Ted sees strong pre-release weekend of $4m
A new film by the creator of animated TV series Family Guy has opened strongly in a pre-release weekend at the box office.
The film Ted, about a 30-something named John and his life-long companion Ted, a foul-mouthed teddy bear, was written and directed by Seth MacFarlane.
The film, distributed by Universal, made $4.383m at the box office in a pre-release weekend taking an impressive $18,000 screen average across 243 screens, or 199 locations from Friday to Sunday.
David Collins, sales director for Universal told Encore: “The numbers exceeded our wildest expectations. We did a pre-release of Bridesmaids and it did $2.2m over four days, but these numbers suggest it might be bigger than we expect.”
Call me closed minded, but I can’t bring myself to watch a grotty movie about a bong-smoking teddy bear.
Turns out thousands can though, so congrats Universal & Iloura.
I’m closed minded too Renee. And glad to be if not watching this movie means I have to take that title. I can’t seen anything that appeals in this, the whole concept seems horrid. Although the guy hasn’t made anything good since the early season of American Dad so no wonder this seems stale.
awesome film
I think it’s going to be a nice take on the classic teddy bear. I had a teddy bear as a child that I would’ve loved to have come to life, so it will be really interesting to see what else they do with the concept.
Really pleased Mumbrella bring it to my attention, otherwise I might have risked going to see this ‘vulgar for the sake of being purile’ rubbish!
It’s wrong, it’s offensive and I loved it.
Thanks to Iloura for hosting the event last night.