This weekend, Super 8 was finally released after month’s of hype and mystery regarding the movie plot. Produced by the industry’s finest J.J Abrams and Steven Spielberg which were big enough names to guarantee the success of the movie. Despite this all, it failed to generate any notable gross on its release this weekend and got away with $35.5 million. If we compare it with similar movie Cloverfield which was also produced by J.J Abrams, Cloverfield managed to make $40.1 million and made a $80 million final tally.
X-Men First Class managed to seize $24.1 milllion to gross a total of $98 million. With its budget of $160 million, it is destined to be a failure despite this good gross unless it manages to overcome its costs. Despite having a warm positive reaction from critics and fans, its gross is still less if we compare with other X-Men movies.
The Hangover 2 which kept making records has now finally passed $200 million in just 16 days, also it is losing steam at a much faster rate then the previous Hangover, seeing its decline rate – it is doubtful if it can reach the final tally of Hangover. The Hangover was a surprise hit and had long legs, enough to gross a whooping $277 million despite a moderate start of $44 million. Meanwhile, The Hangover 2 is standing with its $215 million tally and is the top grossing movie of 2011 so far.
Pirates 4 finally managed to pass $200 million in America and ended up with a $208.4 million in 24 days. Its worldwide business was a different story though, it is on its way to becoming the top grossing movie worldwide behind Avatar and Titanic with its massive $678 million gross so far. It is currently standing at the 6th spot in all time worldwide gross but it will easily move to 4th and surpass Ice Age – Dawn of Dinosaurs and Alice in Wonderland worldwide gross for a 4th place. Its America + Foreign gross is currently $886.8 million and it is on its way to pass the At World’s End if it keeps its pace.