Spider-Man - $2.2 ($255.54) - 6 wks (Sony) -50%
 . . . 1585 / $1388
11. The Watch - $2.2 ($31.37) - 3 wks (Fox) -66.3%
 . . . 2461 / $894
12. Brave - $1.87 ($227.32) - 8 wks (BV) -37.4%
 . . . 1259 / $1485

The Damon-free Bourne movie was able to do respectable business with the less-bankable Jeremy Renner as its lead.

One thing that surprised me in looking it up: Bourne's on pace to be only the 12th title of the summer to pass the $100 million mark.  Expendables 2 might get there as well; that'd bring the total to 13.  Now The Avengers has passed $600 million, and TDKR will pass $400 million, and no movie did that in Summer 2011, but it had 18 million pass $100 million.

The Campaign, I believe, is leaving money on the table by going the R-rated route.  August has been a good month for Ferrell (The Other Guys, Talladega Nights) but those are PG-13 efforts.

Hope Springs did fine, I guess, for a Meryl Streep film, but watching two people go through couples therapy is not exactly an inspiring plot for date night.

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