>Thanksgiving week lagged behind the comparable week last year by 8%, bringing the year to date tally 3.7% behind 2010’s total at this time. Final numbers for all the Thanksgiving box office are also available below.
The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume
All films in wide release playing between November 21 and November 27 grossed $260 million, down 8% from the same very good week in 2010 but up 11% from the average comparable week the past four years. Year to date, all films are now down 3.7% from the same period last year (a little worse compared to last week, when it was down -3.5%).
All Films November 21-27
(millions) 4yr vs vs
2010 Avg 2011 2010 Avg
Week #47 $283 $235 $260 – 8% +11%
Year to Date $9280 $8792 $8940
-3.7% +1.7%
Updated Estimates of Final Grosses
The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Grosses (the estimated North American gross when the film ends its run) are summarized below for films released the last six weeks. Pay attention to the final domestic grosses, which are much more important than individual weekend grosses and especially weekend rankings.
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 $302 million (98 percentile)
Puss in Boots $166 million (90 percentile)
The Muppets $121 million (84 percentile)
Paranormal Activity 3 $102 million (79 percentile)
Immortals $87 million (73 percentile) Tower Heist $82 million (72 percentile)
Happy Feet Two $78 million (71 percentile)
Jack and Jill $77 million (70 percentile)
Arthur Christmas $51 million (56 percentile)
Hugo $49 million (54 percentile)
J. Edgar $39 million (46 percentile)
The Descendants $36 million (43 percentile)
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas $36 million (43 percentile) The Three Musketeers $20 million (21 percentile)
Weekend Actuals vs Sunday’s Studio Projections
The weekend Studio Projections (Friday and Saturday actual numbers with estimates for Sunday’s box office) were slightly optimistic for Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 ($300,000 higher than the actual weekend number reported today) and The Muppets (also $300,000 higher than the actual). The rest of the studio projections were fairly close to the actuals for the holdover movies.
Weekend of Sunday Monday Showbuzz
November 21-27 Studio Weekend Domestic
(millions) Estimate Actual Total
Twilight Breaking Dawn 1 (Sum) $42.0 $41.7 $302+
The Muppets (Dis) $29.5 $29.2 $121
Happy Feet Two (WB) $13.4 $13.4 $ 78-
Arthur Christmas (Sony) $12.7 $12.1 $ 51
Hugo (Par) $11.4 $11.4 $ 49
Jack and Jill (Sony) $10.3 $10.0 $ 77+
Immortals (Rel) $ 8.8 $ 8.9 $ 87+
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