Paranormal Activity 3 dominates Box office charts

“Paranormal Activity 3” cleared the box office charts with outstanding records, as the movie grossed a humongous amount of $54 million on its premiere in the US and the statements came in accordance with the studio estimations.

The third part of the paranormal activity by Paramount pictures was able to make it in the charts and was proclaimed as the stellar at the box office. Huge movies released in the past weekend such as “Contagion,” “Real Steel” and “The Lion King 3-D” even didn’t make it to commence much beyond $30 million.

Adherence to the general pattern of the horror movies “Paranormal” was able to draw a good number of audiences from women who came out to watch “Paranormal Activity 3” and according to viewer statistics a variance of 54% to 46% came out as compared to men. 25% of the total audience comprised of people under the age of 25. Additional $26 million revenue was generated on its debut in the international territories which comprised of France, Australia and Russia.

The opening of the movie apart became the highest ever October Debut and was likely supportive to the top 12 movies, since the middle of August, to their highest total of $110.3 million. Market analysts were expecting $40 million to $45 million for the third flick in the supernatural series.

Other huge films which were released recently and somehow came in clash with the movie were an expensive 3-D version of “The Three Musketeers” and “Johnny English Reborn,” a comedy which starred British comedian Rowan Atkinson. “The Three Musketeers” grossed a lesser amount of $8.8 million where as “Johnny English Reborn,” didn’t come in contrast with American audiences and grossed a $3.8 million in the US.

The movie was graded as C+ according to market research firm CinemaScore and in contrast to previous releases first “Paranormal Activity” took in $107 million in the U.S where as the other centred an $85 million revenue.

Paramount releases were representing a significant increase over the other horror films which struggled. The release of “Paranormal Activity 2,” came up with a huge gross mark, as it captured a huge amount of $40.7 million in its premiere.

Rob Moore, Paramount Pictures vice chairman stated on the release of “Paranormal activity 3” “Horror fans came out in very large numbers this weekend, and that’s a testament to the filmmakers and the enduring power of this franchise,”

The movie nonetheless has stomped every other release at the box office and has grabbed attention of the critics as well but the ambiguity has its place, as filmgoers came out in a huge number and didn’t as subjection liked the movie.

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Posted by Melvin Arthur on Oct 25 2011. Filed under Entertainment, USA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry