The Hunger Games fought off the competition once again and held onto the #1 spot at the box office for a third week in a row. The movie took in another $33.5 million, bringing it’s total gross to date to $302,839,000. Wow! Two new (sort of) movies opened over the weekend and took the #2 and #3 spots at the box office. American Reunion, the 8th movie in the American Pie series (for real), earned $21.5 million and Titanic 3D took in a little over $17 million.
Here is the Top 10 for the weekend of 6 – 8, 2012:
1 1 The Hunger Games LGF $33,500,000 -42.8% 4,137 – $8,098 $302,839,000 $78 3
2 N American Reunion Uni. $21,500,000 – 3,192 – $6,736 $21,500,000 $50 1
3 N Titanic 3D Par. $17,350,000 – 2,674 – $6,488 $25,710,000 $18 1
4 2 Wrath of the Titans WB $15,010,000 -55.1% 3,545 – $4,234 $58,899,000 $150 2
5 3 Mirror Mirror Rela. $11,000,000 -39.3% 3,618 +15 $3,040 $36,473,000 $85 2
6 4 21 Jump Street Sony $10,200,000 -31.2% 3,009 -139 $3,390 $109,577,000 $42 4
7 5 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax Uni. $5,000,000 -35.8% 3,003 -261 $1,665 $198,200,000 $70 6
8 7 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen CBS $975,000 -23.4% 524 +41 $1,861 $4,639,000 – 5
9 6 John Carter BV $820,000 -59.6% 1,015 -1,382 $808 $67,973,000 $250 5
10 12 Safe House Uni. $581,000