User blog:Ceauntay/Box office update: Last 'Jane Hoop Elementary' shatters all-time single day gross to $91 million

Jane Hoop Elementary has came to an end with Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush: Part 2 hitting theaters today to a new opening record that is set to top 2011. It grossed $69.5 million, the 2nd highest single day gross ever trailing behind New Moon, which grossed $72 million. It has also overmatch The Dark Knight's $67 million to become the biggest single day gross of July, but it will not be that for the opening weekend when it will become the third biggest opening weekend gross ever (behind The Dark Knight's $158 million and Spider-Man 3's $151 million) taking about $145-50 million. Eventually, it will break about three box office records including biggest opening for the franchise, 2011 and from Paramount Pictures. That should beat both Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush: Part 1 on both opening day and weekend that did last year.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon fell to second with $14.9 million. That number represents a 55 percent drop from Moon‘s last Friday, which is actually in line with expectations, as effects-driven sequels tend to be very frontloaded at the box office. Transformers should earn a strong $46 million this weekend and lead all other releases by a comfortable margin. That’s not to say that the newcomers fizzled, though—they most certainly did not! Horrible Bosses started the weekend in third place with a strong $9.9 million on Friday. Compared to other recent R-rated comedies, Bosses‘ $9.9 million Friday is 27 percent higher than Bridesmaids‘ opening day of $7.8 million, and 19 percent lower than Bad Teacher‘s $12.2 million first day. Bridesmaids ended up earning $26.3 million on opening weekend, while Teacher earned $31.6 million, so Horrible Bosses will probably split that difference and take in about $30 million over the three-day frame. In third, Zookeeper tamed $7.4 million worth of ticket buyers on Friday—a very solid result. That number is 16 percent better than the opening day gross of last month’s family-friendly animal flick, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, which began with $6.4 million on its way to an $18.4 million weekend. The Kevin James comedy looks to be headed for $22 million by Sunday.

Summer Movies: Get the latest news, photos, and more Cars 2 raced into fourth place with another $4.8 million on Friday. The Pixar film should cross the weekend finish line with about $15 million. Bad Teacher rounded out the top five with $3 million, which will likely result in a $9 million weekend. Check back tomorrow for the full box office report.
 * 1) Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush: Part 2 - $69.5 mil
 * 2) Transformers: Dark of the Moon — $14.9 mil
 * 3) Horrible Bosses — $9.9 mil
 * 4) Zookeeper — $7.4 mil
 * 5) Cars 2 — $4.8 mil