Snow White Dethrones MIB3

Weekend Recap: 6/1-3/2012

Snow White and the Huntsman (review here) took the biggest bite out of the box office apple this weekend, earning a surprising $56.2 million. Add that to the $39.3 million it made overseas and its worldwide total has reached $95.5 million.

While that's better than many expected, it's still a far-reach from its $170 million production costs (not counting marketing expenses) and with so many up-coming blockbusters, its not likely to do well enough to be really profitable.

Men in Black 3 (review here) took second place with $28.1 million domestically. Made for $225 million, MIB3 has accumulated a worldwide total of $386.9 million after only two weeks and is likely to end up somewhere between Men in Black 2 ($441.8 million) and the original Men in Black ($589.4 million).

In third place was The Avengers (review here) which continued to do well with another $20.5 million. The film has made $552.9 million in the U.S. and $802.5 million internationally for an overall total of $1.355 billion. For the records of highest-grossing film both domestically and worldwide, The Avengers trails only Titanic ($658.5 million, $2.185 billion) and Avatar ($760.5 million, $2.782 billion), though in all likelihood it will not catch up to either.

Battleship (review here) took fourth place with over $5 million, while The Dictator (review here), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (review here), and What to Expect When You're Expecting (review here) each earned over $4 million, for fifth, sixth, and seventh place respectively. Marigold Hotel is a surprise hit, having brought in $106 million worldwide.

Dark Shadows and Chernobyl Diaries found themselves in eighth and ninth place, having each grossed over $3 million. The Top Ten were rounded out by the independent film, For Greater Glory, with $1.9 million.

Meanwhile, Prometheus was seen a week before it's U.S. release in 15 overseas markets and took in an impressive $35 million.

Here's a snapshot of the Top Ten Weekend Films domestically:

#	Title	Weekend Gross	Theater Average	Total Gross
1	Snow White & the Huntsman	$56.2 million	$14,900	$56.2 million
2	Men in Black 3	$28.1 million	$6,609	$111 million
3	Marvel’s The Avengers	$20.5 million	$5,582	$552.9 million
4	Battleship	$5.1 million	$1,620	$55.4 million
5	The Dictator	$4.7 million	$1,775	$50.8 million
6	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	$4.5 million	$3,464	$25.4 million
7	What to Expect When You’re Expecting	$4.4 million	$1,516	$30.7 million
8	Dark Shadows	$3.7 million	$1,233	$70.7 million
9	Chernobyl Diaries	$3.1 million	$1,285	$14.5 million
10	For Greater Glory	$1.9 million	$2,491	$1.9 million