BOX OFFICE: THE HUNGER GAMES Dominates; WRATH OF THE TITANS Takes The #2 Spot

BOX OFFICE: THE HUNGER GAMES Dominates; WRATH OF THE TITANS Takes The #2 Spot

Jonathan Liebesman's Wrath of the Titans has opened with a 52% drop from Clash of the Titans as The Hunger Games continues to dominate the North American box office for a second week.

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By JoshWilding - Mar 31, 2012 09:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Deadline


Deadline has their box office report up for the weekend with the first figures for both The Hunger Games and Wrath of the Titans bringing both good and bad news. The good news is for Lionsgate who are expected to reach the $250M mark with The Hunger Games this weekend. As a bonus, it's not only #1 at the box office, but also in the book and album charts in the US. Unfortunately, the news is not quite so good for Warner Bros. sequel, Wrath of the Titans. While it has taken the #2 spot (holding off competition from kid friendly release Mirror Mirror) and will more than likely make its projected $37M, this is far short of Clash of the Titans' $61.2M opening weekend back in 2010. However, it's expected to make back its $150M budget thanks to overseas takings. Despite a mixed reaction from critics, this isn't too bad of a start, although the likelihood a sequel is completely unknown at this point. They also mention that John Carter is likely to end its US run with with $70M. Here are the latest box office figures courtesy of the site.

1. The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) Week 2 [4,137 Theaters] PG13-Rated
Est Friday $19M (-72%), Est Weekend $55M, Est Cume $245M

2. Wrath Of The Titans 3D (Warner Bros) NEW [3,545 Theaters] PG13-Rated
Est Friday $12.4M, Est Weekend $37M

3. Mirror Mirror (Relativity) NEW [3,603 Theaters] PG-Rated
Est Friday $5.8M, Est Weekend $21.0M

4. 21 Jump Street (Sony) Week 3 [3,148 Theaters] R-rated
Est Friday $4.6M, Est Weekend $14.5M, Est Cume $93.5M

5. Dr Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (Universal) Week 5 [3,264 Theaters] PG-rated
Est Friday $2.0M, Est Weekend $8.5M, Est Cume $190M

6. John Carter 3D (Disney) Week 4 [2,397 Theaters] PG13-rated
Est Friday $530K, Est Weekend $2.0M, Est Cume $66.2M

7. Salmon Fishing In Yemen (CBS) Week 4 [483 Theaters] PG13-Rated
Est Friday $450K, Est Weekend $1.7M, Est Cume $3.6M

8. Act Of Valor 3D (Relativity) Week 6 [1,239 Theaters] R-Rated
Est Friday $350K, Est Weekend $1.3M, Est Cume $68M

9. A Thousand Words (Dworks/Par) Week 4 [1,007 Theaters] PG13-rated
Est Friday $275K, Est Weekend $1.0M, Est Cume $16.5M

10. Project X (Warner Bros) Week 5 [903 Theaters] R-rated
Est Friday $255K, Est Weekend $950K, Est Cume $53.5M

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marvel72
marvel72 - 3/31/2012, 10:06 AM
watched it today,it was good but not as great as i was led to believe.i found it boring for the first 35 minutes & some of the scenes later on were boring as well,cgi fire looked bad & way too much shakey cam.

plus point more violent than i expected. 3/5
Viking
Viking - 3/31/2012, 10:29 AM
I don't get it, what's the big deal about this Hunger Games ? I read people talk about it all the time :S
PsyGuy
PsyGuy - 3/31/2012, 10:45 AM
@Viking
Read it or watch the movie and you might understand!! :)

ALSO: To those of y'all who said HG would nosedive with these movies coming out... SUCK IT
prettynuclear2
prettynuclear2 - 3/31/2012, 10:51 AM
Violence sells. Hunger Games promised a death match and people wanted to see it.
ClarkFarley2012
ClarkFarley2012 - 3/31/2012, 10:55 AM
Going to see Wrath @ 2pm..I'll be the judge of that..
revjordan
revjordan - 3/31/2012, 10:55 AM
eff that noise. Go see "The Raid." it's worth every penny.
HarrisonBergeron
HarrisonBergeron - 3/31/2012, 11:02 AM
My theater is still showing way more viewings of Hunger Games than the new releases, that has got to count for something.

I would have payed the extra $10+ to see Titans on the Imax-style screen in 3d, but they are still playing Hunger Games on it, so I just watched it in 2d.
CapA
CapA - 3/31/2012, 11:11 AM
HG was hideous and somewhat stupid and boring (compared to the hardcore Battle Royale) ; Wrath delivered, God of War the movie ! :D
felixxx
felixxx - 3/31/2012, 12:50 PM
HG was boring as shit.
darque13
darque13 - 3/31/2012, 1:54 PM
I saw Hunger Games last nite. It wasnt a bad movie. But it wasnt great. i was in between on it. I feel Lawerence was amazing in her role. she is a beauty to reckoned with. I feel Liam Hemsworth recieved more credit for the film than what he deserved considering he was in the movie for about 15 minutes. 10 of those minutes were speaking scene and they werent even pivotol. JOhn Carter was by far better than this....
Hunger Games was nothing more than a glorified action adventure chick flick!
pro346
pro346 - 3/31/2012, 6:16 PM
John Carter deserved to do much better!
Grimm
Grimm - 3/31/2012, 7:51 PM
"Games" has the controversy aspect going for it right now as well.
EarOne
EarOne - 4/1/2012, 4:51 AM
still gonna see Wrath. the trailer just kicks so much ass!!

but, this is what u got for hiring a guy who lesser qualified than the original director. i mean, Battle: LA was a failure..WHY in the world would hire the guy who directed it???!!! the studio people are just THAT stoopid, i guess.
Tymminator
Tymminator - 4/1/2012, 10:31 PM
HG actually is closer to 61k this weekend.
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