Weekend Box Office
1) Four Christmases $31.6 million
2) Bolt $26.5 million
3) Twilight $26.3 million
4) Quantum of Solace $19.5 million
5) Australia $14.8 million
6) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa $14.5 million
7) Transporter 3 $12.3 million
8) Role Models $5.2 million
9) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas $1.6 million
10) Milk $1.3 million
This holiday weekend, folks decided to spend their time with an on-screen couple going through the trials and tribulations of Christmas day. In an amazing upset, it was Four Christmases that took the number one spot on the box office charts this Thanksgiving. The comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon pulled in an unexpected $31.6 million, pushing those pesky Vampires from Twilight all the way down to third place with $26.3 million. So far, this very popular adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's novel has grossed $119.6 million in just two weeks of release.
Bella and Edward would have stayed strong in second place if it hadn't been for that pesky pup Bolt. The Disney animated film moved up a notch this weekend, conquering Twilight by a mere couple of points. It earned $26.5 for the number two spot on the charts. Thus far, it has taken in a cumulative gross of $66.8 million.
Two other new films opened to a mild reception. Baz Luhrmann's latest epic Australia nabbed the number five spot with an earnest take of $14.8 million. It was Jason Statham's latest action extravaganza that really felt the punch of this family oriented holiday weekend. His Transporter 3 dropped in at number seven with just $12.3 million to its name. The original film only made $9.1 million its opening weekend, but its The Transporter 2 that has the best track record to date. It made $16.5 million when it was released in September of 2005.
The film with the best per screen average this weekend was Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic Milk. Opening in just 36 theaters, the film averaged an astounding $38,361 for a take of $1.3 million in tenth place. That means, given the 3,310 screens held by Four Christmases, Milk could have potentially made $1 billion dollars, marking it as the number one box office grosser of all time. Take that, The Dark Knight!
Next weekend is a quick grab for cash that will most likely belong to the return of Frank Castle in Punisher: War Zone. Two Oscar contenders will be vying for tickets as Cadillac Records and Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon open against each other. And you can also look for Nobel Son to make some noise.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Milk was released November 26th, 2008 and stars Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare. The film is directed by Gus Van Sant.
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.
Frost/Nixon was released December 5th, 2008 and stars Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones. The film is directed by Ron Howard.
Nobel Son was released December 5th, 2008 and stars Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman, Eliza Dushku, Danny DeVito, Lindy Booth. The film is directed by Randall Miller.
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T.Clark
Australia deserved the top spot but it wasn't going to get it with its running time
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systemof9191
i really wish milk would be released in more theaters
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SCREENWRITER
how the the hell did this happen? With Twilight, Madagascar 2, Transporter 3, Quantum Of Solace.
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Shelley
Quantum of Solace and Australia deserved the top spots I think.
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Diaigma
Now there's a twist. One of the lowest Thanksgiving weekend openings I've ever seen.
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MovieBuff
Four Christmases was an ok movie, but its forgettable and doesn't deserve the #1 spot.
Australia was amazing but looong... and that's what tutned people away... and don't forget that because of its length, it also had less showings per theater. One showing of Australia almost equalled two showings of Bolt.
And wow... a 60% dropoff for Twilight? Looks like the teeny bopper girls weren't THAT impressed with the movie afterall haha.
3 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag
JonSpidey07
Four Christmases #1? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
it was not that good of a movie
i hoped Australia would reached 2nd place
i would have rather have Twilight or 'Quantum' to be #1 again
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Messenger
I liked the Trans 1, Trans 2 was a horrid misadventure and I would like to see Trans 3 but....Ill wait.
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CelluloidDreams
I saw "Australia" ...& I loved it!! A+! & I also saw "Transporter 3"...this was ok.. the weakest of the film series! Once U left the theater it was forgettable!
But "Four Christmases" at the #1 spot ..U just never know what the public will see over the holiday weekend!
I just rented the Vince Vaughn Holiday film, "Fred Claus" which was not that bad..despite the plot holes!
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
Structure (ONSTRA)
Four Christmases WOWOWOWOWOWOW. it's pretty cool.
3 years agoby @gaj1992Flag
Structure (ONSTRA)
WOW, thransporter 3 sucked dicks what happened. I thought it was cool. only 12.3 mill. what's up with this this sucks.
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ZanyZap
I liked Four Christmases; Vince Vaughn was great.
I'll probably go see Frost/Nixon next week.
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T.Clark
btw, how do the transporter movies keep getting made when they have sucky box office income?
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T.Clark
It's a shame that Australia didn't make more. People were drawn away by the run time and saw a stupid christmas comedy instead
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RingWraither
Hmm I heard Four Christmases was awful...Twilight can brag about how much they made opening weekend (69 mil) but it slipped of by over 60%..It's no surprise that Transporter did "ok" and Australia somewhat disappointed with thenumbers but it looks great. As for next week I dont think Punisher will top the box office, I think Four Christmases #1 for a second straight week. Expect a slow weekend this week!
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T.Clark
I just saw Australia and am about finished with my review. Truly amazing.
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