As expected Eclipse did well over the weekend and since it actually hit theaters on Wednesday of last week, it did well for a 5-day opener.
The first day, Wednesday, it brought in $68.5 million, which is very good but not as good as its predecessor, “New Moon”. “New Moon” brought in $72.7 million on the first day when it came out in 2009. “Eclipse” had the second-best opening-day ever.
Over the weekend the movie brought in another $69 million, bringing the 5-day total to $161 million, making it 7th in the list of all time 5-day openers. “New Moon” brought in brought in approximately $3 million more during its opening 5 days and the record for 5-day openers is held by “The Dark Knight”.
Despite some poor reviews, “The Last Airbender” came in at second place with over $40 million on the weekend, over $60 million since its release on Thursday.
“Toy Story 3” came in at third place. “Toy Story 3” is on its way to becoming one of the most successful Pixar movies of all time, as it is close to surpassing “Up”, which is now at 2nd place for Pixar. “Up” has made $293 million so far. The number one selling Pixar movie of all times is “Finding Nemo” at $340 million.
“Grown-ups” and “Knight and Day” came in at 4th and 5th respectively.
Next week expect a re-release of an old favorite, “Grease” with Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. Can’t wait for that, Love that movie, a classic!
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