Weekend Box Office
1)
Paranormal Activity - $22 million
2)
Saw VI - $14.8 million
3)
Where the Wild Things Are - $14.4 million
4)
Law Abiding Citizen - $12.7 million
5)
Couples Retreat - $11 million
6)
Astro Boy - $7 million
7)
The Stepfather - $6.5 million
8)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant - $6.3 million
9)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - $5.6 million
10)
Zombieland - $4.3 million
With over a thousand new screens added this week
Paranormal Activity was able to scare all the other films out of the top spot with an impressive $22 million. The film, which is now in a little under 2,000 theaters made an estimated $11,311 per screen making it's total gross nearly $62.5 Million; which isn't bad for a film that only cost $15 thousand to make.
Saw VI comes shy of reaching number one this week with an estimated $14.8 million on roughly 3000 screens making an average of $4,875 per screen.
The rest of the top five this week resembles the top three spots from last week's list. Spike Jonze's adaptation of the classic children's book
Where the Wild Things Are came in at number three with 14.4 million, the Jamie Foxx/Gerard Butler thriller
Law Abiding Citizen scored an $12.7 million for forth place and
Couples Retreat rounded out the top five adding another $11 million to it's total box office take, making back it's entire production budget.
This weekend saw the release of two different films adatated from popular kid's properties and neither faired well at the box office. The long-awaited adaptation of the much beloved Japanese Manga series,
Astro Boy, disapointed by fighting to only make a little over $7 Million, while the latest teen-vampire series of books to be brought to big screen,
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, sucked something this weekend and it wasn't blood by only making a less than stellar $6.3 million.
Two other new films made some waves in limited release this weekend as well. The low-budget horror film
Antichrist made an average of $12,250 per 6 screens to gross an impressive $73, 500 over the weekend. The other big winner in limited release this week was Fox Searchlight's female aviator Biopic,
Amelia, which soared to succsess with $4,921 in 818 theaters racking up over $4 million so far on in it's box office flight.
Next weekend will see four new films enter into wide release with the incredibly anticipated Michael Jackson opus
Michael Jackson's This Is It, the refreshing retro-horror film
The House of the Devil, the action sequel
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day and from the creators of
Napoleon Dynamite,
Gentlemen Broncos. The Corbin Bernsen directed
Dead Air and
Turning Green starring Timmothy Hutton open in limited release. Check back in seven days to see who comes out on top at the box office next week.
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Did the same with Harry Potter, but I enjoyed both.
Bootleg films I can't stand, the camera keeps moving and can hear people talking. Normally I do ignore them, but I do watch some of them if I have more than enough interest.
It depends also on who the director is, some of them have no clue how to direct.
When I did see the firm I hated it, but loved the book. Eragon, and several other book to films just don't cut it.
It seems certain directors only want to get paid for a lousy films.
I never rent. I always buy. If i'm not sure, I'll watch it free online.
Two reasons why I don't watch book to film, lack of interest and how it translates to film.
In regards to Vampire's Assistant, it's basically what you think it is, entertaining but a little lame. If it wasn't for C.Reilly, I probably would've hated this movie. But it's definitely something to check out on DVD instead of going to the movies.
I might see it when it's out on DVD.
Some of these horror films are looking really lame lately. I think I might have to watch my own collection for now on, and rent old horror films.
I might do the same with Zombieland.
I'll talk to you about film's Newkill, but if your going to attack me I won't respond and if I do it'll be about films.
We have more than enough back stabbing in our world, and way too much hate.
I stopped playing his game long ago.
Person on AIM who got a IM from Newkill- "Who is this?"
Newkill- "Would you like to visit my site...shh don't tell anyone about it, this is our little secret (url)".
Please... Dogs drool, Cat's rule.
I'll probably catch Astro on the dvd.