The week of 21 October saw a lot of limited releases and only a few movies that opened in a wider number of theaters : "Paranormal Activity 3" which requires no introduction, "Johnny English Reborn" the sequel to a 2003 spy spoof starring Rowan Atkinson and "The Three Musketeers", a movie I wish I could say is a spoof of Alexandre Dumas' novel of the same name. Which of these brave new productions made it into the top 10 ? Read on to find out.
"Paranormal Activity 3" opened at the top spot, pulling in $54M in its first three days, surpassing all expectations and scoring a record-breaking opening week-end in the horror category. The second best is "Paranormal Activity 2" ($40M), followed by Sony's "The Grudge" ($39M) and Dreamworks' "The Ring Two" ($35M). In the Found Footage genre, only one other movie, except the second and third "Paranormal Activity", has registered a plentiful opening week-end and that movie is "Cloverfield" ($40M). "The Blair Witch Project" opened with a rather modest $29M.
"Real Steel" falls down one spot, grossing $11M, which adds up to a domestic total of $67M in 17 days. Combined with foreign earnings the movie has recovered its $110M budget, but I feel it's not quite what Disney had in mind for the movie. At #3, last week's remake "Footloose" danced itself another $10M this week, a minor 30% drop from its opening week-end, summing up the total gross at $30.8M, which more than covers for its $24M budget. The other remake/prequel, that opened last week, "The Thing", fell sharlpy (-60%) from an already unimpressive opening, ranking ninth with only $3M grossed, which adds up to a total of $14M in 10 days, well below its $38M budget.
One of the most disappointing box-office performances of the week comes from "The Three Musketeers", a visual effects driven actioner, offering a heavily stylized and loose adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' novel. The movie failed to achieve the big opening it seemed to hype, ranking fourth with a modest $8.8M. It did however do much better overseas, where the total box-office adds up to about $49M. Still, the $90M budget will prove difficult to recuperate only with foreign intake. I'm sure they will make a profit, but it won't be nearly as hefty as the filmmakers might have hoped. Similarly, "Johnny English Reborn" earned a weak $3.8M in the US, but its foreign tally reached a spectacular $85M, adding up to a total sum that puts pretty much every movie in the top 10 to shame.
"Paranormal Activity 3" opened at the top spot, pulling in $54M in its first three days, surpassing all expectations and scoring a record-breaking opening week-end in the horror category. The second best is "Paranormal Activity 2" ($40M), followed by Sony's "The Grudge" ($39M) and Dreamworks' "The Ring Two" ($35M). In the Found Footage genre, only one other movie, except the second and third "Paranormal Activity", has registered a plentiful opening week-end and that movie is "Cloverfield" ($40M). "The Blair Witch Project" opened with a rather modest $29M.
"Real Steel" falls down one spot, grossing $11M, which adds up to a domestic total of $67M in 17 days. Combined with foreign earnings the movie has recovered its $110M budget, but I feel it's not quite what Disney had in mind for the movie. At #3, last week's remake "Footloose" danced itself another $10M this week, a minor 30% drop from its opening week-end, summing up the total gross at $30.8M, which more than covers for its $24M budget. The other remake/prequel, that opened last week, "The Thing", fell sharlpy (-60%) from an already unimpressive opening, ranking ninth with only $3M grossed, which adds up to a total of $14M in 10 days, well below its $38M budget.
One of the most disappointing box-office performances of the week comes from "The Three Musketeers", a visual effects driven actioner, offering a heavily stylized and loose adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' novel. The movie failed to achieve the big opening it seemed to hype, ranking fourth with a modest $8.8M. It did however do much better overseas, where the total box-office adds up to about $49M. Still, the $90M budget will prove difficult to recuperate only with foreign intake. I'm sure they will make a profit, but it won't be nearly as hefty as the filmmakers might have hoped. Similarly, "Johnny English Reborn" earned a weak $3.8M in the US, but its foreign tally reached a spectacular $85M, adding up to a total sum that puts pretty much every movie in the top 10 to shame.
Check out the top 10 for the week of October 21 :
| Rank | Title | Week-end | Domestic | Foreign |
| 1 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $54M | $54M | N/A |
| 2 | Real Steel | $11M | $67M | $56M |
| 3 | Footloose | $10.8M | $30.9M | $3M |
| 4 | The Three Musketeers | $8.8M | $8.8M | $49M |
| 5 | The Ides of March | $4.9M | $29M | N/A |
| 6 | Dolphin Tale | $4M | $64M | N/A |
| 7 | Moneyball | $4M | $63.7M | N/A |
| 8 | Johnny English Reborn | $3.8M | $3.8M | $85M |
| 9 | The Thing | $3M | $14M | N/A |
| 10 | 50/50 | $2.8M | $28.8M | N/A |
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