Weekend Box Office
1)
WALL-E $62.5 million
2)
Wanted $51.1 million
3)
Get Smart $20 million
4)
Kung Fu Panda $11.7 million
5)
The Incredible Hulk $9.2 million
6)
The Love Guru $5.4 million
7)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $5 million
8)
The Happening $3.8 million
9)
Sex and the City: The Movie $3.7 million
10)
You Don't Mess with the Zohan $3.2 million
It was Disney & Pixar's latest CGI animated tale about a lonely robot that took the number one position on the box office chart this weekend.
WALL-E, featuring the voice talents of Siguorney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, and Jeff Garlin, racked in a cash sum of $62.5 million. This opening bested both of the last two Pixar outings. In 2006, the talking automobile adventure
Cars hit its opening day mark with $60.1 million, while last year's rodent infestation tale
Ratatouille pulled in a less than amazing $47 million.
In second place this week with $51.1 million was visionary director Timur Bekmambetov's American debut
Wanted. This tale of superhero assassins hit way above expectations, and has been called "the funnest film of the summer" by at least every critic we know. An amazing spectacle of action and adventure, you can expect
Wanted to stick around the top of the charts as word of mouth leaks out to those less willing to leave the house and pay $18 dollars a ticket.
Only two smaller independent films opened this weekend in limited release. Catherine Breillat's drama
The Last Mistress, which stars Asia Argento, opened on two screens with $35,200. This gave it the second highest per screen average with $17,600 for each location. The film with the highest per screen average was last weekend's bombshell
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, which pulled in another amazing $106,000 playing on just five screens. It's per screen average hit at $21,200 per location.
Trumbo, a biopic about blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, took in a healthy $28,500 playing on a mere three screens.
WALL-E and
Wanted don't have long to reign at the top, as Will Smith, king of Fourth of July weekend, hits this Tuesday with
Hancock.
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I also couldn't help but notice that everything that happened in this movie was a complete copy of The Matrix.
the dude was having a boring, office-cubicle life when a sassy chick shows up and tells him he's gifted and wants him to join the clan of super-people. the only difference is the ending.
i tried to enter this movie thinking it was just for fun but, like Cell said, after the story kicked in and it tried to be more than it was, i lost control of all the thoughts going thru my head of how dumb this movie was.
Im not saying anyone's wrong, im just saying that I have an opinion and this is it.
"Wanted" is the action movie that requires you to believe that the most ridiculous things can happen without much explanation at all as to how or why they happen.
This is definitly my least favorite Pixar film! Pretty fucking boring..zzzzz
dont use the phrase "like the matrix".
atleast the matrix had a good, thought provoking, complex explanation behind the bullet-time.
Wanted just says ur heart beats real fast so u can slow things down. and apparently this one guy's dad was some kind of superhuman who runs really really fast and jumps across skyscrapers. but in this movie, it happens for real, and they poorly play it off.
and yes for that sentence about his "dad", i know but i dont want to be attacked by spoiler haters.
Wall-E - 65 million
Wanted - 45 million
Get Smart - 23 million
Kung Fu Panda - 13 million
Incredible Hulk - 10 million
Indiana Jones - 5 million
Love Guru - 4.5 million
The Happening - 3.5 million
The Zohan - 3.2 million
Sex and the City- 2.8 million
Looks like Love Guru and Sex and the City surprised me with their numbers. Thought for sure these two flicks would make less money. Otherwise... I came pretty close.
I know I know... its easy to say I predicted these numbers after the fact but its true. Glad both movies did well.
Wall-E is very family oriented with some good messages about our environment, loyalty, friendship, and love. Pretty good messages for our youngsters I think. As for Wanted.... I totally agree this movie is WAY UNBELIEVABLE... BUT... its a movie where you have to throw all believable thoughts out the window and enjoy an action packed movie.... kinda like The Matrix. What would Terrell Owens say? Get your popcorn ready! That's what I did and enjoyed the action of the movie. Do I think its a great movie? Absolutely not. Do I think it was enjoyable? Yes.
Wanted was utter crap.
I gave "Wanted" a C-, it was ok, just over-the-top and very far-fetched ...my roomate gave it a B+ *& liked it more than me!
"WALL-E" was cute, interesting(W./a huge "Think Green" Message!)!
Total A+! Pixar did it again! A new classic is born!
"WALL-E" was 100% better than "Kung Fu Panda"!