Weekend Box Office: May 10-12 Great Gatsby Behind Iron Man

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count /Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	1	Iron Man 3	BV	$72,472,000	-58.4%	4,253	-	$17,040	$284,893,000	$200	2
2	N	The Great Gatsby (2013)	WB	$51,115,000	-	3,535	-	$14,460	$51,115,000	-	1
3	2	Pain and Gain	Par.	$5,000,000	-33.4%	3,303	+16	$1,514	$41,608,000	$26	3
4	N	Tyler Perry Presents Peeples	LGF	$4,850,000	-	2,041	-	$2,376	$4,850,000	$15	1
5	3	42	WB	$4,650,000	-23.2%	2,930	-415	$1,587	$84,732,000	$40	5
6	4	Oblivion	Uni.	$3,864,000	-31.5%	2,770	-660	$1,395	$81,655,000	$120	4
7	5	The Croods	Fox	$3,600,000	-14.3%	2,650	-265	$1,358	$173,215,000	$135	8
8	6	The Big Wedding	LGF	$2,500,000	-35.6%	2,298	-335	$1,088	$18,288,000	$35	3
9	7	Mud	RAtt.	$2,343,000	+8.4%	854	+278	$2,744	$8,363,000	-	3
10	8	Oz The Great and Powerful	BV	$802,000	-62.0%	774	-386	$1,036	$229,985,000	$215	10

Gatsby is happy.

The Great Gatsby did so-so with critics, but is doing surprisingly well int he box office. However, it still couldn't top the box office monster that is Iron Man 3. 

Gatsby brought in over $51 million, while Iron Man remains strong in its second week with over $72 million.

At this pace, Gatsby will beat out 42 in total sales in a couple of weeks, which makes me happy since I can't stand 42, and loved Gatsby.