Weekend Box Office
1) Four Christmases $18.1 million
2) Twilight $13.1 million
3) Bolt $9.6 million
4) Australia $7 million
5) Quantum of Solace $ $6.6 million
6) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa $5.1 million
7) Transporter 3 $4.5 million
8) Punisher: War Zone $4 million
9) Cadillac Records $3.5 million
10) Role Models $2.6 million
For the second weekend in a row, the Vince Vaughn/Reese Witherspoon holiday comedy Four Christmases dominated the box office charts with $18.1 million. After just two weeks in release, the film has made an accumulated gross of $70.8 million, making it the first Christmas hit of the season.
In a surprising twist of fate, Twilight jumped back up into the number two spot with another $13 million. Fans are truly enjoying this teen vampire romance, and it's the repeat business that's keeping it afloat. After just three weeks in release, the film has brought in an amazing $138.5 million. Those squirrelly vamps seems to be playing tag team with Disney's animated caper Bolt, which hasn't fallen out of the top three yet. It made another $$9.6 million, bringing its tally to $79.2 million.
Two new films broke into the top ten this weekend. The hyper-violent Marvel adaptation Punisher: War Zone crept into the number eight spot with a meager take of $4 million. When the first film, The Punisher, opened in April of 2004, it came packing a $13.8 million dollar punch. This new incarnation of the Frank Castle mythos has severely dodged expectation. Opening at number 9 is the biopic Cadillac Records, which preformed quite well with $3.5 on just 686 screens.
A couple of arthouse films hit the open circuit this weekend. Frost/Nixon took in $180,000 on just 3 screens, giving it the highest per screen average of the week with $60,000 per location. And the thriller Nobel Son scrapped up a couple of bucks, making $371,000 at just 893 theaters.
Next weekend, warring couples and teen vamps only have Keanu Reeves as the alien Klaatu to fear, as The Day the Earth Stood Still opens wide on December 12th. They will also have to contend with a grumpy old Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino.
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.
Punisher: War Zone was released December 5th, 2008 and stars Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Doug Hutchison, Colin Salmon, Wayne Knight, Dash Mihok, Julie Benz, Stephanie Janusauskas. The film is directed by Lexi Alexander.
Cadillac Records was released December 5th, 2008 and stars Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Eamonn Walker, Yasiin Bey. The film is directed by Darnell Martin.
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T.Clark
We KNOW that, Cell, we can see the f*cking numbers above! Idiot
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
CelluloidDreams
PER CNN:
Among major new releases, the biggest was hardly the baddest: Punisher: War Zone (No. 8) grossed a mere $4 million in 2,508 theaters, a tally that's way off from the $13.8 million that The Punisher premiered with in 2004. More punishment: The Marvel franchise reboot failed to defeat even last week's action disappointment, Transporter 3 which was No. 7 with $4.5 million. Ouch!
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
Diaigma
You know, if 2,000,570 more tickets sell for TDK, with the average price set at $8.50 a pop, it will make it to the top. The question is, are there 2,000,570 die hard fans out there? I'm one.
3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
Diaigma
About global warming... You can't fight against it. The Earth's atmosphere is a natural green house. The Ring of Fire spews more crap into the atmosphere in a year than all the automobiles since 1950. In fact, we need the greenhouse effect to sustain life. As the sun ages, it will burn off more of it's fuel, start fusing helium, and start expanding, drying up the Earth's oceans within the next billion years. While remaining environmentally friendly, I think humanity ought to be thinking of ways to get off this rock before then, tap that Zero-Point energy, and find new worlds to inhabit.
GW or not, this ought to be a decent film. That's my hope.
3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
Moviemaniack1993
Re-releasing the original film would have generated, maybe after all is said and done, no more than 10 million. And that would be if they had released it wide. As for those saying Dark Knight will overtake Titanic, it won't. There is still A LOT it has to make for that to happen. And with people owning the movie, only the die hard fans will even consider paying to see it again. I will be home watching the Blu-ray.
3 years agoby @moviemaniack1993Flag
CelluloidDreams
I still think a "Re-Make" of a "CLASSIC" film (Which BTW, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" the "Original" will be shown 3xs this month on AMC - American Movie Classic's channel.)..is just a waste of space!
....Global Warming as a plot point ..."Ohhh Scary!!!"...Ummmm, We all saw what happened earlier this year when M. Night Shyamalan tackled "THAT" subject! LOL!
...In these hard economic times, Hollywood should have just Re-Released the Original film!
....& Yes, "war" is still prevalent today, just as much as it was in the 1950's, Maybe not Nuclear War, but none the same, it's still war.
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
T.Clark
Thanks MB :)
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
T.Clark
Cell, you need to stop copy and pasting your comments. You think we don't know that? And we also don't care. You think posting that will get people to think "oh, global warming instead of nuclear war, I'm not seeing it?" It won't. IT'S. A. REMAKE, i.e. different. It changed for the times, and the first is 56 years old. Get over it.
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
CelluloidDreams
& Remember:
a fitting move to, ahem, milk the boycott against Cinemark Theaters and its subsidiaries for having openly supported Proposition 8's ban on gay marriage, moviegoers are now being encouraged to see Gus van Sant's new film, Milk -- a biopic about Harvey Milk (played by Sean Penn), who valiantly fought for gay rights before his tragic death in 1978 -- at any theater but those owned by Cinemark.
The website No MILK for Cinemark! also feature a printable PDF for flyers that say as much, as well as a link to its corresponding Facebook group, which had over 17,000 members as of this writing. Their revised aim is to cost the business $10,000, or equivalent to the amount donated by CEO Alan Stock to the Yes on 8 campaign.
It's a film well worth watching, though I can't say much (and don't really need to -- our James Rocchi will say his piece soon enough), but chances are that those going to see this film will be equally willing to give this movement some consideration.
The CEO of Cinemark, Alan Stock,
donated $9999 to the Yes on 8 Campaign, but
will now profit from showing MILK in his theaters.
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
CelluloidDreams
I saw "MILK" this weekend...Very good film! Final Rating: B-
And one of the quickest ways to produce a disappointing and second-rate movie is to try and modernize or remake a film classic. On Dec. 12, Fox Movie Studios will be attempting to defy the odds by releasing a remake of "The Day The Earth Stood Still," directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Keanu Reeves as Klaatu. Instead of dealing with the threat of nuclear war, which was the focus of the 1952 movie, the new version focuses on global warming.
"Gran Torino" LQQks good....I saw the trailer..Not a fan of Clint! I wish "Frost/Nikon" would open here in Phoenix, AZ!
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
MovieBuff
haha "no tag backs" haha nice one Vis
3 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag
T.Clark
Wow...War Zone bombed.
It's like a f*cking back-and-forth game of tag between Twilight and Bolt. One of em just needs to say "no tag backs" and be done with it
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
systemof9191
where's milk :(
3 years agoby @systemof9191Flag
JonSpidey07
Shelley i agree with you
TDTESS should knock off 'Four'
3 years agoby @jonspidey07Flag
Phatlightning
Four Christmases was surprisingly funny.
3 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag
Diaigma
Word, Shelley. I'm there first thing in the morning, come the 12th!
3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
Shelley
The Day the Earth Stood Still should blow everything else out of the water.
3 years agoby @shelleyFlag