Below are the
top 12 weekend final numbers from the North American box office:
1. Shutter
Island - $41,062,440
2. Valentine's Day - $16,665,299
3. Avatar - $16,240,857
4. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief - $15,254,421
5. The Wolfman
- $9,895,105
6. Dear John - $7,130,552
7. The Tooth Fairy - $4,354,280
8. Crazy Heart - $2,964,586
9. From Paris With Love - $2,661,829
10. Edge Of
Darkness - $2,243,311
11. The Book Of Eli - $1,888,305
12. When In Rome - $1,737,917
Overall, the
US Box Office was down 35.4% on last weekend's gross.
Director Martin
Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio have done it again with a strong
opening for their latest film SHUTTER
ISLAND, taking in $41 million over the weekend. This is their
best effort thus far, however reception is not as strong as previous
efforts, which may dampen the film's overall prospects. Nevertheless,
with a production budget of $80 million, this will be a nice winner.
The rest of
the Top 12 reads like a repeat of last weekend, albeit with a few
position changes. VALENTINE'S DAY plummeted 70% on last weekend,
earning $16.6 million over the weekend. Bad word of mouth and the
fact that Valentine's Day has passed have contributed to its slump,
but the film has now earned $86.9 million against a $52 million
budget so nobody involved should be complaining.
Just when you
thought it might have been losing some steam, AVATAR
pops up again, this time in third place with $16.2 million, down
only 31% on last weekend. The film is now sitting on $687.9 million
in domestic revenue and at this rate should pass $700 million at
the end of next weekend.
PERCY JACKSON
& THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF and THE
WOLFMAN sufferred significant drops in their returning frames.
The former shed 51% of its audience to earn $15.2 million to bring
it cumulative total to $58.7 million against a $95 million budget;
this can mean it will still come out ahead. The same cannot be said
for the latter film which dropped 69% on last weekend, earning a
paltry $9.8 million to bring its cumulative total to $50.3 million
against a much larger $150 million budget.
