See that? All the box office needed to shake off the stagnant was Johnny Depp! Debuting on the same weekend the actor owned with Alice in Wonderland in 2010, the animated western Rango is on track to have the biggest debut of the year. The PG flick from director Gore Verbinski brought in an estimated $9.5 million on Friday from 3,917 locations and appears headed for a three day total above $40 million – and that’s without a 3D price boost. If Paramount is pleased with their Rango debut, Universal is probably just as pleased with the debut of The Adjustment Bureau. The Matt Damon-led sci-fi thriller opened to $6.7 million from 2,840 locations. Expect a three-day total above $20 million, or a few million more than the studio was hoping for just a two days ago. Alex Pettyfer is back this week in CBS Films’ Beastly. The modern fairytale took in $3.5 million on Friday and should finish the weekend just below $10 million – right about where the studio was expecting. Full details and box office analysis tomorrow.
| Title | Friday | Total | |
| 1 | Rango | $9,500,000 | $9.5 |
| 2 | Adjustment Bureau | $6,700,000 | $6.7 |
| 3 | Beastly | $3,500,000 | $3.5 |
| 4 | Hall Pass | $2,700,000 | $20.6 |
| 5 | Just Go With | $1,900,000 | $83.6 |
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I bet 100 bucks it won’t do more than 37 million for the weekend. Froget 40m.
It has a cinemascore of C+, which means general audience didn’t like it.
Bottomline: The movie won’t make back its 150m budget domestically.
This is another Where the wild things are.
wooo JoJo. Chill out buddy. Give some respect, at least its a good movie. I guess you would rather see “Beastly” in the top spot b/c i know you love that film.
Where the wild things are cost 150 million? It actually cost 100 million.
But yes it will probably just break even, with a possibility of bombing. Definitely a flop.
And Beastly will ironically profit wise do the best when the final tally is calculated. Moral of the story is, don’t forget your audience.
Looks like you owe someone 100 dollars, buddy.
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