Sunday, June 12, 2011

J.J. Abrams' Super 8 Shows a Solid Debut

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office.

Director J.J. Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg must have known they were taking a chance on Super 8 (Paramount), a nostalgic sci-fi period thriller that had a cast of mostly unknowns, but thanks to a brilliant last-minute marketing push by opening the mysterious project a day early, it topped the box office with an estimated $ 37 million in 3,379 theaters this weekend, $ 4.4 million of that coming from its 239 IMAX screens. With a solid B+ CinemaScore, it should continue to bring in business from word of mouth and with a reported production...

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