Box Office
Monday, March 8, 2010
Mary Sum Says:
Alice was in box office Wonderland at the weekend with a madhatter $10.33 M gross ($23,163 avg per 448 screens), helping to make it the biggest weekend for 201 and the best ever weekend for March. (Top 20 took 19.16 M, up 63%.) It is also the third best Disney opening ever behind only Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3. Also opened: Separation City (MA, Hoyts) $15,278 on 15. #Figures in [brackets] indicate number of screens and average; takings are in Aus dollars.
Most Popular Films For Period Weekend, March 4 - 7, 2010
WIR = Weeks In Release
|
| No |
WIR |
Title |
$ |
% |
Total $ |
| 1 |
1 |
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG), WALT DISNEY [448/ $23,163] |
10,377,137 |
N/A |
10,377,137 |
| 2 |
2 |
THE BLIND SIDE (PG), ROADSHOW [222/ $7,781] |
1,727,328 |
-33% |
5,564,104 |
| 3 |
1 |
DEAR JOHN (M), ROADSHOW [196/ $8,525] |
1,670,913 |
N/A |
1,670,913 |
| 4 |
3 |
SHUTTER ISLAND (MA15+), PARAMOUNT [245/ $4,926] |
1,206,963 |
-41% |
7,790,034 |
| 5 |
12 |
AVATAR (M), FOX [205/ $4,895] |
1,003,500 |
-41% |
109,539,127 |
| 6 |
4 |
VALENTINE`S DAY (M), WARNER BROS [323/ $1,759] |
568,002 |
-63% |
15,270,698 |
| 7 |
3 |
THE HURT LOCKER (MA15+), ROADSHOW [48/ $10,617] |
509,593 |
-10% |
1,843,276 |
| 8 |
1 |
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (M), SONY PICTURES [58/ $8,264] |
479,322 |
N/A |
527,892 |
| 9 |
4 |
PERCY JACKSON & THE LIGHTNING THIEF (M), FOX [195/ $1,903] |
371,130 |
-54% |
4,661,595 |
| 10 |
3 |
FROM PARIS WITH LOVE (MA15+), HOYTS [137/ $1,850] |
253,514 |
-49% |
1,728,531 |
| 11 |
2 |
A SINGLE MAN (M), ICON [26/ $8,436] |
219,337 |
-16% |
637,093 |
| 12 |
4 |
THE WOLFMAN (MA15+), UNIVERSAL [156/ $1,055] |
164,635 |
-63% |
4,156,560 |
| 13 |
3 |
CRAZY HEART (M), FOX [76/ $1,611] |
122,422 |
-16% |
645,516 |
| 14 |
8 |
UP IN THE AIR (M), PARAMOUNT [84/ $1,347] |
113,147 |
-42% |
7,957,995 |
| 15 |
8 |
BRAN NUE DAE (PG), ROADSHOW [93/ $830] |
77,159 |
-52% |
7,231,477 |
| 16 |
5 |
PRECIOUS (MA15+), ICON [40/ $1,923] |
76,922 |
-20% |
1,063,027 |
| 17 |
7 |
INVICTUS (PG), WARNER BROS [75/ $953] |
71,488 |
-49% |
6,949,225 |
| 18 |
9 |
IT`S COMPLICATED (M), UNIVERSAL [103/ $656] |
67,584 |
-47% |
15,621,882 |
| 19 |
6 |
LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (MA15+), ROADSHOW [31/ $1,538] |
47,679 |
-60% |
4,932,580 |
| 20 |
8 |
TOOTH FAIRY (G), FOX [45/ $797] |
35,859 |
-67% |
10,433,861 |
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