Box Office Results: Megamind Leads Again, Unstoppable Starts Solid

Last week’s leader, Megamind, was again ahead of the pack while the Denzel Washington and Chris Pine movie Unstoppable had a solid start. Alien invasion flick Skyline had a modest opening, though nothing to write about while not a flop either while Morning Glory was on track for an the mature comedy genre.

Megamind pulled in another $30.1 million this weekend, with 64% of it coming from 3D screens to put the movies total at $89.7 million ($116.7 million worldwide). The movie was down 35% which is on par with most high profile animated movies though Pixar movies tend to fall in the high 20’s. Megamind is currently trailing other Dreamworks films like Monsters vs. Aliens and Despicable Me, though it is slightly ahead of How to Train Your Dragon.

Unstoppable opened this weekend on 4,300 screens with $23.5 million going towards its way. The Denzel Washington and Chris Pine movie opened right in line with prior Tony Scott films, most notably last year’s Taking of Pelham 123 which brought in $20 million. This marks Chris Pines first major role since putting on the suit as Captain Kirk in last year’s Star Trek reboot. This is also Denzel Washingtons 8th movie in a row to open above the $20 million mark.

Skyline opened the weekend at a modest $11.6 million, making the $10 million alien invasion film a sure bet already for Universal. Though a film like this with its poor word of mouth is likely to dive down 70% next week, especially with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1. The duo who worked on this film were previously working on the Sony Pictures film Battle: Los Angeles and left the project and went to Universal to create Skyline for a much smaller budget and in far less time. It will be interesting to note if this lackluster film hurts Battle: Los Angeles which has a similar concept, but with talent behind the project.

On a completely different note, adult comedy, and by that I mean more mature than raunchy adult comedy, Morning Glory woke up this morning to a $9.6 million tally from the 2,800 screens it debuted on. Starring Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford, the $40 million film didn’t open as well as other past films within the same spectrum though films like this tend to have more legs on them than other films.

Last weekend’s release, Due Date plunged 52% to put the film at $59 million ($106 million world wide) which makes this $65 million comedy already a hit in Warner Brothers’ eyes. Though the film is getting nowhere near the business The Hangover was last year, and the film was heavily promoted as a similar, almost related comedy, The Hangover was an exception to the comedy genre. Though, to be fair to the film, the film in its second week is already set to beat Get Him to the Greek ($61 million) and Role Models ($67 million). Sony Pictures’ holdover, The Social Network, only added $4 million to its gross from last week, totaling now at $154 million world wide. The hit movie, now on its 7th week has lost most of its screens, down to only 1088 and will probably be off screens in the next two weeks as the big budget films like Harry Potter and Tron enter the cinemas.

See below for weekend results with worldwide tallies.