- Wednesday Box Office
Est: 'Dear John' $32.4M - Friday Estimates
'Dear John' $13.8M - Oscar Nominations
'Avatar', 'Hurt Locker' lead with 9 - Razzie Nominations
'Transformers', 'Land' with 7 - 'Shutter Island' Opening
Poll: How much will it gross?
Early Sat #s: 'Dear John' $12.4M, 'Avatar' $11.3M Dear John opened to a much bigger than expected $13.8 million Friday and $12.4M Saturday (down only | Nikki Finke |
Partial Early Sat #: 'Avatar' slight lead on 'Dear John' 1 - Avatar $6,785,692 (1,531 theatres polled)
2 - Dear John $6,487,778 (1,460)
3 - From Paris | HSX Talk |
| ERC | |
Early Fri #s: 'Dear John' $13M, 'Avatar' $6M, 'From Paris' $2.7M Dear John headed to a much bigger than expected $13 million opening Friday from 2,969 North American | Nikki Finke |
| movie title | gross (M) | weekly | total (M) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dear John | $32.4 | NEW | $32.4 |
| 2 | Avatar | $23.6 | -25% | $630.1 |
| 3 | From Paris with Love | $8.1 | NEW | $8.1 |
| 4 | Edge of Darkness | $7.0 | -59% | $29.1 |
| 5 | Tooth Fairy | $6.5 | -35% | $34.3 |
Flash box office chart is now on every daily and weekend box office page.
Lee's Grades: From Paris with Love C+Crazy Heart B-Edge of Darkness CLegion C-In the Loop CThe Lovely Bones CThe Book of Eli CDaybreakers C-Youth in Revolt B-It's Complicated C
Top Movies of 2009 (by total gross)
| 1. | Avatar | $630,100,000 |
| 2. | Transformers 2 | $402,076,689 |
| 3. | Half-Blood Prince | $301,956,980 |
| 4. | Twilight: New Moon | $293,815,426 |
| 5. | Up | $292,913,068 |
Top Opens of 2009 (3-day weekend)
| 1. | Twilight: New Moon | $142,839,137 |
| 2. | Transformers 2 | $108,966,307 |
| 3. | Wolverine | $85,058,003 |
| 4. | Half-Blood Prince | $77,835,727 |
| 5. | Avatar | $77,025,481 |
Top Distributors of 2009 (theatrical)
| 1. | Paramount | $772,744,819 |
| 2. | 20th Century Fox | $748,897,665 |
| 3. | Sony Pictures | $520,228,534 |
| 4. | Disney | $500,822,246 |
| 5. | Warner Brothers | $481,644,936 |
Top Longevity of 2009 (total / open)
| 1. | Avatar | 8.18 |
| 2. | The Blind Side | 7.08 |
| 3. | The Hangover | 6.17 |
| 4. | Taken | 5.87 |
| 5. | The Proposal | 4.87 |
