It’s a downer of a weekend for Hollywood as Sony’s horror flick 30 Days of Night has opened softly, and the public has clearly rejected 5 other wide releases.
30 Days of Night, a vampire movie from Hard Candy director David Slade, managed to generate only $5.3M on Friday, and it will settle for a weekend take of about $13.8M, well below recent horror releases Halloween 2007 and Resident Evil: Extinction. Meanwhile, holdovers Why Did I Get Married? (Lionsgate), The Game Plan (Buena Vista) and Michael Clayton (Warner Bros) will likely finish 2, 3 and 4 for the weekend.
The Ben Affleck-directed Gone Baby Gone (Miramax) opened on a fairly limited basis (1,713 locations), and, after a $2M Friday, it should deliver $6.2M for the weekend, just edging The Comebacks (Fox) on over 2,800 screens.
Rendition (New Line), starring Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, is a monstrous disappointment with only $1.4M on its opening day. That will translate to only $4.5M for the weekend, which will put it just behind the re-release of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas (Buena Vista).
Dreamworks/Paramount’s Things We Lost in the Fire will grab less than $2M on its opening weekend, and Sarah Landon & the Paranormal Hour (Freestyle Releasing) and The Ten Commandments (Rocky Mountain Pictures) will both be lucky to top $500,000 in the frame.
EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY FRIDAY ESTIMATES
1. NEW - 30 Days of Night (Sony) - $5.3M - $1,856 PTA - $5.3M cume
2. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? (Lionsgate) - $3.2M - $1,573 PTA - $29.9M cume
3. The Game Plan (Buena Vista) - $2.3M - $697 PTA - $63.3M cume
4. Michael Clayton (Warner Bros) - $2.2M - $851 PTA - $17M cume
5. NEW – The Comebacks (Fox Atomic) - $2.1M - $747 PTA - $2.1M cume
6. NEW – Gone Baby Gone (Miramax) - $2M - $1,168 PTA - $2M cume
7. We Own the Night (Sony) - $1.8M - $762 PTA - $16M cume
8. NEW – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (Buena Vista) - $1.7M - $3,014 PTA - $60.7M cume
9. NEW – Rendition (New Line) - $1.4M - $622 PTA - $1.4M cume
10. The Heartbreak Kid (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $1.2M - $431 PTA - $29.4M cume
11. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal) - $950,000 - $474 PTA - $9M cume
12. Across the Universe (Sony) - $890,000 - $927 PTA - $14.9M cume
*Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage) - $625,000 - $950 PTA - $4.9M cume
*Things We Lost in the Fire (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $525,000 - $460 PTA - $525,000
*Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight) - $391,000 - $1,936 PTA - $2.9M cume
*Sarah Landon & the Paranormal Hour (Freestyle Releasing) - $182,000 - $163 PTA - $182,000
*Lust Caution (Focus) - $155,000 - $1,240 PTA - $1.6M cume
*The Ten Commandments (Rocky Mountain Pictures) - $151,000 - $182 PTA - $151,000
*The Assassination of Jesse James… (Warner Bros) - $142,000 - $472 PTA - $1.7M cume
*Transformers (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $140,000 - $456 PTA - $317.9M cume
*Lars & the Real Girl (MGM) - $58,000 - $2,762 PTA - $186,000 cume
*Control (MGM/Weinstein) - $11,570 - $5,785 PTA - $65,570 cume
*Wristcutters: A Love Story (After Dark) - $10,614 - $3,538 PTA - $10,614 cume
*Sleuth (Sony Classics) - $9,681 - $461 PTA - $74,863 cume
*Reservations Road (Focus) - $9,503 - $731 PTA - $9,503 cume
EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY 3-DAY ESTIMATES
1. NEW - 30 Days of Night (Sony) - $13.8M - $4,834 PTA - $13.8M cume
2. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? (Lionsgate) - $11M - $5,408 PTA - $37.7M cume
3. The Game Plan (Buena Vista) - $8.2M - $2,484 PTA - $69.2M cume
4. Michael Clayton (Warner Bros) - $7.3M - $2,824 PTA - $22.1M cume
5. NEW – Gone Baby Gone (Miramax) - $6.2M - $3,619 PTA - $6.2M cume
6. NEW – The Comebacks (Fox Atomic) - $5.7M - $2,027PTA - $5.7M cume
7. We Own the Night (Sony) - $5.6M - $2,371 PTA - $19.8M cume
8. NEW – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (Buena Vista) - $4.6M - $8,156 PTA - $63.6M cume
9. NEW – Rendition (New Line) - $4.5M - $2,000 PTA - $4.5M cume
10. The Heartbreak Kid (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $4M - $1,438 PTA - $32.2M cume
11. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal) - $3.42M - $1,705 PTA - $11.5M cume
12. Across the Universe (Sony) - $2.75M - $2,874 PTA - $16.8M cume
*Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage) - $2.2M - $3,434 PTA - $6.5M cume
*Things We Lost in the Fire (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $1.7M - $1,489 PTA - $1.7M cume
*Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight) - $1.3M - $6,446 PTA - $3.8M cume
*Transformers (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $553,000 - $1,801 PTA - $318.3M cume
*Lust Caution (Focus) - $542,000 - $4,340 PTA - $2M cume
*Sarah Landon & the Paranormal Hour (Freestyle Releasing) - $528,000 - $474 PTA - $528,000
*The Ten Commandments (Rocky Mountain Pictures) - $513,400 - $619 PTA - $513,400 cume
*The Assassination of Jesse James… (Warner Bros) - $497,000 - $1,651 PTA - $2.1M cume
*Lars & the Real Girl (MGM) - $208,800 - $9,943 PTA - $336,800 cume
*Control (MGM/Weinstein) - $40,495 - $20,248 PTA - $94,495 cume
*Wristcutters: A Love Story (After Dark) - $37,149 - $12,383 PTA - $37,149 cume
*Sleuth (Sony Classics) - $34,852 - $1,660 PTA - $100,000 cume
*Reservations Road (Focus) - $33,261 - $2,559 PTA - $33,261 cume
EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY FRIDAY PTA ESTIMATES
1. Control (MGM/Weinstein) – 2 locations - $5,785 PTA
2. Finishing the Game (IFC Films) – 2 locations - $4,742 PTA
3. NEW – Wristcutters: A Love Story (After Dark) – 3 locations - $3,538 PTA
4. NEW – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (Buena Vista) – 564 locations - $3,014 PTA
5. Lars & the Real Girl (MGM) – 21 locations - $2,762 PTA
6. Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight) – 202 locations - $1,936 PTA
7. NEW - 30 Days of Night (Sony) – 2,855 locations - $1,856 PTA
8. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? (Lionsgate) – 2,034 locations - $1,573 PTA
9. Lust Caution (Focus) – 125 locations - $1,240 PTA
10. NEW – Gone Baby Gone (Miramax) – 1,713 locations - $1,168 PTA
EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY 3-DAY PTA ESTIMATES
1. Control (MGM/Weinstein) – 2 locations - $20,248 PTA
2. Finishing the Game (IFC Films) – 2 locations - $15,649 PTA
3. NEW – Wristcutters: A Love Story (After Dark) – 3 locations - $12,383 PTA
4. Lars & the Real Girl (MGM) – 21 locations - $9,943 PTA
5. NEW – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (Buena Vista) – 564 locations - $8,156 PTA
6. Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight) – 202 locations - $6,446 PTA
7. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? (Lionsgate) – 2,034 locations - $5,408 PTA
8. NEW - 30 Days of Night (Sony) – 2,855 locations - $4,834 PTA
9. Lust Caution (Focus) – 125 locations - $4,340 PTA
10. NEW – Gone Baby Gone (Miramax) – 1,713 locations - $3,619 PTA
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