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rottenwatch box office:
72% Fast & Furious 6
43% Now You See Me
12% After Earth
61% Epic
87% Star Trek Into Darkness
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Now You See Me Pulls $28 Mil-Plus Rabbit, Beating After Earth With $27 Mil. Universal's 'Fast and Furious 6' wins weekend with $34.5 mil, down 65%
In an unexpected box office showdown, Liongsate-Summits magic-themed thriller Now You See Me grossed an estimated $28.1 million, trouncing Sonys post-apocalyptic Will Smith starrer After Earth, which estimated $27 million in three days. Neither film, however, managed to beat Universal holdover Fast and Furious 6, collecting $34.5 million.
Fast 6, which had another massive weekend overseas estimating $75 million, reached $480.6 million worldwide, including $170.4 million Stateside.
The Universal blockbuster had little competition internationally as Sony bowed After Earth only in one day-and-date territory South Korea. It was a strategic move that certainly didnt help the studios publicity efforts this weekend, since the $100 million-plus pic relies now on overseas grosses from becoming an all-out disaster.
Certainly we would have liked to have done more, said Sony distribution chief Rory Bruer. But this was always going to be a worldwide play.
After Earth bows throughout most of the international market place next weekend.
The head-to-head battle between After Earth and Now You See Me which some studios have the former pic winning, by the way wasnt a complete shock, even though After Earth definitely had the edge in pre-weekend tracking. The Lionsgate film actually caught up to After Earth in advanced ticket sales by late last week.
Regardless, the $28.1 million domestic puts Now You See Me on solid footing financially as it cost just $75 million, for which Lionsgate is responsible for only 2/3 after foreign pre-sales and licensing.
At the specialty box office, Fox Searchlights cult thriller The East scored a solid though not shining per-screen average of $18,889 from four theaters in New York and L.A. Meanwhile, CBS Films coming-of-ager The Kings of Summer averaged $14,500 per screen this weekend, also from four locations.
In an unexpected box office showdown, Liongsate-Summits magic-themed thriller Now You See Me grossed an estimated $28.1 million, trouncing Sonys post-apocalyptic Will Smith starrer After Earth, which estimated $27 million in three days. Neither film, however, managed to beat Universal holdover Fast and Furious 6, collecting $34.5 million.
Fast 6, which had another massive weekend overseas estimating $75 million, reached $480.6 million worldwide, including $170.4 million Stateside.
The Universal blockbuster had little competition internationally as Sony bowed After Earth only in one day-and-date territory South Korea. It was a strategic move that certainly didnt help the studios publicity efforts this weekend, since the $100 million-plus pic relies now on overseas grosses from becoming an all-out disaster.
Certainly we would have liked to have done more, said Sony distribution chief Rory Bruer. But this was always going to be a worldwide play.
After Earth bows throughout most of the international market place next weekend.
The head-to-head battle between After Earth and Now You See Me which some studios have the former pic winning, by the way wasnt a complete shock, even though After Earth definitely had the edge in pre-weekend tracking. The Lionsgate film actually caught up to After Earth in advanced ticket sales by late last week.
Regardless, the $28.1 million domestic puts Now You See Me on solid footing financially as it cost just $75 million, for which Lionsgate is responsible for only 2/3 after foreign pre-sales and licensing.
At the specialty box office, Fox Searchlights cult thriller The East scored a solid though not shining per-screen average of $18,889 from four theaters in New York and L.A. Meanwhile, CBS Films coming-of-ager The Kings of Summer averaged $14,500 per screen this weekend, also from four locations.
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