SPEARE'S TIPS - The Films of 3/15/13

[Shrykespeare]

Friday Estimates:

Oz: The Great and Powerful, $11.4M
The Call, $6.2M
Burt Wonderstone, $3.7M
Jack the Giant Slayer, $1.7M
Identity Thief, $1.4M



Weekend Projections:

Oz: The Great and Powerful, $41M
The Call, $17M
Burt Wonderstone, $11M
Jack the Giant Slayer, $6M
Identity Thief, $4.6M
Snitch, $3.5M
21 and Over, $2.7M
Silver Linings, $2.5M
Escape from Planet Earth, $2.4M
Safe Haven, $2.4M
Dead Man Down, $2.1M

[numbersix]

Spring Breakers made 100K in 3 theatres on Friday. That's a one-day PTA of 33,000, and it's 3-day should be 60K or beyond.

[Shrykespeare]

Holy shit. Didn't see that coming. Is Harmony Korine really that big on the indie circuit, or was it just the allure of T&A, you think?

[Chienfantome]

Legitimate arthouse T&A, it could only be a PTA champ on opening weekend.

[Shrykespeare]

Weekend Estimates

Top 11:
5 points - Oz: The Great and Powerful, $42.2M
4 points - The Call, $17.1M
3 points - The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, $10.3M
2 points - Jack the Giant Slayer, $6.2M
1 point - Identity Thief, $4.5M
Snitch, $3.5M
21 and Over, $2.6M
Silver Linings Playbook, $2.6M
Safe Haven, $2.5M
Escape From Planet Earth, $2.3M
Dead Man Down, $2.0M

PTA (all leagues):
5 points - Spring Breakers ($90K!)
4 points - From Up on Poppy Hill ($27K)
3 points - Ginger & Rosa ($15K)
2 points - Oz: The Great and Powerful ($10.8K)
1 point - Reality ($8K)

So all four limited films this week get at least one PTA point.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Burt Wonderstone....

[Chienfantome]

$10M, damn, that's harsh.
Disappointed about Reality's PTA too.

[numbersix]

Wow on the Spring Breakers PTA. That makes it #22 in terms of all time PTA opening weekends. It's higher than both Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty (though they opened in more theatres). I think this film will play relatively well, and could even end up with a cume in the mid teens.

[Chienfantome]

Definitely.

[Shrykespeare]

Weekend Actuals

Top 11:
5 points - Oz: The Great and Powerful, $41.3M
4 points - The Call, $17.1M
3 points - The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, $10.2M
2 points - Jack the Giant Slayer, $6.3M
1 point - Identity Thief, $4.4M
Snitch, $3.5M
21 and Over, $2.7M
Silver Linings Playbook, $2.5M
Safe Haven, $2.5M
Escape from Planet Earth, $2.3M
Dead Man Down, $2.1M

PTA (all leagues):
5 points - Spring Breakers, $87,667
4 points - From Up on Poppy Hill, $28,793
3 points - Ginger & Rosa, $14,279
2 points - Oz: The Great and Powerful, $10,545
1 point - Reality, $7,072

[Chienfantome]

I knew that French cinephiles weren't the only ones craving for a Harmony Korine film with girls in bikinis. I knew it