‘Chronicle’ comes out ahead of the unexpected success of ‘The Woman in Black’ in this weekend’s box office breakdown. ‘The Grey’ and ‘Big Miracle’ rounds off the top four. No one in Hollywood projected ‘Chronicle’ or ‘The Woman In Black’ would get near a $20M opening; both films are a low-cost/high-reward jackpot for the two studios, especially because budgets were kept low as well as the marketing expenditures. Better yet, both films managed to reveal the elusive young audiences who were missing for the past six months of 2011. Though it’s the weekend’s biggest budget debut, Universal’s ‘Big Miracle’ is a underachiever- only tallying an $8.1M weekend which is less than the $10M executives hoped for. ‘The Grey’ is still showing a solid hold in box office numbers.
Weekend Box Office
February 3, 2012 – February 5, 2012
| Title | Studio | Weekend | Theaters | Total | Week | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronicle | 20th Century Fox |
$22,000,000
|
2,907
|
$22,000,000
|
1
|
||
| The Woman in Black | CBS Films |
$21,000,000
|
2,855
|
$21,000,000
|
1
|
||
| The Grey | Open Road Films |
$9,500,000
|
3,207
|
$34,800,000
|
2
|
||
| Big Miracle | Universal Pictures |
$8,484,000
|
2,129
|
$8,484,000
|
1
|
||
| Underworld Awakening | Screen Gems (Sony) |
$5,600,000
|
2,636
|
$54,352,900
|
3
|
||
| One for the Money | Lionsgate |
$5,250,000
|
2,737
|
$19,668,000
|
2
|
||
| Red Tails | 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm |
$4,500,000
|
2,347
|
$41,323,450
|
3
|
||
| The Descendants | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
$4,600,000
|
2,038
|
$65,522,650
|
12
|
||
| Man on a Ledge | Summit Entertainment |
$4,460,000
|
2,998
|
$14,724,800
|
2
|
||
| Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Warner Bros. Pictures |
$3,925,000
|
2,505
|
$26,792,800
|
3
|
||
| Contraband | Universal Pictures |
$3,490,000
|
2,047
|
$62,103,400
|
4
|
||
| The Artist | The Weinstein Company |
$2,565,000
|
1,005
|
$20,584,200
|
11
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