ELYSIUM (Sony) got off to a very moderate start with $1.7M from 10PM Thursday night shows. That’s better than the Thursday nights for 2 Guns ($1.2M) and White House Down ($1.35M), but nowhere near the $3.6M for Pacific Rim, suggesting that Elysium may skew older than the usual sci-fi epic–or that there’s limited audience enthusiasm for it. We’ll know in a few hours…
The weekend’s other wide opening, PLANES (Disney) didn’t report any Thursday night numbers, not a surprise given its kiddie demo.
| TITLE | THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE | WEEKEND BOX OFFICE | THURS AS % OF WEEKEND |
| IRON MAN 3 | 15.6M | 174.1M | 9% |
| THE GREAT GATSBY | 3.3M | 50.1M | 6.6% |
| STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS | 3.3M (Wed screenings pre-Thurs opening) |
70.2M | 4.7% |
| FAST & FURIOUS 6 | 6.5M | 97.4M | 6.7% |
| THE HANGOVER PART III | 3.1M | 41.7M | 7.4% |
| NOW YOU SEE ME | 1.5M | 29.4M | 5.1% |
| AFTER EARTH | 1M | 27.5M | 3.6% |
| THE PURGE | 3.4M | 34.1M | 10% |
| THE INTERNSHIP | 800K | 17.3M | 4.6% |
| THIS IS THE END | 2.2M (Tues screenings pre -Wed opening) |
20.7 | 10.6% |
| MAN OF STEEL | 12M (Wal-mart sponsored screenings) |
128.6M | 9.3% |
| WORLD WAR Z | 3.6M | 66.4M | 5.4% |
| MONSTERS UNIVERSITY | 2.6M | 82.4M | 3.2% |
| THE HEAT | 1M | 39.1M | 2.5% |
| WHITE HOUSE DOWN | 1.35M | 24.9M | 5.4% |
| DESPICABLE ME 2 | 4.7M (Tues screenings pre-Wed opening) |
83.5M | 5.6% |
| THE LONE RANGER | 2M (Tues screenings pre-Wed opening) | 29.2M | 6.8% |
| PACIFIC RIM | 3.6M | 37.3M | 9.7% |
| GROWN UPS 2 | 2.3M | 41.5M | 5.5% |
| THE CONJURING | 3.3M | 41.9M | 7.9% |
| R.I.P.D. | 773K | 12.7M | 6.1% |
| THE WOLVERINE | 4M | 53.1M | 7.5% |
| 2 GUNS | 1.2M | 27.1M | 4.4% |
| WE’RE THE MILLERS | 1.7M (Tues screenings pre-Wed opening) | ??? | ??? |
| PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS | 850K (Tues screenings pre-Wed opening) | ??? | ??? |
| ELYSIUM | 1.7M | ??? | ??? |
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