11/20-22 Weekend BoxOffice
Juan F. Lara
Information taken from Brandon Gray's
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
4 Planet 51 $12,286,129 3,035 $4,048 $12,286,129
5 2 A Christmas Carol $12,275,024 -45.0% 3,578 -105 $3,431 $79,836,002
19 13 Astro Boy $406,074 -76.2% 724 -630 $561 $18,621,561
24 24 The Fantastic Mr. Fox $203,512 -23.5% 4 $50,878 $562,048
25 22 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $172,031 -52.4% 231 -117 $745 $122,308,668
42 36 9 $43,390 -38.4% 92 -19 $472 $31,691,649
49 45 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $31,149 -34.1% 59 -14 $528 $196,573,705
"Planet 51"'s $12M first weekend looks lukewarm on face. But in it's
favor, its opening is double the opening of "Astro Boy", which is likely to
pass this holiday weekend. Further, I suspect this movie didn't cost all that
much to make. Against its favor, though, was "Planet 51"'s complete
annihilation by critics.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/planet_51/
I still think "Planet 51" will have a decent Thanksgiving weekend boxoffice,
along with "A Christmas Carol". And "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" finally opens
wide. Let's see if the positive hype delivers.
- Juan F. Lara