Both the Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart-Taylor Lautner romantic fantasy The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (on Day 13) and the Nimród Antal-Adrien Brody effort Predators (on Day 4) fell below the $1,000-per-day mark on Monday, July 11, according to figures found at Box Office Mojo.
Universal’s Despicable Me was the top movie, grossing a respectable $7.52m. The animated feature will surely cross the $100m mark next weekend.
Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, Despicable Me features the voices of Steve Carell, Julie Andrews, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, and Miranda Cosgrove, among others.
At no. 2, David Slade‘s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, in which Robert Pattinson’s vampire and Taylor Lautner’s werewolf are rivals for the affections of Kristen Stewart’s human, pulled in $4.32m, having fallen below the $5m-per-day mark for the first time. Eclipse‘s per-theater average was $969.
For comparison’s sake: In fall 2009, Chris Weitz‘s The Twilight Saga: New Moon fell below the $5m-per-day mark for the first time on Day 11 (also a Monday), bringing in $2.38m — or about half what Eclipse grossed on Day 13. New Moon‘s per-theater average then was $591 — or about 60% that of Eclipse‘s.
In other words: Eclipse has gotten much stronger legs than New Moon. Even so, Eclipse will cross the $250m milestone a little later than I’d predicted: Thursday, not Tuesday/Wednesday. Its current total is $239.69m.
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