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Box Office: 'Cars 2' and 'Bad Teacher' power huge weekend

'Green Lantern' falls to third

By Gregory Ellwood Sunday, Jun 26, 2011 1:35 PM

<p>Celebrate!  The reunion of Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz actually had strong results...on the big screen at least.</p>

Celebrate!  The reunion of Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz actually had strong results...on the big screen at least.

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Not only did "Cars 2" surpass pre-release polling which suggested it could open below its predecessor's $60 million 2005 bow, but it ended up cracking the top 5 of all-time Pixar openings. The $68 million debut was more than enough for Disney execs to breathe easy about its domestic prospects.  Especially since it reportedly cost close to $200 million.  Luckily, an expected $10 billion in merchandising sales for the franchise overall should more than make up for any loss in theaters.

Also having a fine debut in the second slot was Cameron Diaz's "Bad Teacher."  The R-rated comedy pulled in $31 million for the three-day, which was about $6 million higher than industry expectations.  After the back to back success of both "Teacher " and "Bridesmaids," lets hope studios decide to let the ladies have their share of non-romantic comedies.

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Dropping 65% in its second weekend was the disappointing "Green Lantern."  With just another $18.3 million this past weekend and $89.3 million in 10 days, the Emerald Crusader is having a big screen debut on par with Ang Lee's "Hulk" or Ben Affleck's "Daredevil."  "Green Lantern" will certainly hit the $125 million mark domestically, but this was not the franchise starter DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. were hoping for.

"Super 8" continued to benefit from a lack of adult skewing films in the marketplace grossing another $12.1 million for a new cume of $95.1 million.  It will be close, but J.J. Abrams nostalgic adventure could equal its approximately $140 million production budget in ticket sales. 

Dropping to fifth was the family friendly "Mr. Popper's Penguins."  The Jim Carrey kiddie flick had a lower than expected start last weekend, but grossed another $10.3 million over the weekend for an estimated gross of $38 million in just 10 days. 

This week finds the debut of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," "Larry Crowne" and "Monte Carlo" all in time for the fourth of July holiday weekend.

Final box office results are released on Monday.

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With over a decade of experience in the movie industry, Ellwood survived working for two major studios and has written for Variety, MSN and the LA Times. A co-founder of HitFix, Ellwood spends his time relaxing hitting 3’s on the basketball court and following his beloved Clippers.
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    Heath

    Thought the reported budget of SUPER 8 was $40 million?

    June 26, 2011 at 3:21PM EST Reply to Comment
    • 500full_talkback_profile

      velocityknown Hitfix has different sources.

      June 26, 2011 at 6:49PM EST
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    Mulderism

    Ang Lee's Hulk was a masterpiece. I am dead serious. It's too bad there was such an audience disconnect.

    Also, how could it cost $200 million to produce a cartoon? Was the majority of the money just for actors?

    June 26, 2011 at 7:59PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Blake

    I can't imagine what they would've spent $140 million on. It's nowhere near on screen, just doesn't make sense.

    June 27, 2011 at 12:07PM EST Reply to Comment

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