‘One Direction: This Is Us’ movie weekend box office: One of steepest Friday-to-Saturday drops ever (photo: One Direction members Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson) The 3D concert movie One Direction: This Is Us failed to get even close to the $20 million mark at the North American box office this Labor Day weekend (Fri-Sun) despite relatively strong opening-day grosses. Featuring One Direction band members Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson, and directed by Morgan Spurlock, whose Super Size Me was shortlisted for the 2004 Best Documentary Feature Academy Award, One Direction: This Is Us debuted at 2,735 locations, pulling in a not inconsiderable $8.9 million on Thursday evening / Friday, August 29-30, 2013, which should have meant approximately $20 million by Sunday evening — especially taking into account that Monday is a national holiday. But it was not meant to be. Whereas Justin Bieber: Never Say Never...
- 9/1/2013
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
‘One Direction: This Is Us’ box office: Hot tickets (photo: One Direction band members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson) Movie tickets for One Direction: This Is Us have been a hot commodity among female adolescents, as the 3D concert documentary is set to top the North American box office this Labor Day Weekend. Directed by Morgan Spurlock, whose stomach-conscious Super Size Me (2004) was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category, One Direction: This Is Us chronicles the behind-the-scenes and onstage happenings during the world tour of One Direction band members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. (See ‘One Direction Movie Box Office: One of Worst Friday-Saturday Drops Ever.”) Currently playing at 2,735 locations, the reportedly $10 million-budgeted One Direction: This Is Us collected $8.9 million on Thursday evening (an estimated $2.7 million) and all day Friday, August 29-30, 2013, according...
- 9/1/2013
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
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