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'Harry Potter' set to rule Thanksgiving box office
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Harry Potter will easily retain his crown at the weekend box office in North America even as four new movies take advantage of Thanksgiving-fueled business.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" rang up $125 million during its first weekend and could do up to half as well during the three days beginning Friday.
Of the four new movies opening Wednesday, a day ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, Disney's 3D animated adventure "Tangled" should perform the best. Industry prognosticators expect it to earn $25 million or more for the weekend and up to $40 million for the Wednesday-Sunday span.
Also new are:
- Sony's female-oriented musical "Burlesque" -- starring Christina Aguilera and Cher -- which should fetch low teen millions for the weekend and reach at least the high teens through its first five days;
- Fox's romantic comedy "Love and Other Drugs, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway, which should cop $13 million or more in Friday-Sunday sales and perhaps $17 million from the longer period; and
- CBS Films' guy-friendly Dwayne Johnson action movie "Faster," similarly speeding toward a sum in the low teen millions for the weekend and a five-day total in the high teens.
A retelling of the Rapunzel fairy tale -- with Mandy Moore providing the voice of the long-haired princess -- "Tangled" is getting the widest release of any of the market entrants with more than 3,500 playdates, including 2,400-plus 3D locations.
"It may skew female going into it, but there is no question that it's going to play much broader than people may expect," Disney distribution president Chuck Viane said.
Sony says the perception of "Burlesque" as a chick flick is misleading.
"Its primary audience is girls and women, there's no doubt about it," Sony distribution president Rory Bruer said. "But I've yet to meet a guy who saw the movie who doesn't also like."
Fox distribution president Bruce Snyder hopes the guys will like "Love" as much as the gals. "That could be the advantage of being a date-night movie," Snyder said.
Faster is nascent studio CBS Films' first release since "The Back-Up Plan" began its $37.5 million run last April.
"We are back in action, and The Rock (Johnson) is back in action," CBS Films distribution boss Steven Friedlander said.
Also this weekend, the Weinstein Co. debuts early awards candidate "The King's Speech" in New York and Los Angeles, and Freestyle Releasing will roll out "The Nutcracker in 3D" in 41 locations.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" rang up $125 million during its first weekend and could do up to half as well during the three days beginning Friday.
Of the four new movies opening Wednesday, a day ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, Disney's 3D animated adventure "Tangled" should perform the best. Industry prognosticators expect it to earn $25 million or more for the weekend and up to $40 million for the Wednesday-Sunday span.
Also new are:
- Sony's female-oriented musical "Burlesque" -- starring Christina Aguilera and Cher -- which should fetch low teen millions for the weekend and reach at least the high teens through its first five days;
- Fox's romantic comedy "Love and Other Drugs, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway, which should cop $13 million or more in Friday-Sunday sales and perhaps $17 million from the longer period; and
- CBS Films' guy-friendly Dwayne Johnson action movie "Faster," similarly speeding toward a sum in the low teen millions for the weekend and a five-day total in the high teens.
A retelling of the Rapunzel fairy tale -- with Mandy Moore providing the voice of the long-haired princess -- "Tangled" is getting the widest release of any of the market entrants with more than 3,500 playdates, including 2,400-plus 3D locations.
"It may skew female going into it, but there is no question that it's going to play much broader than people may expect," Disney distribution president Chuck Viane said.
Sony says the perception of "Burlesque" as a chick flick is misleading.
"Its primary audience is girls and women, there's no doubt about it," Sony distribution president Rory Bruer said. "But I've yet to meet a guy who saw the movie who doesn't also like."
Fox distribution president Bruce Snyder hopes the guys will like "Love" as much as the gals. "That could be the advantage of being a date-night movie," Snyder said.
Faster is nascent studio CBS Films' first release since "The Back-Up Plan" began its $37.5 million run last April.
"We are back in action, and The Rock (Johnson) is back in action," CBS Films distribution boss Steven Friedlander said.
Also this weekend, the Weinstein Co. debuts early awards candidate "The King's Speech" in New York and Los Angeles, and Freestyle Releasing will roll out "The Nutcracker in 3D" in 41 locations.
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Pottermore user name: SilverQuest212
Pottermore user name: SilverQuest212
Pottermore user name: SilverQuest212
some kind of "new age" Rapunzel tale
DH will dominate (course i sad the same bout g-force but this is the "epic finale") (the quotes of the epic finale are intended to reflect that it is wbs quote not sarcasm)
Tangled, meanwhile, nabbed the day's second place spot and looks to be the overachiever of cinema's Thanksgiving holiday fare: the film will likely surpass its $40 million long weekend estimates by at least $10 million.
Sony/Screen Gems' Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, took the No. 3 spot Wednesday with a $2.8 million debut, followed by DreamWorks Animations/Paramount's Megamind at No. 4 and the Anne Hathaway/Jake Gyllenhaal romantic comedy Love and Other Drugs in fifth place with an estimated $2.2 million.
Another new film, the Dwayne Johnson actioner Faster, opened at No. 6 with a $1.6 million gross, while Unstoppable's $1.9 million kept it on track for a fifth place finish.
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YAY! So we're projected to win the box office!
REDUCIO!
Just got my ticket for the 10 am show tomorrow. I can't wait, I'm going through major withdrawal.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/
I think the film will surpass 220M$ after the end of the weekend.
That's the power of The Boy Who Lived~.
'Hallows' takes in $23 mil to beat out 'Tangled which made $19.7 million
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118028028
UPDATE: Hollywood Reporter is reporting a lower number, $20.8 million :-((
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/post-holiday-harry-potter-nabs-49478
I just want Part-1 to remain # 1 for this week [-O< , I don't want a Half-Blood Prince situation
Pottermore user name: SilverQuest212
Saturday Evening Update:
Tangled was always poised to take the weekend but no one predicted that it would do it in such style as it rung up $39.65 million from Wednesday to Friday. Its Friday ratio was a paltry 257, even though it opened on Wednesday which gave it a significant bump in traffic. It grossed $11.85 million on Wednesday, which gave it an even smaller opening day ratio of 123. The low ratio is not a complete surprise since it primary target audience is young kids but even with that being said this was pretty anemic. Expect $67.95 million by the end of Sunday, miles ahead of the other new openers but still under Harry Potter for the holiday period. My prediction of $45 million proved to be way too conservative.