Weekend Box-Office
Looks like Jim Sturgess & Co. gambled right with 21. It managed to collect $23MIL in less than 72 hours. It’s no surprise though that it hit number with the movies it went against this weekend. I mean, seriously, is anyone surprised SUPERHERO didn’t do more than $10MIL? I do hope this is a wake-up call to whoever in Hollywood thought it would be a good idea to spoof one of the greatest superhero films of all time.
The biggest disappointment with this weekend’s new releases was STOP-LOSS and RUN, FATBOY, RUN, which didn’t even get close to making it to the top five. STOP-LOSS only managed to pull in $4.5MIL and RUN, FATBOY, RUN barely scrapped by with $2MIL. War stories normally do very well, especially a film about a war still in progress. With RUN, FATBOY, it probably had to do with the fact that it didn’t market as much as it should have because Simon Pegg definitely has built himself a huge fan base by now.
Oh whale.
Results (Feb. 29- Mar. 2):
| Movie | Studio | Weekend Gross | Total | Budget |
| 21 | Sony | $23,700,000 | $23,700,000 | $35M |
| Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! | Fox | $17,425,000 | $117,274,000 | $$85M |
| Superhero Movie | MGM | $9,510,000 | $9,510,000 | N/A |
| Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns | LGF | $7,760,000 | $32,828,000 | N/A |
| Drillbit Taylor | Par. | $7,760,000 | $32,828,000 | N/A |
Source Box Office Mojo
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