Weekend Box Office
1) Marley & Me $24 million
2) Bedtime Stories $20.3 million
3) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button $18.4 million
4) Valkyrie $14 million
5) Yes Man $13.8 million
6) Seven Pounds $10 million
7) The Tale of Despereaux $7 million
8) Doubt $5 million
9) The Day the Earth Stood Still $4.8 million
10) Slumdog Millionaire $4.7 million
With no major releases this New Year's weekend, it's no wonder that our box office top ten looks almost identical to last week's. Though some numbers dropped, there wasn't a lot of moving around or position swapping to be found amongst this past holiday's major releases. David Frankel's adaptation of John Grogan's best selling puppy memoir Marley & Me once again took first place, adding another $24 million into its bad dog bank account. That pushes its accumulated grosses to $106 million; making it one of the biggest hits 20th Century Fox has had this year.
Falling in line was Bedtime Stories, which continued to stay strong in second place. This past weekend, Disney's first collaboration with the Adam Sandler camp pulled in another strong $20.3 million, bringing its total grosses to $85.3 million. And David Fincher's drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is proving to have some sea legs, raking in another $18.4 million in third place for a total score of $79 million. This will be Fincher's biggest hit since the audience favorite Panic Room, which brought in a box office gross of $96.3 million back in 2002.
The critically acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire jumped back into the top ten, pulling $4.7 million from its limited run in 612 theaters. That was only $1 million less than the Keanu Reeves sci-fi remake The Day the Earth Stood Still was able to get from a whopping 2,337 theaters. Though, the film with the highest per screen average this weekend was the only newcomer to be found, Defiance. It took in $60,500 on two screens for a total of $121,000. And the Clint Eastwood drama Gran Torino continued to do all right for itself as it nabbed the second highest per screen grosses with $33,571 on each of its 84 screens for a total of $2,820,000.
Next week will see a slight shake up on the box office top ten as Universal's latest thriller The Unborn finally gets birthed upon the nation.
Marley & Me was released December 25th, 2008 and stars Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, Kathleen Turner, Alan Arkin, Nathan Gamble, Haley Bennett, Ann Dowd. The film is directed by David Frankel.
Bedtime Stories was released December 25th, 2008 and stars Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless, Courteney Cox. The film is directed by Adam Shankman.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was released December 25th, 2008 and stars Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond, Faune A. Chambers, Elias Koteas, Donna DuPlantier, Jacob Tolano, Earl Maddox, Ed Metzger. The film is directed by David Fincher.
Valkyrie was released December 25th, 2008 and stars Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp, Eddie Izzard. The film is directed by Bryan Singer.
Yes Man was released December 19th, 2008 and stars Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, John Michael Higgins, Rhys Darby, Danny Masterson, Fionnula Flanagan, Terence Stamp. The film is directed by Peyton Reed.
Seven Pounds was released December 19th, 2008 and stars Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper, Elpidia Carrillo, Robinne Lee, Joe Nunez. The film is directed by Gabriele Muccino.
The Tale of Despereaux was released December 19th, 2008 and stars Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Kline, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Ciarán Hinds. The film is directed by Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen.
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MC Legendary
i actually didnt even go to see any of these movies this weeked..
finally caught Twilight
3 years agoby @normanse7enFlag
JR
marley again? ehh it did'nt even get that much attention, not much on it and yet bedtime and button did'nt win? for two weeks? BULL CRAP!
3 years agoby @supbitchFlag
Vamp
Good. "Marley & Me" looks like an awesome movie, and I'm glad that it is doing well. :)
3 years agoby @vampire2000Flag
Structure (ONSTRA)
agree with celluloid on both movies. LOL
3 years agoby @gaj1992Flag
fanboy
lame
3 years agoby @fanboyFlag
GK
cool.
3 years agoby @indianajonesFlag
CelluloidDreams
WOW ....this weekend I finally I caught up with some of the films I missed over the X-Mas Holiday....
I saw: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" WOW!
My Final Rating: A+
& I saw:
"The Spirit" - A disappointing mess ...Final Rating: C-
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
Structure (ONSTRA)
Oh god.... No.
3 years agoby @gaj1992Flag