September is typically a slow month at the box office, and this year was no exception: overall business came in at around $571 million, which is easily the lowest-grossing month so far this year. It was off five percent from last September's record-setting $603.5 million, and was the third month in a row and fifth of the last six to wind up lower than its 2011 predecessor. Still, it was an improvement over every other September, and a lot of that can be attributed to the strong final weekend led by Hotel Transylvania.In just three days, Hotel Transylvania became the highest-grossing movie of September 2012 thanks to its record $42.5 million opening weekend. That accounts for just 7.4 percent of overall business for the month, which is the lowest share since John Q. made up 7.2 percent of February 2002's grosses. It's also the lowest-grossing monthly winner since The Others ($34.4 million) in September 2001. This explains all...
- 10/4/2012
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
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