20th Century Fox’s high school superpower movie “Chronicle” opened to a better than expected $22 million, followed closely by the horror-thriller The “Woman in Black,” which also beat expectations, bringing in $21 million.
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, through February 5, 2012, is as follows:
Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
1 | Chronicle | 20th Century Fox | 22,000,000 | 22,000,000 | 2,907 | 7,567 |
2 | Woman In Black, The | CBS Films | 21,000,000 | 21,000,000 | 2,855 | 7,355 |
3 | Grey, The | Open Road | 9,500,000 | 34,756,533 | 3,207 | 2,962 |
4 | Big Miracle | Universal | 8,484,065 | 8,484,065 | 2,129 | 3,985 |
5 | Underworld Awakening | Sony | 5,600,000 | 54,352,921 | 2,636 | 2,124 |
6 | One For The Money | Lionsgate | 5,250,000 | 19,667,987 | 2,737 | 1,918 |
7 | Red Tails | 20th Century Fox | 5,000,000 | 41,323,458 | 2,347 | 2,130 |
8 | Descendants, The | Fox Searchlight | 4,600,000 | 65,522,652 | 2,038 | 2,257 |
9 | Man On A Ledge | Summit Entertainment | 4,460,000 | 14,724,774 | 2,998 | 1,487 |
10 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Warner Bros. | 3,925,000 | 26,792,676 | 2,505 | 1,566 |
11 | Contraband | Universal | 3,490,135 | 62,103,435 | 2,047 | 1,705 |
12 | Artist, The | The Weinstein Company | 2,565,000 | 20,584,244 | 1,005 | 2,552 |