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03-29-2009, 12:53 PM
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'Aliens' lands at top of box office. 'Monsters' crushes competition with $58.2 mil
Signaling the financial advantage of being able to charge several dollars for more a 3-D ticket, DreamWorks Animation and Paramount's "Monsters vs. Aliens" beamed up the best opening of the year in grossing $58.2 million.
The 1,550 3-D screens repped only 58% of the entire gross, although those runs made up just 28% of the total theater count of 4,104.
Lionsgate's horror entry "The Haunting in Connecticut" also did impressive business, grossing an estimated $23 million from 2,732 screens. Domestic box office was up as much as 40% over the same frame last year on the strength of the two titles. "Haunting" placed No. 2 after "Monsters."
Weekend's third new entry, "12 Rounds," didn't far as well. Distributed by Fox and produced/financed by World Wrestling Entertainment, the John Cena starrer grossed an estimated $5.1 million from 2,331 runs to come in No. 7.
Circuits and Hollywood studios are sure to dissect the opening performance of "Monsters" when meeting up today in Las Vegas for ShoWest, the annual gathering of theater owers.
"Monsters" is the first of a handful of 3-D tentpoles set to bow this year, and the widest play yet for a 3-D film.
There's still an alarming lack of 3-D screens as far as the majors are concerned. There are several reasons, including the economic crash. Beyond that, there's been ongoing friction between studios and theater owners over who should pay the cost to install 3-D screens.
Jeffrey Katzenberg has promised to make every one of his pics in 3-D, beginning with "Monsters." Toon cost $170 million to $175 million to produce; of that, $15 million is the charge associated with filming a film simultaneously in 3-D.
"Monsters" nabbed the third best March opening ever, behind Warner Bros.' "300" ($70.9 million) and 20th Century Fox sequel "Ice Age: The Meltdown" ($68 million). Also, it's the second best opening for an original DreamWorks Animation's after "Kung Fu Panda" ($60.2 million), which had the advantage of opening in summer.
"Monsters" nabbed the third best March opening ever, behind Warner Bros.' "300" ($70.9 million) and 20th Century Fox sequel "Ice Age: The Meltdown" ($68 million). Also, it's the second best opening for an original DreamWorks Animation's after "Kung Fu Panda" ($60.2 million), which had the advantage of opening in summer.
Among the 3-D runs, "Monsters" played in 143 Imax locations. Imax's share of the overall gross was $5.2 million. That's a record for a 3-D title.
Good showing for it, I want to see it as well. As for the movies that made the top 20 I want to see, already seen Race to Witch Mountain and it was average
The Haunting In Connecticut-sucker for horror movies, surprised it did 23 million
Knowing- Nick Cage, although this will probably suck like most of his later movies has
Duplicity- Clive Owen ftw
Watchmen- doesnt look to bad
Taken- already seen the UK version which is superior, but wouldn't mind seeing how much Fox butchered this film
The Last House on the Left- same as THIC, my cousin said it was average but he is weird and picky when it comes to movies
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail- Madea is funny
Paul Bluart: Mall Cop- seems okay
Gran Torino- heard many good things about this movie
'Aliens' lands at top of box office. 'Monsters' crushes competition with $58.2 mil
Signaling the financial advantage of being able to charge several dollars for more a 3-D ticket, DreamWorks Animation and Paramount's "Monsters vs. Aliens" beamed up the best opening of the year in grossing $58.2 million.
The 1,550 3-D screens repped only 58% of the entire gross, although those runs made up just 28% of the total theater count of 4,104.
Lionsgate's horror entry "The Haunting in Connecticut" also did impressive business, grossing an estimated $23 million from 2,732 screens. Domestic box office was up as much as 40% over the same frame last year on the strength of the two titles. "Haunting" placed No. 2 after "Monsters."
Weekend's third new entry, "12 Rounds," didn't far as well. Distributed by Fox and produced/financed by World Wrestling Entertainment, the John Cena starrer grossed an estimated $5.1 million from 2,331 runs to come in No. 7.
Circuits and Hollywood studios are sure to dissect the opening performance of "Monsters" when meeting up today in Las Vegas for ShoWest, the annual gathering of theater owers.
"Monsters" is the first of a handful of 3-D tentpoles set to bow this year, and the widest play yet for a 3-D film.
There's still an alarming lack of 3-D screens as far as the majors are concerned. There are several reasons, including the economic crash. Beyond that, there's been ongoing friction between studios and theater owners over who should pay the cost to install 3-D screens.
Jeffrey Katzenberg has promised to make every one of his pics in 3-D, beginning with "Monsters." Toon cost $170 million to $175 million to produce; of that, $15 million is the charge associated with filming a film simultaneously in 3-D.
"Monsters" nabbed the third best March opening ever, behind Warner Bros.' "300" ($70.9 million) and 20th Century Fox sequel "Ice Age: The Meltdown" ($68 million). Also, it's the second best opening for an original DreamWorks Animation's after "Kung Fu Panda" ($60.2 million), which had the advantage of opening in summer.
"Monsters" nabbed the third best March opening ever, behind Warner Bros.' "300" ($70.9 million) and 20th Century Fox sequel "Ice Age: The Meltdown" ($68 million). Also, it's the second best opening for an original DreamWorks Animation's after "Kung Fu Panda" ($60.2 million), which had the advantage of opening in summer.
Among the 3-D runs, "Monsters" played in 143 Imax locations. Imax's share of the overall gross was $5.2 million. That's a record for a 3-D title.
Good showing for it, I want to see it as well. As for the movies that made the top 20 I want to see, already seen Race to Witch Mountain and it was average
The Haunting In Connecticut-sucker for horror movies, surprised it did 23 million
Knowing- Nick Cage, although this will probably suck like most of his later movies has
Duplicity- Clive Owen ftw
Watchmen- doesnt look to bad
Taken- already seen the UK version which is superior, but wouldn't mind seeing how much Fox butchered this film
The Last House on the Left- same as THIC, my cousin said it was average but he is weird and picky when it comes to movies
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail- Madea is funny
Paul Bluart: Mall Cop- seems okay
Gran Torino- heard many good things about this movie