A Nor'easter, Halloween, and the World Series all took their toll on what otherwise would have been a blow-out box office last week. Even with these headwinds, however, the top ten still managed to amass a $88 million+ domestic take, and left Puss in Boots (Dreamworks), In Time (Fox), and The Rum Diary (FilmDistrict) After Puss in Boots, which took top honors, Paranormal Activity 3 scored second with In Time taking 3rd with $12.1 million. Footloose (Paramount) in its 3rd week of release came in 4th and has now grossed over $38 million.
The Rum Diary came in a disappointing 5th with $5.1 million.
Adding Tower Heist (Universal) and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (Warners) to the upcoming roster, this weekend should see summer-like box office grosses.
The U.S. box office has now grossed $8.4 billion YTD with 1.06 billion admissions - still behind 2010 results. I don't think ticket sales will catch up but dollar gross could easily surpass last year given the strong upcoming release schedule and last year's, not too stellar, holiday box office.A quick look at the international box office saw Paranormal Activity 3 pull in $22.3 million and take first place last week. And Despicable Me, 3 months after its debut, came in 2nd and has now amassed over $200 million internationally and over $450 million worldwide.
Cheers and Happy Movie Going!
Jim Lavorato
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