WEEKLY CineBUZZ REPORT - 1 November 2011

BOX TOPS

A Nor'easter, Halloween, and the World Series all took their toll on what otherwise would have been a blow-out box office last week.  Even with these headwinds, however, the top ten still managed to amass a $88 million+ domestic take, and left Puss in Boots (Dreamworks), In Time (Fox), and The Rum Diary (FilmDistrict)

last week's openers, a second chance at the gold ring.
After Puss in Boots, which took top honors, Paranormal Activity 3 scored second with In Time taking 3rd with $12.1 million.  Footloose (Paramount) in its 3rd week of release came in 4th and has now grossed over $38 million.
The Rum Diary came in a disappointing 5th with $5.1 million.

Adding Tower Heist (Universal) and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (Warners) to the upcoming roster, this weekend should see  summer-like box office grosses.
The U.S. box office has now grossed $8.4 billion YTD with 1.06 billion admissions - still behind 2010 results.  I don't think ticket sales will catch up but dollar gross could easily surpass last year given the strong upcoming release schedule and last year's, not too stellar, holiday box office.

A quick look at the international box office saw Paranormal Activity 3 pull in $22.3 million and take first place last week. And Despicable Me, 3 months after its debut, came in 2nd and has now amassed over $200 million internationally and over $450 million worldwide.

Cheers and Happy Movie Going!
Jim Lavorato