![]() ![]() ![]() The movie has received glowing reviews, while receiving an equally glowing A- CinemaScore.ĭefying soft prerelease tracking, Pacific Rim got off to a better-than-expected start Thursday night and Friday, but once fanboy traffic started tapering off late Friday, the movie slowed. Marking del Toro’s first big-budget tentpole, Pacific Rim pits giant robots against alien monsters and stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi and Charlie Day. The movie opens just as Legendary prepares to leave Warners for its new co-financing and production deal with Universal. Unless Pacific Rim does extraordinarily well overseas, or enjoys a huge multiple at the North American box office, it is also likely to result in a major loss for Legendary. Lone Ranger has a number of major markets in which to open, but box-office observers and Wall Street anlaysts are predicting a major loss for Disney of between $150 million and $200 million. Overseas, the big-budget tentpole took in a meek $12.7 million from 33 territories for an international total of $48 million and worldwide cume of $119.1 million. 5 was Gore Verbinski‘s troubled The Lone Ranger, which tumbled a steep 61 percent to $11.1 million in its second weekend for a tepid domestic cume of $77.1 million. 4 in its third outing, jumping the $100 million mark and ending the weekend with a North American cume of $112.4 million.Ĭoming in No. The sequel, costing a relatively modest $80 million to produce, reteams Sandler with Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph and Maria Bello.įox’s Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy comedy The Heat placed No. Grown Ups 2 skewed slightly female (53 percent), while 54 percent of the audience was under 25.ĭespite being ravaged by critics, Grown Ups 2 received a B- CinemaScore, same as the 2010 original. ![]() The sequel played everywhere and to the whole family,” said Sony worldwide president of distribution Rory Bruer. It was a fairly competitive weekend and to gross more than the first film is great. The sequel opened slightly ahead of the 2010 original, not accounting for inflation. Sony’s Grown Ups 2 opened to a stellar $42.5 million domestically in a needed win for Sandler, who has had a string of box office disappointments. It has earned $243.2 million at the foreign box office and will eclipse the entire run of Despicable Me this week ($293 million).ĭespicable 2 topped the global box office for the weekend with $100.5 million in ticket sales Pacific Rim followed with $91.3 million.ĪNALYSIS: What ‘Pacific Rim’s’ Fate Means for Legendary and Warner Bros. 1 internationally, grossing $55.7 million from 50 markets for a worldwide total of $472.4 million. The 3D animated tentpole also came in No. 1 in its second weekend, grossing $44.8 million for a domestic total of $229.2 million. Universal’s box office hit Despicable 2 stayed at No. ![]()
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