Weekend Box-Office: 'Puss in Boots' Claims Halloween Weekend Record
And there really isn't too much more to say
I'll let you decide the answer to that as we take a look at this weekend's box-office top ten…
Puss in Boots
I don't like to be negative when it comes to this movie, primarily because I liked it, but this seems like a very low opening to me. Laremy predicted $45.6 million and many of Thursday's readers went that high and some as high as $70 million. Oops.
Puss was supposed to open next weekend, occupying the same frame Dreamworks opened Megamind a year ago to the sum of $46 million. I guess we'll have to wait until then to see how these numbers compare.
As for the predictions, a few of you maintained smaller numbers with kudos going to Sensei White Lotus, chriscarmichael and Jeff Winger for their respective $37, $36.8 and $31.8 million predictions, but it was Dennis with a $35 million prediction that takes this crown.
RottenTomatoes Score: 81%
Laremy's rank: Laremy picked it to finish #1 and his prediction of $45.6 million was $11.6m off for a percentage error of 34.12%.
Laremy's rank: Laremy picked it to finish #2 with $19.46 million, which is $0.96m off for a 5.19% error.
On the prediction side of things a lot of you were close, but only Athar delivered the perfect $12 million prediction.
Laremy's rank: Laremy picked it to finish #3 with $13.5 million, which is $1.5m off for a 12.5% error.
Laremy's rank: Laremy picked it to finish #5 with $7.5 million, which is $2.1m off for a 38.89% error.
A lot of you had quite a bit of faith in this film's box-office prospects with several $10+ million predictions, but it was Dennis and Rach whose $4 million predictions take the win for this title.
Laremy's rank: Laremy picked it to finish #6 with $6.9 million, which is $1.9m off for a 38% error.
Laremy's rank: Laremy picked it to finish #4 with $7.63 million, which is $2.93m off for a 62.34% error.
Laremy's rank: Laremy picked it to finish #7 with $4.05 million, which is $0.55m off for a 15.71% error.
Laremy's rank: Laremy picked it to finish #8 with $3.75 million, which is $1.05m off for a 38.89% error.
Laremy's rank: Laremy picked it to finish #9 with $3.2 million, which is $0.8m off for a 33.33% error.
Laremy's rank: Not Ranked
In other news, Anonymous opened in 265 theaters this weekend and brought home a reported $1 million and Searchlight's Martha Marcy May Marlene added 28 theaters and added $440,000 from 32 theaters overall.
Next weekend moves us into November already (can you believe it?) and will see the likes of Tower Heist and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas hitting theaters. Care to place any early predictions?
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Typo alert: you've got the wrong gross for Puss in Boots in your summary.
I think that Tower Heist will be number 1 next weekend
A lot of people still think this is opening next weekend, so lets wait and see the legs first.
Both openers look to be disappointment next weekend.
Harold & Kumar looks hilarious, but I really can't see anything over 12-13M.
Tower Heist have Eddie Murphy (he is still acting?), and is recent movies were all big bombs, and Ben Stiller, who isn't a draw anymore outside of the Fockers. 25M OW tops.
I agree that opening is on the low side (though for sure it was never going to open as large as the average for the Shrek films – never) and it should have been able to go a little higher.
Whatever the reason it didn't, it will be interesting to see how the holds are over future weekends.
Tower Heist – it could be a contender for the top spot but if Puss holds well then it could also double. Anyway, I'm not sure there's a way in which I could accurately express my lack of interest in a Brett Ratner film that stars BOTH Stiller and Murphy – so whatever it makes is whatever it makes.
I an betting "Puss" has small 30% drops the next two weekends before "Happy Feet" comes out.
I think it will be a 20% or even lower next weekend unless kids go to see Tower Heist
OMG!! this movie was hilarious! I LOVED IT! Especially that random cat that kept going "Oooohhh" lmao!! hahah super cute! xoxo
The Halloween weekend movie release standard operating procedure is tried and true. Only release low budget movies; because, there is just too much going on Halloween weekend to justify anything else. Parties, sports, shopping, decorating, outings to haunted houses, etc. The last time studios tried something different was "This Is It", which opened lower than people thought it would despite being the sole new wide release that weekend. I would be surprised if studios got creative with high budget Halloween releases again anytime soon.
Not everyone celebrates Halloween though.
True, but it's the only major celebration that is increasing in popularity. Still, it would have to triple celebration related retail sales spending to pass Valentine's Day. My brother, being Conservative Babtist, doesn't celebrate it on principle.
Here's a thought. Maybe a studio will get smart and counter program Halloween with a religious film. Oh, I forgot, Hollywood doesn't make those.
Chronicles of Narnia, Corageous and the Passion of the Christ were religious films made in Hollywood.
Sorry, couldn't resist correcting your comment. Passion of the Christ was an independent film, Gibson put money into it, and no major Hollywood studio wanted to touch it. Courageous was made by an independent religious studio (church) in Atlanta, so neither of those films were religious films made in Hollywood. And Chronicles of Narnia, outside of churches, didn't advertise the religious aspects of the film.
I hate to be that guy, but box office records just don't mean much out of a ticket-price context. If only we could just use a tickets-sold number when chatting about which movies the public gets excited about seeing. Granted, that still is a bit of a mess considering the increased number of movie theaters, which tilts the playing field, but still, tickets-sold is really what we're talking about. The dollar amounts aren't really the point, unless you're an investor or studio executive.
While you make a strong point, the investors and studio executives dominate the buisness and actual money is what they care about then actual people.
Even if Game 7 still happened, Puss In Boots could have made $40 million had it not been for the storms. I gurantee you.
Soft opening for Puss in Boots…sure the snowstorm affected it some, but would it have hit $40 million without the snow? Possible, but it wouldn't have done much more than that. It may well be rewarded with a small drop next weekend though. I see it hitting mid-$20s, which should have it competing with Tower Heist. Harold & Kumar is looking at low teens at best probably.
Your comment saying: "Alex Pettyfer is yet again embarrassing himself as he has clearly been typecast into supporting villain roles for the rest of his career and failing to do even that," did make me laugh.
In truth, I believe that Justin Timberlake is two or three movies away from breaking out into a major box-office star. The box-office for IN TIME may be tepid, but Will Smith took his sweet time translating from a pop/ TV celeb into a credible A-list star. JT has just been cast in a Coen Bros. movie and he's picking his roles with care. I think one should really keep an eye on him because, if I'm right, JT will be a huge article in the world of movies. Plus, the boy can act.
Indeed he can act.
Puss for $30M next week. Yep.
Tower Heist with a decent $18M.
I'm predicting that Tower Heist will go over $30M, maybe around $32.5M to start. But it won't cross $100M. Puss will drop a bit to about $24M. And for some reason, with the 3-D ticket sales plus the cult following of Harold and Kumar, they could take between $18-$19M for the weekend.
harold and kumar 3 will be # 1 Next Friday and tower heist will bomb
NEXT WEEKEND
1.HAROLD AND KUMAR 3 $135.11
2.PUSS IN BOOTS $99.9
3.PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 $79.8
4.REAL STEEL $79.6
5.TOWER HEIST $44.9