Box Office: 10,000 BC with $11.5M Friday, Headed t...

Box Office: 10,000 BC with $11.5M Friday, Headed to $33M

Posted by SexiVixxEN 659 days ago

It ain’t 300. That’s one way to describe the opening day performance of Roland Emmerich’s 10,000 B.C. (Warner Bros). With almost unanimously awful reviews (only 8% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), the prehistoric epic stumbled out of the gate with a disappointing estimated $11.55M Friday. That will likely translate to an underwhelming $33.14M, less than half of the $70.8M posted by last March’s Warner Bros sensation directed by Zack Snyder. 10,000 B.C. will also rank behind 3 previous Emmerich outings.

ALL-TIME TOP 5 ROLAND EMMERICH OPENINGS
1. The Day After Tomorrow - $68.7M opening
2. Independence Day - $50.2M opening
3. Godzilla - $44M opening
4. 10,000 B.C. - $33.14M opening (estimate)
5. The Patriot - $22.3M opening

The #2 spot for Friday and the weekend will go to Disney’s College Road Trip starring Martin Lawrence and Raven Symone, but it’s also a disappointment. The G-rated family comedy rode away with $3.5M on opening day, and even with a decent matinee bounce, it’ll likely get no higher than $12.5M for the 3-day.

Sony’s Vantage Point is holding strong with an estimated $2.3M on Friday. By Monday morning, the assassination thriller, which opened on Oscar weekend, will add another $8.1M for a new cume of $52.2M.

Semi-Pro (New Line) is an unmitigated disaster. Despite all of Will Ferrell’s best efforts, the 70’s-style basketball comedy tumbled to $1.9M on its second Friday and a likely $6M weekend. That’s down 60% from opening weekend, and Semi-Pro’s 10-day cume will be only $25M or so.

The Bank Job (Lionsgate), a new release starring Jason Statham, finished #5 on Friday with an estimated $1.6M, but the heist thriller will probably be knocked down to 6th place for the weekend with about $4.7M. Meanwhile, Paramount’s The Spiderwick Chronicles, after a $1.12M Friday take, will get a huge weekend bounce for a #5 finish at just over $5M.