Puss Scratchs Stiller on Box Office!

Unpredictable, Puss in Boots easily claimed first place for the second straight weekend. Openers Tower Heist and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas both came in on the low end of expectations, though neither was an outright disappointment. Overall box office was down at least 20 percent from the same frame last year, when Megamind and Due Date opened to $46 million and $32.7 million, respectively. Puss in Boots eased just three percent to $33.04 million in its second frame. That's the smallest non-Holiday drop ever for a saturated release (2,500+ theaters), and also smallest for a very wide release (2,000+ theaters) since My Dog Skip gained 3 percent in its second wide weekend in 2000. 

US BOX OFFICE SUMMARY

Issue Date : 7 November 2011

Rank     Title     Weekend     Gross     Weeks
1         Puss in Boots (2011)     $33M     $75.5M     2
2         Tower Heist (2011)     $25.1M     $25.1M     1
3         A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)     $13.1M     $13.1M     1
4         Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)     $8.53M     $95.3M     3
5         In Time (2011)     $7.7M     $24.2M     2
6         Footloose (2011)     $4.55M     $44.8M     4
7         Real Steel (2011)     $3.41M     $78.8M     5
8         The Rum Diary (2011)     $2.99M     $10.4M     2
9         The Ides of March (2011)     $2M     $36.8M     5
10         Moneyball (2011)     $1.9M     $70.3M     7