Deadline have their early analysis of last night at US box office, and it looks as if
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance will struggle to reach the top spot this weekend as it faces off against holdover
The Vow. A big budget 3D superhero movie being beaten by a critically panned romantic film is something of an embarrassment for the studio. It's likely that it will only just end up missing out, although one Sony exec told them yesterday that it,
"could go higher as the night goes on". The gap is a narrow one, but the first movie made $45M during its opening weekend in the US and over $115M in total, considerably more than the Neveldine/Taylor helmed sequel is expected to earn. Whether this is down to the overwhelmingly negative reviews or the bad word of mouth left over from the last installment is unlear, although one rival exec has their own theory:
"Once they started advertising it with Nic Cage, it went downhill."
Here are the early results and predictions also courtesy of the site.
1. The Vow (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 2 [2,958 Theaters]
Est Friday $7.1M (-53%), Est 4-Day Holiday $29M, Est Cume $90M
2. Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 3D (Sony) NEW [3,174 Theaters]
Est Friday $7M, Est 4-day Holiday $25M
3. Safe House (Universal) Week 3 [3,121 Theaters]
Est Friday $6.5M (-52%), Est 4-Day Holiday $26M, Est Cume $80M
4. This Means War (Fox) NEW [3,189 Theaters]
Est Friday $5.1M, Est 4-Day Holiday $18M
5. Journey 2 3D (Warner Bros) Week 2 [3,500 Theaters]
Est Friday $4.4M (-33%), Est 4-Day Holiday $26M, Est Cume $59M
6. Chronicle (Fox) Week 3 [2,556 Theaters]
Est Friday $2M, Est 4-Day Holiday $10M, Est Cume $53.5M
7. Woman In Black (CBS Films) Week 3 [2,559 Theaters]
Est Friday $2M, Est 4-Day Holiday $8M, Est Cume $46.6M
8. Star Wars 3D (Luscafilms/Fox) Week 2 [2,655 Theaters]
Est Friday $1.9M (-78%), Est 4-Day Holiday $10M, Est Cume $35.9M
9. Secret World Of Arrietty (Studio Ghibli/Disney) NEW [1,522 Theaters]
Est Friday $1.5M, Est 4-Day Holiday $8M
10. The Grey (Open Road) Week 4 [2,107 Theaters]
Est Friday $800K, Est 4-Day Holiday $3.7M, Est Cume $48.6
Box Office Mojo meanwhile have some even more up to date figures which put
The Vow at $7.4M and
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance at $7M.
Read my review of the movie by clicking HERE.
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