We now know the Twi-hards will follow Kristen Stewart pretty much anywhere as Snow White and the Huntsman opened with a much bigger than expected. It brought in $56 million this weekend (which was bigger than the Men in Black III opening), and surprised, well, everyone. This was noteworthy as it did not have inflated ticket prices due to 3D like both Men in Black III, and being that the reviews have not been that great - so the Twilight fans may be the only answer. On the other end of the spectrum, Piranha 3DD was a total bust. It brought in only $179,000 and was beaten by Hysteria (the movie about the first vibrator). Wow, and thank you for not buying into awfulness, America. Moonrise Kingdom is still performing extremely well in the specialty market as it averaged just over $53k per theater and expanded to 16 theaters. If you have any taste or fondness for Wes Anderson films…go see it…go see it now. It was precious and adorable, and was a movie that made me smile and happy. I'm not sure if I can say it was as good as Bottle Rocket or Rushmore, but it was definitely one my favorite films of his since those two.
Box Office
 | 1. Snow White & the Huntsman $56.3 million / New / $95.6m Total Worldwide The fact that this made a lot of money kind of makes me want to see it? Then again, I kind of don't. |
 | 2. Men in Black III $29.3 million / $112.m Total Domestic / $386.9 Total Worldwide Week 2 decreased by about 50%, and I suspect this will drop even more when Prometheus enters the game this week. |
 | 3. The Avengers $20.3 million / $553m Total Domestic / $1.4b Total Worldwide Surpassed The Dark Knight and is now the third highest grossing film domestically and third highest grossing film internationally passing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2. Will it ever stop breaking records? |
 | 4. Battleship $4.8 million / $55.1 Total Domestic / $290.1m Total Worldwide A film so bad Universal paid Hasbro $10 million to not have to make any more movies based on toys. |
 | 5. The Dictator $4.8 million / $51m Total Domestic / $111.4m Total Worldwide It has made its budget back…that is good, right? |
 | 6. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel $4.6 million / $25.5m Total Domestic / $106.8m Total Worldwide Moved up from the number 8 to number 6 slot and this British indie keeps on going... |
 | 7. What to Expect When You're Expecting What to Expect $4.4 million / $30.7m Total Domestic / $40.6m Total Worldwide Who is going to see this to put it in the top 10 at all? I'm confused. |
 | 8. Dark Shadows $3.8 million / $70.8m Total Domestic / $191m Total Worldwide It has made quite a bit of money worldwide, but domestic audiences are saying, no thank you, Mr. Burton. |
 | 9. Chernobyl Diaries $3 million / $14.4m Total Domestic Ticket sales fell a whopping 61% this week. I'll let that speak for itself. |
 | 10. For Greater Glory $ 1.8 million / New / $5m Total Worldwide The only other weekend release to make it in to the top 10, which was surprising as I thought David Hasselhoff and flesh eating Piranhas would for sure beat a little known Andy Garcia war movie. Happy to have been wrong about this one. |
How in the world did so many people go to see that?
It has to be Twilight right? It's now ruining other bad movies for me.
Yep, It's twilight.
Goddamnit.
I wonder what the drop off will be next week for Snow White. I honestly think Lautner and Pattinson are the real draws of the Twilight franchise now Stewart.
I have no idea what to make of Piranha 3DD bombing so so bad.
Honestly the closest theater to me playing Piranha 3DD was over 30 miles away.
Well, Pirahna 3DD wasn't widely released since it was a part of the Weinstein line of movies that premiere on VOD the same time it's released in theaters and they said it did well on VOD this weekend but didn't release any numbers.
who's hoping that avengers leap frogs back into the number 2(or at least stays at 3)next week?
I saw Snow White, and while it was by no means a masterpiece, it was pretty visually exciting. Stewart wasn't awful, and Hemsworth is always fun to watch. Theron as the villain was pretty nice too. The movie did slow to a crawl in a couple of places, but I'm kind of interested to see what that director does next since that was his first movie.
@dOm_CaTz said:
Not me. It's a good movie, and I saw it twice, but it's time to let something else in.