Box office report for Aug. 29, 2011: “The Help” stays afloat in top spot as Hurricane Irene blows through
“The Help” swept to the top of the box-office charts for the second weekend in a row, even as many remaining East Coast theaters closed as Hurricane Irene blew through, reports the Associated Press. The movie adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling novel needed just $14.5 million to retain the top spot, even with the opening of three new movies – the Sony actioner “Columbiana,” FilmDistrict’s horror remake “Don’t be Afraid of the Dark” and the Weinstein Co. comedy “Our Idiot Brother.”
Business was strong Friday night for “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” in the New York City area, but as the storm crept closer Saturday, theaters either closed or became ghost towns, Bob Berney, FilmDistrict’s Oklahoma City-born head of distribution, told the AP.
Berney said he stopped by a theater complex in suburban Westchester County Saturday night and only about 25 people had turned out for 7:30 p.m. shows.
“It was just dead,” Berney said. “They were open but no one was there, whereas in Manhattan, I think all the theaters were closed.”
Here are the top 10 movies over the weekend, from the AP:
1. “The Help,” Disney, $14,536,118, 2,778 locations, $5,233 average, $96,833,423, three weeks.
2. “Colombiana,” Sony, $10,408,176, 2,614 locations, $3,982 average, $10,408,176, one week.
3. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” Fox, $8,867,741, 3,346 locations, $2,650 average, $148,674,018, four weeks.
4. “Don’t be Afraid of the Dark,” FilmDistrict, $8,525,728, 2,760 locations, $3,089 average, $8,525,728, one week.
5. “Our Idiot Brother,” Weinstein Co., $7,011,631, 2,555 locations, $2,744 average, $7,011,631, one week.
6. “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World,” Weinstein Co., $6,007,180, 3,305 locations, $1,818 average, $21,990,229, two weeks.
7. “The Smurfs,” Sony, $4,754,766, 2,861 locations, $1,662 average, $125,948,234, five weeks.
8. “Conan the Barbarian,” Lionsgate, $3,185,094, 3,015 locations, $1,056 average, $16,660,669, two weeks.
9. “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” Warner Bros., $3,108,178, 1,577 locations, $1,971 average, $69,732,502, five weeks.
10. “Fright Night,” Disney, $3,103,227, 3,114 locations, $997 average, $14,281,778, two weeks.
-BAM
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