Box Office: Snow White and the Hulkman
Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 4:00PM Queen Ravenna and The Runaway as I prefer to call it seized the box office kingdom with ease this weekend. It helps when no other big movie dares question your right to the throne. Given that the last Snow White picture Mirror Mirror didn't open even half as well, it's left to us to wonder: What accounts for the fair princess's drawing power this time around?
Help us determine it!
Here's the estimated top ten (US) chart with discussables afterwards as to what people are spending their money on... and why.
TOP TEN
01 SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN new $56.2 review tomorrow
02 MIB 3 $29.3 (cum $112.3)
03 THE AVENGERS $20.2 (cum $552.7) Review
04 BATTLESHIP $4.8 (cum $55.1)
05 THE DICTATOR $4.7 (cum $50.8)
06 THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL $4.6 (cum. $25.4) Review
07 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING $4.4 (cum. $30.7)
08 DARK SHADOWS $3.8 (cum. $70.8) Review
09 CHERNOBYL DIARIES $3.0 (cum. $14.4)
10 FOR GREATER GLORY new $1.8
Drawing by NathanielDiscussables
• The Avengers has now whizzed past The Dark Knight and the last Harry Potter film to become not only the top grossing superhero picture of all time domestically and internationally but the highest grossing picture of all time not directed by James Cameron .. (both records *not adjusted for inflation*) . If you adjust for inflation its performance is still spectacular. It's just outgrossed the original Spider-Man (2002) and has only one superhero picture left to vanquish: The Dark Knight. It'll surely do so.
• Speaking of behemoths, The Hunger Games (reviewed) only just left the top ten list and is but one week away from reaching $400 million domestically. It'll be only the third movie to achieve that remarkable feat this decade after Toy Story 3 and The Avengers.
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (reviewed) continues to show terrific gams, picking up more theaters each week and barely dipping in occupancy (which makes you wonder if it can manage an Oscar run of some sort at year's end?). I attribute this, at least in part, to Downton Abbey Maggie Smith Fever.
• Moonrise Kingdom had the best per screen average by far. But despite the collected star power and Wes Anderson's fanbase it's only in very limited release still.
What did you see this weekend? If it was Queen Ravenna save your breath. We'll discuss her tomorrow!
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Reader Comments (15)
"Et si on vivait tous ensemble?" starring Jane Fonda and Geraldine Chaplin. Not as sugary and comforting as Marigold, but it has a nice ending and a few laughs so it might get a decent release in the US, considering how well the British one is performing.
I saw Moonrise Kingdom last week and I keep thinking of bits I want to see again, so maybe a second time is in the cards. I hope it expands soon!
This week I saw Prometheus. Fassbender steals the entire show. Loved it.
Charlize going full camp was kind of amazing. She's been on a roll lately.
Hey, don't hide your drawings
i like the idea of both Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie currently plotting from their respective thrones the demise of the far fairer and cleverer Charlize.
I finally saw The Avengers this weekend, and also saw Snow White.
Saw a DVD I've owned for a while but never tackled: White Dog by Samuel Fuller. Worth checking out.
And it is the Downton Abbey Maggie Smith Fever, with the ongoing Marigold Hotel Fever that will form a tipple delight after the release of the Harvey Weinstein supported "Quartet" at the end of the year.
He's no fool, and that leading or supporting Maggie Smith nomination is one of the safest bets in Oscar prognostication. The Golden Derby have not included her "Quartet" potential in their predictions and that's hilarious.
I have a prediction Maggie Smith will beat Viola Davis and Anne Hathaway will beat Annette Bening. When they don't won't you to win you really won't ever win.
@ Nathaniel, just as you did a
[ Maggie Smith in "Quartet" 1981 and Maggie Smith in "Quartet" 2012 ] experiment, you should throw in a bolder move with:
[ "Maggie Smith, Jean, and Oscar" 1969 & "Maggie Smith, Jean, and Oscar" 2012 ]
;)
Saw "Moonrise Kingdom" - I was worried it would be too quirky and overly stylized, but it mostly wasn't. It was funny and touching and, even if it felt a little long toward the end, really enjoyable.
I saw Moonrise as well. See, I was hoping for quirks and for it to be overly stylized! :) And I loved it.
AR - oh, it was definitely quirky and stylized, but a) not so much that it detracted from the story and b) not in place of a story, so that's why I was happy. It was a nice balance.
I finally watched "London Boulevard" (starring Colin Farrell & Keira Knightley) this weekend and I thought it was OK. I had read the novel (as well as watched "Sunset Boulevard" of which it was loosely based on) and I kinda expected the ending which so many reviewers hated. However, it was nice seeing Farrell oozing charisma (and shirtless!) as well as Anna Friel doing some nice supporting work (as always).
DJDeeJay: I agree, it was a nice balance. I do go to Wes Anderson movies hoping for quirk and style because he does those so well. But I think all his movies would be unbearable if they weren't grounded in strong stories and if the quirk and style didn't serve the characters so well. I think they do.