>The Devil Inside looks like a $34-35 million opening weekend based on studio estimates (Friday and Saturday actual results with estimates for Sunday). The top 12 films combined total this weekend has been reduced to $128 million, still 7% ahead of the typical total for the comparable weekend in past years and 30% above the very low total for this weekend last year.
The Christmas weekend movies are settling into a fairly consistent set of final gross estimates: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ($109 million), War Horse ($84 million), Adventures of Tintin ($82 million), We Bought a Zoo ($79 million) and The Darkest Hour ($25 million).
In the battle of the sequels, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ($190 million) and Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked ($132 million) are even with last week’s final domestic gross estimates, while Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol ($235 million) has been adjusted up slightly again.
January 6-8 Wknd vs Showbuzz
(millions) Studio Last Domestic
Proj. Wknd Final*
The Devil Inside (Par) $34.5 $ 66
Mission: Impossible 4 (Par) $20.5 -30% $235
Sherlock Holmes 2 (WB) $14.1 -33% $190
Girl Dragon Tattoo (Sony) $11.4 -23% $109
Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 (Fox) $ 9.5 -42% $132
War Horse (DW/Dis) $ 8.6 -40% $ 84
We Bought a Zoo (Fox) $ 8.5 -36% $ 79
Adventures of Tintin (DW/Dis) $ 6.6 -42% $ 82
Tinker Tailor Solider Spy (Foc) $ 5.8 +431% $ 32
New Year’s Eve (WB/NL) $ 3.3 -48% $ 59
Darkest Hour (Sum) $ 3.1 -25% $ 25
The Descendants (Fox) $ 2.6 -24% $ 52
Note: The table above summarizes the weekend as of Sunday. The first column (on which the table is sorted) displays the “studio projection” for each film, based on the Friday and Saturday actual numbers (and a studio-supplied estimate of Sunday). The second column is the percent decline from the prior weekend. The final column is a preliminary estimate of the ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Total Gross for the film’s complete run in North America. A “++” indicates the Domestic number has been upgraded; a “–” indicates a downgrade.
Mission: Impossible Film Track Opening Domestic Overseas
Weekend Total Total
Mission: Impossible 5.22.1996 $ 45.4 $181.0 $276.7
Mission: Impossible II 5.24.2000 $ 57.8 $215.4 $331.0
Mission: Impossible III 5.05.2006 $ 47.7 $134.0 $263.8
Total Box Office Volume
The Top 12 Films this weekend are looking like $128 million total Friday-Sunday, up 30% from the same calendar weekend last year (which kicked off the disastrous winter and spring of 2011) and up 7% from the typical volume for this weekend in other years.
Top 12 Films: Weekend #1
2012 $128 Devil Inside $34.5, Tinker Tailor $5.8
2011 $ 99 Season of the Witch $10, Country Strong $7
2010 $149 Daybreakers $15, Leap Year $9, Youth in Revolt $7
2009 $128 Gran Torino $29, Bride Wars $21, The Unborn $20
2008 $106 Bucket List $19, First Sunday $18
2008-11
Avg $120
Look for final weekend figures Monday and international results later today
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