Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Tsunami Survivor Drama clinches Top Spot

21 Jan 2013

SINGAPORE - The total box office slips further for a 4th straight week as 3 new releases generate decent debuts with screen averages above US$10,000 each. THE IMPOSSIBLE tops the box office with US$382,475 from 36 screens and a screen average of US$10,624, MAMA grosses US$293,209 from 29 screens for a screen average of US$10,111, while CLOUD ATLAS collects US$147,789 from 14 screens for a US$10,556 total.

Also opening is the Korean comedy RUNWAY COP, which grosses US$31,396 from 6 screens for a US$5,233 screen average. 10 YEARS, the high school reunion drama comedy starring Channing Tatum scores one of the worst openings in recent years with US$4,347 from 11 screens for a disastrous US$395 screen average. The lowest screen average of 2012 was for the single print release, THE VOICE MAKES A MIRACLE which started with US$432.

Amongst the holdovers, TAXI! TAXI! becomes the first domestic film this year to cross US$1m as its pockets are now lined with US$1,070,897. The top grossing non-domestic Asian film of all time, CZ12 has now breached the US$4m mark with US$4,072,419 in its coffers. The musical sensation LES MISERABLES has crossed US$2m with US$2,104,190 in its 4th week of release. Last week's no. 1 film, GANGSTER SQUAD drops 40.9% but still maintains a healthy screen average of U$8,926 for a US$670,957 total.

Overall, the top ten films collected US$1,544,842, which represent an estimated 7.5% drop from the week before and an estimated 10.84% drop from the same frame a year ago when JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND conquered the box office.

Source: Box Office Mojo

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