Identity Thief easily took the top spot this weekend with $34.6 million this weekend, even with a winter storm in New York and Boston. Side Effects ended up in third place with $9.3 million, and everyone else performed fairly well.
Top 10 Box Office, The Results (Estimates)
Title: Result
My Prediction/Off by (Over/Under)
1. Identity Thief: $34,551,025
– $24, 000, 000/ $10, 551, 025 under
2. Warm Bodies: $11,356,090
– $13, 100, 000/ $1, 743, 910 over
3. Side Effects: $9,303,145
– $12, 200, 000/ $2, 896, 855 over
4. Silver Linings Playbook: $6,425,271
– $6, 000, 000/ $425, 271 under
5. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters: $5,753,165
– $4, 100, 000/ $1, 653, 165 under
6. Mama: $4,229,665
– $2, 900, 000/ $1, 329, 665 under
7. Zero Dark Thirty: $4,006,860
– $2, 600, 000/ $1, 406, 860 under
8. Argo: $2,375,344
– $2, 200, 000/ $175, 344 under
9. Django Unchained: $2,303,495
– $1, 700, 000/ $603, 495 under
10. Bullet to the Head: $2,078,192
– $2, 500, 000/ $421, 808 under
New releases total difference: $13, 447, 880
Holdovers total difference: $7, 759, 518