Box Office Results for June 3, 2011
This weekend, 20th Century Fox and Marvel rebooted their mutant super hero franchise and scored a top spot launch with the comic book pic X-Men: First Class, which stood as the only new wide release. The PG-13 film debuted to an estimated $56M over the weekend from 3,641 theaters for a solid $15,380 average. It was in line with other Marvel super hero films of the same type, most notably 2008’s reboot/sequel The Incredible Hulk, which debuted to $55.4M in June of that summer.
X-Men: First Class also reached about the same number of people as last month’s Thor, which bowed to $65.7M. The new X-Men was only presented in 2D and lacked any big star names that would attract a broader crowed like Thor‘s Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins.
The new tale that documented the origins of Charles Xavier/Professor X and Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto played to an adult male crowd. Studio research showed that 58% of the audience was male while 54% was over 25.
Following its record-breaking holiday opening, the comedy sequel The Hangover Part II tumbled 62% in its second weekend to an estimated $32.4M lifting the 11-day total to a hefty $186.9M. The drop was understandable given the upfront demand for the Warner Bros. film and the fact that it was coming off of a holiday. The Bangkok-set film is on track to finish in the neighborhood of $250M.
Kung Fu Panda 2, the other sequel that launched over Memorial Day weekend, grossed an estimated $24.3M falling by a moderate 49%. Paramount and DreamWorks Animation have banked $100.4M after 11 days and looks headed for the $160M mark.
Continuing with its rapid erosion domestically and hefty numbers overseas was Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which approached the $800M global mark. The Johnny Depp adventure fell 55% to an estimated $18M for a North American cume of $190.3M.
Kristen Wiig scored her first $100M+ grosser as a lead with Bridesmaids, which still showed fabulous legs with an estimated $12.1M, off only 27%, for a $107.3M total. Universal‘s sleeper hit now looks likely to reach $140M if not more.
The pair of action hits that kicked off the summer movie season followed. Paramount and Marvel’s Thor dropped 56% to an estimated $4.2M while Universal’s Fast Five grabbed an estimated $3.2M falling 49%. Totals are now $169.1M domestic and $427.1M worldwide for the super hero flick and $202.1M and $568.6M for the street car sequel.
Still doing stellar business in limited release was Woody Allen‘s indie comedy Midnight in Paris, which is expanding nicely with an estimated $2.9M from 147 playdates. The Sony Classics film averaged $19,837 and raised its sum to $6.9M with many more markets yet to open.
Wedding comedies that have been side-by-side on the charts rounded out the top ten. Stage 6 and Our Stories‘ Jumping the Broom grossed an estimated $865,000, down 53%, while Something Borrowed fell 55% to an estimated $835,000 for Warner Bros. and Alcon. Cumes are $35.9M and $36.7M, respectively.
Opening to good results in platform release was the Ewan McGregor pic Beginners, which bowed to an estimated $135,000 from only five sites for a $27,000 average. Focus will expand the Olympus film throughout June. Fox Searchlight and River Road saw a strong expansion for their Terrence Malick film The Tree of Life, which widened from four to 20 theaters for a weekend estimate of $621,000 and a solid average of $31,050. Total is $1.3M.
The top ten films grossed an estimated $154.9M, which was up a healthy 29% from last year when Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation Studios’ Shrek Forever After remained in the top spot for a third time with $25.5M; but off 2% from 2009 when Warner Bros. Pictures The Hangover debuted at number one with $45M.
June 3, 2011 to June 5, 2011 Top Ten
1. X-Men: First Class
- $56,000,000
- 20th Century Fox (Fox) and Marvel Studios (Disney)
2. The Hangover Part II
- $32,445,000
- Warner Bros. Pictures (Time Warner)
3. Kung Fu Panda 2
- $24,300,000
- a Paramount release (Viacom)
- DreamWorks Animation Studios (DreamWorks SKG)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- $18,010,000
- Walt Disney Pictures (Disney) and Jerry Bruckheimer Films
5. Bridesmaids
- $12,128,000
- Universal Pictures (NBC Universal) and Apatow Productions
6. Thor
- $4,200,000
- a Paramount release (Viacom)
- Marvel Studios (Disney)
7. Fast Five
- $3,244,000
- Universal Pictures (NBC Universal)
8. Midnight in Paris
- $2,916,000
- Sony Pictures Classics (Sony)
9. Jumping the Broom
- $865,000
- Stage 6 Films (Sony) and Our Stories Films (The Weinstein Company)
10. Something Borrowed
- $835,000
- a Warner Bros. release (Time Warner)
- Alcon Entertainment
June 4, 2010 to June 6, 2010 Top Ten
1. Shrek Forever After
- $25,486,000
- a Paramount release (Viacom)
- DreamWorks Animation Studios (DreamWorks SKG)
- $17,571,000
- Universal Pictures (NBC Universal) and Apatow Productions
3. Killers
- $15,837,000
- Lionsgate (Lions Gate)
4. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- $14,019,000
- a Walt Disney release (Disney)
- Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- $12,344,000
- HBO Films (Time Warner)
6. Marmaduke
- $11,600,000
- 20th Century Fox (Fox) and Regency Enterprises
7. Iron Man 2
- $7,919,000
- a Paramount release (Viacom)
- Marvel Studios
8. Splice
- $7,385,000
- a Warner Bros. release (Time Warner)
- Dark Castle Entertainment (Silver Pictures)
9. Robin Hood
- $5,367,000
- Universal Pictures (NBC Universal) and Imagine Entertainment
- $3,036,000
- Summit Entertainment
June 5, 2009 to June 7, 2009 Top Ten
1. The Hangover
- $44,979,000
- Warner Bros. Pictures (Time Warner)
2. Up
- $44,138,000
- Pixar Animation Studios (Disney)
- $18,837,000
- Universal Pictures (NBC Universal)
4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
- $14,635,000
- 20th Century Fox (Fox)
5. Star Trek
- $8,310,000
- Paramount Pictures (Viacom) and Spyglass Entertainment
- $8,248,000
- a Warner Bros. release (Time Warner)
- The Halcyon Company
- $7,041,000
- a Universal release (NBC Universal)
- Ghost House Pictures
- $6,550,000
- Columbia Pictures (Sony) and Imagine Entertainment
- $3,223,000
- Fox Searchlight Pictures (Fox)
10. Dance Flick
- $1,959,000
- MTV Films (Viacom)
~ by Matt Whitfield on June 6, 2011.
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