The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Weekend Box Office – MEGAMIND Wins Second Week On Top with $30.1 Million; UNSTOPPABLE Skids Into Second

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: November 14th, 2010 at 9:33 am

After narrowly beating Megamind for first place on Friday, Unstoppable lost some momentum as it rolled through the weekend. The thriller placed second with an estimated $23.5 million while Dreamworks’ 3D animated Megamind enjoyed a second week at number one and a new estimated domestic gross of nearly $90 million.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Megamind	$30,100,000	$89.8
2	Unstoppable	$23,500,000	$23.5
3	Due Date	$15,500,000	$59
4	Skyline	$11,700,000	$11.7
5	Morning Glory	$9,600,000	$12.2
6	For Colored Girls	$6,800,000	$31
7	Red	$5,000,000	$79.7
8	Paranormal Activity 2	$3,000,000	$82
9	Saw 3D	$2,900,000	$43.6
10	Jackass 3D	$2,300,000	$114.7

Friday Box Office – UNSTOPPABLE Runs Off with $8.1 Million in First Place; MEGAMIND Outsmarts Debuts of SKYLINE and MORNING GLORY

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: November 13th, 2010 at 8:48 am

Unstoppable opened to $8.1 million on Friday which was good enough for first place – barely. The PG-13 thriller is the fifth film pairing of Denzel Washington and director Tony Scott, and the second in a row to feature a runaway train as its dramatic centerpiece. Though projections indicate that Unstoppable will be anything but a runaway hit, the film should at least match the $23.4 million opening weekend of Denzel and Scott’s last train thriller, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. Too bad that won’t be enough to outsmart Megamind. The 3D comedy came in second on Friday with $7.9 million and is poised for its second weekend at number one thanks to higher ticket prices and a general lack of interest in this weekend’s other new titles. That includes Universal’s Skyline which debuted in fourth on Friday with $4.7 million on its way to a weekend in the $14 million range – a far cry from this week last year when 2012 earned $23.4 million on its first day alone. Finally, Morning Glory opened early to get out of the way of all that testosterone. It didn’t help. The romantic comedy’s Wednesday-Thursday gross stands at just $2.6 million and its Friday take of $3.1 million was only good enough for fifth place.

	Title	Friday	Total
1	Unstoppable	$8,100,000	$8.1
2	Megamind	$7,900,000	$67.6
3	Due Date	$5,500,000	$48.9
4	Skyline	$4,700,000	$4.7
5	Morning Glory	$3,100,000	$5.7

A Look Back at the Film Collaborations of Denzel Washington and Director Tony Scott

by Jeff Ames    Posted: November 10th, 2010 at 8:07 am

For better or worse, Denzel Washington and Tony Scott have brought their creative minds together on numerous occasions. Over the span of 15 years they’ve tackled revenge, terrorism, time travel and, in a sense, nuclear war. This week’s Unstoppable marks their fifth collaboration together, and so we thought it’d be fun to have a look back at the duo’s track record, covering the highs and lows of their lucrative, sometimes even sensational partnership. Hit the jump to revisit their previous films.

Weekend Box Office – MEGAMIND Leads Strong Weekend with $47.7 Million; DUE DATE Second with $33.5 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: November 7th, 2010 at 10:43 am

Hollywood finally got some box office results worth celebrating as all three of this weekend’s major new releases performed at or above industry projections. The combined grosses of Megamind, Due Date and For Colored Girls made this the most lucrative early November frame since 2003 and promises studios glad tidings for the 2010 holiday season to come.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Megamind	$47,700,000	$47.7
2	Due Date	$33,500,000	$33.5
3	For Colored Girls	$20,100,000	$20.1
4	Red	$8,850,000	$71.9
5	Saw 3D	$8,200,000	$38.8
6	Paranormal Activity 2	$7,290,000	$77.2
7	Jackass 3D	$5,000,000	$110.8
8	Hereafter	$4,020,000	$28.7
9	Secretariat	$4,000,000	$50.9
10	The Social Network	$3,600,000	$85

Weekend Box Office – THE HANGOVER Holds While PELHAM Settles For Third

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: June 14th, 2009 at 10:55 am

Once again “The Hangover” is the the number one film of the week.  Maybe now they’ll stop calling it a “sleeper hit” and just cop to the fact that it’s the normal kind of hit.  Pixar came in second with “Up” and the two new films had to fight for their spots in the top five.  A summer weekend where the biggest new release only ends up at number three is a bit of a head scratcher – unless you actually saw the film in question.  A lot of people thought that remaking the 1974 film “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ was unnecessary, and with the majority of this weekend’s tickets going to holdover titles like “The Hangover” and “Up” instead of the big star vehicle from Tony Scott, I would have to say that a lot of people were right.  Meanwhile, Paramount’s “Imagine That” continues the trend of live-action Eddie Murphy flicks that can not get above $6 million in the first three days (see 2008′s “Meet Dave”).  It’s kind of sad, really…

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	The Hangover	$33,415,000	$105,389,000
2	Up	$30,515,000	$187,179,000
3	Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	$25,000,000	$25,000,000
4	Night at the Museum 2	$9,600,000	$143,447,000
5	Land of the Lost	$9,153,000	$34,980,000
6	Imagine That	$5,700,000	$5,700,000
7	Star Trek	$5,600,000	$232,028,000
8	Terminator Salvation	$4,695,000	$113,831,000
9	Angels & Demons	$4,200,000	$123,300,000
10	Drag Me to Hell	$3,864,000	$35,146,000

Friday Box Office – Still No Cure for THE HANGOVER

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: June 13th, 2009 at 10:33 am

The so-called summer season continued this week with the release of two completely unanticipated releases – “The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3″ with Denzel Washington and another Eddie Murphy family film – does it really matter what it’s called at this point?  The R-rated “Pelham” came in third with close to $9 million on its way to a respectable weekend take in the $20 million range. The Eddie Murphy flick “Imagine That” surprised no one by bombing badly – coming in at #6 with only $1.8 million on Friday.  Last week’s sleeper hit “The Hangover” was the holdover winner for Friday, earning another $10 million after an impressive weekday average of $6.2 million per day.  Pixar’s “Up” continued to dominate at number two, though “The Hangover” will most likely take the weekend.  The only real questions now are how close can “Pelham” come to number one and how far back will “Imagine That” end up?  Check back tomorrow for the final estimates…

	Title	Friday	Total
1	The Hangover	$10,435,000	$82,409,000
2	Up	$8,850,000	$165,514,000
3	Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	$8,250,000	$8,250,000
4	Night at the Museum	$2,975,000	$136,822,000
5	Land of the Lost	$2,916,000	$28,743,000

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