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rottenwatch box office:
73% Captain America: The First Avenger
96% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
70% Friends with Benefits
36% Transformers: Dark of the Moon
69% Horrible Bosses
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'Captain' soars at weekend B.O. Par actioneer muscles past 'Potter' in U.S.
After successfully launching a new franchise with "Thor," Paramount unspooled its second summer Marvel: "Captain America: The First Avenger" earned an estimated $65.8 million in its debut frame, narrowly besting the $65.7 million opening take for "Thor" the weekend of May 6.
As it stands, "Captain America," with 40% from 3D, now stands as the third best Marvel series launch, behind "Spider-Man" and "Iron Man."
Though Par's success with "Captain America" was helped by huge drop (down 72%) by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," which estimated in its second weekend $48.1 million. After breaking industry and series records last weekend, "Part 2" this weekend set a series low with its soph-sesh drop (the third "Potter" pic, "Prisoner of Azkaban" fell 63% in its second outing).
The key for "Part 2" will be stabilization, meaning where the pic settles in subsequent frames after the mad rush of fans opening weekend.
"Part 2" still is on track to becoming the franchise's best domestic performer with a cume of $274.2 million. It should eclipse the first "Deathly Hallows" ($295 million) by next weekend; series originator, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" stands as the best Stateside with $317.6 million.
Also bowing this weekend, Sony/Screen Gems' "Friends With Benefits" earned an estimated $18.5 million from 2,926 locations. That's a solid start for the reported $30 million-budgeted pic, but a tad under pre-weekend industry expectations, which pegged the film to open just north of $20 million through Sunday.
"Friends With Benefits" could see success similar to R-rated comedies "Horrible Bosses" and "Bad Teacher," though both of those films bowed higher with comparable B+ CinemaScore ratings.
After successfully launching a new franchise with "Thor," Paramount unspooled its second summer Marvel: "Captain America: The First Avenger" earned an estimated $65.8 million in its debut frame, narrowly besting the $65.7 million opening take for "Thor" the weekend of May 6.
As it stands, "Captain America," with 40% from 3D, now stands as the third best Marvel series launch, behind "Spider-Man" and "Iron Man."
Though Par's success with "Captain America" was helped by huge drop (down 72%) by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," which estimated in its second weekend $48.1 million. After breaking industry and series records last weekend, "Part 2" this weekend set a series low with its soph-sesh drop (the third "Potter" pic, "Prisoner of Azkaban" fell 63% in its second outing).
The key for "Part 2" will be stabilization, meaning where the pic settles in subsequent frames after the mad rush of fans opening weekend.
"Part 2" still is on track to becoming the franchise's best domestic performer with a cume of $274.2 million. It should eclipse the first "Deathly Hallows" ($295 million) by next weekend; series originator, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" stands as the best Stateside with $317.6 million.
Also bowing this weekend, Sony/Screen Gems' "Friends With Benefits" earned an estimated $18.5 million from 2,926 locations. That's a solid start for the reported $30 million-budgeted pic, but a tad under pre-weekend industry expectations, which pegged the film to open just north of $20 million through Sunday.
"Friends With Benefits" could see success similar to R-rated comedies "Horrible Bosses" and "Bad Teacher," though both of those films bowed higher with comparable B+ CinemaScore ratings.
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