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Ocean's Away at the Box Office
Maybe 13's not such an unlucky number after all.
Ocean's Thirteen, the latest crime caper starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, et al., debuted atop the box office with $36.1 million, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations..
The Warner Bros. film stole the top spot from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which dropped to second place with $21.1 million after two weeks at number one. This weekend's take brings Pirates' domestic total to a whopping $253.4 million.
Despite its box-office-topping debut, the third film in the Ocean's franchise opened slightly behind its predecessors. Ocean's Eleven took in $38.1 million over its opening weekend in 2001, while Ocean's Twelve debuted with $39.2 million in 2004.
In third place, Knocked Up added another $19.6 million to its diaper bag to bring its domestic gross to $66 million, proving it was no one-night stand.
Surf's Up, Hollywood's latest entry in the aquatic bird genre, debuted at number four with $17.6 million—less than half the $41.5 million its penguin predecessor Happy Feet earned in its opening weekend last fall.
Enough horror movie enthusiasts turned out for Hostel Part: II to propel the film into sixth place with $8.2 million, but the sequel fell far short of the original's $19.6 million debut.
In limited release, Fox Searchlight's Waitress stayed in the top 10 for the third week in a row, dropping from sixth to ninth place with $1.65 million.
Overall, the box office plunged for the second weekend in a row, with the top 12 movies taking in $130.4 million, down 11 percent from the same weekend last year, when Cars opened at number one with $60.1 million.
The three summer blockbusters that debuted last month—Pirates, Shrek the Third and Spider-Man 3—have all shown a sharp decline in ticket sales after strong opening weekends.
Though the sequels will rake in more than $1 billion in combined domestic ticket sales by the time they leave theaters, none of the films are on track to match the $400 million-plus earned by their more successful predecessors.
Things look brighter overseas, where Spidey's take is climbing toward $900 million and Pirates is nearing $750 million. Shrek's international gross has not been quite as impressive due to its gradual rollout strategy, but the film has still made a strong showing.
Here's a rundown of the top 10 films based on Friday-Sunday figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations:
- Ocean's Thirteen, $36.1 million
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, $21.1 million
- Knocked Up, $19.6 million
- Surf's Up, $17.6 million
- Shrek the Third, $15.3 million
- Hostel: Part II, $8.2 million
- Mr. Brooks, $4.9 million
- Spider-Man 3, $4.3 million
- Waitress, $1.6 million
- Disturbia, $523,500
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