New Box Office Update About 'Breaking Dawn Part 1'

From source: Deadline
SATURDAY AM: I sound like a broken record because it’s another disappointing domestic box office. And the second weekend in a row where the overall movie total won’t make more than $80M for possibly 2011′s lowest haul. It’s also down 8% from last year. No surprises in the Top 10 since Warner Bros’ New Years Eve was expected to unseat Summit’s Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 which spent three straight weeks at No. 1. But what is alarming is that the latest in this holiday-themed franchise is coming in way less than the $20M which the studio predicted. New Year’s Eve hit a brick wall on the late shows last night and flattened out considerably.

”Not much champagne for that opening,” one rival exec snarked to me. Especially with all those name actors and actresses cast in the season’s only romantic comedy. Showing yet again that in 2011 stars and derivative storytelling don’t attract moviegoers right now. Audiences gave it a ‘B+’ CinemaScore. Fox’s The Sitter came in second and actually did some business late and in the West so the numbers came back a bit. But it’s worse than even the lowered expectations going into this North American weekend. Audiences gave it only a ‘C+’ CinemaScore. Good thing this Jonah Hill pic cost next to nothing. Deadline Hollywood will be holding its movie awards season ‘The Contenders’ event this Saturday and Sunday:

1. New Years Eve (Warner Bros) NEW [3,505 Theaters]
Friday $5M, Estimated Weekend $14.5M

2. The Sitter (Fox) NEW [2,750 Theaters]
Friday $3.7M, Estimated Weekend $10M

3. Breaking Dawn Part 1 (Summit) Week 4 [3,605 Theaters]
Friday $2.4M, Estimated Weekend $7.7M, Estimated Cume $259.3M

4. The Muppets (Disney) Week 3 [3,328 Theaters]
Friday $1.6M, Estimated Weekend $7M, Estimated Cume $65.7M

5. Hugo (Paramount) Week 3 [2,608 Theaters]
Friday $1.5M, Estimated Weekend $6M, Estimated Cume $33.3M

6. Arthur Christmas (Sony) Week 3 [3,272 Theaters]
Friday $1.4M, Estimated Weekend $6.5M, Estimated Cume $33.4M

7. The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) Week 4 [876 Theaters]
Friday $1.3M, Estimated Weekend $4.3M, Estimated Cume $23.5M

8. Jack and Jill (Sony) Week 5 [2,787 Theaters]
Friday $870K, Estimated Weekend $3M, Estimated Cume $68.4M

8. Happy Feet Two (Warner Bros) Week 4 [2,840 Theaters]
Friday $840K, Estimated Weekend $4M, Estimated Cume $57.1M

10. Tower Heist (Universal) Week 6 [2,069 Theaters]
Friday $734K, Estimated Weekend $2.3M, Estimated Cume $74.1m