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The 3D show running in circles around the competition – bringing an estimated $ 43.6 million in the first place, or 62% more than Yogi Bear was second. Meanwhile, even knowing how to match modest expectations from Sony Pictures, with an eighth place for the weekend with only $ 7.6 million.Five, count ‘em, five versions were opened this weekend, including the much anticipated Tron Disney Legacy.
Weekend Title 1 Total 43.6 million U.S. dollars Tron 2 Yogi Bear $ 43.6 $ 16.7 $ 16,700,000 3 $ 12,400,000 Narnia 3 Swan 4 $ 42.7 $ 12.6 $ 12,200,000 bout 5 $ 8,700,000 Tourism $ 29.5 6 entangled 8,670,000 7 Black dollars $ 127.8 $ 15.7 $ 8,300,000 8 $ 7,600,000 How does $ 7.6 Harry Potter 9 7A $ 4,645,000 $ 265.5 10 $ 1,800,000 $ 77.3 unstoppable
So how are things for Tron after its opening weekend?Even with three new versions and two expansions Oscar bait, the only film making big waves on the weekend before Christmas is Tron. Disney put a lot of money and effort in promoting the relaunch of its 1,982 favorite fanboy … and that is separate from the film estimated 150 million U.S. dollars budget.
Add that to all the Disney merchandising tie-ins and Tron is well placed to enter the Christmas holiday.The guest of Tron, but not overwhelming, have been much better than the movies of 2009. Foreigners will not have any estimate for a few days, but other U.S. movie technology-heavy as GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen more abroad than they did in the country. The film launched worldwide on Friday, Disney had expected overall sales to 50% of global participation.
I’m not trying to say that Tron will a similar path, nothing. I’m just pointing out that this is perhaps the only weekend of the year in which a study can say they are expecting to see huge profits in the coming weeks and not be accused of engaging in wish fulfillment.A year ago, another film with stunning 3D graphics and even more impressive hype Christmas ruled the box office. In this first weekend Avatar grossed $ 77 million, a number that was seen as a disappointment at the time. It’s called “Avatar”, remember? You probably know how this story ends: Avatar keeps gaining momentum throughout the party and eventually became the highest grossing film of all time.
The promise of riches for Christmas, probably not apply to Yogi Bear, however. With a rotten tomato rating of only 13% and a general lack of interest in a cartoon franchise went off the air in 1961, Yogi looks to be just your below-average bear at the box office.The latest in 3D could not find much of the audience in its first weekend, Yogi did not even meet the modest $ 20 million launch was at the low end of expectations for the Warner Brothers live action battalion .
And if the forecast is not very good holiday for Yogi, below right dangerous for How Do You Know. That helped the cast knows how the budget will soar more than $ 100 million, making this a great party to gains and losses for Sony no matter how you spin it. Just to give an idea of how bad things look in the film, Brooks ‘Spanglish’ opened with $ 8.8 million (not adjusted for inflation) in the same week in 2004. The latest romantic comedy by James L. Brooks could not break $ 10 million, despite its star-studded cast. You all remember where he was when he first saw Spanglish, right?
In its second week of The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn sailed into history as the last film of the Narnia saga. The film’s saving grace may be their wins abroad that are almost three times higher than here in the U.S., putting its worldwide total more than $ 126 million.Traveller fell by an estimated 48% this weekend, is not as pronounced as the fall of the second week of 2009, Prince Caspian, but not enough to ensure a good holiday or booster.
Although he could not bring the big numbers they managed it in limited releases, both Oscar contenders to know how to shame. Both the combat and the Black Swan on Friday extended their careers. The fight was in fourth place with $ 12.2 million from 2,503 locations, while Black Swan earned an estimated $ 8,300,000 from 959 theaters.
But no matter how you perform holiday movies, this time 2010 will have a difficult time record set in 2009. So … Merry Christmas from HollywoodOf course, the holiday movie career did not start properly until we see how emissions Wednesday, Little Fockers and True Grit, rate. Gulliver’s Travels is the 25, which is a very busy holiday season … especially for 3D titles.