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THIS WEEKEND Final grosses released on Monday reversed the positions of the top two estimated films and saw The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King remain at number one for the fourth consecutive frame while Big Fish expanded nationally and took second. Sony's weekend estimate for Fish ended up being $689,000 too high while King advanced by $84,000 beyond New Line's weekend estimate.
With a weekend take of $14.2M, according to final studio figures, The Return of the King dropped 50% from last weekend, but managed to shoot its cume up to a staggering $312.3M. The trilogy ender blasted through the $300M mark on Friday, its 24th day of release and became the second fastest movie in box office history to reach that milestone trailing just Spider-Man which accomplished the feat in 22 days in May 2002. King now sits at number 13 on the list of all-time domestic blockbusters between The Fellowship of the Ring ($314.2M including the recent re-release) and Star Wars Episode II ($310.7M including the Imax run). After 26 days of play, The Return of the King is still running 10% ahead of The Two Towers which had grossed $283.4M by the same point a year ago.
Collecting $13.8M in ticket sales, Sony's Big Fish successfully widened into national play after four robust weeks in limited release. The PG-13 film averaged a solid $5,740 from 2,406 playdates and brought its overall cume to $23.4M. Nominated for four Golden Globes, Big Fish stars Ewan McGregor as a young man who lives out the tall tales told by his older self played by Globe nominee Albert Finney. The $70M film skewed towards adult women with 55% of the audience being female and 65% under the age of 30, according to studio research.
With a weekend take of $14.2M, according to final studio figures, The Return of the King dropped 50% from last weekend, but managed to shoot its cume up to a staggering $312.3M. The trilogy ender blasted through the $300M mark on Friday, its 24th day of release and became the second fastest movie in box office history to reach that milestone trailing just Spider-Man which accomplished the feat in 22 days in May 2002. King now sits at number 13 on the list of all-time domestic blockbusters between The Fellowship of the Ring ($314.2M including the recent re-release) and Star Wars Episode II ($310.7M including the Imax run). After 26 days of play, The Return of the King is still running 10% ahead of The Two Towers which had grossed $283.4M by the same point a year ago.
Collecting $13.8M in ticket sales, Sony's Big Fish successfully widened into national play after four robust weeks in limited release. The PG-13 film averaged a solid $5,740 from 2,406 playdates and brought its overall cume to $23.4M. Nominated for four Golden Globes, Big Fish stars Ewan McGregor as a young man who lives out the tall tales told by his older self played by Globe nominee Albert Finney. The $70M film skewed towards adult women with 55% of the audience being female and 65% under the age of 30, according to studio research.
