BOX OFFICE: UNDERWORLD AWAKENING Hits #1, George Lucas' RED TAILS Debuts At #2

BOX OFFICE: UNDERWORLD AWAKENING Hits #1, George Lucas' RED TAILS Debuts At #2

Underworld Awakening has opened up at #1 at the US box office and Red Tails has nabbed the #2 spot. Hit the jump for all the details.

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By JoshWilding - Jan 21, 2012 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror



Underworld Awakening has stormed straight to the top of the US box office, scaring up a decent enough $9.4 million on its first day of release. The latest movie in the franchise is currently expected to finish the weekend with over $23 million which isn't quite enough to beat Underworld: Evolution's $26.9 million back in 2006. Considering it has a budget of $70 million and opened with higher ticket prices due to being in 3D, this isn't perhaps as good as it sounds. Meanwhile, George Lucas' Red Tails followed up in second place with $6 million on Friday. It's expected to bring in $17 million this weekend but still has no release date for international territories.

Here are the top 10 in full courtesy of Deadline:

1. Underworld Awakening (Sony Pictures) NEW [3,078 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $9.8M, Estimated Weekend $23.4M

2. Red Tails (LucasFilm/Fox) NEW [2,512 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $6.2M, Estimated Weekend $17M

3. Contraband (Universal) Week 2 [2,870 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $3.7M, Estimated Weekend $12.5M, Estimated Cume $46.2M

4. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros) Week 5 [2,630 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $3.2M, Estimated Weekend $9.5M, Estimated Cume $10M

5. Haywire (Relativity) NEW [2,439 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $3M, Estimated Weekend $8.6M

6. Beauty And The Beast 3D (Disney) Week 2 [2,625 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $2.1M (-61%), Estimated Weekend $8.5M, Estimated Cume $33.2M

7. Joyful Noise (Warner Bros) Week 2 [2,735 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1.7M (-49%), Estimated Weekend $6M, Estimated Cume $21.8M

8. Mission: Impossible 4 (Paramount) Week 6 [2,519 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1.6M, Estimated Weekend $5.5M, Estimated Cume $197.3M

9. Sherlock Holmes 2 (Warner Bros) Week 6 [2,485 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1.2M, Estimated Weekend $4M, Estimated Cume $177.8M

10. The Iron Lady (The Weinstein Co) Week 4 [1,076 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1M, Estimated Weekend $3.4M, Estimated Cume $12.4M



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UnscrupalousSmurf
UnscrupalousSmurf - 1/21/2012, 10:28 AM
I truly have no comments!
TheGambitFreak
TheGambitFreak - 1/21/2012, 10:28 AM
Cool, now can we get it's goddamn annoying ads of the [frick]ing site maybe?
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/21/2012, 10:29 AM
UNDERWORLD
invalensname5
invalensname5 - 1/21/2012, 10:32 AM
Anthony Hemingway directed Red Tails.
ThunderCougarFalconBird
ThunderCougarFalconBird - 1/21/2012, 10:38 AM
Still haven't seen the third Underworld. Got the DVD years ago but never bothered with it.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 1/21/2012, 10:39 AM
I want to see both movies but the [frick]ing snow is crazy
kurekurcubic
kurekurcubic - 1/21/2012, 11:02 AM
actually its great news since overseas gross is going to increase 100-200% probably
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/21/2012, 11:02 AM
POSSIBLE FACTOR THE MOVIE IS NUMBER 0NE...MAYBE...
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/21/2012, 11:03 AM
AN THAT'S A MOM.
Themercwiththemouthsback
Themercwiththemouthsback - 1/21/2012, 11:24 AM
this movie sucks and has nothing to do with the other 3
underworld movies.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/21/2012, 11:37 AM
INTENSE DIARRHEA MICHAEL...
MatchesMalone1989
MatchesMalone1989 - 1/21/2012, 11:43 AM
Underworld was okay. It has a very good twist at the end.
jazzman
jazzman - 1/21/2012, 11:47 AM
@invalensname5

George Lucas also directed the movie aswell he did alot of reshoots.
haljordan73
haljordan73 - 1/21/2012, 11:50 AM
@Gunsmith
That is the greatest thing that has ever been on this site! Wow!
Montross
Montross - 1/21/2012, 12:01 PM
Dude, the '06 Underworld was subtitled 'Evolution', not 'Revolution.'

I'm thrilled to see Underworld doing well. I hope it continues to do so. I've been a fan of the series since the first one. I do prefer the previous 3 because they were more tightly interwoven (with regards to plot and character) but I must admit I had a ball watching U:A. Personally, I would've liked to have seen a direct sequel to Rise of the Lycans because the end of U:E seemed (at least to me) to have a bit of a finality to it and secondly there is plenty of material for a story there considering what was flashbacked and referenced in the original.
LucasMend
LucasMend - 1/21/2012, 12:04 PM
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Underworld managed to get at first? wow I'm surprised there are people who don't get bored at watching this franchise
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/21/2012, 12:05 PM
KEVIN GREVIOX WAS THE REASON THE STORIES OF THE FIRST 3 WERE SO TIGHT...WAIT FOR I FRANKENSTIEN THAT ONE WILL BE BAD AZZ
Underworld5454
Underworld5454 - 1/21/2012, 12:07 PM
The movie was a great time...it also got a CinemaScore of A- so audiences are loving it!
xKnightofRenx
xKnightofRenx - 1/21/2012, 12:32 PM
I saw it a second time and it was better the second viewing. My gripes still remains the same though. I am looking forward to the dvd.
Talontd
Talontd - 1/21/2012, 12:35 PM
How is HAYWIRE so low, it was SOLD OUT all over San Diego yesterday!!!

Trying again tonight...
NiteSoul69
NiteSoul69 - 1/21/2012, 12:53 PM
underworld was good, lots of ppl seeing it here, hopefully it does well enough for another one to be made.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/21/2012, 12:54 PM
out of the top ten i'd only watch underworld 4,haywire & the iron lady.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 1/21/2012, 1:03 PM
Saw Haywire yesterday - I don't recommend it. Gina Carano is great, but it's a pretty mediocre action thriller otherwise and the fight scenes have all been done before (and better) in the Bourne movies. The Iron Lady is worth a watch for Meryl Streep's fantastic performance, but if you live in the UK, check out Shame (Fassbender deserves an Oscar), War Horse or J. Edgar instead.
RidiculousFanBoyDemands
RidiculousFanBoyDemands - 1/21/2012, 1:11 PM
@Josh

I disagree I thought haywire was fun. The Iron Lady was terrible, Streep was good, but it was god awful. I will agree with you on Shame, although it was a little too much Fassbender dong for me though, but it's not just playing in the UK it is playing over here in the states as well. That movie is very well made, great idea for a plot, and pleased my wife very much...
spiderneil
spiderneil - 1/21/2012, 1:13 PM
saw underworld. great action set pieces not much else.
if you like action this movies has some pretty cool action scenes. if you like depth, drama and suspense avoid this movie like the plague
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 1/21/2012, 2:06 PM
Red Tales, but Underworld is my guiltless pleasure
patriautism
patriautism - 1/21/2012, 3:33 PM
Underworld was bad ass!!
It was the best of the series IMO..
Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 1/21/2012, 3:34 PM
I didn't care to see Underworld even though I enjoyed the first two, and I heard Red Tails was terrible pretty much what I predicted. But I caught Haywire yesterday and I thought it was pretty good, I really loved how it was made and Gina Carano wasn't bad in her first acting role, she wasn't great but not bad. Another thing I'll say is the movie isn't for everyone, I think the style might put some ppl off.
eleven59
eleven59 - 1/21/2012, 4:01 PM
@gunsmith i never knew panties could be so.... purple.....

and thin
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/21/2012, 4:07 PM
ELEVEN, THE PANTIES LOOK BETTER BECAUSE KATE BECKINSALE ALLOWS THEM TO BE.
-BTW=JUST SAW THE MOVIE IN 3D..I LIKED IT. IT DID IN A SENSE STOOD APART FROM THE OTHERS BUT ALL IN ALL IT WAS GOOD, IF THEY MAKE ANOTHER ONE I HOPE THEY GET SPEEDMAN BACK TO REPRISE HIS ROLE, MAYBE CREATE MORE HYBRIDS.WE NEVER REALLY SAW IF HE COULD OR NOT.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 1/22/2012, 2:36 AM
Not really into conspiracies, but the 82% critic rating for Haywire is suspect. These dudes shit on movies like this all day, then all of a sudden, they have a soft spot for a been-there-seen-that, by the numbers B action movie with a grunt lead who needed her voice altered and can't act. I'll trust the audience rating on this one: a rotten 52.
CBArtist
CBArtist - 1/22/2012, 10:19 AM
@MarvelWeiner

Kate was nude a lot in the 1995 film "The Haunted" (I think that was the name of it). Best to look her up on IMDB to see what the name was. But I do know it came out in 1995.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 1/23/2012, 5:39 AM
I can see why Red Tails got that rating. It was ok, but could have been so much better.
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