IMAX HELPS PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 SET HORROR RECORD
October 26, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Paranormal Activity 2 did not suffer the sequel blues of most horror flicks. In fact it became the biggest horror-flick earner ever over the weekend, raking in $40,678,424, and taking the record set by last year’s Friday the 13th redo. Surprisingly what might have pushed the film over the top was its appearance on IMAX screens. Box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian noted on Monday that the intentially low-tech-looking movie garnered $2.5 million in IMAX theaters.
The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo:
1. Paranormal Activity 2, Paramount, $40,678,424, (New); 2. Jackass 3-D, Paramount, $21,313,815, 2 Wks. ($86,861,041); 3. RED, Summit, $15,034,916, 2 Wks. ($43,518,185); 4. Hereafter, Warner Bros., $12,018,147, 2 Wks. ($12,333,504); 5 . The Social Network, Sony, $7,276,972, 4 Wks. ($72,907,728); 6. Secretariat, Disney, $7,001,159, 3 Wks. ($37,444,068); 7. Life As We Know It, Warner Bros., $6,136,454, 3 Wks. ($37,601,835); 8. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hoole, Warner Bros., $3,248,019, 5 Wks. ($50,244,733); 9 . The Town, Warner Bros., $2,749,090, 6 Wks. ($84,681,614); 10. Easy A, Sony/Screen Gems, $1,748,906, 6 Wks. ($54,784,148).
