Friday/Saturday Box Office:TRANSFORMERS makes $ 33mil. more/CARS 2 down 70%/LARRY CROWNE a flop!

Just as loud and obnoxious in Spanish!

     On Friday TRANSFORMERS 3 pulled in an estimated $33mil. to bring it's 3 (or including Tuesday's advance shows is that 4?) day total to about $ 98mil according to Deadline Hollywood.

     After 3 days (plus advanced screenings) for the previous movies:

TRANSFORMERS (2007)            $   84 mil.
TRANSFORMERS 2 (2009)         $ 128 mil.

    And for this year, here are the top 3-day totals (incl. advanced shows):

HANGOVER PART II                    $ 91 mil.
PIRATES 4                                   $ 90 mil.
FAST FIVE                                    $ 86 mil.

NEXT:     Cars 3:  Across the Universe

CARS 2 fell 70% from last Friday.  It should end up with a $23mil weekend down from its $69mil. first weekend.  The Disney/PIXAR feature should be safe for a bit up until HARRY POTTER opens on July 15th.

And poor Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.  As reported yesterday their film LARRY CROWNE is a flop as it looks at a $13mil. 3-day weekend.  Ouch.












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LARRY CROWNE a box office dud with est. $15mil. 4-day weekend!!

Tom Hanks tries to explain how LARRY CROWNE will make money against the robots...

Big news out of Hollywood!  According to Deadline Hollywood Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks, two of the most bankable stars in the world, could not open their new movie to big grosses.

LARRY CROWNE didn't get the audience the studio hoped were skipping the loud and action-filled TRANSFORMERS.  It'll open today with about $5mil.  At least the cost of the film is $30mil. (plus advertising costs).  I'm guessing the movie looked too "plain" for the summer season with no great hook (other than the two actors).

More to come...


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