The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D Follows Leatherface to Friday Box Office Win

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D Follows Leatherface to Friday Box Office WinThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D and return of Leatherface shrugged off ominous critical reviews and easily won its opening day at the box office on Friday by topping holdovers Django Unchained and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Lionsgate rolled out Texas Chainsaw 3D at 2,654 theaters and came away with a total of $10.2 million in ticket sales, including $1.15 million from Thursday midnight screenings. As is often the case with horror films, attendance is expected to drop dramatically headed into Saturday and Sunday so look for an opening weekend total around the $20 million mark.

Chainsaw’s opening day was easily enough to top Django Unchained for the top spot as Quentin Tarantino’s period flick took second place with $6.2 million. Thus far Django has earned $92.4 million and will easily cross the $100 million milestone once Sunday’s numbers are counted.

The Hobbit added another $5.2 million to its pot of earnings that now stand at $251.5 million domestically. $300 million is still within reach and should be acquired within the next couple weeks.

Another film set to cross $100 million this weekend is Les Miserables which came in fourth on Friday with $4.9 million. At $92.4 million, Les Miserables will cross $100 million on Sunday, the same day Django will.

Fifth place went to another holdover, the family comedy Parental Guidance. It racked up $3.1 million Friday and now stands at $45.8 million overall.

Two big name films expanded on Friday with vastly different results. The Matt Damon and John Krasinski anti-fracking flick The Promised Land could only muster $1.3 million from 1,676 screens. Zero Dark Thirty, however, made $825,000 off only 60 locations.

Check back Sunday for the complete weekend box office estimates which should find The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D and Leatherface on top.

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