{"id":7462,"date":"2010-07-10T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T19:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=7462"},"modified":"2010-07-10T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2010-07-10T19:27:07","slug":"despicable-me-dominates-eclipse-predators-at-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/07\/10\/despicable-me-dominates-eclipse-predators-at-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Despicable Me&#8221; Dominates &#8220;Eclipse,&#8221; &#8220;Predators&#8221; at Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Despicable Me&#8221; crushed projections en route to a dominant Friday performance at the box office, effectively assuring itself a weekend victory.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/premiere-universal\/image\/9239438?term=despicable+me\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9239438\/premiere-universal\/premiere-universal.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=9239438\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"Premiere Of Universal Pictures' Despicable Me - After Party\" height=\"351\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 27: A general view during the after party for the premiere of 'Despicable Me' during the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival at the Festival Village Event Deck on June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 3D animated film grossed $21.7 million Friday, which positions it for a weekend take of $55-60 million.  Projections earlier in the week viewed $35-40 million as a strong start.<\/p>\n<p>In its second Friday, &#8220;The Twilight Saga: Eclipse&#8221; fell drastically to $10.9 million, although no one expected &#8220;Eclipse&#8221; to have legs.  Its current take of more than $200 million is, nonetheless, still quite impressive.<\/p>\n<p>The smartly-financed &#8220;Predators,&#8221; which came in with a production budget of less than $40 million according to Deadline, followed with $10.4 million Friday as part of a weekend total that should be about $25 million.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the top five: &#8220;Toy Story 3&#8221; garnered 6.6 million, while &#8220;The Last Airbender&#8221; was good for $5.3 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Despicable Me&quot; Dominates &quot;Eclipse,&quot; &quot;Predators&quot; at Box Office<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Despicable Me&quot; crushed projections en route to a dominant Friday performance at the box office, effectively assuring itself a weekend victory. 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