Weekend Box Office
1)
High School Musical 3: Senior Year $15 million.
2)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno $10.6 million.
3)
Saw V $10.1 million
4)
Changeling $9.4 million.
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The Haunting of Molly Hartley $6 million.
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua $4.7 million.
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The Secret Life of Bees $4 million.
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Max Payne $3.7 million.
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Eagle Eye $3.4 million.
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Pride and Glory $3.2 million.
Saw V finally saw its way to the number one spot on the box office charts this past Friday, when the horror sequel topped all others to become the king of Halloween. But it wasn't able to secure that steady footing throughout the rest of the weekend, as Disney's
High School Musical 3: Senior Year become the obvious weekend champ with $15 million. Kevin Smith's latest comedy
Zack and Miri Make a Porno didn't provided enough power to topple the Zac Efron juggernaught still going strong in its second weekend, but he did manage to fight off the notorious Jigsaw killer with $10.6 million in second place.
Saw V's brutal antics were close behind though, as this fifth installment of the popular franchise managed to pull in a healthy second weekend take of $10.1 million.
This weekend's only other new major release was the ghost themed
The Haunting of Molly Hartley, which took in $6 million for fifth place. It was beat back by Clint Eastwood's
Changeling, which earned an estimated $9.4 million in its second week of release. The drama, starring Angelina Jolie, opened wide in 1,850 theaters.
In a surprise twist of Halloween fate, the film with the strongest per screen average was Bruce Campbell's
My Name Is Bruce, which stomped the competition with $18,800 playing just three showings in one theater. If given the 3,646 screens that belonged to the number one champ
High School Musical 3: Senior Year, the film could have pulled in a potential $68 million to become one of the biggest surprise hits of the fall.
Next weekend is anybody's guess as a whole bunch of films see release. Coming up on November 7th is the animated sequel
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, the David Wain comedy
Role Models, Bernie Mac's last film
Soul Men, and Darren Lynn Bousman's horror musical {FICSPKCFyrf5GF. Sounds like a little something for everyone.
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...hehe...penguins...
JR, you might as well give up on using "gay" as an insult towards maniak, cuz, ya know, he IS gay
none of the other releases caught my interest at all
it'll be the same thing again the following weekend
Role Models and Madagascar 2 may fall into 2nd or 3rd place
but i have high expectations for Soul Men
Let's hear it for Bruuuuce! (Not, not Springsteen.) Ladies and gentlemen, the fabulous Bruce Campbell debuted at the top of the heap among limited releases, with a per-screen average of $18,800, according to estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo. Opening at one theater in New York, My Name is Bruce features Campbell as both star and director. Campbell's site lists upcoming screenings and appearances by The Man Himself.
The films I saw this weekend:
"Zack and Miri Make a Porno" - B-
"RocknRolla" (directed by: Guy Ritchie!) - B+
"Zack and Miri Make a Porno" was funny as hell! A very adult comedy that took some unexpected turns..very surprised!
What can I say about "RocknRolla"..?? It kicked ass, as only as Guy knows how to direct! Very slick and cool British Mob film! I loved it!
My palate, or film viewing standards, are rather high on the table. I don't go to films in the theater unless its worth the 8 bucks from my rear pants pocket. In this case, nothing above strikes me as...oooh, gotta see that one!
Common Quantum of Solace!