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#GreenLantern did slightly better than estimated on SUN w/ slim 9% dip from SAT. Revised wknd $53.2M.

Slightly disappointing given the Friday number still good number....$100m+ is happening.

I just wonder if GL was under-estimated what number would we see for other movies specially Super 8 and Popper's Penguins.

Was that even in question?

Haha, my thoughts exactly, even if they over estimates the weekend and the actuals came in at 50 million, it was still making well past 100 million. This is summer for god's sake!!! Weekdays alone will bring it close to 85 -90 million by the end of this weekend alone...

Yes I just went a little too safe there
But then again I did hear a few people suggesting $100m+ might not be possible after the Saturday drop. I think it is headed for $132m-$136m

From Numbers.

Weekend Final #s: Mr. Popper's Penguins $18,445,355; The Art of Getting By $679,160

I am baffled by Popper's Penguins daily numbers....I did not attract young crowd or did not get any significant boost from Father's Day. Given how it played there is a slight chance it holds ok in face of Cars 2.

Some more:
http://www.boxoffice.com/statistics/bo_ ... 2011-06-20

A little bit surprised that Bridesmaids went down from the estimates for 29% drop with $7,097,735 for the weekend...the very first weekend it came down from estimates.

X-Men had a better hold than originally thought. Hopefully, it can still make it to 150.

Bridesmaids skews more female, so it's the kind of film that would be adversely affected by Father's Day. The drop is a bit higher than I'd like to see though.

Boxoffice has the Top 10 and most of the numbers now...massive drop for Judy Moody

A pretty good array of single digit % holds on Father's Day, but I'm surprised to see Pirates with the best hold, considering At World's End was nowhere near the best hold for the holiday.

That's because the third pirates had Ratatouille sneaks inflating it's Saturday and this Pirates did not have that inflation.

Anyways, Super 8 should pass $100m by the end of the month with a total in the $130-140m range. Green Lantern is this year's Watchmen. Bridesmaids continues to hold on well, despite having it's largest drop ever (155m-165m domestic gross should be achievable) and Midnight in Paris will exceed its $30m budget next week with a total of $45-55m domestically. Hangover 2 should end up with $250-270m, Kung Fu Panda 2 should end with $170-180m, XMen will take $135-$150m domestically, and Pirates 4 should get to $235-240m. Penguins should get in the $60-70m range. Judy Moody will not even reach its $20m cost with a measly total of $15-17m.

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

It doesn't matter how much "Midnight in Paris" budget is, because Sony Pictures Classics only paid some money to acquire the domestic rights of "Midnight in Paris". (I guess the film had already made its budget back through foreign sales.)

BTW, Fox Searchlight paid $0 to acquire the domestic rights of "The Tree of Life", which was paid more than $32 million to produce.

Kind of disappointed Midnight in Paris dropped as much as it did with actuals, though it's still a really great hold.

Also bummed Bridesmaids went down that much. I mean, I knew it wouldn't hold great on Sunday, but this drop seems high for this movie . Next weekend though will be a really huge drop (I'm thinking 45%). It's probably not getting to 160 Million now, which is unfortunate but the movie is still a huge success. Damn you Bad Teacher! Wish it weren't opening for another couple of weeks .

Thor's estimate was spot-on; only $76 difference between estimate and actual. Is there any chart that follows biggest/lowest difference between estimate and actual number?

Premier Pass.

Why haven't they announced a third WIMPY KID yet? The second only came in around 10 Million less than the first. Not bad at all for a family sequel. They certainly must be pleased with the 52.6 Million it grossed. Maybe we'll hear something next week after first week sales of the second are out.

Also, the second is easily outdpoing the first in foreign numbers. In Germany, for instance, it'll more than triple the first film's admissions number.