Cameron Diaz, Seth Rogen, The Green Hornet
Starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson, and Christoph Waltz, Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet earned $1.52m at the North American box office on Wednesday, Jan. 19, according to Box Office Mojo. The Green Hornet’s per-theater average was $426, behind that of The King’s Speech for the first time since Gondry’s 3D adventure flick opened on Friday.
At no. 2, Ron Howard’s The Dilemma, featuring Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, and Channing Tatum, pulled in $952k. The Dilemma fell below the $1m-per-day mark on Day 6.
Once again at no. 3, Colin Firth-Geoffrey Rush’s The King’s Speech grossed $867k. The Tom Hooper-directed drama should pass the $50m milestone on Friday.
The King’s Speech was followed by Darren Aronofsky-Natalie Portman’s Golden Globe winner for Best Actress – Drama Black Swan with $744k.
At no. 5, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen’s True Grit took in $727k. The Coens’ Western stars Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin.
Next in line were Mark Wahlberg-Christian Bale’s The Fighter with $475k at no. 6 and Robert De Niro-Owen Wilson-Ben Stiller’s comedy Little Fockers with $355k at no. 7.
Jeff Bridges-Garrett Hedlund ’s TRON: Legacy scored $314k at no. 8.
Rounding out the top twelve were Dominic Sena-Nicolas Cage’s Season of the Witch with $307k, Gwyneth Paltrow-Tim McGraw-Garrett Hedlund’s Country Strong with $247k, Disney’s Tangled with $175k, Eric Brevig’s Yogi Bear with $173k.
Among the top-twelve movies, The King’s Speech had the highest per-theater average, $562. Yogi Bear had the lowest, $64.
Also among the top twelve, Yogi Bear posted the highest Tuesday-to-Wednesday drop-off rate, -36%. The King’s Speech posted the lowest, -7%.
Photo: The Green Hornet (Jaimie Trueblood / Columbia Pictures)