The Woman In Black was expected to win the weekend (mainly down to the fact that it features former Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe) but director Josh Trank's original and critically acclaimed
Chronicle has surprisingly managed to finish Saturday with $300,000 more. Both have overperformed at the US box office this weekend as neither film was originally expected to pass $20M. This is good news for the studios as both projects are fairly low budget and have attracted the young audiences that analysts believe were missing from the latter half of 2011. Here are the top 10 films courtesy of
Deadline.
1. Chronicle (Fox) NEW [2,907 Theaters]
Friday $8.6M, Saturday $10.3M, Weekend $22.2M
2. The Woman in Black (CBS Films) NEW [2,855 Theaters]
Friday $8.3M, Saturday $9.8M, Weekend $21.5M
3. The Grey (Open Road) Week 2 [3,207 Theaters]
Friday $3.1M, Saturday $5M, Weekend $9.8M (-50%), Est Cume $35M
4. Big Miracle (Universal) NEW [2,129 Theaters]
Friday $2.2M, Saturday $4M, Weekend $8.5M
5. Underworld Awakening (Sony) Week 3 [2,636 Theaters]
Friday $1.7M, Saturday $2.9M, Weekend $5.8M, Est Cume $54.6M
6. One For The Money (Lionsgate) Week 2 [2,737 Theaters]
Friday $1.7M, Saturday $2.6M (-53%), Weekend $5.2M, Est Cume $19.5M
7. Red Tails (LucasFilm/Fox) Week 3 [2,347 Theaters]
Friday $1.5M, Saturday $2.7M, Weekend $5M, Est Cume $41.2M
8. Man On A Ledge (Summit) Week 2 [2,998 Theaters]
Friday $1.5M, Saturday $2.3M, Weekend $4.6M, Est Cume $14.9M
9. The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) Week 12 [2,038 Theaters]
Friday $1.4M, Saturday $2.3M, Weekend $4.5M, Est Cume $65.3M)
10. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros) Week 7 [2,505 Theaters]
Friday $1.2M, Saturday $2M, Weekend $3.8M, Est Cume $26.7M
Don't forget to read my 5* review of Chronicle by clicking HERE.