Massive Monday for ‘Toy Story 3’

After experiencing some relative slowing for a computer animated film on Saturday and Sunday, Disney's Toy Story 3 held up extremely well on Monday. The third installment of the popular franchise from Pixar grossed $15.61 million for the day, which represented a 51 percent slide from Sunday. In comparison, first Monday declines for recent Pixar films have included 69 percent for last year's UP, 63 percent for 2006's Cars and 50 percent for 2008's WALL-E. Making Monday's hold for Toy Story 3 even more impressive is that the film was coming off of a much larger debut than any of those films, while also having its Sunday gross inflated a bit from Father's Day (none of the three comparisons in question were coming off of a Father's Day Sunday).

The strong Friday and Monday grosses suggest that much like WALL-E, Toy Story 3 is playing extremely well with non-family audiences in the early stages of its run. The film's four-day start stands at $125.91 million, which is in line with pre-release expectations. Toy Story 3 is currently running 89 percent ahead of the pace of Cars and 75 percent ahead of WALL-E.

Sony's The Karate Kid remained in a strong second with $3.44 million. The break-out remake starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan was down 66 percent from Sunday, which represented a reasonable daily hold for a film aimed at families on the Monday after Father's Day. The Karate Kid was down 46 percent from last Monday. This week will be very telling as to whether or not the film begins to hold up stronger going forward. Regardless of how well it ultimately holds in the weeks ahead, The Karate Kid has already grossed a very impressive $110.57 million through eleven days, placing it only 9 percent behind the pace of 2008's Kung Fu Panda.

The A-Team finished in third with $1.80 million. Fox's big-screen adaptation of the 1980s television series was down 63 percent from Sunday, which also represented a reasonable daily hold given the film's boost from Father's Day. The A-Team was down a very solid 40 percent from last Monday. While The A-Team is holding up well for a film of the action genre so far, the film is still performing significantly below expectations with an eleven day take of $52.23 million.

Universal's Get Him to the Greek experienced one of the day's better holds among wide releases as it was down only 43 percent from Sunday and down 36 percent from last Monday.  The film finished in fourth for the day with $1.02 million and has now grossed $48.87 million through 18 days. Get Him to the Greek is set to cross the $50 million mark either today or on Wednesday.