Prometheus stays strong at box office; beats Rock of Ages and That’s My Boy
In its second weekend in release, sci-fi film Prometheus has topped this weekend’s box office results.
The Ridley Scott film, a prequel to his Alien films, took $3.011m across 469 screens for a screen average of $6,421, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.
It beat out new releases That’s My Boy, a comedy featuring Adam Sandler as Andy Samberg’s wayward father; and Rock of Ages, glorifying the 80s hey-day of hair metal bands and starring Tom Cruise and Alec Baldwin.
That’s My Boy, directed by Sean Anders and released by Sony Pictures, took $1.435m across 226 screens for a strong screen average of $6,349.
Rock Of Ages, directed by Adam Shankman and released by Warner Bros took $1.349m across 302 screens for a $4,468 screen average.
In limited release Cabin in the Woods, written by Joss Whedon and directed by Drew Goddard and starring Australian Chris Hemsworth almost didn’t see a cinematic release at all. by Roadshow the film has taken $85,152 across just seven screens for a $12,165 screen average.
Also in limited release, Take This Waltz, directed by Canadian actress/writer/director Sarah Polley and distributed by eOne/Hopscotch on just 16 screens took $125,000 for an average if $7,801.
Le Chef, which saw strong pre-release sessions last week added another $108,000 across 31 screens for an average of $3,494 taking its cume to $228,000.
Ferrari ki Sawaari, directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and released by Eros Australia opening on 12 screens took $33,000 for an average of $2,718 as Margaret, released by Fox took $21,700 from just one screen.
Sharmill’s screening of Paris Opera Ballet’s Romeo Et Juliette ook $26,000 across 18 screens for a $1,425 average.
In its eighth week, Australian film Wish You Were Here, directed by Keiran-Darcy Smith added another $36,000 across 32 screens for an average of $1,138 and cume of $1.458m while outback-noir film Swerve, directed by Craig Lahiff in its second week took another $10,120 across 15 screens taking the film’s box office to $46,325.
Cabin in the Woods screen average of $12,165 is huge, and DOUBLE the screen average of Adam Sandler’s latest offering… Doubt it’ll do much more given the poor reviews
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When will Hollywood ever learn that these guys don’t guarantee a hit ? Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts tanked in Larry Crowne. Cruise flops in Rock of Ages, Depp flops in The Rum Diary and is set up to flop in The Lone Ranger and Dark Shadows. Depp and Jolie flopped The Tourist and Jolie has flopped in Salt. It’s Time for some new actors.
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Bring on The Dark Knight Rises, Snow White and the Huntsman, Resident Evil 5, The Hobbit, World War Z, Bond: Skyfall, 47 Ronin… 2012/2013 is looking AWESOME!
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“Tom Cruise” – you are exactly right.
It’s time for the Studios to start using fresh talent that doesn’t add $20Mil to the films cost..
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Tom Cruise, did you forget MI3: Ghost Protocol which was a huge box office hit. STars cannot guarantee box office success. Nothing can. But with a good film and positive word of mouth, they can be monster hits. Of course, with a dud film, they can be stinkers.
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