"The Last Song" Doing Great At Box Office

According to final studio figures found at Box Office Mojo, on its second weekend the Steve Carell-Tina Fey comedy Date Night took in $16.72 million, while at nearly 1,000 fewer theaters Neil LaBute’s R-rated Death at a Funeral remake, starring Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Danny Glover, Avatar’s Zoe Saldana, and James Marsden, collected $16.21 million ($6,595 average; the highest among the top twelve films).

Down from #1 to #5, Clash of the Titans, starring Sam Worthington, earned $15.38 million.

After a nearly $10 million gap, the Miley Cyrus-Liam Hemsworth The Last Song, based on Nicholas Sparks‘ bestseller, was #6 with $5.92 million.

Next in line was Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too, featuring Janet Jackson, with $4.09 million, followed by Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham Carter, with $3.65 million.

At #9, the MGM comedy Hot Tub Time Machine, starring John Cusack, grossed $3.49 million.

Rounding out the top thirteen were Jennifer Aniston’s The Bounty Hunter with $3.08 million, Diary of a Wimpy Kid with $2.79 million, James Cameron’s Avatar with $1 million, and Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer with $681K.

Among the top thirteen movies, The Bounty Hunter had the lowest per-theater average: $1,246. Avatar was the only movie that posted gains: an impressive +18.7% after adding 46 theaters.

Source: altfg.com