Monday Morning Box Office Report: Chronicle Fends Off The Woman in Black

Posted by on February 6th, 2012   Filed under: Box Office
Source: IMDb

The Super Bowl didn’t seem to have much of an effect on the box office this past weekend as both Chronicle and The Woman in Black exceeded expectations with over $20 million a piece. Chronicle came out on top but only just barely; the final numbers could still go either way. This seems like a good sign for Daniel Radcliffe, found footage movies and the horror genre in general, all of which continue to bring out teen audiences in droves. The weekend’s other major new release, Big Miracle, did not do quite as well, opening at #4 although the Drew Barrymore rom-com will be hoping for a slight boost around Valentine’s Day. The Grey dropped 52% to take third place, while Underworld: Awakening managed to hang out to a spot in the top 5. Elsewhere, The Descendants and Extremly Loud & Incredibly Close are benefiting from their Oscar exposure a little more than The Artist, although the latter is still playing on 1,000 screens less. Next week another 3D re-release enters theatres to challenge these films… how much will George Lucas add to his coffers?

1. Chronicle — $22M
2. The Woman in Black — $21M
3. The Grey — $9.5M
4. Big Miracle — $8.48M
5. Underworld: Awakening — $5.6M
6. One for the Money — $5.25M
7. Red Tails — $5M
8. The Descendants — $4.6M
9. Man on a Ledge — $4.46M
10. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close — $3.92M



  • anonymiss

    ouch that haywire fell off so much, i loved it

  • If there’s any justice in the world, Phantom Menace 3-D will fail miserably. It’s a terrible movie and should be treated as such and shunned. Not even saying that as a Star Wars fan-boy, just as a film goer in general. It’s not a good film.

    Unfortunately people will mindlessly go see it anyway, earning Lucas another billion or something and probably making him believe he’s justified in making all the changes to the original series as well as serving up those awful prequels.

    Oh well.