Box Office Estimates May 31-June 2, 2013

This weekend was expected to be the calmest since Iron Man 3 came out and it certainly was.  While After Earth wasn't projected to make a lot of money, the box office of $27 million opening weekend was certainly a surprise as it was the lowest Will Smith summer movie opening of all time.  Fast and Furious 6 led the box office for the second week in a row with another $34 million for $170 million domestic gross so far. Probably the biggest surprise was that Fast and Furious dropped 64.5% and all of the other carryover movies in the top 8 all dropped over 50% this weekend.  Also, making the top 10 despite only opening in 161 theaters is the new Bollywood movie Yei Jawaani Hai Deewani.

Next weekend, The Internship and The Purge open up.  The Internship has a good chance of opening strong, but it's been a while since Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have been big summer draws.  The Purge being an R-rated horror movie will probably do fine, since it's been a while since the last horror film (Evil Dead in early April).

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	1	Fast & Furious 6	Uni.	$34,538,000	-64.5%	3,686	+28	$9,370	$170,377,000	$160	2
2	N	Now You See Me	LG/S	$28,050,000	-	2,925	-	$9,590	$28,050,000	$75	1
3	N	After Earth	Sony	$27,000,000	-	3,401	-	$7,939	$27,000,000	$130	1
5	3	Star Trek Into Darkness	Par.	$16,400,000	-56.0%	3,585	-322	$4,575	$181,156,000	$190	3
4	4	Epic	Fox	$16,400,000	-51.1%	3,894	+12	$4,212	$65,161,000	$100	2
6	2	The Hangover Part III	WB	$15,930,000	-61.8%	3,565	+10	$4,468	$88,086,000	$103	2
7	5	Iron Man 3	BV	$8,006,000	-58.6%	2,895	-529	$2,765	$384,751,000	$200	5
8	6	The Great Gatsby (2013)	WB	$6,265,000	-53.7%	2,635	-455	$2,378	$128,256,000	$105	4
9	N	Yei Jawaani Hai Deewani	Eros	$1,651,000	-	161	-	$10,255	$1,651,000	-	1
10	7	Mud	RAtt.	$1,226,000	-36.8%	581	-131	$2,110	$16,866,000	-	6

Credit goes to BoxOfficeMojo.com for the table and numbers.