SPEARE'S TIPS - The Films of 5/31/13

[JohnErle]

Epic is not really a Friday kind of movie, so it's probably a bit too early to call its second weekend. The Saturday numbers will be key, and kiddie flicks have a funny way of hanging around in the top 10 a lot longer than most movies, so I think $100 million is still in the cards. I'm a bit disappointed with it, though. I was hoping for $125-$150.

[Chienfantome]

Well that's a surprising weekend, and not in a good way. Damn, even if After Earth risked failure, I didn't think it would go so low. And Now you see me so high.

[Shrykespeare]

Weekend Estimates

Top 10:
5 points - Fast & Furious 6, $34.5M
4 points - Now You See Me, $28.0M
3 points - After Earth, $27.0M
1-2 points - Star Trek Into Darkness/Epic, $16.4M
The Hangover Part III, $15.9M
Iron Man 3, $8.0M
The Great Gatsby, $6.3M
Mud, $1.2M
The Croods, $615K

PTA:
5 points - The East
4 points - Before Midnight
3 points - Now You See Me
2 points - Fast & Furious 6
1 point - After Earth

[bestfilm]

The hangover III is a big disappointment. Just four top 5 points. I will be eliminated in the ULT HY R3, but it doesn't matter, I wouldn't have survived the next round anyway and I'm afraid it's the same for what concerns the FY league.
Anyway, here in Italy TH3 is faring as well as FF6 last weekend... I'm wondering if it would have done better in the USA if it had been moved one week later...

[Shrykespeare]

Weekend Actuals

Top 10:
5 points - Fast & Furious 6, $35.2M
4 points - Now You See Me, $29.3M
3 points - After Earth, $27.5M
2 points - Star Trek Into Darkness, $16.8M
1 point - Epic, $16.6M
The Hangover Part III, $16.4M
Iron Man 3, $8.4M
The Great Gatsby, $6.5M
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, $1.6M
Mud, $1.2M

PTA:
5 points - The East, $19,258
4 points - Before Midnight, $13,042
3 points - Now You See Me, $10,002
2 points - Fast & Furious 6, $9,540
1 point - After Earth, $8,092

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Frances Ha expanded too quickly

[Chienfantome]

Great to see that Before Midnight didn't and grabbed 4 more points.