The Calm Before the Storm

Weekend Recap 4/27-29/2012

This past weekend was the calm before the storm as movie-goers largely saved their money in anticipation for this weekend’s The Avengers. 

Think Like a Man stayed on top for a second weekend in a row with $17.6 million, bringing its total to $60.5 million. The new stop-motion animation film, The Pirates! Band of Misfits (review here), exceeded box office expectations by taking second place with $11.1 million.

The Hunger Games (review here) and The Lucky One both brought in roughly $10.8 million each to take third and fourth place, respectively. The other new releases this weekend all disappointed, although not surprisingly. The Five-Year Engagement grossed $10.6 million for fifth place, followed by Safe in sixth with $7.9 million and The Raven in seventh with $7.3 million.

The Top Ten were rounded out by Chimpanzee and The Three Stooges, which both took in approximately $5.2 million each, for eighth and ninth place, respectively, and The Cabin in the Woods (review here) in tenth with $4.6 million.

The Avengers was released around the world on Wednesday and between then and Sunday grossed a whopping $178.4 million as the top movie in every market it was released in. My guess is that it will do a bit less domestically when it comes out next weekend.

Here’s a snapshot of the Top Ten weekend films:

#	Title	Theater Average	Weekend Gross	Total Gross
1	Think Like a Man	$8,736	$17.6 million	$60.5 million
2	The Pirates! Band of Misfits	$3,316	$11.1 million	$11.1 million
3	The Hunger Games	$3,027	$10.8 million	$372 million
4	The Lucky One	$3,404	$10.8 million	$39.4 million
5	The Five-Year Engagement	$3,613	$10.6 million	$10.6 million
6	Safe	$3,483	$7.9 million	$7.9 million
7	The Raven	$3,308	$7.3 million	$7.3 million
8	Chimpanzee	$3,336	$5.2 million	$18.9 million
9	The Three Stooges	$1,664	$5.2 million	$36.9 million
10	The Cabin in the Woods	$1,750	$4.6 million	$34.8 million