> Box Office Updates
“Robin Hood” launched internationally with $75M this weekend. Add on its $36M US debut, and the bow-and-arrow flick pulled in $111M.
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“Iron Man 2” blasted off with the 5th largest domestic opening in history with $128.1M, over $5M less than originally estimated.
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I originally wrote this article touting “How to Train Your Dragon”’s return to #1, but in the end, “Kick-Ass” won the weekend by a hair. Its $19.8M debut barely trumped “Dragon”’s $19.6M take. Only $4.4M separated the #1 film from the #5 film.
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“Clash of the Titans” ruled for a second weekend in a row, meaning a 3-D film has topped the box office for six weekends straight. Originally, Fox pegged “Date Night” as #1, but when Sunday figures came in, the comedy slid to #2, off $1.8M from its estimate.
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The box office was hopping this weekend as it delivered the biggest Easter weekend in history. “Clash of the Titans” bowed to $61.2M, and $63.9M including Thursday night previews – the biggest Easter debut ever. However, the real titans at the box office this weekend were Tyler Perry and Miley Cyrus, though they did not clash at all.
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Alice in Wonderland became the 100th movie to ever break $200M at the domestic box office,Green Zone debuted to a lackluster $14.3M, and Shutter Island crossed $100M on Thursday.
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The biggest milestone belonged to Avatar, which was the first movie to ever reach $700M domestically. Its total stands at $706.6M, after eleven straight weeks in the Top Five with a per-theater average of over $5,000 each frame.
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Twilight: New Moon becomes the third highest opening weekend of all time.
So far, "Michael Jackson's This is It" has opened almost everywhere at #1.
"Michael Jackson's This is It" scores the 5th highest opening weekend for 2009 in New Zealand.
