Not a bad weekend for the box office this weekend. Overall business is up about 8% from the similar weekend average. Three new movies opened (each with a different feel and target demographic target). No big hits among the three, but three solid performances.
The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final estimates for films opening wide this weekend: The Bourne Idenity ($117 million), The Campaign ($94 million) and Hope Springs ($69 million).
Second week films: Total Recall ($56 million, down from the $65 million last week) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days ($51 million).
Third week films: The Watch ($37 million, same as last week) and Step Up Revolution ($37 million, same as last week’s estimate).
Fourth week films: The Dark Knight Rises ($445 million, nearly identical to last week’s estimate).
| Weekend 32: August 10-12, 2012 | ($ millions) | ||||
| vs Last Wknd | Wknd Studio Proj. | Showbuzz Domestic Final | |||
| Bourne Legacy | Uni | 40.3 | 117 | ||
| The Campaign | WB | 27.4 | 94 | ||
| Dark Knight Rises | WB | -45% | 19.5 | 445 | |
| Hope Springs | Sony | 15.6 | 69 | ||
| Diary of Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | Fox | -44% | 8.2 | 51 | |
| Total Recall | Sony | -68% | 8.1 | 56 | |
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | Fox | -22% | 6.7 | 163 | |
| Ted | Uni | -42% | 3.3 | 37 | |
| Step Up Revolution | Sum | -52% | 2.8 | 225 | |
| The Watch | Fox | -66% | 2.2 | 37 | |
| Amazing Spider-Man | Sony | -36% | 4.3 | 272 | |
| Brave | Dis | -33% | 2.9 | 232 | |
| Magic Mike | WB | -47% | 1.4 | 116 | |
| The Bourne Laboratory Results — Universal(star, director) | ($ millions) | ||||||
| Critics Positive | Opening Weekend | Domestic Total | Overseas Total | Worldwide Total | |||
| Bourne Legacy (Renner, Gilroy) | 8.10.2012 | 53% | 40-est | 117-est | n/a | n/a | |
| Bourne Ultimatum (Damon, Greengrass) | 8.3.2007 | 94% | 69.3 | 227.5 | 215.3 | 442.8 | |
| Bourne Supremacy (Damon, Greengrass) | 7.23.2004 | 81% | 52.5 | 176.2 | 112.3 | 288.5 | |
| Bourne Identity (Damon, Limon) | 6.14.2002 | 83% | 27.1 | 121.7 | 92.3 | 214.0 | |
Total Box Office Volume
The Top 12 Films this weekend are headed for $138 million total Friday-Sunday, down 3% from the same calendar weekend last year but up a decent 8% from the average for this weekend the past four years.
| ($ millions) | |||
| WEEKEND #32 | Weekend Volume: Top 12 Films | Top Movies Opening Each Weekend | |
| 2012 | $138 | Bourne Legacy $40, The Campaign $27, Hope Springs $15.5 | |
| 2011 | $143 | The Help $26, Final Destination 5 $18, 30 Minutes or Less $13 | |
| 2010 | $132 | The Expendables $35, Eat Pray Love $23, Scott Pilgrim vs World $11 | |
| 2009 | $125 | District 9 $37, Time Traveler’s Wife $19 | |
| 2008 | $112 | Tropic Thunder $26, Star Wars Clone Wars $15, Mirrors $11 | |
| Avg 2008-11 | $128 | ||
Total Box Office Volume
Opening wide next weekend are The Expendables from Lionsgate, ParaNorman from Focus — Universal, The Odd Life of Timothy Green from Disney, and parkle from TriStar. These films will be compared to the following openers from the same weekend last year: Spy Kids: All the Tine in the World ($11.6 million opening weekend), Conan the Barbarian ($10.0 million), 30 Minutes or Less ($13.3 million) and Fright Night ($7.7 million).
International grosses will be updated later today.
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