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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THURSDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE: TRANSFORMERS $21.4mil:

Hey!  I think I saw this shot in ALIEN!  

     According to Deadline Hollywood  TRANSFORMERS 3 grossed about $21.4mil. more on Thursday.  Adding to its Tuesday gross of $5.5mil (10pm advanced shows) and  the #1 single-day gross of 2011 so far on Wednesday of $37.5 it gives TRANSFORMERS 3 a Tuesday-Thursday total of about $64mil.  I still think $200mil in 7 days is gonna be tough to get to as the film is really front-loaded.

     More to come...

UPDATED: TRANSFORMERS 3 - Box Office: $37.5 mil(!) 1st day

Oh!  I can see TWO reasons why this is in 3-D!!

     According to Deadline Hollywood TRANSFORMERS 3 (I'm not calling it Dark of the Moon!) is going to break 2011's one-day record with $37.5million (PIRATES 4 has that with $35mil).

     Universally panned (37% on Rotten Tomatoes) it could be just a case of fanboys racing out first day.  Although...at this rate it could be on track for $200mil in 7 days but I'll hedge my bets and say $180mil in that time and $100mil this weekend.  Don't forget, the 3-D surcharge which adds about $3 a ticket which inflates the gross by about 20-25% over non 3-D movies.

     FYI,  for first days the second movie in the series opened with $62mil(!!) and the first back in 2007 with  $27mil.


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