Weekend Box Office:
1)
Yes Man $18.1 million
2)
Seven Pounds $16 million
3)
The Tale of Despereaux $10.5
4)
The Day the Earth Stood Still $10. 1million
5)
Four Christmases $7.7 million
6)
Twilight $5.2 million
7)
Bolt $4.2 million
8)
Slumdog Millionaire $3.1 million
9)
Australia $2.3 million
10)
Quantum of Solace $ $2.1 million
The Jim Carrey comedy
Yes Man had audiences saying "Yes!" this weekend, as the film opened at number one on the box office charts with $18.1 million. Not a stingy scrooge, this funny vehicle for Carrey's humor slid over and made cozy room for two other brand new releases this weekend. The Will Smith mystery movie
Seven Pounds pulled in a nifty $16 million take for second place, while the family friendly animated film
The Tale of Despereaux slid into third with $10 .5 million.
The Vince Vaughn/Reese Witherspoon holiday comedy
Four Christmases continued to make noise, dropping down into fifth place with another $7.7 million to its name. That brings its cumulative take to $100 million, solidifying it as a late in the year hit for Warner Brothers. And the highly touted indie
Slumdog Millionaire continued to pull in a strong audience. It took in $3.1 million on just 589 screens for eighth place. The film with the highest per screen average was the Mikey Rourke comeback film
The Wrestler, which garnered $52,250 on each of its four screens for a total take of $209,000.
Even more new films are opening this Wednesday to take advantage of the Christmas holiday, so look for next week's box office to be peppered with new hits including Adam Sandler's
Bedtime Stories and the big screen adaptation of
Marley & Me starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston.
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Entertainment Weekly Magazine lists "Seven Pounds" on the "Worst" films of 2008...I don't care for Will Smith as an actor, But still I was going to see this film, Until "Several" publications listed on "The Worst Films of 2008" lists!!
I can't wait to see: "The Wrestler"...I have heard so many good things about this film & the film won the Golden Lion Award at its premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Darren Aronofsky is 1 of my favorite directors!
"The Day the Earth Stood Stil" has received generally negative reviews. Based on 140 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, only 12% of reviewers gave the film positive reviews. Its consensus stated the majority found the film "heavy on special effects, but without a coherent story at its base, [the film] is subpar re-imagining of the 1951 science-fiction classic"
i wasn't expecting it but i'm glad
the critics say NO but the fans say YES
Valkyrie, CCoBB, or Spirit? Place your bets folks!
For the sake of argument, I choose Spirit, though I will be seeing CCoBB or Valkyrie first.
Why so bent out of shape over Will Smith, Killerman. Did you even see Seven Pounds. Despite reviews, it was a great movie.
{Do the movies that come out on Christmas (Thursday) count with next weekends box office numbers?}