Weekend Box Office: Despite Strong Competition, The Hunger Games is Still at #1!

Weekend Box Office

April 6-8, 2012

#1. The Hunger Games
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($33,500,000 // $302,839,000)

#2. American Reunion
($21,50,000 // Debut)

#3. Titanic 3D
($17,350,000 // Debut)

#4. Wrath of the Titans
($15,000,340 // $58,899,000)

#5. Mirror Mirror

($11,000,000 // $36,473,000)

Weekend Box Office: The Hunger Games Still Strong at #1!

Weekend Box Office

March 30- April 1, 2012

#1. The Hunger Games
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($61,100,000 // $251,033,000)

#2. Wrath of the Titans
($21,051,000 // Debut)

#3. Mirror Mirror
($13,572,000 // Debut)

#4. 21 Jump Street
($15,000,340 // $93,100,000)

#5. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax

($8,000,000 // $189,600,000)

The Hunger Games Breaks Box Office Records

The Hunger Games, based on Suzanne Collins‘ bestselling novel and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, and Josh Hutcherson took in a whopping $155 million in its opening weekend. This number brings the hit film in at the third largest opening weekend in history! Only behind the final Harry Potter movie and The Dark Knight.

This weekend’s earnings also made The Hunger Games the number one grossing film in the history of its studio, Lionsgate!

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill‘s comedy 21 Jump Street took second place, bringing in $21.3 million this weekend.

Third place went to Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, which features the voices of Taylor Swift and Zac Efron. The animated movie brought in $13.1 million this weekend.

Fourth place went to Taylor Kitsch‘s John Carter, which earned just over $5 million. Act of Valor came in 5th this week, with $2 million.

Weekend Box Office: The Lorax Debuts Strong at #1

Weekend Box Office

March 2-4, 2012

#1. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($70,217,000 // Debut)

#2. Project X
($21,051,000 // Debut)

#3. Act of Valor
($13,572,000 //$45,111,924)

#4. Safe House
($7,390,340 // $108,355,000)

#5. Tyler Perry's Good Deeds

($7,047,061 // $25,791,000)

Weekend Box Offfice: The Vow Debuts Strong at #1

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

February 10-12, 2012

#1. The Vow
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($41,700,000 // Debut)

#2. Safe House
($39,300,000 // Debut)

#3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
($27,550,000 // Debut)

#4. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (3D)
($23,000,000 // Debut)

#5. Chronicle

($12,300,000 // $40,167,000)

Weekend Box Office: The Grey is Number One!

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

January 27-29, 2011

#1. The Grey
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($20,00,000 // Debut)

#2. Underworld Awakening
($12,500,000 // $45,126,000)

#3. One For the Money
($11,750,000 // Debut)

#4. Red Tails
($10,400,000 // $33,780,000)

#5. Man on a Ledge

($8,300,000 // Debut)

Weekend Box Office: Underworld Awakening

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

January 20-22, 2012

#1. Underworld Awakening
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($24,400,000 // Debut)

#2. Red Tails
($19,100,000 // Debut)

#3. Contraband
($12,200,000 // $46,100,000)

#4. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
($11,237,000 // Debut)

#5. Haywire

($9,000,000 // Debut)

Weekend Box Office: Contraband is #1!

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

January 13-15, 2011

#1. Contraband
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($24,100,000 // Debut)

#2. The Beauty and the Beast (3D)
($18,490,000 // Debut)

#3. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
($11,500,000 // $186,747,000)

#4. Joyful Noise
($11,345,000 // Debut)

#5. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

($8,410,000 // $170,010,000)

Weekend Box Office: Sherlock Holmes 2 Starts at #1!

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

December 16-18, 2011

#1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($40,020,000 // Debut)

#2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
($23,500,000 // Debut)

#3. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
($13,000,000 // Debut)

#4. New Year's Eve
($7,420,000 // $24,826,000)

#5. The Sitter

($4,400,000 // $17,721,000)

Weekend Box Office: Paranormal Activity 3 Starts Strong at #1!

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

October 21-23, 2011

#1. Paranormal Activity 3
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($54,020,000 // Debut)

#2. Real Steel
($11,319,000 // $67,226,000)

#3. Footlose
($10,850,000 // $30,863,000)

#4. The Three Musketeers
($8,800,000 // Debut)

#5. The Ides of March

($4,900,000 // $29,159,000)

Weekend Box Office: Real Steel is #1!

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

October 7-9, 2011

#1. Real Steel
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($27,300,000 // Debut)

#2. The Ides of March
($10,400,000 // Debut)

#3. Dolphin Tale
($9,160,000 // $49,070,000)

#4. Moneyball
($7,500,000 // $49,253,000)

#5. 50/50

($5,500,000 // $17,300,000)

Weekend Box Office: The Lion King Still at #1

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

September 23-25, 2011

#1. The Lion King 3D
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($22,130,000 // $61,676,000)

#2. Moneyball
($20,600,000 // Debut)

#3. Dolphin Tale
($20,260,000 // Debut)

#4. Abduction
($11,200,000 // Debut)

#5. Killer Elite

($9,500,000 // Debut)

Weekend Box Office: The Lion Kings Roars at #1

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

September 16-18, 2011

#1. The Lion King 3D
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($29,300,000 // Debut)

#2. Contagion
($14,480,000 // $137,093,000)

#3. Drive
($11,019,000 // Debut)

#4. The Help
($6,438,000 // $147,365,000)

#5. Straw Dogs

($5,000,000 // Debut)

Weekend Box Office: Contagion Debuts at #1!

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

September 9-11, 2011

#1. Contagion
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($23,135,000 // Debut)

#2. The Help
($8,691,000 // $137,093,000)

#3. Warrior
($5,607,000 // Debut)

#4. The Debt
($4,905,000 // $21,993,000)

#5. Colombiana

($4,000,000 // $29,779,000)

Weekend Box Office: The Help Remains at #1

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

August 26-28, 2011

#1. The Help
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($14,333,000 // $96,630,000)

#2. Colombiana
($10,300,000 // Debut)

#3. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
($8,689,000 // Debut)

#4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
($8,650,000 // $148,456,000)

#5. Our Idiot Brother

($6,588,000 // Debut)

Weekend Box Office: The Help Climbs to #1!

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

August 19-21, 2011

#1. The Help
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($20,479,000 // $71,801,000)

#2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
($16,300,000 // $133,764,000)

#3. Spy Kids: All the Time In the World
($12,020,000 // Debut)

#4. Conan the Barbarian
($10,000,000 // Debut)

#5. The Smurfs

($8,000,000 // $117,745,000)

Weekend Box Office: Apes Get One More Week at #1

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

August 12-14, 2011

#1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($27,500,000 // $104,876,000)

#2. The Help
($25,525,000 // Debut)

#3. Final Destination 5
($18,400,000 // Debut)

#4. The Smurfs
($13,500,000 // $101,546,000)

#5. 30 Minutes or Less

($13,000,000 // Debut)

Weekend Box Office: Rise of the Planet of the Apes is #1

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

August 5-7, 2011

#1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($54,000,000 // Debut)

#2. The Smurfs
($21,000,000 // $76,202,000)

#3. Cowboys & Aliens
($15,748,000 // $67,368,000)

#4. The Change-Up
($13,502,000 // Debut)

#5. Captain America: The First Avenger

($13,000,000 // $143,182,000)

Cowboys & Aliens Barely Out-Draws The Smurfs

Studio estimates of $36.2 million apiece had Cowboys & Aliens and The Smurfs in a photo finish for the weekend top spot, but Cowboys came out ahead, $36.4 million to $35.6 million, when final numbers were tabulated. Captain America: The First Avenger retreated to third, the final Harry Potter hit another milestone, and Crazy, Stupid, Love. rounded out the Top Five in its debut.

Weekend Box Office: Cowboys & Aliens or Smurfs? Who is #1?

The estimates are too close to call, we won't know which movie will be number one until the actual numbers are released tomorrow.

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

July 29-31, 2011

#1. Cowboys & Aliens/The Smurfs
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($36,200,000 // Debut)

#2. Cowboys & Aliens/The Smurfs
($36,200,000 // Debut)

#3. Captain America: The First Avenger
($24,905,000 // $116,772,000)

#4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
($21,925,000 // $318,460,000)

#5. Crazy, Stupid, Love

($19,300,000 // Debut)