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Just a quick Box Office wrap-up this week, as almost everything flopped due to the Super Bowl. One film that actually struck a cord with filmgoers, was Warm Bodies. A Zom Rom Com (yea, you get it), this PG-13 zombie love story managed to squeak out $19.8 million over the weekend. Very impressive for a very small-budgeted film like this. The zombie trend is here to stay we think.
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters held on fairly well with $9.4m for a $34m total. Not a great total, but with overseas numbers it’ll be profitable. Silver Linings Playbook had another great hold down only 18% from last week for $7.7m and $80m total. MAMA took in another $6.5m for a $58m total. Can’t wait for the sequel, StepMama. And rounding out #5 was Zero Dark Thirty with $5.1m and $77.6m total.
The other 2 new releases bombed. Bullet to the Head made only $4.5m, which makes it Stallone’s lowest opener since 1981’s Night Hawks. Ouch. And Stand Up Guys pulled in only $1.4m so don’t expect a sequel for either of these flicks.
To hear our review of Hansel & Gretel as well as more on this weekend’s upcoming releases, listen to our latest HO – Ep 78!: