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'Monsters U' Repeats, 'The Heat' Sets Fire to 'White House'
21 hours ago
Proving once again that women do, in fact, like going to the movies, The Heat got off to a very strong start this weekend. The weekend's other new movie, White House Down, failed to differentiate itself from March's Olympus Has Fallen and wound up collapsing under the weight of all of the other appealing options in the market. Still, it was Pixar's Monsters University in first place once again over another busy Summer weekend. The animated prequel dipped 44 percent to an estimated $46.2 million for a 10-day total of $171 million. That's a slightly better hold than Toy Story 3 (46 percent) or Brave (49 percent), and was way better than Cars 2 (60 percent). If it doesn't get completely obliterated by Despicable Me 2 this week, Monsters University should ultimately be able to get close to $300 million. Playing at 3,181 locations, The Heat took second place with an estimated $40 million. That's star Sandra Bullock's »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Forecast: 'White House Down,' 'Heat' in Race for Second This Weekend... >
27 June 2013 4:49 PM, PDT
Saturday Am Update: Monsters University held on to first place on Friday with an estimated $14.3 million, which puts it on pace for a weekend around $47 million. The Heat wasn't far behind with $13.6 million, and should earn at least $35 million in its first frame. Meanwhile, White House Down was a major disappointment: the movie took in an estimated $9 million, which is a bit lower than similar movie Olympus Has Fallen's $10.1 million start. For the weekend, White House Down will finish below $30 million. Friday Am Update: White House Down earned $1.35 million from late Thursday shows, while The Heat took in around $1 million. Neither of these numbers are particularly remarkable, and the chance of a $40 million opening this weekend has deceased significantly.Forecast: Thanks to massive debuts from Man of Steel, Monsters University and World War Z, June 2013 is on pace to be the highest-grossing June ever at the domestic box office. »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Weekend Report: 'Monsters' and Zombies Both Win On Busy Weekend
23 June 2013 8:59 PM, PDT
Coming off Man of Steel's record-breaking opening last weekend, it seemed unlikely that both Monsters University and World War Z would score strong debuts this weekend. Ultimately, that assumption proved very wrong: Monsters University had one of Pixar's highest openings ever, while World War Z crushed even the most generous expectations. The loser here was Man of Steel, which took an abnormally large drop against this tough competition.Overall, the Top 12 earned $232.4 million, which makes this the eighth-highest-grossing weekend ever at the domestic box office.Playing at 4,004 locations, Monsters University took the top spot with $82.4 million. That's Pixar's 14th-straight number one debut (a perfect batting average), and it ranks as their second-highest opening ever behind 2010's Toy Story 3 ($110.3 million). However, it did sell slightly fewer tickets than predecessor Monsters, Inc., whose opening weekend adjusts to over $87 million.Monsters University always seemed like a slam dunk*Pixar has a fantastic box office track record, »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
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