Weekend Box Office: June 11-13
Sun, June 13, 2010 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. The Karate Kid - $56 million
2. The A-Team - $26 million
3. Shrek Forever After - $15.8 million
4. Get Him to the Greek - $10.1 million
5. Killers - $8.1 million
6. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - $6.6 million
7. Marmaduke - $6 million
8. Sex and the City 2 - $5.5 million
9. Iron Man 2 - $4.5 million
10. Splice - $2.8 million
The 80s returned with a vengeance this weekend, and The Karate Kid remake came out on top with an amazing $56 million, well above expectations and more than twice the opening weekend box office of The A-Team, which had to settle for second place with $26 million.
Budgeted at around $40 million and starring Will Smith's 11-year-old son, Jaden, The Karate Kid has provided the box office punch that Hollywood has sorely needed since Iron Man 2's big opening last month. Exit polls were strong, even with the film's 2 hour and 20 minute run time, so it should hold up well for a good part of the summer, even next weekend when Toy Story 3 opens.
The A-Team finished the weekend with a solid, but below-expecations total of $26 million. With a budget of about $110 million, it's going to have to hope the movie's B+ Cinemascore rating generates enough good word-of-mouth to earn that back. And for the record, I thought it was awesome, so go see it.
Shrek Forever After fell to third place, earning another $15 million. It's doing well, but it's still far behind its predecessors at this point in its release.
Get Him to the Greek and Killers held on decently in their second weekend, both dropping less than 50%. Prince of Persia remains nowhere near crossing the $100 million marking, falling to 6th place with $6.5 million and bringing its total to $72.3 million. However, it's done far better overseas, where it has grossed $190 million.
Marmaduke continues to make money for some reason, coming in at 7th place with another $6 million to bring its total to $22 million. This latest entry into the talking-animals genre does not appear to be catching on with audiences.
Sex and the City 2 fell to 8th place, grossing $5.5 million for a total of $84 million. At this point it's unlikely to catch up to the first film's $152 million total.
Inching even closer to the $300 million mark (which it will most likely do by the end of the week), Iron Man 2 came in ninth place with $4.5 million. Its worldwide total now stands at $589 million. While it's no longer in the top 10, Robin Hood is also less than $1 million away from the $100 mark.
The horror film Splice rounded out the top 10, dropping more than 60% with just $2.8 million. Despite good reviews, the film just doesn't seem to be attracting audiences.
Things should get interesting next week when Toy Story 3 opens. Check back this week when Mitch updates with the actuals for the weekend.
Reader Comments (3)
I was really surpised that Karate Kid kicked so much ass
I had a feeling that Karate Kid might do this. I ended up predicting A team to take the weekend, but in the back of my mind karate kid seemed like more of a sure thing.
Karate Kid tested huge when they were screening it a few months ago, not surprised it's doing so well.