Box office numbers, DVD sales, and television viewership from February 17 to February 23, 2012.
Ghost Rider 2 debuts at the #4 spot. Chronicle and The Woman In Black still kicking ass. Two indie films, The Inkeepers and Kill List, are at the bottom of the chart and barely hanging on. Make sure you go to the movies this week and check them out!
4 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance $29,032,000
7 5 Chronicle $10,820,000 (Total: $54,299,000)
9 6 The Woman In Black $9,118,000 (Total: $47,729,000)
17 10 Underworld Awakening $1,663,000 (Total: $61,906,000)
44 72 The Darkest Hour $140,000 (Total: $21,361,000)
51 41 Twilight/Dawn 2 $73,000 (Total: $281,287,000)
61 53 The Devil Inside $20,000 (Total: $53,186,000)
77 71 The Inkeepers $4,000 (Total: $75,000)
90 88 Kill List $2,000 (Total: $20,000)
Twilight saga takes over the DVD Top 30 Chart again. Some of the films in the franchise redebut on the chart because of the new release. And for whatever reason, Transformers/Moon is rising up the chart.
1 Twilight/Dawn Part1 $42,744,000
5 3 Real Steel $2,235,000 (Total: $18,102,000)
12 N/A Twilight/Eclipse $1,035,000 (Total: $163,514,000)
14 N/A Twilight/New Moon $737,000 (Total: $184,916,000)
17 N/A Twilight $596,000 (Total: $201,190,000)
18 5 The Thing $577,000 (Total: $2,687,000)
23 9 Dream House $466,000 (Total: $1,910,000)
24 17 Contagion $328,000 (Total: $10,621,000)
25 30 Transformers/Moon $311,000 (Total: $46,419,000)
27 24 Straw Dogs $300,000 (Total: $10,734,000)
Television viewership as a whole is down this week. I know a couple new hit shows and specials aired, which probably sucked some of the viewers from our horror/scifi shows. Finding Bigfoot returns with new episodes, and Grimm takes another week off.
Once Upon A Time – 9,710,000
The Walking Dead – 6,890,000
Alcatraz – 5,960,000
The River – 4,780,000
Fringe – 2,990,000
The Vampire Diaries – 2,900,000
Merlin – 1,752,000
Face Off – 1,729,000
The Secret Circle – 1,710,000
Supernatural – 1,680,000
Ancient Aliens – 1,403,000
Being Human – 1,402,000
Finding Bigfoot – 1,315,000
Ghost Hunters – 1,312,000
Lost Girl – 1,209,000
