Box Office Super Heroes

Disney is making fewer movies, but its subsidiaries make movies that count.

... “Thor: The Dark World” powered to an estimated $31.6 million in its U.S box-office debut Friday, and the Marvel superhero sequel is on track for an opening weekend in the $85 million range.

Disney was counting on a boost from “The Avengers” and got it. The original “Thor” opened to $65 million in 2011 – a year before the blockbuster Marvel superhero mash-up — and went on to make $450 million worldwide. It’s clear “The Dark World” will blow past that. ...

The Big Box Office Ten (thus far):

Domestic Weekend Box Office

1) Thor: The Dark World/ PG13/ Disney / Week 1/ Runs: 3841/ NEW / $31.85 Fri./ $30.258 Sat. -5% / $21.18 Sun. -30% = $83.288. Per Screen Average: $21,684. Total domestic gross $83.3 million.

2) Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa/ R Rating, Paramount/ Week 3/ Runs: 3187/ $3.366 Fri./ $4.881 Sat. 45% / $2.928 Sun.= $11.175. Dropoff -44% from last weekend. Per Screen Average: $3,506. Total domestic gross $78.6 million.

3)Last Vegas/ PG13 / CBS Films / Week 2/ Runs: 3082/ $3.208 Fri./ $4.972 Sat. 55% / $2.983 Sun. -40% = $11.164. Dropoff from last weekend: -32%. Per Screen Average: $3,622. Total domestic gross $33.6 million.

4) Free Birds/ PG/ Relativity. Week 2/ Runs: 3736/ $2.559 Fri./ $5.118 Sat. 100% / $3.327 Sun. -35% = $11.004 Wknd -30%. Per Screen Average: $2,945. Total domestic gross $30 million.

5) Ender’s Game/ PG13/ Lionsgate/ Week 2/ Runs: 3407/ $2.927 Fri./ $4.391 Sat. 50% / $2.854 Sun. -35% = $10.171 Weekend drop off is -62%. Per screen average is $2,985. Total domestic gross $43.9 million.

6) Gravity/ PG13/ WB / Wk 6/ Runs: 2720/ $2.291 Fri./ $4.009 Sat. 75% / $2.205 Sun. -45% = $8.505 Weekend dropoff is -34%. Per Screen Average is $3,127. Total domestic gross is $231.2 million.

7) 12 Years A Slave/ R/ Fox Searchlight / Week 4/ Runs: 1144, increased from 734/ $1.847 Fri./ $2.863 Sat. 55% / $1.861 Sun. -35% = $6.571 Weekend gross is up 37% from last weekend. Per Screen Average: $5,744. Total domestic gross $17.3 million.

8 ) Capt. Phillips/ PG13/ Sony/ Week 5/ Runs: 2646/ $1.578 Fri./ $2.604 Sat. 65% / $1.432 Sun. -45% = $5.614. Dropoff From Last Weekend -33%. Per Screen Average: $2,122. Total domestic gross $90.8.

9) About Time/ R/ Universal / Week 2/ Runs: 1200 / $1.526 Fri./ $2.136 Sat. 40% / $1.389 Sun. -35% = $5.051. Up 369% From Last Weekend’s Limited Release. Per Screen Avg: $4,209. Total domestic gross $6.6 million.

10) Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2/ PG/ Sony / Week 7/ Runs: 1836/ $0.576 Fri./ $1.296 Sat. 125% / $0.842 Sun. -35% = $2.714. Weekend Dropoff is -35%. Per Screen Average is $1,478. Total domestic gross $109.9 million.