March
9
10,000 B.C. Wins Weekend Boxoffice
As expected, 10,000 B.C. handily won the weekend. Roland Emmerich yet again has pulled in crowds with cheesy accessible fun and awesome VFX. Whether it holds is another matter. I suspect that Roger Donaldson's delightful Brit heist thriller The Bank Job, starring an unexpectedly nuanced and sensitive Jason Statham (happily married and sporting an endearing bald spot) and an excellent supporting cast led by Saffron Burrows, will build good word. (It scored 76% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.) But I wonder if Lionsgate should have opened it less wide. Some people may be staying away because they think it's just another Statham blam-blam movie. This one is more like Michael Caine's classic The Ipcress File or Matthew Vaughn's Layer Cake than Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Here's Variety's B.O. report:
Prehistoric populations were big if not quite epic this weekend, as Warner’s “10,000 BC” grossed a solid $35.7 million.Though some had thought the Rolland Emmerich-helmed f/x-fest could come in over $40 million, pic ended up right around where studio insiders said they were targeting. If pic holds well, it could end up topping $100 million domestically and it’s expected to do very well overseas.
Average was $10,478 per play at 3,410 theaters
Nobody had thought “10,000 BC” would come close to “300’s” $71 million bow on the same weekend last year.
Also performing decently was Disney’s “College Road Trip,” which opened to $14 million, or $5,174 per location at 2,706 playdates. Gross was just a little off from that off Martin Lawrence’s last pic, “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins,” which bowed to $16.2 million last month.
Mouse House is expecting a particularly strong hold for the family film as spring breaks start around the country this week.
Lionsgate’s actioner “Bank Job,” bowed at a modest $5.7 million, right around where the studio had expected. Jason Stathan starrer, which was a negative pickup for the indie studio, averaged $3,561 at 1,603 theaters.
Focus opened “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” at 535 locations, where the comedy averaged $4,750 and grossed a total of $2.5 million.
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