BOX OFFICE: THE LONE RANGER Now Looks Set For An Underwhelming $50M 5-Day Total

BOX OFFICE: THE LONE RANGER Now Looks Set For An Underwhelming $50M 5-Day Total

Early estimations are in for this weekend at the North American box office, and The Lone Ranger has proved to be a major disappointment for Disney. Despicable Me 2 has meanwhile continued to dominate and we have an update for you on Man of Steel.

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By JoshWilding - Jul 05, 2013 05:07 PM EST
Filed Under: The Lone Ranger
Source: Deadline


According to Deadline, their sources have told them that The Lone Ranger will take $13 million today for a disappointing five-day holiday total of $50 million at the very most. This is obviously not the result that Disney were hoping for and comes far below even their lowest estimation of $65 million. With a massive budget and an extremely negative reception from critics, it also seems unlikely that its performance overseas will help the remake earn anywhere near enough to make a sequel possible. The result is in fact so low that The Heat may end up beating it to the #2 spot this weekend. However, Despicable Me 2 has continued to dominate, and after another day of earning $30+ million, it now looks set for five-day holiday cume of $140 million (that's the kind of result Disney would have obviously loved for The Lone Ranger). Meanwhile, Man of Steel took a little over $3 million yesterday for a domestic total of $259.79 million.





"The Lone Ranger" is a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice—taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.


STARRING:

Armie Hammer as John Reid, the Lone Ranger
Johnny Depp as Tonto
William Fichtner as Butch Cavendish
Ruth Wilson as Rebecca Reid
James Badge Dale as Dan Reid
Tom Wilkinson as Latham Cole
Barry Pepper as Captain Jay Fuller
Helena Bonham Carter as Red
Mason Cook as Will

RELEASE DATE: July 4th, 2013.
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Emjeed
Emjeed - 7/5/2013, 5:23 PM
Lol.. I always know when its Josh's article.. Cos the way the headlines read always have me rolling. It sounds like he's making fun of the Movie.
cgriffith
cgriffith - 7/5/2013, 5:28 PM
I just wrote my review of the movie I saw it today. It amazes me that 50 million dollars is consider a bad weekend. Times are a changing....
Transforminator
Transforminator - 7/5/2013, 5:31 PM
@cgriffith Its not the weekend estimate, its FIVE day estimate. Thats why its disappointing.
skullboy
skullboy - 7/5/2013, 5:31 PM
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Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 7/5/2013, 5:39 PM
I saw MOS again today....just keeps getting better!

Score is epic!

LR....sorry not seeing you till DVD!
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 7/5/2013, 5:39 PM
Bloody Knackered....off to bed!
Burkem6
Burkem6 - 7/5/2013, 5:41 PM
@LTTOBT I thought mos was better than iron man but the fact IM3 has been out over 2 months and MOS had been out less than 1 month shouldnt even be that close.
tonytony
tonytony - 7/5/2013, 5:54 PM
Mos will overtake tasm domestically this weekend. 300-320 mil domestic will be final.

Unlucky for lone ranger. Waste of money. But i understand as disney need to explore other revenue streams than rely on comicbook films.
TheAbomination
TheAbomination - 7/5/2013, 6:06 PM
Honestly, is anybody surprised by this? Shit movie.
direct2logan
direct2logan - 7/5/2013, 6:07 PM
The Lone Ranger is just a major disappointment and a terrible movie.
rusty28
rusty28 - 7/5/2013, 6:23 PM
LTTOBTS

Foolish comparison kid. Not only was IM3 during school session it wasn't on a holiday either like MOS

Keep grabbing at straws though.
SnapperCarr
SnapperCarr - 7/5/2013, 6:53 PM
Damn. The Lone Ranger was a classic. And now Disney has killed it.
Crescendo
Crescendo - 7/5/2013, 6:57 PM
Pfft...Lone Ranger?!?
MarvelWeiner
MarvelWeiner - 7/5/2013, 7:03 PM
Disney still got IM3 :) RDJ beat Depp
Dmon
Dmon - 7/5/2013, 7:04 PM
@rusty28 IM3 had no competition for 3 weekends. MOS has. School being in session has nothing to do with it.
SWelch
SWelch - 7/5/2013, 7:05 PM
The Lone Ranger was the old west version of Pirates of Caribben. Another flop for Disney and being a huge ranger fan I was hoping this would do better.

What really pissed me off was when the credits were roling and they show the writing credit they didn't even mention "Based on the characters created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker".

Which is sad because this is the second big budget movie Disney had flopped. But the thing is John Carter was actualy a good movie unlike the Lone Ranger.
JorL5150
JorL5150 - 7/5/2013, 7:13 PM
Man- I thought I was supposed to think lone ranger was punking superman.
I mean- that's what trudy, sack-lick-mode, 69ballstickled, reallyreamshisbeau, on the purtybuttdude, would have us believe
Hyperionsisthetruth
Hyperionsisthetruth - 7/5/2013, 7:14 PM
@demon true true ....im3 was major let down ...with major flaws
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 7/5/2013, 7:25 PM
Don't [frick] with the Minion Gang, Disney.
Rock317
Rock317 - 7/5/2013, 7:35 PM
Ya, knew that'd happen after they announced it. They need to stop trying so hard and stick to what they know.
RichardHedski
RichardHedski - 7/5/2013, 7:50 PM
I haven't seen this movie yet but something tells me that I shouldn't. I don't know, the previews looked good but I've heard nothing but negative things about this movie. Well, I might check it out when it comes out at the cheap theaters. Also, Hans Zimmer's score is pretty good so there.
dunadansword
dunadansword - 7/5/2013, 8:14 PM
The Lone Ranger was a great film! I don't know what people are expecting to see but it was so much fun and I will be seeing it again. I hope people don't have to be told what do by the media but if you want to go see a western/superhero film then go see this movie and enjoy yourself. Give it a chance, you just may like it!
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 7/5/2013, 8:31 PM
I thought Johnny Depp was going to bring in the money? I guess not.

Could have been a little bit better if they went originally with 'werewolves' and 'wendigos'. The original script had supernatural elements to it but they wanted to keep the film grounded.
Kyos
Kyos - 7/5/2013, 8:39 PM
Still no interest to watch it and not that surprised many others seem to feel the same. Just not appealing to me on any level. It feels like they took what I found annoying about the later 'PotC' movies, mixed it with the bad aspects of the Rogen 'Green Hornet' and painted the result 'Wild Wild West' style.

And then putting it up against something like 'Despicable Me 2'... yeah, that seriously wasn't clever.

John Carter on the other hand was a fun movie, and imo definitely didn't deserve the bad marketing, the bad reception and the bad box office results.
AztecaAguilar04
AztecaAguilar04 - 7/5/2013, 8:44 PM
@Oldgreg who the hell is that character on your avatar? Looks really familiar.
kadetra
kadetra - 7/5/2013, 9:25 PM
I think by the end of the summer Despicable me 2 would probably be the second highest grossing movie of the year worldwide.
Vaportrail
Vaportrail - 7/5/2013, 10:21 PM
batesmotel
batesmotel - 7/5/2013, 10:34 PM
I hope peeps are fed up with Depp because he truly is shit
CPBuff22
CPBuff22 - 7/5/2013, 11:22 PM
So far I have seen Iron Man 3, Star Trek, & Despicable Me 2 twice.

Will probably go see Monsters University & Great Gatsby again when they hit the cheap theater.

I'll pick up MOS when it hits the $10 bargain bin for blu-rays.
Tevii
Tevii - 7/5/2013, 11:31 PM
I'm surprised its making that much... But I always said it would be 2013s biggest flop... If that hack of a director didn't piss away so much money on the budget, they could've had a reasonable hit
AxeiumTheory
AxeiumTheory - 7/6/2013, 12:16 AM
I just came from The Lone Ranger and I have to say I enjoyed it. Is it great? No. But there were a lot of funny moments (mainly from Johnny Depp) and some of the action set pieces were really cool. Plus the story kept me interested the whole time. I'd give it a 3.5/5 it's definitely not as near as bad as the critics are saying it is. Too bad it's pretty much a guaranteed flop by now though.
pro346
pro346 - 7/6/2013, 12:20 AM
Seen it on Friday really liked it 4/5 I dont pay any attention to critics!
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