Box: Shouldn't it be 'I, Frankenstein's Monster"

1. Ride Along - $22.5m / $76.5m / $125m
2. Lone Survivor - $13m / $94m / $130m
3. I Frankenstein - $12m / $12m / $32m
4. The Nut Job - $11.5m / $39.5m / $75m
5. Frozen - $8.5m / $347m / $375m
6. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - $8.5m / $30m / $52m
7. American Hustle - $7m / $126.5m / $155m
8. The Wolf of Wall Street - $5m / $98m / $115m
9. August: Osage County - $4.5m / $26m / $40m
10. Her - $3m / $19.5m / $28m
**Devil's Due - $3m / $13m / $18m

Saving Mr. Banks - $2.5m / $79.5m / $86m
12 Years a Slave - $2.5m / $44m / $60m
Gravity - $2m / $261m / $275m
Philomena - $1m / $25.5m / $32m
Dallas Buyers Club - $1m / $19m / $26m
Nebraska - $.8m / $11m / $15m

I Frankenstein is the only opener this week, but the holdovers will prevent the weekend from crumbling completely.  The Aaron Eckhart starrer could match Resident Evil/Underworld numbers or it could be another The Legend of Hercules.  Ride Along and Lone Survivor both shattered expectations to probably make this a record breaking January.  Insane!  The Nut Job also overperformed, but, in a surprising twist, didn't hurt Frozen at all.  Frozen now is certain to surpass Despicable Me 2 and become the #3 movie of 2013.  Insane!  Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit did okayish, and won't be any help to Chris Pine's road to stardom.

the Oscar films:
American Hustle got a great bump, and if it wins could go $175-180m.  Insane!  Her is doing okay, slightly better than I expected but still nothing huge.  August: Osage County proved that it might have done better if released over the holidays.  It was always getting Streep and Roberts in, even with lukewarm reviews.  Mr. Banks, had it got Thompson and Picture, could've made $100m+.  Gravity is coming to DVD/Blu at the end of February, so it still has some mileage.  And it's the nominee that most demands to be seen on the big screen, so that helps even more.  Wolf of Wall Street is doing very well, despite the C Cinemascore and will be a good arguement that reviews and awards can sometimes topple divisive audience reaction.  Philomena is doing fine, better than expected.  As for Nebraska, that's about the most Paramount could hope for given it's probably not winning anything.  Dallas Buyers Club is supposed to come to DVD/Blu at the beginning of February which seems like a mistake.  Push it back to late March and give the film another advertising push showcasing Matt and Jared's wins.  Lastly, audiences are just showing too much of an obvious resistance to 12 Years a Slave.  Pretty sad.  Even with major wins, I doubt it goes beyond $65m, which is underwhelming.  It's basically The Artist as far as box-office goes.  (Memo to Hollywood: Don't make a black and white silent film about slavery.  Unless you are going to cast Jennifer Lawrence of Sandra Bullock.)  Captain Phillips hit DVD/Blu yesterday, and finishes it's box-office run with about $106m.