It was a huge weekend for Sony as their animated film Hotel Transylvania had a record-breaking debut. The movie earned approximately $43 million, which makes it the biggest opening in September ever. It still wasn’t quite at the level of movies like Ice Age: Continental Drift, Madagascar 3 or The Lorax, but it was the best debut for a Sony Pictures Animation movie to date and further proof that these CG family films are always a force to be reckoned with. Elsewhere, Rian Johnson’s Looper was pretty solid in second place with $21 million, and although it did not exceed expectations, it is projected to make even more than that in China, believe it or not. Pitch Perfect also opened strong in select theatres and will build on that when it expands next week, but Won’t Back Down bombed big time ending up in 10th place. Not a big surprise considering I haven’t seen a single piece of marketing for this movie. Next weekend Taken 2 and Frankenweenie will make the competition even more fierce.
Updated Monday Numbers
- Hotel Transylvania — $42.5M
- Looper — $20.8M
- End of Watch — $7.81M
- Trouble with the Curve — $7.27M
- House at the End of the Street — $7.12M
- Pitch Perfect — $5.14M
- Finding Nemo — $4.03M
- Resident Evil: Retribution — $2.98M
- The Master — $2.68M
- Won’t Back Down — $2.6M
Source: Box Office Mojo
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