Weekend Box-Office: ‘Puss in Boots’ Claims Halloween Weekend Record
By
Brad Brevet
It’s interesting to see people using Game 7 of the World Series and the blizzard in the Northeast to prop this weekend’s overall tally up. Shouldn’t we also add the fact we have a film claiming the #1 spot and a Halloween weekend record with inflated 3D ticket prices? At what point do we stop with the excuses?
I’ll let you decide the answer to that as we take a look at this weekend’s box-office top ten…
Laremy predicted the #1 movie correctly 4 Weeks In A Row
Edging out Saw III‘s $33.6 million back in 2006, Dreamworks Animation posted a $34 million weekend for Puss in Boots. I have to assume this is a safe estimate because the last thing they’d want would be for everyone to write about how it is the new Halloween weekend record holder only to have to take it back once actuals were reported.
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.
Weekend: $34.0 million 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%.
Boom goes the dynamite and Paranormal Activity 3 tumbled as expected with a nearly 65% drop. No worries, when a film is made for $5 million and has already grossed over $100 million worldwide I think it’s safe to say everyone is happy… Well, at least the people that aren’t still up in arms over the trailer footage not being in the movie.
Weekend: $18.5 million (-64.8% drop) / Cume: $81.3 million / RottenTomatoes:67% Laremy’s rank: Laremy picked it to finish #2 with $19.46 million, which is $0.96m off for a 5.19% error.
The budget here was a reported $40 million and this kind of opening isn’t too impressive, but should result in decent worldwide returns, though this film could have been so much more.
On the prediction side of things a lot of you were close, but only Athar delivered the perfect $12 million prediction.
Weekend: $12 million / RottenTomatoes:36% Laremy’s rank: Laremy picked it to finish #3 with $13.5 million, which is $1.5m off for a 12.5% error.
I really don’t have anything to say here so I will merely mention I saw that “Footloose” is the song being used to promote the upcoming Country Music Awards. So there’s that.
Weekend: $5.4 million (-47.6% drop) / Cume: $38.4 million / RottenTomatoes:71% Laremy’s rank: Laremy picked it to finish #5 with $7.5 million, which is $2.1m off for a 38.89% error.
When Laremy went with $6.9 million I was a bit surprised, just based on what I knew of this film I didn’t think it would have done all that well as I just didn’t see people being too interested.
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.
Weekend: $5 million Laremy’s rank: Laremy picked it to finish #6 with $6.9 million, which is $1.9m off for a 38% error.
Hitting around $160 million worldwide on a reported $110 million (yeah right) this one is still sticking around, but I really don’t have much more to say.
Weekend: $4.7 million (-56.5% drop) / Cume: $73.8 million / RottenTomatoes:59% Laremy’s rank: Laremy picked it to finish #4 with $7.63 million, which is $2.93m off for a 62.34% error.
Talk about a difference, The Three Musketeers is struggling to reach $20 million here in the States, but foreign sales already have it over $60 million. Different tastes I guess, but that reported $90 million budget will loom large.
Weekend: $3.5 million (-59.3% drop) / Cume: $14.8 million / RottenTomatoes:25% Laremy’s rank: Laremy picked it to finish #7 with $4.05 million, which is $0.55m off for a 15.71% error.
I’ve seen a lot of Oscar prognosticators keeping this one in their list of Best Picture nominees, but I just don’t see it happening. There’s no buzz around this title as far as I can tell. Am I crazy?
Weekend: $2.7 million (-43.8% drop) / Cume: $33.4 million / RottenTomatoes:85% Laremy’s rank: Laremy picked it to finish #8 with $3.75 million, which is $1.05m off for a 38.89% error.
This one, however, I do have in my list of nominees and I want to see that cume go higher and higher. I think it’s safe to say it will definitely be nominated for Best Picture, but I don’t give it any real chance to win.
Weekend: $2.4 million (-38.5% drop) / Cume: $67.4 million / RottenTomatoes:95% Laremy’s rank: Laremy picked it to finish #9 with $3.2 million, which is $0.8m off for a 33.33% error.
I have nothing to say here other than to direct you to this picture of Kirk Cameron’s birthday party. Subway anyone?
Weekend: $1.8 million / Cume: $27.6 million / RottenTomatoes:29% 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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