March 11, 2013 – Back Seat Producers

Weekend Box Office: Mar 8-Mar 10

#1 Oz The Great and Powerful from Buena Vista opened at #1 with a gross of $79.1 million in 3,912 theaters. Budget was $215 million.

#2 Jack the Giant Slayer from Warner Bros. (New Line) fell from #1 to #2 with a gross of $9.8 million (-63.8%) in 3,525 theaters. Total gross to date is $43.6 million. Budget was $195 million.

#3 Identity Thief from Universal fell from #2 to #3 with a gross of $6.3 million (-34.7%) in 3,002 theaters (-228). Total gross to date is $116.5 million. Budget was $35 million.

#4 Dead Man Down from FilmDistrict opened at #4 with a gross of $5.3 million in 2,188 theaters. Budget was unknown.

#5 Snitch from Summit Entertainment fell from #4 to #5 with a gross of $5.1 million (-34.4%) in 2,340 theaters (-171). Total gross to date is $31.9 million. Budget was unknown.

#6 21 and Over from Relativity fell from #3 to #6 with a gross of $5.09 million (-41.8%) in 2,771 theaters. Total gross to date is $16.9 million. Budget was $13 million.

#7 Safe Haven from Relativity held at #7 with a gross of $3.8 million (-40.2%) in 2,541 theaters (-410). Total gross to date is $62.8 million. Budget was $28 million.

#8 Silver Linings Playbook from Weinstein Company held at #8 with a gross of $3.6 million (-36.8%) in 1,727 theaters (-109). Total gross to date is $120.6 million. Budget was $21 million.

#9 Escape from Planet Earth from Weinstein Company fell from #6 to #9 with a gross of $3.2 million (-51.4%) in 2,549 theaters (-561). Total gross to date is $47.8 million. Budget was $40 million.

#10 The Last Exorcism Part II from CBS Films fell from #5 to #10 with a gross of $3.2 million (-59%) in 2,700 theaters. Total gross to date is $12.1 million. Budget was $5 million.

#11 A Good Day to Die Hard from 20^th Century Fox fell from #9 to #11 with a gross of $2.1 million (-53.6%) in 1,725 theaters (-864). Total gross to date is $63.4 million. Budget was $92 million.

#12 Life of Pi from 20^th Century Fox held at #12 with a gross of $1.6 million (-33.5%) in 671 theaters (+45). Total gross to date is $119.4 million. Budget was $120 million.

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $128.3 million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo

BSP Episode 261: Iron Sky

Release date: 2/11/2012

Walt Disney Studios

Directed

Timo Vuorensola

Produced by

Tero Kaukomaa
Oliver Damian
Cathy Overett
Sam Horton
James Wenban
Mark Overett
Samuli Torssonen

Screenplay by

Michael Kalesniko
Timo Vuorensola

Story by

Johanna Sinisalo
Jarmo Puskala (concept)

Cast

Julia Dietze

Renata Richter

Gotz Otto

Klaus Adler

The hosts review:

Oscars chit chat & Walter White.
Jennifer Lawrence & Kristin Stewart: one acted like a mouth-breather, one is…
Someone found it better than A Good Day to Die Hard and Battleship.
Someone just didn’t like it and couldn’t even get through it.
Someone thought this movie was better than it deserved to be.
I’ve got a space ship, you’ve got a space ship, everybody’s got a space ship!
No nakedness… boo.
Then let’s make a new horizon.
So… a cheesy movie with moon Nazis.
The music was not in the right place.
Still… better than Four Rooms.
Harlem Shake, because you can’t have any kind of conversation without that being brought up.
David makes a disturbing discovery about the clothing that turns him on.
Covering up guy-parts in Superman and Tron.

Trivial bits ‘n pieces:

More than 10 percent of funding for this film came from fans. The donors are listed in the credits.
The German customs office would not allow the film-makers to bring any Nazi costumes and regalia into Germany, but fortunately the makers of Inglorious Basterds helped director Vuorensola by revealing how they had circumvented the same problem.