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.

Box Office Estimates May 24-26, 2013

What a weekend for Fast & Furious 6 as it had the third highest weekend worldwide gross of all time with $252 million and the biggest May opening 3-day weekend ever.  This is even more remarkable considering that it didn't cross $100 million in the United States, the support worldwide for these movies is breathtaking.  Meanwhile, The Hangover: Part III had a pretty disappointing opening, making less than 50% of what The Hangover: Part II made it's opening weekend.  Epic finished up 4th this week falling behind Star Trek Into Darkness in it's second week, but ahead of Iron Man 3 in it's 4 week.  Speaking of Iron Man 3, it officially moved up to the 5th biggest movie all-time with $1.14 billion, it's about $200 million behind 4th place, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Next week, After Earth and Now You See Me open up.  After Earth has the most potential to make some bank this weekend considering the Will Smith star power, but I could easily see both of these movies having pretty soft openings considering all of the other choices available.

1	N	Fast & Furious 6	Uni.	$98,528,000	-	3,658	-	$26,935	$98,528,000	$160	1
2	N	The Hangover Part III	WB	$42,415,000	-	3,555	-	$11,931	$54,204,000	$103	1
3	1	Star Trek Into Darkness	Par.	$38,000,000	-45.8%	3,907	+39	$9,726	$146,827,000	$190	2
4	N	Epic	Fox	$34,200,000	-	3,882	-	$8,810	$34,200,000	$100	1
5	2	Iron Man 3	BV	$19,424,000	-45.7%	3,424	-813	$5,673	$367,506,000	$200	4
6	3	The Great Gatsby (2013)	WB	$13,705,000	-42.8%	3,090	-460	$4,435	$114,432,000	$105	3
7	8	Mud	RAtt.	$1,928,000	-13.7%	712	-248	$2,708	$14,535,000	-	5
8	6	42	WB	$1,245,000	-55.7%	915	-1,465	$1,361	$91,049,000	$40	7
9	5	The Croods	Fox	$1,215,000	-59.8%	1,008	-1,365	$1,205	$179,238,000	$135	10
10	7	Oblivion	Uni.	$815,000	-65.1%	572	-1,505	$1,425	$87,280,000	$120	6

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

Episode 57 Notes

Here are the official show notes for Episode 57: There's No Keys.