I am back home in Seattle after a lengthy trip to the Toronto Film Festival and I come home to notice Resident Evil: Retribution almost topped last weekend's #1 film on its opening day with $8.4 million and should be able to end the weekend around $22-23 million. The result is looking to be slightly less than 2010's installment and more in line with 2007's Resident Evil: Extinction, but considering the success this franchise has had overseas I'm sure Screen Gems is quite happy and hoping Paul Anderson and Milla Jovovich would be down to make another one.
In second was Pixar's 3D re-release of Finding Nemo, which Laremy pegged to hit #1 with $29.4 million, but that isn't going to happen. After $5 million on Friday it's likely going to end around $16 million or so, perhaps a little higher.
Other new releases includes Last Ounce of Courage, a film I just added to the database. The film is targeting the "freedom loving and faith based" audiences and brought in $690,000 from 1,407 theaters on Friday and along with 2016: Obama's America, it could mean two films in the top ten for Rocky Mountain Pictures.
In limited release, The Master brought in $242,000 from five theaters and 10 Years opened to a soft $7,200 from only three theaters. The Master will expand next weekend as will 10 Years. And Raiders of the Lost Ark continued its limited IMAX run with $106,000.
I have included the Friday top ten directly below and will be back tomorrow with a complete weekend wrap-up.
- Resident Evil: Retribution - $8.4 million
- Finding Nemo 3D - $5 million
- The Possession - $1.8 million
- Lawless - $1.3 million
- The Words - $930,000
- The Expendables 2 - $880,000
- The Bourne Legacy - $846,000
- The Campaign - $750,000
- 2016: Obama's America - $742,000
- Last Ounce of Courage - $690,000
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Terrible for both openers. Both may fail to hit 20M!
Low end of expectations for both openers, but I'm glad to have solid Friday openings after last weekend's anemic turnout.
Tuning out from the theater until Looper or Trouble with the Curve are out.
I can't believe that movie Last Ounce of Courage is getting a theatrical run. It looks about as cheap and poorly made as that Innocence of Muslims film.
Is anyone else pissed the majority choose resident evil over pixar, even if its a rerelease?
Really pretty unbelievable to me (as I mentioned below). Keeping in mind I'm not a fan of 3D, I would so much rather re-watch Finding Nemo in 3D, or any other movie in the top 10 for that matter - haven't heard of Last Ounce of Courage until now.
Just got back from a 4:00 showing of The Master on 70mm. Theater was packed. Next one was sold out I saw - will this be very front-loaded or become PTA's best grossing film?
Can't believe how the Resident Evil movies do well. Besides the fact that I couldn't be any less interested, nearly every time the trailer came on I heard people groaning.
Saw Resident Evil yesterday and it had solid attendance, couldn't tell how much everyone else was enjoying it but I laughed all the way through. The film is so wonderfully terrible that I felt I got my money's worth, which is better than ParaNorman's utter mediocrity (saw it right before). At least Paul Anderson went all in in making this magically awful film, so I give him props!
So happy Nemo 3D is losing to Resident Evil. I never saw what people see in Nemo.It is OK I suppose but nothing more . WHy even 1 person would pay exorbitant prices at the theater when they can watch this at home on DVD or soon on BLU-RAY is beyond me. I just hope that every single re-release from Disney and other studios underperform drastically until they are not profitable so this madness can stop.
The Resident Evil films are from being "good films" but at least they offer something slightly new and the always perfect Milla Jovovich so I am very happy that this one is looking like a money-maker.
Next Weekend is going to be very hard choice because Dredd and End of Watch looks very awesome.
both are going to be huge bombs. neither one will crack $10 million.