2011 at the Box Office

Currently release schedule for 2011...

(all dates are subject to change)

JANUARY

7^th

-“Country Strong” (Sony)

-“Season of the Witch” (Relativity)

14^th

-“The Dilemma” (Universal)

-“The Green Hornet” (Sony)

-“The Heart Specialist” (Freestyle)

21^st

-“No Strings Attached” (Paramount)

-“The Way Back” (Newmarket)

28^th

-“The Mechanic” (CBS)

-“The Rite” (WB)

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: “The Green Hornet”

FEBRUARY

4^th

-“The Roommate” (Sony)

-“Sanctum” 3D (Universal)

11^th

-“The Eagle” (Focus)

-“Gnomeo & Juliet” 3D (Miramax)

-“Just Go With It” (Sony)

-“Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” 3D (Paramount)

18^th

-“Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son” (Fox)

-“I Am Number Four” (Disney)

-“Unknown” (WB)

25^th

-“Drive Angry” 3D (Summit Entertainment)

-“Hall Pass” (WB)

-“Shelter” (Weinstein Co.)

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: “Just Go With It”

MARCH

4^th

-“The Adjustment Bureau” (Universal)

-“Apollo 18” (Weinstein Co.)

-“Rango” (Paramount)

-“Take Me Home Tonight” (Relativity)

11^th

-“Battle: Los Angeles” (Sony)

-“Mars Needs Moms” 3D (Disney)

-“Red Riding Hood” (WB)

18^th

-“Beastly” (CBS)

-“Limitless” (Relativity)

-“The Lincoln Lawyer” (LGF)

-“Paul” (Universal)

25^th

-“Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules” (Fox)

-“Sucker Punch” 3D (WB)

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: “Battle: Los Angeles”

APRIL

1^st

-“Hop” (Universal)

-“Insidioius” (FilmDistrict)

-“Source Code” (Summit)

8^th

-“Arthur” (WB)

-“Hanna” (Focus)

-“Your Highness” (Universal)

15^th

-“Rio” (Fox)

-“Scream 4” (Dimention)

-“Soul Surfer” (Sony)

22^nd

-“African Cats” (Disney)

-“Born to be a Star” (Sony)

-“Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family” (LGF)

-“Water for Elephants” (Fox)

29^th

-“Fast Five” (Universal)

-“Prom” (Disney)

-“What’s Your Number?” (Fox)

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: “Fast Five”

MAY

6^th

-“Jumping the Broom” (Sony)

-“Something Borrowed” (WB)

-“Thor” (Marvel/Paramount)

13^th

-“Bridesmaid” (Universal)

-“Priest” 3D (Sony)

20^th

-“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” (Disney)

26^th (Thursday)

-“The Hangover 2” (WB)

27^th

-“Kung Fu Panda 2” 3D (DreamWorks/Paramount)

-“The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight)

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”

JUNE

3^rd

-“X-Men: First Class” (Fox)

10^th

-“Super 8” (Paramount)

17^th

-“Bad Teacher” (Sony)

-“Green Lantern” (WB)

24^th

-“Cars 2” (Pixar/Disney)

-“Rise of the Apes” (Fox)

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: “Green Lantern”

JULY

1^st

-“Larry Crowne” (Universal)

-“Monte Carlo” (Fox)

-“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (DreamWorks/Paramount)

8^th

-“One for the Money” (Lionsgate)

-“Zookeeper” (MGM)

15^th

-“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II” (WB)

-“The Sitter” (Fox)

-“Winnie the Pooh” (Disney)

22^nd

-“Captain America: The First Avenger” (Marvel/Paramount)

-“Friends with Benefits” (Sony)

29^th

-“Cowboys & Aliens” (DreamWorks/Universal)

-“Crazy, Stupid, Love.” (WB)

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

AUGUST

3^rd (Wednesday)

-“Smurfs” 3D (Sony)

5^th

-“The Change-Up” (Universal)

-“The Darkest Hour” (Summit)

12^th

-“30 Minutes or Less” (Sony)

-“The Help” (Disney)

-“Mr. Popper’s Penguins” (Fox)

19^th

-“Conan” 3D (Lionsgate)

-“Fright Night” 3D (Disney)

-“Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World” (Weinstein Co.)

26^th

-“Final Destination 5” (WB)

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: “Smurfs”

SEPTEMBER

2^nd

-“Colombiana” (Sony)

-Untitled 3D Shark Thriller (Relativity)

9^th

-“The Apparition” (WB)

-“Warrior” (Lionsgate)

16^th

-“Drive” (FilmDistrict)

-“Johnny English Reborn” (Universal)

-“Piranha 3DD” (Weinstein/Dimention)

-“Straw Dogs” (Sony)

23^rd

-“Abduction” (Lionsgate)

-“Dolphin Tale 3D” (WB)

-“Moneyball” (Sony)

30^th

-“Anonymous” (Sony)

-“Courageous” (Sony)

-“Dream House” (Universal)

-“Now” (Fox)

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: “Piranha 3DD”

OCTOBER

7^th

-“Real Steel” (Disney)

-“Wanderlust” (Universal)

14^th

-“Footloose” (Paramount)

-“The Thing” (Universal)

-“The Three Musketeers” (Summit)

21^st

-“Contagion” 3D (WB)

-“Paranormal Activity 3” (Paramount)

29^th

-“Dibbuk Box” (Lionsgate)

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: "Paranormal Activity 3"

NOVEMBER

4^th

-“Puss in Boots” 3D (DreamWorks/Paramount)

-“Tower Heist” (Universal)

11^th

-“Immortals” 3D (Universal)

-“Jack & Jill” (Sony)

18^th

-“Happy Feet 2” 3D (WB)

-“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn- Part I” (Summit)

25^th

-“Arthur Christmas” 3D (Sony)

-“The Muppets” (Disney)

-“Project X” (WB)

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn- Part I”

DECEMBER

-2^nd

-N/A

9^th

-“Hugo Cabret” (Sony)

-“New Year’s Eve” (WB)

16^th

-“Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” 3D (Fox)

-“Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol” (Paramount)

-“Sherlock Holmes 2” (WB)

21^st (Wednesday)

-“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony)

23^rd

-“The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” 3D (Paramount)

-“We Bought a Zoo” (Fox)

25^th (Sunday)

-N/A

28^th (Wednesday)

-“War Horse” (DreamWorks)

30^th

-N/A

(PREDICTED) BIGGEST HIT: "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn"

There are those that believe "Green Lantern" will be this year's "Iron Man" in terms of how successful it is.  Hence the predictions that it'll out earn "Cars 2".  Personally, I wouldn't be at all surprised if "Kung Fu Panda 2" ends up being the biggest hit of the summer.

The studios are hoping to sell more than 100 million more theater admissions than what were sold in 2010.  I do expect this year's crop of new films to pull in stronger numbers than that of '10, but 100 million more admissions better?  I just don't know.

"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" made $64 million domestically, while costing only $15 million to produce.  I'm not surprised at all that Fox greenlit a sequel.

The excitement for 'Tintin' (by studio suits) is largely due to both Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson being involved. 

"Daredevil" made $102.5 million back in '03, Sony would love for this kind of haul for "The Green Hornet".

"Arthur" is in fact a remake to the 1981 Dudley Moore film. 

http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/rough-friday-openings-green-hornet-down-dilemma-disastrous/

From the Box Office Mojo site...

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3071&p=.htm

The January box office tallied $754 million, which paled compared to January 2010's record $1.06 billion gross. The January-to-January drop was the steepest on the books at 29 percent, and the gross was the lowest since 2007.

In terms of estimated attendance, January 2011 posted a 20-year low, and not by some slim margin. The month's ticket sales were optimistically estimated at 94 million, and one has to go back to 1995 to find another sub-100-million January.

January's anemic business was a by-product of 2010's whimpering end, but it was also due to the lowest number of new nationwide releases since 1995: there were only nine, compared to an average of 14 per January over the previous 15 years. When the movies aren't broadly appealing or aren't even there, business suffers.

For the first time in decades, the top-grossing movie in January was one originally released in January: The Green Hornet led the month with $79.1 million. The month is usually topped by a holdover from the previous year, and True Grit came close to keeping the streak alive with $78.4 million. Little Fockers was third with $60.3 million, while The King's Speech ($55.4 million) and Black Swan ($50.3 million) rounded out the Top Five.

Individually, Green Hornet fared well for a superhero comedy, while True Grit, The King's Speech and Black Swan were gangbusters for their respective genres (all seemingly enhanced by the lack of competition for screens and attention), but, collectively, their appeal was inherently limited. Hollywood failed to deliver the broadly-appealing entertainments that keep overall business booming. An extreme example of the industry scoring on this front was last January, when Avatar dominated with $312.1 million, followed by Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.---Brandon Gray

Ouch.

After three lackluster months at the box office, resulting in the lowest year-to-date grosses for the studios since the late 1990s, business picked up this weekend as "Hop" unexpectedly earned the biggest opening thus far of the year.  The film tallied more than $38 million of the top 12's $115.8 million haul, which ranks as April's fifth biggest opening mark behind "Fast & Furious" ($71.0 million), "Clash of the Titans" ($61.2 million), "Anger Management" ($42.2 million), and "Scary Movie 4" ($40.2 million).  The near $116 million top 12 haul is the third biggest opening weekend mark ever for the month of April, ranking overall as April's fifth best earning weekend in history.  With a (hopefully) strong slate of releases this month, the studios are hopeful that business will be on track before the start of the summer season next month.