Well, apparently, Bibermania was just not strong enough to stop the Sandler this weekend. Despite many predictions that Justin Bieber’s concert/documentary/3D film Never Say Never would win the weekend at the box office, it actually landed in second with a strong $30 million. However, that wasn’t good enough to beat Adam Sandler whose latest comedy, Just Go With It, co-starring Jennifer Aniston opened to $31 million. They led 4 new films for the frame which saw the best numbers of 2011 so far. Opening way ahead of expectations was the new tune, Gnomeo & Juliet, produced and featuring music by Grammy legend Elton John took in a surprisingly good $25 million for third. Following in fourth was Channing Tatum’s historical action epic, The Eagle, with a mild $8.5 million. Take a look at the new top ten below which also saw another fantastic hold for Oscar favorite The King’s Speech below and head to Box Office Mojo for more weekend numbers.
TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N Just Go With It Sony $31,000,000 – 3,548 – $8,737 $31,000,000 – 1
2 N Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Par. $30,260,000 – 3,105 – $9,746 $30,260,000 $13 1
3 N Gnomeo and Juliet BV $25,500,000 – 2,994 – $8,517 $25,500,000 – 1
4 N The Eagle Focus $8,589,000 – 2,296 – $3,741 $8,589,000 – 1
5 1 The Roommate SGem $8,400,000 -44.0% 2,534 – $3,315 $26,053,000 $16 2
6 4 The King’s Speech Wein. $7,412,000 -3.9% 2,263 -321 $3,275 $93,857,000 $15 12
7 3 No Strings Attached Par. $5,645,000 -29.5% 2,756 -294 $2,048 $59,866,000 $25 4
8 2 Sanctum Uni. $5,132,000 -45.7% 2,789 +2 $1,840 $17,505,000 $30 2
9 8 True Grit Par. $3,770,000 -18.8% 2,072 -830 $1,819 $160,340,000 $38 8
10 5 The Green Hornet Sony $3,600,000 -39.7% 2,090 -943 $1,722 $92,332,000 $120 5
Tags: Adam Sandler, Channing Tatum, Elton John, Gnomeo & Juliet, Jennifer Aniston, Just Go With It, Justin Bieber, Never Say Never, The Eagle, The King's Speech
