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Re: Lofton's Weekly Top 10 Box Office Results Thread
Figured I would revive this. This is last weekend's box office figures.
1. 'Enchanted,' $35.3 million.
2. 'This Christmas,' $18.6 million.
3. 'Beowulf,' $16.2 million.
4. 'Hitman,' $13 million.
5. 'Bee Movie,' $12 million.
6. 'Fred Claus,' $10.7 million.
7. 'August Rush,' $9.4 million.
8. 'American Gangster,' $9.2 million.
9. 'The Mist,' $9.1 million.
10. 'No Country for Old Men,' $8.1 million.
LOS ANGELES - Audiences fell under the spell of 'Enchanted,' a fairy-tale romance that debuted as the No. 1 movie and led Hollywood out of its recent box-office doldrums with solid business over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Starring Amy Adams as a cartoon princess exiled to real-world Manhattan by her fiance's wicked stepmother (Susan Sarandon), Disney's 'Enchanted' took in $35.3 million over the weekend and $50.05 million since debuting Wednesday, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Sony Screen Gems' family reunion holiday tale 'This Christmas,' whose ensemble cast includes Delroy Lindo, Regina King, Mekhi Phifer and Idris Elba, opened at No. 2 with $18.6 million for the weekend and $27.1 million since Wednesday.
Hollywood had been in a box-office funk this fall, but the two movies paced the industry to a healthy Thanksgiving, with the top-12 movies pulling in $218.1 million from Wednesday to Sunday, up 6 percent from the holiday period last year.
'That's good for an industry that's been in a downtrend for almost two months,' said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers. 'Thanksgiving sets the tone for the rest of the year and the holiday season in general. This was a key weekend, and it delivered.'
'Enchanted' had the second-best five-day Thanksgiving debut ever, behind the $80.1 million haul of Disney's 'Toy Story 2.' Disney released all five of the top-grossing movie debuts over Thanksgiving, with 'Unbreakable,' 'A Bug's Life' and '101 Dalmatians' trailing 'Toy Story 2' and 'Enchanted.'
'It's a really good place to launch a movie,' said Chuck Viane, head of distribution for Disney. 'When you get a movie as strong and well-playing as this, it bodes well for us right through the Christmas holiday.'
Among other new wide releases, 20th Century Fox's video-game adaptation 'Hitman' debuted at No. 4 with $13 million over the weekend and $21 million since Wednesday. The movie follows the exploits of a genetically engineered assassin (Timothy Olyphant).
The Warner Bros. drama 'August Rush' opened in seventh-place with $9.4 million for the weekend and $13.3 million since Wednesday. 'August Rush' stars Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Robin Williams in the tale of an orphaned musical prodigy seeking his parents.
The Stephen King adaptation 'The Mist,' a fright flick distributed by MGM for the Weinstein Co.'s Dimension Films banner, premiered in ninth-place with $9.1 million for the weekend and $13 million since Wednesday.
The third King adaptation from director Frank Darabont ('The Shawshank Redemption' and 'The Green Mile'), 'The Mist' stars Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher and Toby Jones among residents trapped in a supermarket after their Maine town is engulfed in a haze filled with terrifying creatures.
Horror films generally are trashed by critics, but 'The Mist' earned fairly positive reviews, much like Dimension Films' summer hit '1408,' also based on a King story. Bob Weinstein, co-founder of the Weinstein Co., said that could mean a longer shelf life for 'The Mist' the same way that '1408' hung on in theaters.
'It just stuck around, and hopefully, we'll be around for several weeks,' Weinstein said. 'We're just so thrilled to be in the Stephen King business.'
Expanding nationwide after two weeks in limited release, Miramax's 'No Country for Old Men' came in at No. 10 with $8.1 million, raising its total to $16.6 million. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, the acclaimed crime saga stars Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin.
© 2007 The Associated Press
Re: Lofton's Weekly Top 10 Box Office Results Thread
1. "Enchanted," $17 million.
2. "This Christmas," $8.4 million.
3. "Beowulf," $7.9 million.
4. "Awake," $6 million.
5. "Hitman," $5.8 million.
6. "Fred Claus," $5.6 million.
7. "August Rush," $5.2 million.
8. "No Country for Old Men," $4.5 million.
9. "Bee Movie," $4.47 million.
10. "American Gangster," $4.3 million
Damn, The Mist tanked fast. Definitely going to see that tomorrow because there's no way in hell it survives another week in the theaters here.
Re: Lofton's Weekly Top 10 Box Office Results Thread
1. "The Golden Compass," $26.1 million.
2. "Enchanted," $10.7 million.
3. "This Christmas," $5 million.
4. "Fred Claus," $4.7 million.
5. "Beowulf," $4.4 million.
6. "No Country for Old Men," $4.2 million.
7. "August Rush," $3.5 million.
8. "Hitman," $3.48 million.
9. "Awake," $3.3 million.
10. "Bee Movie," $2.6 million
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Awake bombed really bad. Could be a sign that Jessica Alba's career is on a downward spiral.
I think the current generation of celebs suffer from overexposure. Too many interviews, too many pics, too much tabloid shit,etc. They should only promote themselves when they are releasing a movie. Instead, its year round promotion and people tire of them quickly.
Alba could have had a decent career based on her looks alone.
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Re: Lofton's Weekly Top 10 Box Office Results Thread
And...Golden Compass is a bomb! What a shock. LOL.
Re: Lofton's Weekly Top 10 Box Office Results Thread
1. "Cloverfield," $41 million.
2. "27 Dresses," $22.4 million.
3. "The Bucket List," $15.2 million.
4. "Juno," $10.3 million.
5. "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," $8.1 million.
6. "First Sunday," $7.8 million.
7. "Mad Money," $7.7 million.
8. "Alvin and the Chipmunks," $7 million.
9. "I Am Legend," $5.1 million.
10. "Atonement," $4.8 million.
LOS ANGELES - The creature-feature "Cloverfield" became the first monster hit released in 2008, debuting with $41 million, a record opening for January, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Paramount's tale of a giant reptile causing chaos in New York City surpassed the $35.9 million premiere weekend of the "Star Wars" special edition in 1997, the previous best for January.
Opening in second-place was 20th Century Fox's romantic comedy "27 Dresses," starring Katherine Heigl as a perpetual bridesmaid. It pulled in $22.4 million.
The weekend's other new wide release, Overture Films' crime comedy "Mad Money," with Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes plotting a Federal Reserve Bank heist, opened at No. 7 with $7.7 million.
Overall business surged, with the top-12 movies taking in $135.3 million, up 39 percent from the same weekend last year.
Featuring a cast of unknowns, "Cloverfield" tells its monster story from the perspective of a partygoer's hand-held video camera, which captures the mayhem as the creature tears through the city.
The film benefited from cryptic marketing that sent young moviegoers on a scavenger hunt to decode clues about the movie's plot, images and even its title, which was not confirmed until shortly before its release.
"As we started it, we asked, how do we draw people in and have them say, `Hey, I want to know more about that. That looked cool, that looked intriguing,'" said Rob Moore, Paramount vice chairman. "Then fortunately, they delivered a movie that was as unique and engaging as people had hoped from the marketing campaign."
The big winners at the previous weekend's truncated Golden Globes had mixed results cashing in on their prizes.
Focus Features' gloomy romance "Atonement," the Globe winner for best drama, expanded into wider release and added $4.8 million to its haul, raising its total to $31.9 million. Business was up slightly from the previous weekend.
Yet the Globes' best musical or comedy winner, Paramount's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," also added theaters but took in just $2.6 million, down significantly from a weekend earlier. "Sweeney Todd" has taken in $48 million to date.
The televised Globes banquet was canceled because stars planned to boycott the show in support of a strike by the Writers Guild of America, which refused to let its members work on the ceremony. In place of the glitzy Globes show was a hasty news conference rattling off winners' names.
That deprived studios of much of the luster they count on to boost the box office of acclaimed films during awards season. Had the three-hour Globes show aired as usual on NBC, "Atonement," "Sweeney Todd" and other key winners might have done better business this weekend.
"I can only guess, but I think so," said Jack Foley, head of distribution for Focus Features. "I wish it was televised. It's one of the best commercials there is for film."
Following Heigl's success with last summer's hit "Knocked Up," "27 Dresses" solidifies the "Grey's Anatomy" co-star as a big-screen star.
While "Cloverfield" was more a movie for young males, "27 Dresses" sewed up the women's audience, the two films giving Hollywood a huge lift during what is normally a sleepy time for new releases.
"This is almost like a summer weekend," said 20th Century Fox distribution executive Chris Aronson. "It's almost a counter-programming move where you have two pictures aimed squarely, at least initially, at different audiences, and they both succeeded."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Tuesday.
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I gotta go see Juno before it leaves theaters.
Re: Lofton's Weekly Top 10 Box Office Results Thread
1. "Meet the Spartans," $18.7 million
2. "Rambo," $18.2 million
3. "27 Dresses," $13.6 million
4. "Cloverfield," $12.7 million
5. "Untraceable," $11.2 million
6. "Juno," $10.3 million
7. "The Bucket List," $10.2 million
8. "There Will Be Blood," $4.9 million
9. "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," $4.7 million
10. "Mad Money," $4.6 million
LOS ANGELES, California -- The epic spoof "Meet the Spartans" narrowly conquered "Rambo" to nab the top spot in the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The 20th Century Fox movie, which lampooned last year's epic blockbuster "300," took in an estimated $18.7 million in its weekend debut. It edged out "Rambo," a Lionsgate release starring and directed by Sylvester Stallone, which took in $18.2 million.
"This was a very tight race for the No. 1 spot," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Media By Numbers. "I think we tend to underestimate films like 'Meet the Spartans.' Fox has really locked on to something that's extremely popular."
"Spartans" tells the tale of hero Leonidas, who leads a group of 13 Spartans to defend against the invading Persians -- including Rocky Balboa, Paris Hilton and other pop culture icons. It was directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, who produced the parodies "Epic Movie" and "Date Movie."
"Spartans" was popular among teenagers and young adults, who made up about 75 percent of the audience. The film was rated PG-13, while R-rated "Rambo" was popular with older men.
"We are thrilled with the numbers," said Bert Livingston, senior vice president of distribution at Fox. "We made it for young people and they came."
Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the Weinstein Co., which co-distributed "Rambo," said he expected the film's mature audience to sustain its popularity at the box office.
"I think we'll have a great hold," Weinstein said.
"Rambo" is the fourth installment of the trademark franchise and stars Stallone as the eponymous Vietnam vet spending his retirement in Thailand when a group of missionaries enlists his help in aiding a village endangered by civil war in Myanmar.
The top 12 movies raked in $117.8 million, up 32 percent from the same weekend last year, when Fox's "Epic Movie" led the box office with $18.6 million.
Last weekend's monster hit, "Cloverfield," which set a January opening record with $41 million, was down steeply at No. 4 with $12.7 million, a 68 percent decline. "27 Dresses," starring Katherine Heigl as the perpetual bridesmaid was third with $13.6 million, and the new thriller "Untraceable," featuring Diane Lane as an FBI cybercrime investigator, rounded out the top five.
Re: Lofton's Weekly Top 10 Box Office Results Thread
It makes me sad that some bullshit movie like Meet The Spartans outdid Rambo.
Never underestimate the stupidity of people in large numbers. 'Meet the Spartans'?? That movie looks terrible. Those kids will be embarrased a few years from now that they paid money to see that crap.
