Sony’s 3D The Green Hornet grossed an estimated $34 million, coming in on the lower end of expectations. The superhero film stood at the top of a weak box office, a disturbing trend for the industry as it marks a continuing downturn for studio popcorn titles. Overall revenues for the weekend were down at least 25% from last year, as well as being the lowest since 2007.
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, January 16, 2011, are as follows:
Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
1 | Green Hornet, The | Sony | 34,000,000 | 34,000,000 | 3,584 | 9,486 |
2 | Dilemma, The | Universal | 17,418,765 | 17,418,765 | 2,940 | 5,924 |
3 | True Grit | Paramount | 11,200,000 | 126,411,895 | 3,459 | 3,237 |
4 | King’s Speech, The | The Weinstein Company | 9,070,000 | 44,593,859 | 1,543 | 5,878 |
5 | Black Swan | Fox Searchlight | 8,125,000 | 72,993,358 | 2,328 | 3,490 |
6 | Little Fockers | Universal | 7,137,582 | 134,223,607 | 3,394 | 2,103 |
7 | Tron Legacy | Disney | 5,674,000 | 156,912,596 | 2,439 | 2,326 |
8 | Yogi Bear | Warner Bros. | 5,345,000 | 82,095,072 | 2,702 | 1,978 |
9 | Fighter, The | Paramount | 5,125,000 | 65,769,664 | 2,414 | 2,123 |
10 | Season Of The Witch | Relativity Media | 4,500,000 | 17,997,739 | 2,827 | 1,591 |
11 | Tangled | Disney | 3,949,000 | 180,977,039 | 2,048 | 1,928 |
12 | Country Strong | Sony | 3,700,000 | 13,301,390 | 1,424 | 2,598 |