May 28-31 Weekend Box Office (Memorial Day Wk)

[proxio]

Studio Keys:
LSP = LSP
ROD = Sony
ICE = Paramount
DV = DoggiealVision
SBC = Universal
HOT = Warner Bros.
TVN = TVN
ASTUR = ASTUR

New This Week (5/28/10):
Coming Home (UNIVERSAL)
Sugar (LSP)
The Warriors (PARAMOUNT)
Rules of the Road (SONY)
StarSuck (DOGGIEALVISION)

This was Memorial Day weekend at the box office so that means the weekend totals count for 4 days instead of 3 days.

Note: Memorial Day weekend was the biggest weekend to date at the box office with a record-breaking six films breaking the $50 million mark.


1 Wanda Toronto (PARAMOUNT)
Weekend Total: $130,120,000
Total Gross: $503,567,000

2 Rules of the Road (SONY)
Weekend Total: $102,990,000
Total Gross: $102,990,000

3 The Warriors (PARAMOUNT)
Weekend Total: $78,881,000
Total Gross: $78,881,000

4 StarSuck (DOGGIEALVISION)
Weekend Total: $67,042,000
Total Gross: $67,042,000

5 Coming Home (UNIVERSAL)
Weekend Total: $60,444,000
Total Gross: $60,444,000

6 Sugar (LSP)
Weekend Total: $53,235,000
Total Gross: $53,235,000

7 The Story of Karla Moran (PARAMOUNT)
Weekend Total: $45,671,000
Total Gross: $168,888,000

8 Saturday Night Live: The Movie (LSP)
Weekend Total: $36,128,000
Total Gross: $131,299,000

9 Disney World (LSP)
Weekend Total: $27,414,000
Total Gross: $187,382,000

10 Nicole: The Movie (UNIVERSAL)
Weekend Total: $21,626,000
Total Gross: $71,454,000

OUT, STILL CHARTING:
Beat Kids (ROD) (Weekly Total: $18,717,000/Total Gross: $113,914,000)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (LSP) (Weekly Total: $15,445,000/Total Gross: $139,525,000)
Gambit (Weekly Total: $13,999,000/Total Gross: $213,660,000)
Twin Sisters (Weekly Total: $10,252,000/Total Gross: $233,674,000)
Mission: Impossible vs. Tomb Raider (Weekly Total: $7,505,000/Total Gross: $147,631,000)

OUT, NO LONGER CHARTING:
Oedipus Rex (LSP) ($355,872,000)
Little Darlings (PAR) ($124,511,000)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (ROD) ($82,711,000)
The It Girl (DV) ($46,623,000)
Clue: The Musical (LSP) ($64,147,000)

CURRENT ROTTEN TOMATOES RATINGS:

- new releases in bold

Fresh:
Wanda Toronto: 94%
Addison Trails: 93%
Beat Kids: 88%
Coming Home: 87%
Clue: The Musical: 86%
The Story of Karla Moran: 83%
Where the Sidewalk Ends: 82%
Only When I Laugh: 81%
In the Name of God: 79%
Chester Forgets Himself: 77%
Disney World: 77%
Jade & the Poisoned Heart: 76%
Star Girl: 74%
Sugar: 74%
Derby Girl: 73%
Once Upon a Mattress: 73%
The It Girl: 72%
Dignity: 71%
Oedipus Rex: 71%
StarSuck: 71%
Sawed: 70%
What’s Your Sign?: 68%
Saturday Night Live: The Movie: 66%
Hell-o-Model: 65%
Gambit: 64%
Twin Sisters: 64%
Children of the Heart: 63%
The Ice Princess: 61%
Mean Girls Return: 61%
Little Darlings: 60%
The Warriors: 60%

Rotten:
The Heartthrobs: 58%
The Queen of Argos: 56%
Mission: Impossible vs. Tomb Raider: 55%
Valentine's Day Sucks: 54%
Taylor 404: The Musical: 53%
Rules of the Road: 51%
Runaway Train: 46%
Nicole: The Movie: 45%
Fright's Game 2: 44%
The Little Relationship That Could: 42%
A Nightmare on Elm Street: 41%
The Crush 2: 40%
Tough Competitors II: 39%
Abandoned Dark Ride: 38%
Winter Athletic Games in 3-D: 36%
Statue Limitations: 35%
Jethro & Mackenzie’s Concert Tour 3-D: 33%
The Photographer: 31%
The Airport Adventure: 29%
You Idiot: 29%
Death Wish: 28%
The Bad News Bears: Opening Day: 23%
Gym Heroes: 23%
My Teacher's Wife 2: 21%
The Lake: Tokyo: 16%
Sammy Goes Hollywood: 14%
Christine 2: 06%
Barney's Dead: 02%

Special Categories:
Superbowl 3-D: N/A

NITRO BOX OFFICE EARNINGS

Studio Payout Totals:

1.) ICE Studios/Paramount - 3,024,290,000,000 points
2.) ROD Domestic Distribution - 1,657,060,000,000 points
3.) Uniworks/LSP - 1,622,220,000,000 points
4.) SBC Networks/Universal - 1,120,700,000,000 points
5.) DoggiealVision - 367,042,000,000 points

Please update these totals to your bank immediately!

[proxio]

NITRO saw record attendance during the month of May in attendance as the people really came out to see movie offerings in record numbers. With most of the movies getting rated good by critics it made it more convenient for people to watch the hype.

Some people say that the huge turnouts are accredited to Allison Shields and the strong ICE fanbase that came to both of her films Twin Sisters and the Janit O'Day of the movies Wanda Toronto.

Speaking of ICE Studios and partnership with Paramount they kicked complete ass, they started with what could be one of the major flops of the summer in Mission: Impossible vs. Tomb Raider which only gathered up $147 million in four weeks. Although $147 million is an excellent number for most films not for a film with a budget like Mission: Impossible vs. Tomb Raider. The good news is that the action flick grew from the third installment in the MI: series and Cradle of Life in the Tomb Raider series.

The Story of Karla Moran might be the sleeper hit of the summer due to the fact its a different kind of movie from the other releases. Karla Moran had a strong marketing ploy to creep audiences out and the movie has had three straight weeks of strong turnouts. Karla Moran just like Twin Sisters looks to be a rare horror film with heavy legs.

Wanda Toronto is easily on track to becoming the hit of the summer and maybe the hit of the year as its already surpassed studio chart topper Star Girl and outrated Addison Trails in quality by 1% on the Rotten Tomatoes scale at 94% which is the strongest for any film to date. Wanda Toronto star power led by the #1 NITRO draw Allison Shields gave viewers a different type of film never seen before. Its not just a popcorn blockbuster but the first film used in the new film technology SuperVision which is a combination of 3-D and HD so it gave viewers a beautifully crisp picture to follow. Wanda Toronto has quickly hit over the $500 million mark in a span of 13 days of release. The Warriors was the last of the May releases for Paramount and it did the original proudly at $78 million becoming NITRO's most successful remake to date.

The second leading studio was Labyrinth Searchlight Pictures which is better known by TV fans for its studio and network name Uniworks. Most people call LSP the home for pure quality flicks and its successful in doing so. The studio's first venture was Where the Sidewalk Ends which has been reviewed well by critics its also had surprising heavy legs and is on pace to surpassing opening weekend rival MI: vs. TR which it will likely do but it probably won't catch Gambit.

LSP had its biggest hit with Disney World based on the television series but it proved to work as viewers came to it in droves and its done well becoming the second highest grossing flick in the studio behind Oedipus Rex. Disney World is the bread winner right now for the perfect family comedy to see in theaters. LSP tried to duplicate some of that magic with the most anticipated television adaption to date in SNL which lived up to the hype and is doing very well. SNL should be able to be one of highest grossing comedies of the year. Closing it out for LSP was Sugar which opened up huge during Memorial Day Weekend despite competition.

21st Century ROD with Sony had their most successful run at the box office to date as the studio featured two huge blockbusters and the studio's first well-reviewed flick in Beat Kids. Most of the attention has gone to Beat Kids which has done very well at 88% on the Rotten Tomatoes scale. Coming in though Gambit which kicked off the summer right with $90 million got most of the attention for carrying the tradition of the X-Men franchise but at the end of the day it was all Beat Kids all the time. Rules of the Road took the attention away from both as that huge pure action thrill ride that people have been waiting for all year to see. Rules of the Road was a Memorial Day weekend car wreck thriller.

Next was SBC Networks and their continued partnership with Universal. It seems that executives have saved their best movies for the summer as SBC Networks was struggling with their first few flicks of the year with bottom feeding reviews and numbers but SBC Networks broke away from TSP back in April and decided to partner up with Universal and man did it work to perfection. Nicole was the first release under the Universal name against Wanda Toronto and SNL but it did very well opening up at $35 million which is close to the average for major comedy openings. Nicole's fanbase came through in droves to support it and it worked. Nicole had mixed reviews though but the one that did well on both sides was Coming Home which has to be the third best emotional flick of the year behind Addison Trails and Only When I Laugh. This was the movie chicks wanted to see.

DoggiealVision was next coming off the huge success of Jade & the Poisoned Heart along with the mild performance of The It Girl. The It Girl did a great job though of staying alive for five weeks as its very tough especially around this time of year to stay in the TOP 10 or still gross.

DV will be mildly happy to know that their huge summer success story StarSuck opened huge at close to $70 million at the box office during Memorial Day weekend. StarSuck will go down as the teen representative romantic comedy of the summer.

[yankeesrj12]

Don't miss TVN's first ever big screen movie, Canterbury's Law, this June!

[doggieal1000]

cool i have 5 movies in fresh

[rodshooter]

WOAH! WOAH!

What a summer so far for my studio three movies in and all three are instant hits.

$102 million for Rules of the Road was unexpected although I did have high expectations for the film to open up huge. It could be my highest grosser of the summer but Beat Kids is still there and not ready to lay down just yet.

Gambit reached over $200 million so I'm happy about that I will pull it out of theaters after next weekend.

[rodshooter]

OMG!

Wanda Toronto
Wanda Toronto
Wanda Toronto
Wanda Toronto
one more time......
Wanda Toronto

This movie is historically awesome, $500 million in 13 days of release like Proxio said.

BlueLick please let me know when you sell this in syndication I am paying big money to grab it!

Wanda Toronto is a real hit of the summer and Karla Moran seems to be a movie with very heavy legs. One of my real-life favorites The Warriors kicked ass.

Congratulations to everybody on a successful opening weekend as StarSuck did some huge unexepecting numbers and so did both Coming Home and Sugar. This is going to be a wild ride this summer.

[rodshooter]

Awesome job Proxio on these box office numbers you did a great job stepping in for Spencer.