‘Man Of Steel’ Soars To $196.7M Worldwide In First 4 Days As #1: Record June Domestic Opening Of $125.1M And $71.6 International
By
NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday June 16, 2013 @ 9:35am
SUNDAY AM, 9TH UPDATE: Warner Bros’ and Legendary Pictures’
Man Of Steel (4,207 theaters with 3D in 3,357 venues) grossed $44M in North America on Friday (including the $9M from midnights) and -18% for $36.3M Saturday (excluding those $12M from Thursday 7 PM Wal-Mart shows). Pic was light on all-time records. But, even with a longish running time of two hours and 23 minutes, the Chris Nolan-Zack Snyder-David S. Goyer-Henry Cavill PG-13 tentpole set a new June best-ever opening weekend record. It was the 2nd best debut of 2013 behind only Disney/Marvel’s
Iron Man 3 (which is on the verge of crossing $400M domestic). Internationally, Warner Bros says
Man Of Steel ranked #1 everywhere with a gross of $71.6M from 9,710 screens in the 24 overseas markets in release. That made for a speeding worldwide cume of $196.7M in its first 4 days.
In North America,
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Man Of Steel beat all expectations,” a Warner Bros executive tells me. “Interesting note that Superman’s Saturday gross is double the next ranking Top 4 films added together. That’s
really dominating the marketplace.” Sunday is projected at $32.7M. Estimates now for the 3-day weekend are $113M and the 4-day opening cume is $125.1M including Thursday. As for Sunday, “always an upside to consider with a huge Father’s Day result,” Warner Bros President, Domestic Distribution, Dan Fellman tells me. Saturday’s number followed very strong matinees – the same as opening day at $15.5M. Sunday also will bring an updated international figure which currently stands at $25.9M. Playing on 331 domestic IMAX screens,
Man Of Steel delivered $13.3M, a record opening for a June release and was 12% of the weekend take. “Our CinemaScore of ‘A-’ with the youngest (under 18) and the oldest (over 50) age categories both rating the film an ‘A’ should certainly generate strong word of mouth as we continue our run in the heart of the lucrative summer play time,” Fellman noted. The 3D screens generated 42% of
Man Of Steel‘s box office revenue and 32% of all admissions for 6.250M for Friday. The
Man Of Steel results helped total moviegoing this Friday increase +78% over last year’s box office. Pic packed a strong opening punch because of the 3D premium and immense wannasee sparked by masterful marketing. It took Nolan’s involvement to make Superman cool again (
finally).
Internationally, Man Of Steel took 12.2M admissions. Key markets that opened this weekend were the UK, Korea, and Mexico. The UK pulled in £11M ($17.1M) from 574 situations, dominating the market with a 75% share of the Top 5 and ranking as the biggest opening day in 2013 – +11% bigger even than
Iron Man 3. But the pic just narrowly missed beating
IM3 for the weekend. Mexico grossed an estimated Ps. 126M ($9.8M) from 2,600 screens, and garnered a 70% share of the market. Its opening weekend ranked as the 3rd biggest for a WB film. Korea opened to hefty KRW 9.9M ($8.8M) from 990 screens taking 72% of the Seoul Top 5. Other notable cumes are The Philippines $5.6M which was 3rd biggest all-time industry opening despite monsoon conditions), India $3.5M, Taiwan $1.5M (had biggest WB opening day ever), UAE $2.0M, Malaysia $3.0M. Pic still has 27 more markets opening next weekend, including the major countries France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia and China. Australia opens on June 27, Brazil July 12, and Japan August 30.
Meanwhile, counter-programming the
Man Of Steel juggernaut this weekend was Sony/Columbia Pictures’ raunchy apocalyptic comedy
This Is The End (3,055 theaters). It received a ‘B+’ CinemaScore from audiences and 82% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and a #1 reception Wednesday. With a dearth of both ‘R’-rated movies or well-received laughers in the marketplace, pic made $6.8M on Friday and $7.4M on Saturday for a projected $20.5M for the 3-day weekend, and $32.8M for the 5-day cume – about what it cost. Exits show the opening drew audiences that were 60% male and 48% under age 25.
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Total moviegoing for this weekend was $196M, up +50% from last year as Summer 2013 continues to sizzle. Here’s the rest of the
Top Ten based on weekend estimates:
3.
Now You See Me (Summit/Lionsgate) Week 3 [Runs 3,082] PG13
Friday $3.2M, Saturday $4.0M, Weekend $10.3M, Cume $80.0M
4.
Fast & Furious 6 (Universal) Week 4 [Runs 3,375 PG13
Friday $2.7M, Saturday $3.6M, Weekend $9.4M, Cume $219.5M
5.
The Purge (Universal) Week 2 [Runs 2,591] R
Friday $2.9M, Saturday $3.0M, Weekend $8.2M (-76%), Cume $51.8M
6.
The Internship (New Regency/Fox) Week 2 [Runs 3,399]
Friday $2.3M, Saturday $2.7M, Weekend $7.0M (-59%), Cume $30.9M
International Cume $5.1M, Worldwide Total $36.0M
7.
Epic (Blue Sky/Fox) Week 4 [Runs 3,151] PG
Friday $1.8M, Saturday $2.1M, Weekend $6.0M, Cume $95.4M
International Cume $119.1M, Worldwide Total $214.5M
8.
Star Trek Into Darkness (Paramount) Week 5 [Runs 2,331] PG13
Friday $1.4M, Saturday $2.1M, Weekend $5.6M, Cume $210.4M
9.
After Earth (Columbia/Sony) Week 3 [Runs 2,432] PG13
Friday $1.1M, Saturday $1.3M, Weekend $3.7M, Cume $54.2M
International Cume $91.1M, Worldwide Total $145.3M
10.
Iron Man 3 (Marvel/Disney) Week 7 [Runs 1,649] PG13
Friday $730K, Saturday $1.0M, Weekend $2.9M, Cume $399.6M