Paramount’s Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol towered above a slew of imposing openers and strong holdovers as it grossed an estimated $25.8 million over the Friday-to-Sunday holiday period and $39.5 million between Friday and Monday. The film, which opened last weekend primarily in a limited number of IMAX theaters, expanded on Wednesday, and will have earned around $71.9 million domestically as of Monday.
Two holdover films finished in second and third place, with Warner Bros.’ Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked grossing $17.8 million and $13.3 million respectively for the three-day weekend. Three new films followed with relatively soft numbers. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which some pundits had expected would give Ghost Protocol a run for the money, proved to be somewhat of a disappointment as it collected $13 million over the three days to place fourth.
Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin proved to be an even greater disappointment. Although it opened strongly overseas, where it has collected $230 million to date, its opening in North America brought in only $8.8 million for the three days. Another Spielberg film, War Horse, is being launched today (Sunday). And Cameron Crowe’s We Bought a Zoo appeared mighty toothless as it debuted with just $7.8 million.
No comments :
Post a Comment