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Horror Sales: Total Scream Implosion

This week is the first week that Scream 4 will be charting at the Box Office. Sadly, it could not beat Rio for the #1 spot, but here’s how it did in other countries: UK #1, Brazil #2, Russia #2, and France #2. While it came in at #2 in America, it did have good first week sales, all things considered. It sold over 24 million in America as well as almost 18 million in foreign countries. How did the sales stack up compared to the other three films? Well, this is how they rank, based on first week American sales only: Scream 3 $34,713,000, Scream 2 $32,926,000, Scream 4 $24,004,000, and Scream $6,354,000. Hopefully sales remain steady and it can top $100,000,000 like the others, though I doubt it.

Also, horror/scifi news at the Box Office… Sucker Punch, Red Riding Hood, Black Swan, and Narnia/Dawn Treader are all pulled from theatres this week. Evil Bong 3D, Rubber, and I Saw The Devil all continue to rocket up the charts, all of them now in the top 65 films in the nation. If the trend continues, they should all be in the top 50-60 next week. Yay for independent horror!

  • 2 Scream 4 $24,004,000/$17,932,000
  • 7 6 Insidious $9,667,000 (Total: $38,793,000)
  •  18 14 Battle: Los Angeles $762,000 (Total: $82,448,000)
  • 30 25 Beastly $105,000 (Total: $27,508,000)
  • 31 27 I Am Number Four $103,000 (Total: $54,189,000)
  • 52 60 Evil Bong 3D $15,000 (Total: $40,000)
  • 54 70 Rubber $11,000 (Total: $49,000)
  • 64 85 I Saw The Devil $5,000 (Total: $126,000)

The DVD Top 30 chart sees some sort of life this week as Narnia/Dawn Treader is released to DVD. That’s probably why it was taken out of the Box Office. Walking Dead will probably fall off soon, but I’m happy to be reporting on more than just two horror/scifi DVDs for once.

  • 4 Narnia/Dawn Treader $8,465,000
  • 5 2 Black Swan $2,762,000 (Total: $12,243,000)
  • 29 21 The Walking Dead Season 1 $495,000 (Total: $9,806,000)

With the Nielson ratings, either there were no new episodes this week or the ratings haven’t been reported yet. A couple of favorites such as Paranormal State did not show up on the website this week.

  • Vampire Diaries – 2,810,000
  • Supernatural – 2,260,000
  • Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files – 1,575,000
  • Ghost Hunters – 1,509,000
  • Destination Truth – 971,000
  • Stargate Universe – 861,000

Michael DeFellipo

(Senior Editor)

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