

The Screen Gems film Think Like a Man may become the "sleeper" hit of the season as the movie is overperforming at the box office and won the weekend with a $33M take! Get the deets inside......
Starring Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall and Kevin Hart, the Will Packer-directed film Think Like a Man has movie execs gagging about its money-making weekend.
The flick was made on a budget of $12-13M and went on to make nearly $33M this weekend (estimated to only rake in $20 mill). And though the marketing may have focused on women (in most cases) the film is also crossing gender lines with many men reportedly turning out to see the film.
One Sony exec said, "The movie had a negative cost between $12M-$13M so we’re thrilled. “Any weekend where you make back the negative cost in the first weekend is a good weekend in our books.”
Not to mention, the film is only playing in 2,017 locations, much less than other minstream movies on the ticker.
Will Packer tweeted, #ThatWonderfulMoment When you try to buy tickets to the Sunday night show of your own movie and it's sold out! #Thinklikeaman
Meanwhile, Kevin Hart tweeted, #ThinkLikeAMan will be #1 in the Box Office this weekend because of you guys!!!! We did 33million this weekend people, this is INSANE
Bigger picture: This is good news for Black actors and actresses as Hollywood is definitely watching. Congrats!
Here's how the weekend turned out:
1. Think Like A Man (Screen Gems/Sony) NEW [2,015 Theaters] PG13
Friday $12.2M, Saturday $13.2M, Weekend $33.3M
2. The Lucky One (Warner Bros) NEW [3,155 Theaters] PG13
Friday $9.1M, Saturday $8.5M, Weekend $22.8M
3. The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) Week 5 [3,752 Theaters] PG13
Friday $4.0M, Saturday $6.5M, Weekend $14.5M, Cume $356.9M
4. Chimpanzee (DisneyNature) NEW [1,563 Theaters] G
Friday $3.5M, Saturday $3.7M, Weekend $10.2M
5. The Three Stooges (Fox) Week 2 [3,482 Theater] PG
Friday $2.3M, Saturday $4.3M, Weekend $9.2M (-46%), Cume $29.3M
6. The Cabin In The Woods (Lionsgate) Week 2 [2,811 Theaters] R
Friday $2.4M, Saturday $3.3M, Weekend $7.7M (-47%), Cume $26.9M
7. American Reunion (Universal) Week 3 [3,033 Theaters] R
Friday $1.7M, Saturday $2.4M, Weekend $5.2M, Cume $48.2M
8. Titanic 3D (Paramount/Fox) Week 3 [2,515 Theaters] PG13
Friday $1.4M, Saturday $2.1M, Weekend $5.0M, Cume $52.8M
9. 21 Jump Street (Sony) Week 6 [2,427 Theaters] R
Friday $1.3M, Saturday $2.1M, Weekend $4.6M, Cume $127.0M
10. Mirror Mirror (Relativity) Week 4 [2,938 Theaters] PG
Friday $1.0M, Saturday $1.8M, Weekend $4.1M, Cume $55.2M
Comments
♥ I love you not because of
3:31 am - Apr 24, '12
I was pleasantly surprised by
10:34 pm - Apr 23, '12
I went to see it a few hours
6:09 pm - Apr 23, '12
NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO April
5:27 pm - Apr 23, '12
Great Movie! Kevin Hart was
2:09 pm - Apr 23, '12
Chris Brown Little Part Was
2:00 pm - Apr 23, '12
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1:57 pm - Apr 23, '12
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1:51 pm - Apr 23, '12
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1:12 pm - Apr 23, '12
This movie made more than Red
12:54 pm - Apr 23, '12
Red Tails was fair at best.
4:39 pm - Apr 24, '12
People like what they like.
2:04 pm - Apr 23, '12
NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO April
12:28 pm - Apr 23, '12
KEVIN HART !!! WAS THE SHOW
12:15 pm - Apr 23, '12
oh and i coulda done without
12:11 pm - Apr 23, '12
and why does it seem like the
12:07 pm - Apr 23, '12
It all seemed somewhat
2:43 pm - Apr 23, '12
I really enjoyed the movie
12:03 pm - Apr 23, '12
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11:49 am - Apr 23, '12
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11:49 am - Apr 23, '12
Loved the movie. I went to
11:45 am - Apr 23, '12
I bet Steve Harvey's book is
11:27 am - Apr 23, '12
When it was over, it reminded
10:59 am - Apr 23, '12
You don't think 2 hours is a
4:22 pm - Apr 24, '12
It was a great funny romantic
10:56 am - Apr 23, '12
I had the opportunity to see
10:56 am - Apr 23, '12
A MUST SEE! men and women can
10:54 am - Apr 23, '12
Saw it on Friday during Girls
10:53 am - Apr 23, '12
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10:47 am - Apr 23, '12
CHRIS BROWN., I LOVE YOU
10:29 am - Apr 23, '12
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10:26 am - Apr 23, '12
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10:51 am - Apr 23, '12
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10:17 am - Apr 23, '12
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10:13 am - Apr 23, '12
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10:02 am - Apr 23, '12
haha me too! In general I am
11:47 am - Apr 23, '12
That is one fine man! He
12:23 am - Apr 24, '12
I LOVED this movie!! Seen it
9:59 am - Apr 23, '12
I went to see the movie this
9:52 am - Apr 23, '12
I feel the EXACT same way...
2:50 pm - Apr 23, '12
EXCELLENT romantic comedy.
9:46 am - Apr 23, '12
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9:46 am - Apr 23, '12
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9:31 am - Apr 23, '12
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9:26 am - Apr 23, '12
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9:17 am - Apr 23, '12
Saw it on Saturday night and
9:09 am - Apr 23, '12
Ok i may get beat up in here,
9:07 am - Apr 23, '12
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