(RTTNews) - Even with some intense competition from "Fast Five," action release "Thor" dominated the box office charts this weekend, earning more than $16,000 per site and $66 million overall. "Fast Five" also had another strong weekend, as the fifth film in the "Fast and the Furious" franchise pushed its ten-day domestic total to a 2011-best $139 million domestically. "Jumping the Broom" also had a positive opening of $13.70 million at just 2,035 total theaters, while "Something Borrowed" opened with a mediocre $13.16 million despite a much larger release.
With the opening of "Thor," the summer action release schedule is underway, as the hopeful franchise from Paramount hit with its target demographic and looks to be a big box officesuccess. Not only did "Thor" rake in $66 million in the U.S., but it's already doing significant business abroad, bringing its worldwide total to $242 million. Though releases that aren't sequels or adaptations rarely finish among the very top releases of the year, "Thor" looks to be good for $600 or $700 million worldwide before all is said and done.The tremendous opening of "Thor" is also the second biggest of the year, trailing only the $86 million that "Fast Five" opened with a week ago. In 2010, only five of the biggest movies of the year earned more than $66 million in their opening weekends and all soared well past $200 million in domestic receipts.
"Thor" is also boasting very strong critical reviews, which should help its audience appeal over the next couple of weekends. Also helping is a weak release schedule for this Friday, as the widest release will be action-horror film "Priest" at just 2,800 theaters. Look for "Thor" to put together one more strong weekend and end up with a very impressive ten-day total.
What's most impressive about the opening of "Thor" is that it had to compete with "Fast Five," which continued to do fairly well in its second weekend in theaters. Though "Fast Five" dipped more than 60% from its opening totals, it still hauled in a very solid $35 million and pushed its ten-day total to a year-best $139 million. "Fast Five" has also done well internationally, bringing its worldwide total to $324 million worldwide already. Look for "Fast Five" and "Thor" to continue to do very well with action audiences until the latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" opens on May 20.
Aiming for a much smaller audience was the low-budgeted comedy "Jumping the Broom." With a minimal budget of just $6.6 million and a small release around 2,000 total venues, "Jumping the Broom" earned a solid $6,732 per theater and $13.70 million overall. Though "Jumping the Broom" will likely see a significant slide next weekend, it already looks to be a nice success for distributor TriStar.
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