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rottenwatch box office:

16% A Good Day To Die Hard

24% Identity Thief

13% Safe Haven

24% Escape From Planet Earth 3D

78% Warm Bodies

45% Beautiful Creatures

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Holiday Box Office: 'Die Hard' limps to top spot with $38.7 mil; 'Save Haven' surprises with $34 mil. Willis actioner performs below pre-weekend estimates; 'Beautiful Creatures' also disappoints

While Presidents Day weekend box office wasn't the expected blowout, down 10% from last year, the long holiday weekend, which began Valentine's Day for some pics, delivered enough date-night movie magic (thanks, "Safe Haven") to match the same frame in 2008.

Leading the charge was Fox's Bruce Willis starrer "A Good Day to Die Hard," which underperformed for an estimated $33 million Thursday-Sunday. Fox estimates the film will earn $38.7 million through Monday, a far cry from the pic's $50 million-plus pre-weekend projection.

Meanwhile, Relativity Media's Nicholas Sparks romance-thriller, "Safe Haven," stands as the weekend's most pleasant surprise, beating expectations with a projected $34 million in five days. "Haven" scored a solid V-Day opening of $8.8 million, followed by an estimated $25 million four-day weekend tally.

Sandwiched in between those two newcomers, Universal's soph-sesh player "Identity Thief" grossed $23.4 million in three days, down just 32%, for a domestic cume of $70.7 million through Sunday.

As the weekend's biggest disappointment, Warner Bros.' young-adult novel adaptation, "Beautiful Creatures," grossed just $7.5 million Friday-Sunday. Pic also bowed Thursday, cuming an estimated $10 million through today.​

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[Akahige]

wow that Warm Bodies movie already hit 50 mil

 

[Grizzlyjin]

So much for Beautiful Creatures being the new Twilight. Warm Bodies had more franchise potential, apparently. Oh well.

 

[Messofanego]

Avoid Die Hard at all costs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJgLlLnGJX4

 

[Mr Cola]

Avoid Die Hard at all costs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJgLlLnGJX4

Die hard 3 was good enough reason

 

[Akahige]

I rather watch Escape From Planet Earth than the new Die Hard

 

[jtb]

Die Hard 5 should drop like a rock. Good riddance.

Good to see a solid drop for Side Effects.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

What is escape from Planet Earth?

Edit: NVM. Wasn't there a CGI movie a few years ago with the exact same concept? Only it was an astronaut escaping from an alien planet?

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Avoid Die Hard at all costs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJgLlLnGJX4

meh, have bunch of free movie passes.
I'll see it anyway.

 

[Ridley327]

Wow, Beautiful Creatures actually bombed. Props to the movie-going public for not being that desperate for a new paranormal romance franchise.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Die Hard was so awful. Even the crappy 4th movie was better than this turd.

At least the user reviews are also pretty much saying the same thing.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

A Good Day To Die Hard massively under-performed.

 

[Cheebo]

Die Hard franchise is hopefully dead.

 

[Messypandas]

So Die Hard 5 is gonna retroactively make people appreciate Die Hard 4? Jesus Christ

 

[Averon]

Die Hard 5 is THAT bad?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

"HAY GUYZ DID I MENTION I WAS ON VACATION?!?"

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Die Hard 5 is THAT bad?

YES, unfortunately

Not just a bad Die Hard sequel; it's a bad action movie, period

 

[FroJay]

Silver linings playbook was pretty good, watched it last night with the gf.

 

[Divius]

Really sad to hear Die Hard 5 sucks. Even sadder to see it's doing so well.

 

[jtb]

Also, what the fuck at Identity Thief. It didn't even have a big drop. It's just making ridiculous money.

 

[strafer]

Die Hard dies hard indeed.

 

[jakncoke]

About to see how bad Die Hard is in about about an hour

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Wish Die Hard would have full on bombed instead of slightly under performing. No way it makes as much as the last one though, unless the overseas market really goes crazy for it, which is possible since the last one made $250 million overseas. Don't fuck this up rest of the world.

Beautiful Creatures bombing so hard warms my heart. Movie looked Twilight levels terrible.

 

[Item Box]

What is escape from Planet Earth?

Edit: NVM. Wasn't there a CGI movie a few years ago with the exact same concept? Only it was an astronaut escaping from an alien planet?

Yup, Planet 51.

 

[FairyD]

Damn are there any good movies out worth watching?

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

Saw Die Hard 5 yesterday and it is just so average and mediocre in every way that it shouldn't even be seen as a Die Hard move at all. Other than the face that Willis is playing John McClane againe, its hard to see this as part of the same franchise. I felt the same way about number 4, but this one takes it further. Hopefully this is the nail in the Die Hard coffin.

 

[jmdajr]

Fox is awesome at ruining franchises

 

[Exterminieren]

Christ.

Lowest quality top 5 in years?

 

[jakncoke]

Also, is there any word on 56 Up getting a wider release?

 

[iuxion]

Good to see a solid drop for Side Effects.

Why? Was it bad?

 

[Ether_Snake]

Fox is awesome at ruining franchises

More like trying to squeeze money out of a series before it vanishes into obsoleteness on its own.

 

[ScrubJay]

Die Hard came out? Man, they didn't market that movie at all.

I guess you could say it was sent out to die... hard. I'm so sorry.

 

[jtb]

Why? Was it bad?

I meant solid in a good way. It had a soft opening so I was worried it would have like a 50%+ drop, but it looks like it'll make back its budget. I quite enjoyed Side Effects myself.

 

[Toa TAK]

Of all these films, it was Warm Bodies that made the most favorable reviews.

 

[big ander]

Also, is there any word on 56 Up getting a wider release?

know it went wider this past weekend, but it looks like it will continue expanding over the next month or two.

 

[reilo]

DH5 was

 

[NomarTyme]

Holy shit Identity Theft numbers.

 

[Smellycat]

The Hobbit is sooooooooo close lol

 

[StealthGoblin]

The Hobbit is sooooooooo close lol

Indeed.

Its actually done well worldwide. Nice.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Beautiful Creatures isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Check it out.

 

[Angry Puppy]

warm bodies is surprisingly good.

too bad the marketing for it is horrendous.

 

[KingofGourds]

Die Hard 5 has almost gotten me depressed. I could just about stomach the idea of four existing, but after this....

All I know is were I a millionaire actor who happened to star in one of the greatest action movies of all time and had managed to squeeze a (mostly) successful and interesting trilogy out of it, I would be quite happy leaving it the fuck alone - not trudging out shitty cash-ins that dilute the name.

It's not like Willis is short of work and needs Die Hard to keep going.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

warm bodies is surprisingly good.

too bad the marketing for it is horrendous.

I thought so too. One thing that irked me though, Teresa Palmer does a rather annoying Kristen Stewart impersonation throughout. It doesn't help that she actually resembles her somewhat.

 

[kswiston]

I am a bit late with this since I had to work this morning:

A Good Day to Die Hard
Domestic: $33,239,000 - 29.5%
+Foreign: $79,600,000 - 70.5%
Worldwide: $112,839,000


Hansel and Gretel
Domestic: $49,699,000 - 32.9%
Foreign: $101,200,000 - 67.1%
Worldwide: $150,899,000


Jack Reacher
Domestic: $79,340,000 - 38.9%
Foreign: $124,500,000 - 61.1%
Worldwide: $203,840,000


Life of Pi
Domestic: $110,810,000- 19.2%
Foreign: $466,300,000 - 80.8%
Worldwide: $577,115,000


Les Miserables
Domestic: $145,521,000 - 38.4%
Foreign: $233,300,000 - 61.6%
Worldwide: $378,821,000

 

[artist]

Beautiful Bombas.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

I was planing to watch DH5 but one of my friends said it´s a shit movie. So i did not.

 

[Vashetti]

Beautiful Bombas.

 

[kswiston]

Django Unchained
Domestic: $156,984,000 - 42.9%
Foreign: $208,600,000 - 57.1%
Worldwide: $365,584,000


Ted
Domestic: $218,815,487 - 40.9%
Foreign: $316,600,000 - 59.1%
Worldwide: $535,415,487


Wreck-it Ralph
Domestic: $185,545,000- 45.1%
Foreign: $225,600,000 - 54.9%
Worldwide: $411,145,000


Rise of the Guardians
Domestic: $101,369,000 - 33.6%
Foreign: $200,300,000 - 66.4%
Worldwide: $301,669,000


Skyfall (may be slightly out of date)
Domestic: $303,460,116 - 27.6%
Foreign: $797,346,860 - 72.4%
Worldwide: $1,100,806,976


The Hobbit
Domestic: $299,855,000 - 31.3%
Foreign: $659,600,000 - 68.7%
Worldwide: $959,455,000

 

[Hot Coldman]

Dire Hard, more like. Greyest film in years!

 

[jakncoke]

know it went wider this past weekend, but it looks like it will continue expanding over the next month or two.

Nice thanks man.

Just got back from the movie. It wasnt nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be, but clearly the worst in the franchise which is amazing considering 4