The three films on top were 1. Texas Chainsaw 3D; 2. Django Unchained; and 3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. TC3D’s $23 million earnings was quite surprising, I never understand why so many people pay to see crap. Sure, if someone’s a critic and they want to see it and have more fun writing the review, I’d understand that. Or if someone has a gift card. But there are many other better releases out there. The first weekend of 2013 performed well, though. Here’s the top 10:
(If you missed any of my reviews, just click on the title in the Top 10 and it’ll lead you to it.)
Top 10 Box Office, The Results (Estimates)
1. Texas Chainsaw 3D: $23, 000, 000
2. Django Unchained: $20, 100, 000
3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: $17, 525, 000
4. Les Misérables: $16, 120, 000
5. Parental Guidance: $10, 125, 000
6. Jack Reacher: $9, 300, 000
7. This is 40: $8, 560, 000
8. Lincoln: $5, 258, 000
9. The Guilt Trip: $4, 530, 000
10. Promised Land: $4, 312, 000 (review coming soon)
My Box Office Predictions (Title/Prediction/Off by(+/-))
1. Texas Chainsaw 3D/ $12, 500, 000/ (-) $10, 500, 000
2. Django Unchained/ $26, 000, 000/ (+) $5, 900, 000
3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey/ $23, 800, 000/ (+) $6, 275, 000
4. Les Misérables/ $22, 000, 000/ (+) $5, 880, 000
5. Parental Guidance/ $9, 500, 000/ (-) $625, 000
6. Jack Reacher/ $10, 000, 000/ (+) $700, 000
7. This is 40/ $8, 000, 000/ (-) $560, 000
8. Lincoln/ $5, 000, 000/ (-) $258, 000
10. Promised Land/ $6, 500, 000/ (+) $2, 188, 000
Other prediction I made
15. The Impossible/ $4, 000, 000/ (+) $1, 240, 000
The new releases tally: I was off by a total of $12, 688, 000
Holdover Top 10 tally: I was off by a grand total of $20, 198, 000
Wow. First look I got at these this week. Thats a big open for TC3D, for sure…
I guess The Devil Inside did make $33 million in its opening last year… People really will pay to see crappy remakes… Did you see TC3D this weekend, or just Promised Land?