Yet they sold nine million in
their first weekend of release.
Taken 2, although meeting the same numbers quickly, opened at about half of that revenue
its first weekend of release.
The original Taken was released in 2008 and cast Liam Neeson in the lead role and made him an action - hero favorite, earning $ 49.5 million
its first weekend of release.
There is no question that X-Men will finish at the top of the box office chart during
the first weekend of its release.
Lone Survivor has triumphed in
its first weekend of release to rise to the top of the US and Canadian box office.
Rio flew to the top of the box office in
its first weekend of release, Box Office Mojo reports.
While not as big a hit as the original film, the estimated $ 2.8 million weekend turned out to add a little flesh to a successful venture, as the $ 40 million budget was nearly matched in
its first weekend of release.
Fox's «The Greatest Showman» is holding strong at No. 4 at the box office, grossing more over the New Year's holiday than it did in
its first weekend of release.
Peccadillo's head of publicity, Droo Padhiar told Screen Daily last month: «Multiplex chain Cineworld booked Stranger by the Lake for one - off shows for
the first weekend of release, knowing full well we had a two week VOD window on 7th March.
But considering that Google Android devices are selling at a reported rate of 200,000 per day, and Apple's iPhone 4 sold nearly 1.7 million units during
its first weekend of release, RIM now faces something of an uphill battle.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider earned an estimated $ 48.2 m on
its first weekend of release in the US, the best debut ever for a movie based on a video game
In terms of sheer units, Crash Bandicoot jumped to No. 1, but in the «how much money made» stakes, Splatoon 2 replicated what ARMS previously did and leapt into the top spot after
its first weekend of release.