Weekend Box Office
1) Couples Retreat - $35.3 million
2) Zombieland - $15 million
3) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - $12 million
4) Toy Story / Toy Story 2 (3D) - $7.6 million
5) Paranormal Activity - $7 million
6) Surrogates - $ 4.1 million
7) The Invention of Lying - $3.3 million
8) Whip It! - $2.8 million
9) Capitalism: A Love Story - $2.7 million
10) Fame - $2.5 million
Vince Vaughn's marital problems lead to box office success as his new film is able to make the Zombies retreat. Couples Retreat took the number one spot this week by traveling to an estimated $35.3 million. The film, which was released in about 3,000 theaters made an estimated $11,780 per screen leading the film to recoup half of it's $70 million total budget. Zombieland, which took the box office crown last week in its debut slipped to second place this week with an estimated $15 million gross.
The biggest overall grossing film in the top ten, former number one Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs fell to number three this week with an estimated $12 million box office take. The 3D family film was released in almost 3,000 theaters and held a strong $4,011 per-screen average coming close to recouping it's full $100 million budget.
This weekends other new box office releases didn't fair as well. The Chris Rock documentary Good Hair did the best with an estimated 1.11 million, while Corbin Bleu's motor-cross film Free Style rode to only an estimated $106,000 total weekend gross.
Two other new films made some waves in limited release this weekend as well. Peter Sarsgaard's new film, An Education, took in $162,000 from just four theaters for an impressive $40,500 per-screen average. Michael Sheen's English Football biopic, The Damned United, also scored with $36,800 total gross from just six theaters, which netted a solid $6,133 per-screen average.
Next weekend will see three new films enter into wide release with the long awaited adaptation of the cherished children's book Where the Wild Things Are, Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler vehicle Law Abiding Citizen and the seasonal slasher The Stepfather. The ensemble film New York, I Love You and the blacksploitation spoof Black Dynamite open in limited release. Check back in seven days to see who comes out on top at the box office next week.
Couples Retreat was released October 9th, 2009 and stars Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis, Kali Hawk. The film is directed by Peter Billingsley.
Zombieland was released October 2nd, 2009 and stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill Murray, Derek Graf, Jacob G. Akins. The film is directed by Ruben Fleischer.
Good Hair was released October 9th, 2009 and stars Maya Angelou, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Sandra Denton, Eve, Melyssa Ford, Meagan Good, Andre Harrell, Ice-T. The film is directed by Jeff Stilson.
Free Style was released October 9th, 2009 and stars Mike Antonakos, Giacomo Baessato, Tosca Baggoo, Matt Bellefleur, Corbin Bleu, Gary Chalk, Kim Clarke, Val Cole. The film is directed by William Dear.
An Education was released October 9th, 2009 and stars Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, William Melling, Connor Catchpole, Matthew Beard, Peter Sarsgaard. The film is directed by Lone Scherfig.
The Damned United was released October 9th, 2009 and stars Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper, Jimmy Reddington, Oliver Stokes, Ryan Day, Michael Sheen, Mark Bazeley. The film is directed by Tom Hooper.
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fanboy
where the wild things are, will take the cake next weekend for sure
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JonSpidey07
NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kingbrady
saw Paranormal Activity last night in its only viewing in the Toronto area, it was packed they had at least 5 screens at Midnight for this, and all of them sold out....honestly you're sitting there and you have an idea of what may happen, but it was good
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iatehisliver
no intrest this weekend for movies at not untill saw 6 comes out then this is it, but that law abiding citizen looks like a joke
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Dark enV
Agreed Messenger, yeah Cell you'd be surprised with Paranormal Activity it really was a good movie.
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Messenger
Cell, seriously give Paranormal a shot. You might like it.
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CelluloidDreams
"Zombieland" rocked ...funny and brutal ...I loved the surprise cameo in the film!!
Next week is albout: "Where the Wild Things Are"!!!
Screw some crappy PG-13 "REMAKE" of "The Stepfather"!!! LOL!!!
Sad the "ORGINIAL" couldn't have been re-released into theaters!
"New York, I Love You" looks good!!! I have been wating for this!
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CelluloidDreams
I have no interest in "Paranormal Activity" ... It looks to much like "The Blair Witch Project" which to me stunck (1 of the "Worst" films 1999!) (Great marketing campaign... horrible movie!) Never scared me!
"The Blair Witch Project" was more hype than it was worth ...and when I saw it in theater ..I thought what a waste of $8.00!!!
I don;t see the big deal behind "Paranormal Activity" .. I have seen the trailer ...It looks silly!
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