The date-night movies "Think Like a Man" and "The Lucky One" finally have knocked “The Hunger Games” off its No. 1 box-office perch. Definitely something to think about.
"Think Like a Man," based on Steve Harvey's dating-advice best-seller, debuted as the top weekend draw with $33 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That's almost double what studio executives had expected for the Sony Screen Gems ensemble movie, which features Michael Ealy, Taraji P. Henson and Gabrielle Union. Ca n you believe that in one weekend receiving $33 million? This would be a dream for most people. Good for this movie for they doubled what they thought they would receive. "Think Like a Man" was produced for about $13 million and took in nearly that much on opening day Friday alone, with business getting even better on Saturday. Sony executives had figured the movie might pull in about $17 million for the whole weekend. Even if they received $17 million, the producer would have been happy to get more than what it cost and it can only get better weeks to come. Lionsgate's blockbuster "The Hunger Games" took in $14.5 million, slipping to third-place after four weekends at No. 1. The film raised its domestic total 356.9 million. Being No.1 for 4 weeks is a great task to achieve. Bringing in the money. When you receive 356.9 million dollars and falls to No.3 really is’t that bad when the millions are still coming in. They can’t b on top every week. "The Hunger Games" added $13 million overseas, where its total now stands at $215.8 million, for a worldwide haul of $573 million. The many that is made for these movies is amazing from over seas and state side brings in hundreds millions per movie. Revenues likely will decline again next weekend, with no huge newcomers expected to come close to the $86.2 million debut of "Fast Five" over that same weekend last year. It is amazing to make that much money in a weekend. People are struggling to pay bills, and there are still this many people going to watch movies. But business should shoot back up after that as the superhero ensemble “The Avengers” launches one of Hollywood's biggest summer lineups ever over the first weekend of May. If you think the amount of money is huge with 3mlon dollars then wait till you see when ‘The Avengers” comes out, they will get close to 100 million dollars. "'Fast Five' basically performed to summer box-office numbers in pre-summer last year," said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. "We're not going to have a 'Fast Five' in late April this year, but that's OK, because we've got 'Avengers a week later, and that'll more than make up for it."
So far in 2012, domestic revenues are at $3.1 billion, up 16.6 percent from last year's, according to Hollywood.com. That is interesting numbers when the numbers for people gaining employment hasn’t been increasing. Paramount's 3-D version of James Cameron's blockbuster "Titanic" added $5 million to bring its three-week domestic total to $52.8 million. The film's lifetime domestic haul now stands at $653.6 million. Here is a producer’s dream. Making as much money as this movie and then on a climb for just making it in 3D. With $34.3 million more overseas, the 3-D version's international total rose to $225 million, pushing the lifetime worldwide gross of "Titanic" to $2.1 billion. Making 2.1 billion dollars is unbelievable. I wish I could be in the position produce a movie to get these types of payoffs. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. Very nice to see the final figures fr the weekend. 1. "Think Like a Man," $33 million.
2. "The Lucky One," $22.8 million ($3.8 million international).
3. "The Hunger Games," $14.5 million ($13 million international).
4. "Chimpanzee," $10.2 million.
5. “The Three Stooges," $9.2 million.
6. “The Cabin in theWoods," $7.8 million ($3.3 million international).
7. “Aerican Reunion," $5.2 million ($9.5 million international).
8. "Titanic" in 3-D, $5 million ($34.3 million international).
9. "21 Jump Street," $4.6 million ($3.1 million international).
10. "Mirror Mirror," $4.1 million ($5.8 million international). Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak: 1. "Battleship," $58.4 million.
2. "Titanic" in 3-D, $34.3 million.
3. "The Hunger Games," $13 million.
4. "American Reunion," $9.5 million.
5. "Wrath of the Titans," $8 million.
6. "The Pirates! Band of Misfis," $7.8 million.
7. "Mirror Mirror," $5.8 million.
8. "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax," $5.1 million.
9. "Houba," $4 million.
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