Real Steel Dominates The US Box Office With A Formidable $29 Million Opening!

Real Steel Dominates The US Box Office With A Formidable $29 Million Opening!

Short of the $35M figure Dreamworks were hoping for (and not up against any real competition) the robot boxing movie starring Hugh "The Wolverine" Jackman has dominated the US box office this weekend regardless...

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By JoshWilding - Oct 09, 2011 11:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Deadline



Deadline report that Real Steel has had a strong opening weekend, but still fell short of the figure that both Dreamworks and Disney were hoping for. There's already been talk of a sequel (director Shawn Levy recently revealed that both he and the cast were signed up for future installments) but that'll all depend on how well it ends up performing overseas when it's released over the next few weeks. Here are some excerpts from the site.

DreamWorks/Disney’s Real Steel required a mammoth marketing push to pump up mediocre tracking so it could dominate the North American box office all weekend. Disney confirmed grosses went up +30% from Friday to Saturday for a $29M opening weekend and an ‘A’ CinemaScore. Problem is Hollywood would have impressed if the result was $35M because of its family overlay and $110+M budget.


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samadCBM
samadCBM - 10/9/2011, 11:51 AM
just saw it....a damn [frick]ing awsum movie
PaulRom
PaulRom - 10/9/2011, 11:55 AM
Planning on seeing it soon, looks great.
BooYah
BooYah - 10/9/2011, 12:03 PM
Knew this would make money. People love fighting robots. Probably will wait till this comes on TV.
grifter
grifter - 10/9/2011, 12:07 PM
Haha @teabag.
Rorschach12311
Rorschach12311 - 10/9/2011, 12:12 PM
watched it today
its an awesome movie
kurekurcubic
kurekurcubic - 10/9/2011, 12:18 PM
actually it made 27.3 mill $ for this weekend,and 22 mill $ overseas in only a few markets which is 33% ahead of tron legacy.so yeah this film will be a huge hit!!!
MaddMonkk
MaddMonkk - 10/9/2011, 12:20 PM
Just watched it. I admit it's chessy but I almost cried twice during the movie. Yeah,It's good.
InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 10/9/2011, 1:22 PM
Realy good movie. That kid was [frick]ing adorable. no way someone could watch this and not enjoy it. A lot better than I expected.
patriautism
patriautism - 10/9/2011, 1:52 PM
In yo FACE, to all the people who said this was the next Green Lantern!!!
This movie was fantastic, way better than what the critics are saying, but sometimes critics are very wrong, and this is one of them..
The final match had me on the edge of my seat.
UltimateAvenger
UltimateAvenger - 10/9/2011, 2:42 PM
Just saw it today, it was an amazing film. Hugh Jackman was awesome.
EditNinja
EditNinja - 10/9/2011, 3:15 PM
Always thought the trailer looked promising, but this good news for everybody.
Nick56
Nick56 - 10/9/2011, 3:37 PM
Saw it, great movie.
Herosave
Herosave - 10/9/2011, 3:58 PM
It was pretty good! Makes me wish such robots really existed!
Ichaos
Ichaos - 10/9/2011, 4:30 PM
Awsome movie and well done enough to forgive the lifting of the Original Rocky Movie script in a scene or two.

They really need to do a Real Steel version of rockem sockem robots. "Moichendising were the real money from the movie is made"

seriously I always wanted some kind of larger metal version of rockem sockem where sparks would fly with a flint and steel kind of reaction with each hit
marvelsnkcapcom10
marvelsnkcapcom10 - 10/9/2011, 4:57 PM
I have liked Hugh Jackman in the X-Men movies so I am really believing for this movie to be as good as his previous accomplishments.
eatmyhit
eatmyhit - 10/9/2011, 5:05 PM
I wasn't planning on seeing this movie at all infact i thought the premise sounded abit stupid but after reading the comments for this film, I kind of want to watch it now lol!!
Rexgabe
Rexgabe - 10/9/2011, 5:10 PM
I didn't get to watch this movie this weekend, can someone spoil it for me? Did the blue robot or red robot win?

IAM
IAM - 10/9/2011, 6:27 PM
I watched it about 2 hours ago. Wasn't expecting much and actually was not happy seeing that the runtime was over two hours long, but it surprised me.
1) 2 hours wasn't too long,
2) Jackman was good in it; he made me mad a couple of times which means he did his job,
3) The kid wasn't annoying like some child actors can be,
4) Evangeline Lilly won me over...I never cared for her before...she's got killer legs and then some,
5) I'd see a Real Steel II...
AGENTJAY1130
AGENTJAY1130 - 10/9/2011, 8:12 PM
I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE GOOD!!!!
Ruben
Ruben - 10/9/2011, 10:55 PM
i just saw this movie tonight it was [frick]ing awesome!! go see this movie NOWWWWWWWW!
vonstallin
vonstallin - 10/9/2011, 10:55 PM
awesome movie...I will see it a second time...
pOoPEE
pOoPEE - 10/10/2011, 4:31 AM
Seen it two days ago and really was not expecting much. Great story, great action and yes even the kid was awesome. You will walk out of this movie on a real high 8 out of 10
loganoneil
loganoneil - 10/10/2011, 10:08 AM
You're kidding, right? This was a live-action version of the 70's GAME 'Rock-'Em Sock-'Em Robots', for christ's sake!! Next thing you know, that 'Battleship' film coming out next year will be nominated for an Oscar... Hollywood is DEAD!
Malfunk1
Malfunk1 - 10/10/2011, 1:29 PM
Saw it this wkend. Great frickin movie. Lots of fun, entertaining & even tugs at the heart a bit. The audience cheered & claped at the movies end. Don't let the haters keep you from missing a good flick. See it & judge for yourself.
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