Box Office - 'Toy Story 3' Biggest Pixar Opening Ever

The Sunday box office numbers are just estimates, so this could shift, but Toy Story 3 started the weekend with a heavy $41 million but couldn't keep that kind of momentum, even including Father's Day, which you'd think would be a boon for an excellent family film. Box Office Mojo's figures read as follows: $41 million, $37 million, $31 million. So, $109 million total. That's a very strong start but not a record for an animated film. And those are decent holds on Saturday and especially Sunday, but both numbers are a lot lower than I would have expected, given Friday's start and the modus operandi for movie like this, which hit their peak on day two during a traditional three-day weekend. Not so here, and now I've got to do some cipherin'. I was operating under the assumption that $41 million in one day meant $115 million or more for three, and that would probably mean $200 million in ten days. That seems harder to accomplish now, but a $50 million second weekend would probably still sew that up. Also, if the film ages like it should - meaning better than Shrek and How to Train Your Dragon, and with a better first heat - it could still surpass Iron Man 2, which has stalled at just over $300 million. It appears that only two other summer movies, Twilight: Eclipse and Inception are playing in the same arena. But we know that Twilight is almost 50% opening weekend numbers and Inception is still a bit of an unknown. It ought to start big, too, but whether or not it holds up is impossible to say right now. But those three movies, Iron Man, and Shrek are positioned to be your top five of the season, I would think. And if we were treated to summer's biggest movie this weekend, we might have also seen its biggest flop. Jonah Hex only made $5 million, almost as bad as MacGruber, a film that cost substantially less and doesn't have movie stars. It's another head-scratcher for DC Comics, which, outside of four Batman movies, has not been able to reliably connect with movie audiences in over 25 years, certainly not in comparison to Marvel. Elsewhere, The Karate Kid zoomed past $100 million in two weekends, now almost tripling its modest $40 million budget. This one could get close to $200 million, considering it squared off against the biggest family movie of the year and didn't even drop 50% from a debut weekend that was admittedly much higher than anyone expected. With $29 million this round and probably another $35 million by the end of next weekend, that puts $150 million right at Jaden Smith's doorstep, with still a comfortable week or two ahead. The Top Five:
1 - Toy Story 3 ($109 million)
2 - Karate Kid ($29 million)
3 - A-Team ($13.7 million)
4 - Get Him To the Greek ($6.1 million)
5 - Shrek ($5.5 million)

Comments

[BlueWingX]

Wait, wait... Iron Man 3 is out? When did I miss that? Just kidding, Colin. I'm sure you meant Iron Man 2.

[Jeremy H]

I don't see too big of a drop next weekend for Toy Story. 4th of July weekend should help out alot. I see this thing being the #1 movie of the season, maybe the year!

[chad]

great im so happy toy story and karate kid are doing well, i really like what they did with those, its awesome. Not dumbed down or anything, at least to me.

Wonder what does this jonah hex thing mean for megan fox, i personally never found her all that sexy but now that she hasnt sold tickets i wonder what happens to her