Two new movies opened over the weekend and neither did very well. Paranormal Activity 4 took the number one spot with $30.2 million, which sounds good until you compare it to the previous Paranormal Activity movies. Last year on the same weekend in October, Paranormal Activity 3 made box office history with a record-setting $52.6 million opening. In 2010, Paranormal Activity 2 opened to $40.7 million and while the original movie opened to a much lower figure, it went onto develop amazing word of mouth reviews and would ultimately gross over $100 million.
The other new movie, Alex Cross, landed in 5th place with a very disappointing $11.75 million. I love the James Patterson books and the Alex Cross movies, Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider but judging solely by the commercials, Cross doesn’t look like a movie that I need to see in theaters. It looks like they are trying to make Alex Cross an action series rather than a thriller (with action) that the books are known for.
Here is The Top 10 for the weekend of October 19 – 21, 2012:
1. Paranormal Activity 4 ($30,200,000)
2. Argo ($16,625,000)
3. Hotel Transylvania ($13,500,000)
4. Taken 2 ($13,400,000)
5. Alex Cross ($11,750,000)
6. Sinister ($9,030,000)
7. Here Comes the Boom ($8,500,000)
8. Pitch Perfect ($7,009,000)
9. Frankenweenie ($4,434,000)
10. Looper ($4,200,000)
New Movies in bold.
Figures from Box Office Mojo
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