Garrett Hedlund, TRON: Legacy
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Following True Grit was the other Jeff Bridges movie in the top three, Joseph Kosinski’s TRON: Legacy, which scored $18.3m (-4.5%) according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. The special effects-laden sci-fier co-stars Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde. Total: $130.85m. Cost: $170m.
At no. 4, Eric Brevig’s Yogi Bear, featuring the voices of Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake, pulled in $13m, up a fantastic 66% compared to last weekend. Total: $66.13m. Cost: $80m.
Michael Apted’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader drew $10.5m (+11%) at no. 5. Total: $87.14m. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, despite the generally poor reviews, may reach the $100m milestone at the domestic box office. Overseas, Dawn Treader has already grossed more than $186m. Cost: $155m.
Disney’s Tangled earned $10.008m, up a hefty 56%, at no. 6. Total: $168.02m. Cost: $260m. Tangled’s worldwide gross is $286.02m.
David O. Russell’s The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, Christian Bale, and Melissa Leo, scored $10m (+31.5%) at no. 7. The Fighter will likely reach the $50m mark later in the week. Total: $46.38m. Cost: $25m.
Next in line was Rob Letterman’s Gulliver’s Travels, starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, and Jason Segel, with $9.1m (+44% following the addition of more than 500 locations) at no. 8. Total: $27.22m. Estimated cost: $80-100m.
Rounding out the top twelve were:
- Darren Aronofsky-Natalie Portman’s Black Swan with $8.45m (+35%). Total: $47.37m. Cost: $13m. Black Swan should be crossing the $50m mark some time this coming week.
- Colin Firth-Geoffrey Rush’s The King’s Speech with $7.64m, up 70%. Total: $22.8m. Cost: $15m.
- Angelina Jolie-Johnny Depp’s The Tourist with $6.8m (+26%). Total: $54.82m. Cost: $100m.
- The James L. Brooks-Reese Witherspoon-Paul Rudd-Owen Wilson comedy How Do You Know with $4.6m (+30%). Total: $25.08m. Cost: 120m.
Daniel Radcliffe-Ralph Fiennes‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 was no. 13 with $4.4m. (+39%).
Among the top-twelve movies, The King’s Speech had the highest per-theater average, $10,927, followed by True Grit’s $7,947, Little Fockers‘ $7,400, Black Swan’s $5,441, and TRON: Legacy’s $5,440. How Do You Know had the lowest average, $1,853.
Also among the top twelve, only three movies were down this weekend; nine were up. That’s partly because Christmas’ Eve is a weak moviegoing day; partly because, unlike Christmas weekend, New Year’s weekend was blizzard free.
The King’s Speech posted the highest weekend-to-weekend attendance increase, +70%, followed by Yogi Bear’s +66%. Little Fockers posted the highest drop-off rate, a modest -14%, followed by TRON: Legacy (-4.5%) and True Grit (-1.5%).
TRON: Legacy (Douglas Curran / Disney Enterprises)