Hurricane Irene: Worst Movie Weekend Of 2011? The Assistance #1 Again, Colombiana #2, Scared Of The Dark #3, Our Idiot Brother #5

FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AMUPDATE: This really is turning out to be the worst moviegoing weekend of 2011, inside a race with only Super Bowl weekend, due to the expected tiny $80M expected for total United States box office grosses.Theater chains like AMC, Regal, and Clearview Movie theaters are closing, location counts are shedding, and major releases have found cover.Hurricane Irene came ashore along theAtlantic Seaboard overnight beginning in New York and heading due north.”Landing Saturday evening in New You are able to? Couldn’t considerably worse,” one studio professional complained in my experience. Stated another, “Business is incorporated in the crapper at this time. In whatever way you slice it clients are getting creamed a few days ago.” The storm referred to as larger than how big Europe produced astate of emergencyup the New England from New York to Massachusettsandwill depress box office by 10%, 20%, or even more. Thinking about this weekend’s 3 major opening movies were only expected todebut decently even just in fair weather, galleries and distributorshave a Nature excuse when their films underperformat its northern border American box office. In order to’t humiliate them. Drats! (Although one especially cynical studio professional rued, “Kinda bad Shark Evening three dimensional isn’t opening a few days ago. Think about all of the chum jokes we're able to make.”) Full analysis and delicate amounts coming… 1. DreamWorks/Disney’s The Assistance is really a lock again for #1 with $4.2M Friday as well as an believed $13.5M weekend because the best-selling book-switched-pic makes its way into its 3.fifth week into 2,778 initially reserved theaters. The believed cume is believed at $95.7M. 2. The new sony Pictures/TriStar’s Luc Besson-created and co-written actioner Colombiana starring Zoe Saldana did the very best of the beginners opening to $3.7M Friday and perhaps for an $11Mweekend according to its original booking into 2,614 theaters. It gained an ‘A-’ CinemaScore from audiences. 3.FilmDistrict’s Guillermo del Toro-created haunted house horror movie Don’t Hesitate From The Dark, starring Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce was initially reserved into 2,760 theaters. It first showed with $3.4M Friday and may make $9M a few days ago. It gained a regrettable ‘C-’ CinemaScore from audiences. 4. Fox’s Rise From The Planet From The Apes joined its fourth weekend in release generating $2.5M as well as an believed $8.5M weekend for any $148.3M cume according it the initially reserved 3,374 theaters. 5. The Weinstein Co’s raunchy R-ranked comedy Our Idiot Brother featuring Paul Rudd encircled by Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer initially reserved into 2,555 theaters. It opened up to $2.3M and perhaps a $6M weekend. It gained adisappointing ‘C+’ CinemaScores from audiences. The relaxation from the Top Ten were holdovers: 6. Spy Kids 4D (Dimension/Weinstein Co) Week 2 (3,305 Theaters Initially Reserved) Friday $1.5M (-59%), Believed$5M, Believed Cume $21M 7. The Smurfs - three dimensional (The new sony Pictures) Week 5 [2,861 Theaters] Friday $1.2M, Believed Weekend$4.2M, Believed Cume $125.4M 8. Crazy, Stupid, Love (Warner Bros) Week 5 [1,577 Theaters] Friday $1MK, Believed Weekend$3.2M, EstimatedCume $69.8M 9. Fright Evening - three dimensional (DreamWorks/Disney)Week 2 [3,114 Theaters] Friday $960K (-69%), Believed Weekend $3M, Believed Cume $14.2M 10. Conan The Barbarian - three dimensional (Nu Imagine/Millenium/Lionsgate) Week 2 [3,015 Theaters] Friday $950M (-74%), Believed Weekend $3.2M, Believed Cume $16.7M FRIDAY: I’ve just found that AMC which works the Empire 25 in New york city’s Occasions Square — the very best grossing theater in the united states — is closing all Nj theaters Saturday at 6:00 PM for that weekend in addition to a bunch in states new You are able to, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New York. Regal is departing up to individual managers to create the phone call unless of course otherwise instructed by local government bodies but Hollywood marketers expect these phones follow. Clearview Movie theaters already introduced all theaters are closed for Saturday or sunday. From concern for that safety in our visitors and staff, all Clearview Movie theaters is going to be closed on Saturday August 27 and Sunday August 28. We intend to reopen on Monday August 29. Wanting your family an extremely safe weekend, read an argument about the circuits website.