Box office report for the weekend of February 10, 2012-February 12, 2012

First off, I feel the need to apologize for my lack of posts last week.  Life caught up to me and hopefully this week everything will be back to normal.

Every single weekend, studios wait in anticipation to see impressive numbers at the box office.  Every single weekend, I cannot help but think about Arthur Abbott and his wise words from from The Holiday (2006).  While I cannot find the exact quote, I can remember him stating that box office success did not dictate the success of whether a film was deemed successful or not.  This is not so much the case now, which makes a lot of people yearn for the days of old Hollywood once more.  The days where a movie could have a longer run and build up success by word of mouth.  People miss the days as Arthur states where the box office results were not reported like "like baseball scores on the nightly news." Despite this, we all eagerly await the results each and every weekend.

The box office results for the the weekend of February 10, 2012-February 12, 2012 are the following:

1. The Vow (2012); Weekend Gross: $41.2M; Overall Gross: $41.2M; Weeks: 1
2. Safe House (2012); Weekend Gross: $40.2M; Overall Gross: $40.2M; Weeks: 1
3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island; Weekend Gross: $27.3M; Overall Gross: $27.3M; Weeks: 1
4. Sar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Weekend Gross: $22.5M; Overall Gross: $22.5M; Weeks: 1
5. Chronicle (2012); Weekend Gross: $12.1M; Overall Gross: $40M; Weeks: 2
6. The Woman in Black (2012); Weekend Gross: $10.1; Overall Gross: $35.3M; Weeks: 2
7. The Grey (2012); Weekend Gross: $5.05M; Overall Gross: $42.8M; Weeks: 3
8. Big Miracle (2012); Weekend Gross: $3.95M; Overall Gross: $13.3M; Weeks: 2
9. The Descendants (2011); Weekend Gross: $3.44M; Overall Gross: $70.7M; Weeks: 13
10. Underworld: Awakening (2012); Weekend Gross: $2.48M; Overall Gross: $58.9M; Weeks: 4

At this time last year, the two movies, Just Go With It (2011) and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011), that opened were not as successful only raking in $30,514,732 and $29,514,054 for their first weeks.  At this the rest of the top ten films in theaters included: Gnomeo and Juliet, The Eagle, The Roommate, The King's Speech, No Strings Attached, Sanctum, True Grit, and The Green Hornet.  For further information statistic wise in comparison to this year, please click here.

For those interested in viewing any of the aforementioned features in theaters, please click here for other locations.  For locations near and in Austell the safe bets are always Carmike Cinemas Movies 14 and Regal Stadium 22 in Austell.  If you are interested in renting any of the films mentioned from last year, make sure to check out this title through your local Austell Blockbuster, Videodrome, Movies Worth Seeing, Netflix, or movie channels based upon your cable or satellite provider around Halloween. To purchase any Blu-rays or DVDs mentioned in this review please check out your local Austell Best Buy, Walmart, Target, or Kmart.