2013 02 14 – A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures, Escape from Planet Earth, Safe Haven

Hello! It's the second movie weekend at my blog and the first one that starts on Thursday. This should rise viewing numbers, but for all movies, or just for those related to Valentine's feelings? Exciting!

Today, we have four openings.

This one, A Good Day to Die Hard, is an action movie. MPAA rating is R.

I'm very curious about this movie.

First, I wonder how much US and Canadian public has missed John McClane character. We saw that James Bond had been missed very much. And we saw that new characters from Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Last Stand) and Sylvester Stallone (Bullet to the Head) didn't get that much audience love.

Second, I think it is the first movie to hit 200+ mln domestic level. It will be a challenge, of course. But straight-to-the-point blowings, that don't require too much thinking, are in such a shortage these days. Trailer of this movie unveils great popcorn flick and I think it will pay off.

Shots:

3-day weekend 
I go for 63 mln opening.     (4200 cinemas, $15000 per cinema) 
Gitesh Pandya from BoxOfficeGuru goes for 42 mln.  (I'm not entirely sure)
BoxOffice staff go for 41,3 mln.
HSX go for 41 mln.  (I'm not entirely sure)
C.S. Strowbridge from TheNumbers goes for 40 mln.
Donald Shanahan from Examiner goes for 40 mln.  (I'm not entirely sure)
Laremy Legel from RopeOfSilicon goes for 34,1 mln.
Damon Houx from ScreenCrave goes for 28,5 mln.
The movie went for 24,84 mln.     (3553 cinemas, $6990 per cinema)
Perri Nemiroff from Shockya goes for 21 mln.

4-day weekend
BoxOffice staff go for 49,3 mln.
C.S. Strowbridge from TheNumbers goes for 49 mln. 
Ray Subers from BoxOfficeMojo goes for 44,9 mln.
The movie went for 33,07 mln.     (3553 cinemas, $9309 per cinema) 
Perri Nemiroff from Shockya goes for 27 mln.

5-day weekend
Ray Subers from BoxOfficeMojo goes for 56,5 mln.
Movie Critic Assasins from BreitBart go for 44 mln.
The movie went for 36,88 mln.     (3553 cinemas, $10380 per cinema)

I don't have any numbers from FilmGo.

This one, Beautiful Creatures, is a thriller/suspense movie. MPAA rating is PG-13.

Sure, it tries to get back in cinemas fans of Twilight series.

Sure, it has lots in common with The Secret Circle, TV series cancelled after just one season.

And sure, the main boy character is not Robert Pattison, in terms of teen hotness potential.

Lead heroine seems okay, the rest of support characters are quite good. But this boy... oh, boy...

Shots:

3-day weekend 
I go for 29,70 mln opening.     (3300 cinemas, $9000 per cinema) 
Gitesh Pandya from BoxOfficeGuru goes for 20 mln.  (I'm not entirely sure) 
HSX go for 19 mln.  (I'm not entirely sure) 
Laremy Legel from RopeOfSilicon goes for 18 mln.
Perri Nemiroff from Shockya goes for 16 mln.
BoxOffice staff go for 14,2 mln.
Damon Houx from ScreenCrave goes for 12,3 mln.
The movie went for 7,58 mln.     (2950 cinemas, $2571 per cinema) 
Donald Shanahan from Examiner goes for 3 mln.  (I'm not entirely sure)

4-day weekend
Perri Nemiroff from Shockya goes for 22 mln.
Ray Subers from BoxOfficeMojo goes for 19 mln.
BoxOffice staff go for 18,2 mln. 
The movie went for 10,13 mln.     (2950 cinemas, $3433 per cinema)

5-day weekend
Movie Critic Assasins from BreitBart go for 26,2 mln.
Ray Subers from BoxOfficeMojo goes for 25,2 mln. 
C.S. Strowbridge from TheNumbers goes for 22 mln.
The movie went for 11,49 mln.     (2950 cinemas, $3895 per cinema)

I don't have any numbers from FilmGo.

This one, Escape from Planet Earth, is an animated, family adventure movie. MPAA rating is PG.

When animated movie doesn't get distributed by Disney, it simply means less cinemas for box office. And I think this is the only thing that matters here. On top of that, the movie in itself doesn't seem to be as great as other monster-based ones (Monsters Inc., Monsters vs Aliens).

Shots:

3-day weekend 

BoxOffice staff go for 17,1 mln. 
The movie went for 15,89 mln.     (3288 cinemas, $4834 per cinema)
I go for 15,75 mln opening.     (2250 cinemas, $7000 per cinema)
Perri Nemiroff from Shockya goes for 15 mln.
C.S. Strowbridge from TheNumbers goes for 15 mln. 
HSX go for 14,5 mln.  (I'm not entirely sure) 
Laremy Legel from RopeOfSilicon goes for 11,6 mln.
Gitesh Pandya from BoxOfficeGuru goes for 10 mln.  (I'm not entirely sure)
Damon Houx from ScreenCrave goes for 7,5 mln.

4-day weekend
The movie went for 21,11 mln.     (3288 cinemas, $6419 per cinema)
Movie Critic Assassins from BreitBart go for 21 mln. 
Ray Subers from BoxOfficeMojo goes for 11,3 mln. 

I don't have any numbers from FilmGo, Examiner.

This one, Safe Haven, is a drama movie. MPAA rating is PG-13.

This is the only grown-up romantic movie that opens at Valentine's Day. It is destined to do nice at box office. In comparison to the genre, of course.

Shots:

3-day weekend
Gitesh Pandya from BoxOfficeGuru goes for 27 mln.  (I'm not entirely sure) 
BoxOffice staff go for 25,8 mln. 
Laremy Legel from RopeOfSilicon goes for 24 mln. 
Donald Shanahan from Examiner goes for 23 mln.  (I'm not entirely sure) 
Perri Nemiroff from Shockya goes for 22 mln.
The movie went for 21,40 mln.     (3223 cinemas, $6641 per cinema)
I go for 21,20 mln opening.     (2650 cinemas, $8000 per cinema) 
HSX go for 18,8 mln.  (I'm not entirely sure)
Damon Houx from ScreenCrave goes for 15 mln.

4-day weekend 
BoxOffice staff go for 35 mln.
C.S. Strowbridge from TheNumbers goes for 32 mln.
The movie went for 30,23 mln.     (3223 cinemas, $9380 per cinema)
Perri Nemiroff from Shockya goes for 30 mln.
Ray Subers from BoxOfficeMojo goes for 21,7 mln.

5-day weekend
Movie Critic Assasins from BreitBart go for 35 mln. 
The movie went for 33,30 mln.     (3223 cinemas, $10332 per cinema)
Ray Subers from BoxOfficeMojo goes for 29,2 mln.

I don't have any numbers from FilmGo.