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rottenwatch box office:
57% The Lorax
49% John Carter
26% Project X
49% Silent House
29% Act of Valor
00% A Thousand Words
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'Lorax' bests 'Carter' at domestic B.O. U toon earns $38 mil at home; Disney sci-fier is solid worldwide
"John Carter" saw an underwhelming $30.6 million domestic bow, but its international share is good news for Disney, with $70.6 million from 55 territories.
Domestic bragging rights went to Universal's "The Lorax," with $39.1 million in its second frame. U's third film from in-house toon hitmaker Illumination Entertainment, already stands tall, with an estimated domestic cume approaching $122 million.
The toon has barely begun playing internationally, with 58 markets yet to open over the next five months. It has cumed $1.8 million from six territories.
Based on its domestic tracking, the media and bizzers questioned whether "Carter" could become profitable. It's too early to make any definitive claims on profitability, but Disney execs will clearly continue to keep a watchful eye on overseas, where the studio mounted an aggressive day-and-date rollout, including all major markets except Japan and China. The latter country will bow the pic this Friday.
Russia, meanwhile, was a particular coup for "Carter," scoring the market's all-time biggest opening day. Europe was soft, however.
"While, of course, we appreciate the general economics of the film, we're encouraged by how it's being received by general audiences and how it translates throughout the course of its run," said Disney distribution exec Dave Hollis, referring to its B+ CinemaScore rating.
Stateside, "Carter" performed at the high-end of domestic projections, which along with "Lorax," helped boost weekend totals up approximately 5% over the same frame last year. Still, "Carter" landed far below "Lorax's" boffo $70 million bow last weekend.
This weekend's two remaining wide Stateside newcomers, "Silent House" and "A Thousand Words," saw muted results in the mid-to-high single digits.
"Silent House," from Open Road Films, collected a projected $7 million through Sunday, while "A Thousand Words," the final DreamWorks film to be released domestically via Paramount, grossed an estimated $6.4 million.
"John Carter" saw an underwhelming $30.6 million domestic bow, but its international share is good news for Disney, with $70.6 million from 55 territories.
Domestic bragging rights went to Universal's "The Lorax," with $39.1 million in its second frame. U's third film from in-house toon hitmaker Illumination Entertainment, already stands tall, with an estimated domestic cume approaching $122 million.
The toon has barely begun playing internationally, with 58 markets yet to open over the next five months. It has cumed $1.8 million from six territories.
Based on its domestic tracking, the media and bizzers questioned whether "Carter" could become profitable. It's too early to make any definitive claims on profitability, but Disney execs will clearly continue to keep a watchful eye on overseas, where the studio mounted an aggressive day-and-date rollout, including all major markets except Japan and China. The latter country will bow the pic this Friday.
Russia, meanwhile, was a particular coup for "Carter," scoring the market's all-time biggest opening day. Europe was soft, however.
"While, of course, we appreciate the general economics of the film, we're encouraged by how it's being received by general audiences and how it translates throughout the course of its run," said Disney distribution exec Dave Hollis, referring to its B+ CinemaScore rating.
Stateside, "Carter" performed at the high-end of domestic projections, which along with "Lorax," helped boost weekend totals up approximately 5% over the same frame last year. Still, "Carter" landed far below "Lorax's" boffo $70 million bow last weekend.
This weekend's two remaining wide Stateside newcomers, "Silent House" and "A Thousand Words," saw muted results in the mid-to-high single digits.
"Silent House," from Open Road Films, collected a projected $7 million through Sunday, while "A Thousand Words," the final DreamWorks film to be released domestically via Paramount, grossed an estimated $6.4 million.
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