SAW 3D Slashes Final Victory

The opening score slashed ahead of the original film’s 2004 debut ($18.2 mil) and Saw VI ($14.1 mil) but well short of performances from Saw II-V ($30 million or higher debuts). When you consider that 2,100 of its 2,808 locations were higher-priced 3D locations, the opening tally does show some wear-and-tear to their sadistic trap premise. That said, it’s still going to be another profitable adventure for Lionsgate here. Even with the 3D costs included, they managed to keep its budget down to only $20 million.

Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.)
Oct 29 - 31 weekend

This Wk	Last Wk	Title	Dist.	Weekend Gross	Cumulative Gross	Rlse Wks	# of Theaters
1	-	Saw 3D	Lionsgate	$22,500,000	$22,500,000	1	2808
2	1	Paranormal Activity 2	Paramount Pictures	$16,500,000	$65,658,000	2	3239
3	3	Red	N/A	$10,811,000	$58,905,000	3	3349
4	2	Jackass 3D	Paramount Pictures	$8,425,000	$101,578,000	3	3139
5	4	Hereafter	Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	$6,320,000	$22,161,000	3	2424
6	6	Secretariat	Walt Disney Studios Distribution	$5,071,000	$44,774,000	4	3108
7	5	The Social Network	Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	$7,300,000	$79,706,000	5	2767
8	7	Life as We Know It	Warner Bros. Pictures	$4,000,000	$43,478,000	4	2860
9	9	The Town	Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	$1,950,000	$87,602,000	7	1608
10	25	Conviction	Fox Searchlight Pictures	$1,825,000	$2,378,000	3	3565