Weekend Box Office
1)
Up $68.2 million
2)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $25.5 million
3)
Drag Me to Hell $16.6 million
4)
Terminator Salvation $16.1 million
5)
Star Trek $12.8 million
6)
Angels & Demons $11.2 million
7)
Dance Flick $$4.9 million
8)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine $3.9 million
9)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past $1.9 million
10)
Obsessed $665,000
Disney/Pixar's
Up drifted to the top of the box office charts this weekend, pulling in an estimated $68.2 million. The film, which follows a 78-year-old balloon salesman named Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) as he fulfils his lifelong dream of visiting the wilds of South America, is Pixar's tenth feature length animated movie. While it's opening didn't beat the box office debut of
Finding Nemo, which made $70.2 million in May of 2003, or
The Incredibles, which holds Pixar's biggest premier with $70.4 million,
Up now stands as the third biggest opening for the computer-animation based company. Strong word of mouth should keep it adrift through most of June.
The Ben Stiller sequel
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian kept families laughing, as it dropped from its top perch into the number two spot this weekend. The further exploits of museum security guard Larry Daley managed to rake in $25.5 million during its second weekend in release. That pushed its cumulative take to $105.2 million, making it a solid gold hit in the eyes of most Hollywood executives. Sam Raimi's long awaited return to horror with
Drag Me to Hell made its debut in the third place position, nabbing a solid $16.6 million. Despite its outstanding pedigree, the film failed to stir up the same kind of interest that this year's horror remakes
My Bloody Valentine 3-D and
Friday the 13th did earlier in the year. Maybe horror is best suited for the colder months?
Mark Becker and Jennifer Grausman's culinary school documentary
Pressure Cooker made a splash on the arthouse scene. It pulled in $8,300 playing on just one screen to become the film with the second highest per screen average, right behind
Up. The Japanese film
Departures, which was directed by Yojiro Takita, had the third highest per screen average of the weekend, pulling in $8,078 from each of its nine screens for a total of $72,700.
Looking ahead, it seems that next weekend was built strictly for lovers of comedy. Opening in direct compilation against each other will be Todd Philip's
The Hangover, Will Farrell in
Land of the Lost, Nia Vardalos' return to Greece in
My Life in Ruins, and the Sam Mendes adult dramedy
Away We Go. It'll be very interesting to see who wins this crazy fight at the box office. Heck, Carl Fredricksen might just find himself sitting on top of the world for the second weekend in a row.
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Besides... it did bother him a little cause he called me a "motherfucker" even though he agreed with me.... Oh.. and I won't tell you whose mother I'm fucking ;)
"This year is only going to be about one film and thats Transformers just like in 2005 where the only good movie in box-office was Star Wars. Transformers will be the only film making the big money, Potter opens big but sometimes has weak legs"
"the only good movie in box-office was Star Wars"? Are you kidding me? Here are the top eight box office winners in 2008:
1 Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith - $308 million
2 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - $291 million
3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - $290 million
4 War of the Worlds - $234 million
5 King Kong - $218 million
6 Wedding Crashers - $209 million
7 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - $206 million
8 Batman Begins - $205 million
Now... the reason I bring this up is because you use the word ONLY. The stats above easily show that Star Wars was NOT the "ONLY good movie in box-office" in 2005. Now... you also say "Transformers will be the only film making the big money, Potter opens big but sometimes has weak legs".
One... Star Trek has already earned $209 million so Transformers will not be the only one making big money.
Two... Potter flicks have never had weak legs. Take a look at these stats:
Potter Movie 1st weekend take U.S Gross World Wide
Potter #1 $90 million $317 million $976 million
Potter #2 $88 million $262 million $878 million
Potter #3 $93 million $249 million $795 million
Potter #4 $102 million $290 million $896 million
Potter #5 $77 million $292 million $938 million
I don't know about you silver, but no where in those numbers do I see "weak legs".
Oh... and another quote of yours: "im only talking about summer movies do u guys know how to read". No where in your previous comments do you say that you were just talking about summer movies.
Ok ok ok... I know it sounds like I'm against you and totally with Newkill.... I'm not. Just like I am doing now, Newkill simply took everything LITERALLY and didn't read between the lines. You simply think TRANSFORMERS is going to kill the competition. I understand that opinion. And you're probably right. But just make sure that you read your comments before you post them. Otherwise some of us will immediately take what you say literally and tell you that you're wrong about your statement. Then you may take it personal and a war of words erupts.
Finally, I think silver is right in thinking Transformers is going to kill this year's summer competition (but Potter 6 will probably be right there with it though) and Newkill.... take it easy on the newbie with the literal stuff. The guy just opened his account last month. We're trying to bring IN users... not run em off.
Ok... I'm done with my novel. Sorry guys for writing so much. ;)
"UP" being at $68 mil aint a surprise, but I'd figure it'd pass up "N@TM2:BOTS"s $70 mil intake last weekend, but a 45 million dollar drop from last weekend's intake seems to prove that its as bad as most critics said, or that audiences didn't give kudos to fellow friends and/or potential fans.
"Up" - B-
"Drag Me to Hell" - B-