Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Box: J in J-Horror now stands for Jewish?

3-day/Total So Far/Projected Final

1. The Possession - $15m / $15m / $38m
2. Lawless - $10m / $12.5m / $32m
3. The Expendables 2 - $8m / $66m / $82m
4. ParaNorman - $6.5m / $38.5m / $52m
5. The Bourne Legacy - $5.5m / $94.5m / $105m
6. The Odd Life of Timothy Green - $5.5m / $35.5m / $47m
7. The Dark Knight Rises - $5m / $430m / $440m
8. The Campaign - $5m / $73m / $83m
9. 2016 Obama's America - $5m / $18.5m / $30m
10. Hope Springs - $4.5m / $52m / $62m
**Oogieloves - $4.5m / $5m / $11m

I'm not even sure if that's what that movie is called?  Not even bothering to look it up, though according to Variety the movie cost $55 million.  WTF?  Possession should have no trouble being #1.  Though the RNC might continue to boost 2016, I'm thinking last weekend will be its biggest weekend.  It will be in something like 1800-2000 theatres, a rare feat for a documentary.  Lawless will perform similarly exactly the same as The Debt did last year.   Labor Day Weekend often sees for very small drops - and sometimes increases - for family films and heldover blockbusters or word of mouth hits.  So expect ParaNorman, Timothy Green, Dark Knight and Hope Springs to benefit most.   Next week will be one of the deadest weekends in possibly years with only The Words opening.  Eek.

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