The overall box office remains healthy – summer is running about 13 percent ahead of 2012 – and the weekend's numbers continued that trend. "Pacific Rim" is the third box-office misfire for a big-budget tentpole in as many weeks, coming on the heels of last weekend's disappointing debut of Disney's $225 million "Lone Ranger" and Sony's "White House Down" the week before that.Ī big part of that is the intense competition this summer, which is filled with $100 million-plus would-be blockbusters. It's off to a decent start with $53 million in 38 markets this weekend. Warner Bros is counting on a big international performance from "Pacific Rim," which should get a boost from Del Toro's significant international following.
But Saturday's haul was about 13 percent down from Friday's, which were swelled by $3.6 million. had hoped the film's "A-" CinemaScore and strong reviews – it was at 72 percent positive on Rotten Tomatoes – would drive word-of-mouth so that it could play beyond its core audience of young boys and Del Toro fans.
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That just under where the analysts had the $180 million tentpole movie landing, after weeks of soft pre-release tracking. That's better than the 2010 debut's $40 million open, and that film went on to take in $270 million worldwide, best-ever for a Sandler movie.ĭel Toro's giant robots-vs.-monsters 3D epic was running second after Friday but lost some steam and finished the weekend with an estimated $38.3 million. "Grown Ups 2" had led the pack after a terrific $16.5 million opening day Friday, but the family crowd began turning the tide for the minions of "Despicable Me 2" on Saturday – and Sony's PG-13-rated comedy wound up at $42.5 million. It passed the $200 million mark Saturday at the domestic box office, just the fourth animated film to do it in that timeframe, and its global haul is now nearly $475 million. " Despicable Me 2" edged the Adam Sandler comedy "Grown Ups 2" at the domestic box office this weekend, while the surge some predicted for Guillermo del Toro's " Pacific Rim" never quite materialized – making it the latest big-budget beast to come crashing down this summer.Ī big Saturday turnout lifted the animated kids film from Universal and Illumination Entertainment to an estimated $44.7 million in its second week.
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