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BOX OFFICE: Rian Johnson's LOOPER Takes The #2 Spot With An Estimated $20 Million

The early figures for this weekend at the North American box office are in, and while it has been beaten to the top spot by Hotel Transylvania, the critically acclaimed time travel adventure has still had a good opening. Dredd meanwhile is nowhere to be seen. Read on for details!

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By Josh Wilding - 9/29/2012

Sony Pictures have had a good weekend at the North American box office as they secured both #1 and #2 with Hotel Transylvania and Looper. The former is an animated film starring Adam Sandler and his regular cohorts Andy Samberg, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi and David Spade. That opened with $11 million yesterday and looks set to take around $39.5 million for the weekend. However, it was Looper (starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis) which has really impressed as it opened with a solid $6.9 million for an estimated weekend total of $19 million - $20 million. Not at all bad for an R-Rated film such as this one. Unfortunately, the news isn't quite so good for DREDD. It has already slipped right out of the Top 10, making a sequel extremely unlikely at this point. Read my 5* review of DREDD by clicking HERE, and my 4* review of Looper by clicking HERE.

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DioFoRio - 9/29/2012, 9:18 AM
heard hotel trans is good. That Genddy Tartikovishoopbadoopinski made it
BRandom - 9/29/2012, 9:18 AM
Can't wait to see this awesome looking movie!
DioFoRio - 9/29/2012, 9:33 AM
good to hear batz. Been looking forward to this . Glad to hear good buzz.
dreddhead123 - 9/29/2012, 9:34 AM
"Dredd meanwhile is nowhere to be seen"

Yep, it's gone. One week in the top 10. Wow, mega disappointing. One of the greatest comic book heroes ever - EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - beaten by a bunch of not-going-to-see-it Yanks! RIP movie Judge Dredd (even if Dredd 3D wasn't a true representation of Judge Dredd's world and a bit of a Die Hard rip-off!).

Anyone thought that the title was a major mistake?

Dredd sounds like Dread. And 'dread' is a negative emotion/feeling. Calling it Dredd' might hade made some people think "I'm going to dread seeing this!"

It's possible.

A good title might have added a few cents or dollars to the overall US box office.
teabag - 9/29/2012, 9:43 AM
Yep dreadhead..thats probably it alright

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:)
jimpinto24 - 9/29/2012, 9:45 AM
Looper was pretty damn good.
DudeGuyMan - 9/29/2012, 9:48 AM
Hotel Transylvania is a dumb movie. Looper deserves #1.
teabag - 9/29/2012, 9:50 AM
The Mrs and my daughter want to see Hotel Transylvania

anyone know if its any good???

:)
Alfredo27 - 9/29/2012, 9:53 AM
Im sorry Looper sounds alot dumber than Hotel Transylvania. Mafia controlling time travel to only send people back far enough that there killer will eventually be in there time. So [frick]ing dumb who writes this stuff 5 year olds?
jessepostal - 9/29/2012, 9:53 AM
Haha your blaming dredd failing on the American people
dreddhead123 - 9/29/2012, 9:53 AM
Should have got Bruce Willis to star as Judge Dredd. He would have added a few more dollars to the US gross.

The big question is this...

Which is the bigger, more epic flop of 2012....

John Carter

or

Dredd 3D?

I'm going with Dredd 3D. Dredd 3D (three deeeeee!) is a much smaller budget film but even so, 6 million opening was insanely bad!!!! So my vote is Dredd 3D biggest flop of the year. Whoops.
dreddhead123 - 9/29/2012, 9:56 AM
There is going to be a sequel to Looper called

Booper

where a guy goes back in time to kill Michael Bay before he can start his career.

Can't wait!!!!
Ha1frican - 9/29/2012, 9:59 AM
Not bad considering rated R movies usually get crushed, i have a feeling word of mouth is going to help it out alot
Danbojohnj - 9/29/2012, 10:13 AM
@Dreddhead
You probably [frick]ed it up by slagging it off on every [frick]ing site or forum out there.

Cheers.
teabag - 9/29/2012, 10:19 AM
Danbo@ No no no its cus it was called Dredd which made people think their gonna dread seeing it...the same reason Brothers Grimm flopped cus people thought it could be a bit Grimm ;P
ckal - 9/29/2012, 10:23 AM
It's [frick]ing 1:30 Saturday afternoon. What the hell is this?

Can't wait for 2 more + articles about the box office this weekend.

Thank you for keeping us up to date on early estimates. Tomorrow's box office estimate article should be a good holdover until we get yet another official box office article on Monday.
Mysterion - 9/29/2012, 10:31 AM
the word of mouth on Looper is getting strong...I havent heard a negative thing yet about the movie.
Silentman - 9/29/2012, 11:00 AM
Damn shame Dredd isn't doing better. To bad it wasn't released in the summer months, bet it would've made a killing
gaikinger - 9/29/2012, 11:10 AM
Family films always dominate the box office....always. while adult orientated movies will get a lot of single ticket sales, family films are guaranteed to get a double purchase with each sale. Kids are the greatest consumers in the world and marketing to them is slam dunk lucrative so don't even try to fight the box office draw....it is what it is. Saw Looper yesterday with the wife and have almost forgotten it....Dredd was better......go see Dredd so we can have a sequel....sheesh.
DioFoRio - 9/29/2012, 12:29 PM
@Tea...I heard Hotel Transylvania is really good. The Dude who did Samurai Jack and Clone Wars (original 2d animated ones). Getting good reviews.
DioFoRio - 9/29/2012, 12:31 PM
@Atastyburger-yeah that was what some reviewers were dredding(see what I did there) but it wasn't his script. So he doesn't really go off on the dumb voice tangents .
GingerBird - 9/29/2012, 1:07 PM
Looper was SOOOO good. Should get a best picture nod in my book.
ImJustTheBassPlayer - 9/29/2012, 1:36 PM
Looper was a pretty darn good film.
Deschain12 - 9/29/2012, 2:22 PM
Looper was fantastic. Glad to hear it's doing well.
mattattack - 9/29/2012, 2:28 PM
Goddamnit, we are definitely not getting a Dredd sequel. Fuhhhhhh

At least Looper did well, that is one damn fine film!
DrRockso - 9/29/2012, 2:29 PM
Looper is a brilliantly epic masterpiece. That Piper broad gots a grrrreat ass.
lokibane2012 - 9/29/2012, 2:40 PM
Shut the [frick] up about which "sounds dumber" and just go and watch the one that you want to watch.

I watched Looper yesterday (great film), and gonna watch Hotel T today, and I'm sure it'll be great too. Tartakovsky (or whatever the spelling is) has made some pretty badass cartoons.
Battabing - 9/29/2012, 2:47 PM
Looper was pretty damn good.
As for Tranny, it must be the biggest hit Sandler's had since Waterboy.
RunDTC - 9/29/2012, 3:51 PM
Looper was fricking fantastic.
BlueDemon - 9/29/2012, 4:07 PM
I don't care for Hotel Transylvania but Congrats to Genndy Tartakovsky. Maybe now he can give us a Samurai Jack Movie.
AsianVersionOfET - 9/29/2012, 5:04 PM
Deserves to do way better than this. This is why Resident Evils and shit like that keep getting made, all the dumbasses pay to see those instead of good, original movies like Looper. Oh well. I'm going to see it for the second time tomorrow.
Silentman - 9/29/2012, 6:44 PM
Looper was really good, surprisingly enjoyed dredd more though
Danbojohnj - 9/29/2012, 7:47 PM
@Teabag thats why I never watched that Breaking Bad coz I thought it must be like really bad n stuff.

Best film ever.....Best of the Best.
weaponx123 - 9/30/2012, 12:26 AM
Looper was a fantastic film but like Silentman I enjoyed Dredd more! Both are must see movies so if you havn"t had the chance then do yourself a favor and see them.
teabag - 9/30/2012, 12:50 AM
Dio@ aaah didnt realise it was that guy..ill probably go with them to watch it ..cheers ;)

Dan@ lmao :)
sameoldthing - 9/30/2012, 6:17 AM
Reason for Dredd not doing well is the Stallone version.
It's been on tv so both those who saw it there or originally at the theaters don't want more of that.

Wish people would realize its an all new/different take than Stallone's crap.
I like Stallone as Rambo & Rocky but his Judge Dredd did not work.

Bruce Willis seems to have more longevity in his career than any other 80's action star.
Yippe-Kai-Ya!
DrainBamage - 9/30/2012, 7:27 AM
I saw Looper last night. I enjoyed it. It did get a little slow on some parts, but overall it was pretty entertaining.

I can't get over how well JGL looked like and imitated Willis. His mannerisms were spot on. Definitely Blunt's best performance. And if you're a Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs) fan, then this is your chance to see 'Annie Walker' like you've never seen her before.

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