The weekend ended as expected. A good start for Monsters vs. Aliens, but not ground breaking. Knowing ended with $14.7 million. A good second week. The Haunting in Connecticut did more than it probably deserved, $23 million. And DreamWorks Monsters vs. Aliens topped with $58.2 million.
That’s the third best opening in March. So it’s pretty good, but it needs to make a lot more to make some profit. The big story however, was 3-D. $33 million of the $58 million was made at 3-D screens. The biggest 3-D launch ever. Overseas, the weekend was a lot slower. At the third place, Mall Cop Paul Blart made $8 million. Gran Torino did $8.4. And Knowing topped with a shallow $9.8 million.
Behind Paul Blart was Marley and Me with $7.9 million. Now at a total of $223 million worldwide. Knowing stands at a total of $60 million worldwide after two weeks. And Gran Torino has made $228 million. This must be a surprise for Clint Eastwood. Since Changeling cost twice as much and made half of that at the box office last year.
In other news, Watchmen made $7.2 million worldwide for a total of $168 million. This means it’ll likely end under $200 million. Which means, like a $150 million plus loss for Warner? Ouch.
Next week we’ll have Fast and Furious and the low budget Adventureland.
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