Box Office Report: "Lone Survivor" Cracks Cold Weekend For New Releases
Mark Wahlberg’s latest effort – the military drama Lone Survivor– has been a runaway success at the box office, earning an estimated $14.4 million on Friday with a predicted weekend total of $35 to $40 million according to Entertainment Weekly. This could be due to Lone Survivor's heavy promotional campaign, but despite the unpopular release period, Lone Survivor is already a contender for the first big hit of 2014.
Lone Survivor might even turn into a late Oscar contender.
The next newcomer in the top 5 falls far behind Lone Survivor. The testosterone-fueled The Legend of Hercules only registered a $3.08 million debut, putting it behind Disney’s Frozen, which is still holding on to the second spot with $3.1 million this Friday. Frozen is steadily heading for a likely $15 million weekend and an overall take upwards of $305 million.
Meanwhile, Disney's Frozen is still going strong and heading straight into Oscars season.
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The fourth and fifth spots on Friday were occupied by Oscar contenders The Wolf of Wall Street and American Hustle with $2.7 and $2.6 million respectively. Martin Scorsese’s Wolf is headed for a $9 million weekend, about the same as the predicted earnings for David O’Russel’s Hustle.
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This would put the Christian Bale starrer at about $95 million total. The Wolf of Wall Street, meanwhile, should finish the weekend with an overall total of $72.3 million.
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It hasn’t been a great weekend for new releases, which can be put down to the time of year. With the Golden Globes and the Oscars both approaching, new releases in January are more likely to just serve as filler, rather than aim for record-breaking earnings.