Sundays estimates haveEnd of WatchandHouse at the End of the Streettied for first with $13 million each.
One thing we can say for sure?Dredd 3Dis off to a rough start.
Title
Weekend
Total
1.
End of Watch
$13,000,000
$13.0
2.
House at the End of the Street
3.
Trouble with the Curve
$12,720,000
$12.7
4.
Finding Nemo 3D
$9,446,000
$29.9
5.
Resident Evil: Retribution
$6,700,000
$33.4
6.
Dredd 3D
$6,300,000
$6.3
7.
The Master
$5,000,000
$6.0
8.
The Possession
$2,630,000
$45.2
9.
Lawless
$2,321,000
$34.5
10.
So what went wrong?
In this case Id say the projections forCurvewere unrealistic.
There is no doubt that Eastwood is one of the most celebrated directors of the past decade.
Unfortunately, that has not always translated into big opening weekends for his films.
They each ended up with domestic totals below $38 million.
As an actoranddirector, Eastwood has had more luck.
It is likely that Warner Brothers was hopingCurvewould become the nextMoneyball.
the lone selling point for the feature seemed to be starJennifer Lawrence.
Unlike Lawrence and herHunger Gamessuccess, Gyllenhaal has had a harder time connecting at the box office.
No amount of marketing will be able to save the weekends final new release,Dredd 3D.
After breaking records last weekend in its limited debut,Paul Thomas AndersonsThe Masterexpanded from 5 to 788 locations.
That could change next weekend if the animatedHotel Transylvaniabecomes a hit.
So yeah,Hotel Transylvaniais probably our only hope.
