Weekend Box Office
1) Michael Jackson's This Is It - $21.3 million
2) Paranormal Activity - $16.5 million
3) Law Abiding Citizen - $7.3 million
4) Couples Retreat - $6 million
5) Saw VI - $5.5 million
6) Where the Wild Things Are - $5 million
7) The Stepfather - $3.4 million
8) Astro Boy - $3 million
9) Amelia- $3 million
10) Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant - $2.8 million
The documentary about the tour that could have been, Michael Jackson's This Is It, which opened on Wednesday took the top spot this Halloween weekend earning $21.5 million for a total of $32.5 million. The film, which sold out in many theaters across the country was on over 3,400 screens and made an average of $6,119 per screen. Last weeks big winner Paranormal Activity continued scaring up big bucks at the box office earning the number two spot with over $16 million. Playing on a little over 2,400 screens, the film earned $6,880 per screen making its total gross upwards of $84 million, which is extremely impressive for a film that only cost $15 thousand to make.
The Jamie Foxx/Gerard Butler thriller Law Abiding Citizen which was number four in it's second week last week climbed back to number three this week with $7.3 million earning back it's budget with a total gross of $51 million. Couples Retreat also moved up one spot to number four in it's fourth week on the chart with roughly $6 million making it's total gross an estimated $86.6 million surpassing it's $70 million budget. However, the biggest drop of the week came from Saw VI, which went from number two to number five with only an estimated $5.5 million.
This weekend's other two major releases did quite well on a per screen average. Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, the sequel to the cult hit film made $6,794 on 68 screens for a total of $462,000. While Gentlemen Broncos, a film by the creators of Napoleon Dynamite was only released on two screens and made $5,000 per screen for a total gross of $10,000. Unfortunately, Halloween weekend did not scare up box office success for either Ti West's horror genre throw-back The House of the Devil or the Corbin Bernson directed Dead Air as neither film managed to crack the top fifty.
Next weekend will see three new films enter into wide release with Disney's a Christmas Carol, the highly anticipated 3D Animated re-telling of the classic Charles Dickens' story starring Jim Carrey. Also in wide release is Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly's new thriller The Box starring Cameron Diaz. Rounding out the list is the UFO horror film The Fourth Kind starring Milla Jovovich. The Men Who Stare at Goats starring Oscar Winners George Clooney and Kevin Spacey along with Ewan McGregor and Jeff Bridges opens in limited release as does the Hal Holbrook drama That Evening Sun. Check back in seven days to see who comes out on top at the box office next week.
Michael Jackson's This Is It was released October 28th, 2009 and stars Michael Jackson, Alex Al, Alexandra Apjarova, Nick Bass, Michael Bearden, Irina Brecher, Daniel Celebre, Mekia Cox. The film is directed by Kenny Ortega.
Paranormal Activity was released September 25th, 2009 and stars Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer, Crystal Cartwright, Randy McDowell, James Piper. The film is directed by Oren Peli.
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ALor2
I never paid to go see it. i don't think I will watch it until it comes on tv or something.
2 years agoby @champ2Flag
Brainiac
u were paying hollywood to see how disgraceful they were? sounds like they win out on that one
2 years agoby @thebdFlag
ALor2
hell no BD douche bag. I was just seeing how disgraceful hollywood can get.
2 years agoby @champ2Flag
Brainiac
by his kids do u mean the ones he had sleep over and have special time with or the ones that were conceived through artificial insemination cuz MJ was too creepy and weird to ever sleep with a grown up let alone a woman?
and i think the answer is neither cuz his entire family is just using his death to make bank and ur one of the poor saps who helped them make money off of a "loved ones" death.
2 years agoby @thebdFlag
Diaigma
Bring on the Christmas Ghosts! :P
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
ALor2
is the money being made going to his children?
2 years agoby @champ2Flag
CelluloidDreams
"Michael Jackson's: This Is It" my one complaint is that it was over in a flash. I wish there would have been more of it. There was so much going on at times, that I know I missed things, especially since it was difficult to take my eyes off of Michael, so I'll be seeing it again.
2 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
24
And also my boyfriend kept saying I love you for seeing this movie.
2 years agoby @newkiller1234Flag
iatehisliver
the last song played from the this is it movie was just straight up sad :(
2 years agoby @iatehisliverFlag
kingbrady
the men who stare at goats being #2 i dunno about that
2 years agoby @kingbradyFlag
T.Clark
I think half the country called it, too, if it only made 32.5 million...
2 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
Dark enV
Ha and the guys who made the movie claimed that the movie would make $250 million worldwide in it's first 5 days of release, lol well it came a little under $150 million short of that haha. I totally called that one. Paranormal Activity just keeps on rolling though, it's definitely gonna hit $100 million soon.
2 years agoby @dark-envFlag
Dark enV
Next week will go to A Christmas Carol as #1 and The Men Who Stare At Goats as #2 I think, can't wait to see both, Paranormal Activity is gonna be in the top 5 still I think.
2 years agoby @dark-envFlag
kingbrady
figured as much there was no new releases out other than, typical top 5 i guess.....but A Christmas Carol will destroy everything, The Box maybe $5 million, The 4th kind prolly $10 million i guess
2 years agoby @kingbradyFlag
Newkill3000
Wow, only 21 mil. What a joke? Jackson sucks.
2 years agoby @newkill200Flag
ridgl
And guess what? He's still dead.
2 years agoby @ridglFlag