More moviegoers snuggle up to ‘Ted’ than ‘Magic Mike’
July 1, 2012 8:06PM
Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”) directed “Ted” and provided the voice of the talking teddy bear.
Estimated ticket sales for
Friday through Sunday at North American theaters (in millions):
1. Ted $54.1
2. Magic Mike $39.2
3. Brave $34
4. Madea’s Witness ... $26.4
5. Madagascar 3 ... $11.8
6. ... Vampire Hunter $6
7. Prometheus $4.93
8. Moonrise Kingdom $4.9
9. Snow White ... $4.4
10. People Like Us $4.3
Hollywood.com
Updated: August 3, 2012 6:26AM
A lewd teddy bear and male strippers squared off in one of Hollywood’s odder box-office duels, with “Ted” getting the upper paw over “Magic Mike.”
“Ted,” the comedy about a teddy bear brought to foul-mouthed life, took in $54.1 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates. The debut eclipsed most projections.
“Credit a hilarious concept, a funny trailer, above-average reviews and the fact that [director] Seth MacFarlane’s Ted voice is a close, but not exact, version of Peter Griffin [from MacFarlane’s TV show ‘Family Guy’],” says Tim Briody of Boxofficeprophets.com.
The strippers of “Magic Mike” showed lucrative moves as well, becoming the ladies-night-out film of the weekend and collecting $39.2 million. Most analysts expected the film to make about $30 million.
Theaters reported sellouts as groups of “Mike” fans rented out screens and coordinated theater gatherings through Facebook.
The animated fairy tale “Brave” lifted its 10-day total to $131.7 million.
Gannett News Service
