Weekend Box Office
1) The Day the Earth Stood Still $31 million
2) Four Christmases $13.2 million
3) Twilight $8 million
4) Bolt $7.5 million
5) Australia $4.2 million
6) Quantum of Solace $ $3.8 million
7) Nothing Like the Holidays $3.5 million
8) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa $3.2 million
9) Milk $2.6 million
10) Transporter 3 $2.2 million
Scott Derrickson's remake of the seminal 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still dominated the pre-holiday weekend box office with $31 million for first place. Despite bad reviews, the Keanu Reeves alien invasion flick still drove interested audiences to the theater. The only other new comer this weekend was the family drama Nothing Like the Holidays, which dropped in at number seven with a take of $3.5 million.
Four Christmases managed to stay strong in second place, taking in another $13.2 million. The Reese Witherspoon/Vince Vaughn Christmas comedy is fast becoming the surprise hit of the winter, with $87 million in grosses over the course of the last three weeks. Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic simply titled Milk added 229 theaters this week, which enabled it to crack the top ten with $2.6 million in ninth place.
The film with the highest per screen average this weekend was Clint Eastwood's drama Gran Torino. It opened on six screens for a total take of $284,000. That means it earned $47,333 at each location. If given the 3,560 screens had by The Day the Earth Stood Still, it could have potentially earned $1.6 billion dollars, making it one of the top grossing films of all time.
Next week, Klaatu will have to contend with Mikey Rourke's award worthy turn in The Wrestler, the animated kiddy flick The Tale of Despereaux, Will Smith's mysterious Seven Pounds, and the Jim Carrey comedy Yes Man.
The Day the Earth Stood Still was released December 12th, 2008 and stars Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Jon Hamm, Kyle Chandler, Robert Knepper. The film is directed by Scott Derrickson.
Four Christmases was released November 26th, 2008 and stars Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam. The film is directed by Seth Gordon.
Twilight was released November 21st, 2008 and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Cam Gigandet, Ashley Greene, Christian Serratos. The film is directed by Catherine Hardwicke.
Bolt was released November 21st, 2008 and stars John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark Walton, Malcolm McDowell, James Lipton, Greg Germann, Diedrich Bader. The film is directed by Byron Howard, Chris Williams.
Australia was released November 26th, 2008 and stars Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo, Ray Barrett, Tony Barry, Jamal Bednarz-Metallah, Damian Bradford, Bryan Brown, Nathin Butler. The film is directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Transporter 3 was released November 26th, 2008 and stars Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, François Berléand, Robert Knepper, Jeroen Krabbé, Alex Kobold, David Atrakchi, Yann Sundberg. The film is directed by Olivier Megaton.
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killerman200
I think his name is Robert Knepper.
3 years agoby @killerman200Flag
T.Clark
I don't know who that is, Killer, so I googled it and I don't recognize the image of him in the movie
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
-comrade-
I know it seems childish, but I'm more excited about the Spirit than anything else. I think I'm just tired of really heavy films. Though I am considering 7 Pounds (probably after reviews come out)
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
JonSpidey07
Day the Earth Stood Still wasn't bad
i found it quite entertaining, the only strange part was the ending
the Wolverine trailer blew me away completely!!!
i think the reason why alot of the major top critics hated it was b/c they were trying to compare it to the 1951 original
they have to know that they are not the same movies, that's why it's called a remake
plus it's also about appealing to the new generation of audiences
not everybody will like it
3 years agoby @jonspidey07Flag
killerman200
I think it will be between SEVEN Pounds and Yes Man for a December winner.
3 years agoby @killerman200Flag
Dark enV
Not as good as I was expecting, the reviews show that the film wasn't that good either which stinks because I was actually looking forward to this one. From what I saw for "The Spirit" I just don't know if I want to see it, looks kinda lame. I think the winner of December will be "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," there seems to be a lot of people interested in that one.
3 years agoby @dark-envFlag
killerman200
Hey Vis, did the guy that played T-bag on prison break have a big role in this. If that's the case, i'll probably see it.
3 years agoby @killerman200Flag
T.Clark
The Wolvie trailer comes online tomorrow, Comrade
I liked TDTESS. Entertaining. 4 stars from me
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
-comrade-
I meant, "where is the trailer on this site?". I know it was attached to the reel, but I'm not paying 12$ for this sh*tfest just to see the three-minute spot, which is available in bootleg on youtube. I just want to see the hi-res version, which is surprisingly not available yet.
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
Brian
Yeah!
3 years agoby @brianFlag
killerman200
Buff, i was going by what comrade posted. He asked a question. Sounded like there wasn't a trailer.
3 years agoby @killerman200Flag
MovieBuff
The Wolverine trailer was attached to The Day The Earth Stood Still. So were the new Star Trek and Terminator 4 trailers. No one got cheated.
3 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag
JR
well, they did the same thing with 007, no watchmen. but im still interested in this, wait for the dvd.
3 years agoby @supbitchFlag
killerman200
Don't tell me those lying pieces of sh*t cheated the audiences out of the Wolverine trailer. They said it was going to be on there.
3 years agoby @killerman200Flag
-comrade-
Where's the Wolverine trailer??
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
The Narrator: The Better Man
Spirit wont make too much money, but who cares, I think it'll be good.
As for this week, TDTESS wasn't that great. Bummer.
3 years agoby @narratorFlag
Diaigma
Not a very strong opening. Glad I decided not to go. (23% rottentomatoes.com). I'd be surprised if anything will open with more for the rest of the year. Spirit is the possible exception.
3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
Brian
Ugh. The Spirit is gonna blow.
3 years agoby @brianFlag
killerman200
This was too easy for Reeves. No real competition for this movie. I bet when the spirit comes out this movie will get bull dozered.
3 years agoby @killerman200Flag