Box Office Stats

See that picture? That was my face when I heard what was the number one movie over the weekend. Yes, Obsessed headbutted into the top spot taking in a staggering $28.5 Million and easily making back it's $20 Million budget. It more than doubled the take of this weekends #2 movie, 17 Again which itself barely held off newcomer Fighting. They brought in $11.6 and $11.4 Million respectively. Rounding out the top five are The Soloist with 9.7 Million and Disney's Earth which pulled in $8.5 Million.

I guess the competition wasn't that great for films this week. Nothing new looked to terribly interested so I guess it makes sense that people flocked to what looks to be a shout at the screen groan fest like Obsessed.

Next week summer kicks into high gear with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. After that it's gonna be a great May with Star Trek and Terminator Salvation on deck. Let's just hope we don't have any more movies like Obession to worry about.

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1 Obsessed ... $28,500,000
2 17 Again ... $11,665,000
3 Fighting ... $11,441,000
4 The Soloist ... $9,715,000
5 Earth (2009)... $8,554,000
6 Monsters Vs. Aliens ... $8,524,000
7 State of Play ... $6,891,000
8 Hannah Montana The Movie ... $6,372,000
9 Fast and Furious ... $6,062,000
10 Crank: High Voltage ... $2,400,000

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Box Office Results

Kung Fu Panda took the top spot this weekend pulling $60 million dollars.

Adam Sandler's latest You Don't Mess With The Zohan came in at #2 with $40 million.

Sex and the City dropped 62% in it's second weekend to get the #4 spot with $21.3 million.

The Strangers continues to perform well pulling in another $9 million, surpassing $37 million on a $9 million budget.

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1 - Kung Fu Panda ... $60,000,000
2 - You Don't Mess With The Zohan ... $40,000,000
3 - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ... $22,805,000
4 - Sex and the City ... $21,310,000
5 - The Strangers ... $9,289,000
6 - Iron Man ... $7,522,000
7 - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian ... $5,527,000
8 - What Happens in Vegas ... $3,400,000
9 - Baby Mama ... $779,000
10 - Made of Honor ... $775,000

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Box Office Results

Resident Evil: Extinction took the number one slot this weekend taking in $24 Million dollars. If movies like this continue to do well there really is no hope for the horror genre or decent video game movies.

The rest of the top 10 goes like this:

2) Good Luck Chuck - $14,000,000
3) The Brave One - $7,425,000
4) 3:10 to Yuma - $6,350,000
5) Eastern Promises - $5,747,000
6) Sydney White - $5,323,000
7) Mr. Woodcock - $4,975,000
8) Superbad - $3,100,000 ($116,171,000 total gross on a $20 Million budget +advertising. Fantastic!)
9) The Bourne Ultimatum - $2,793,00
10) Dragon Wars - $2,513,000

Two high profile films that opened in limited theaters did quite well also. Sean Penn's Into the Wild debuted on 4 screens and took in $207,000. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford took in $144,000 on 5 screens.

Thanks to Box Office Mojo for the info.

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Weekend Top 10

Jodie Foster returned to the #1 spot this weekend with the Neil Jordan directed "The Brave One" which opened with $14 Million. The full list is as follows:

1. The Brave One - $14,015,000
2. 3:10 To Yuma - $9,150,000
3. Mr. Woodcock - $9,100,000
4. Dragon Wars - $5,376,000
5. Superbad - $5,200,000
6. Halloween - $5,011,000
7. The Bourne Ultimatum - $4,151,000
8. Balls of Fury - $3,340,000
9. Rush Hour 3 - $3,325,000
10. Mr. Bean's Holiday - $2,655,000

Thanks to Box Office Mojo for the info.

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Box Office Results

Rob Zombie's Halloween exploded into theaters this weekend with $26.5 million dollars. Superbad is still going strong taking the #2 spot with just over $12 million. Another new release Balls of Fury took third place with $11.6 million. The top five is rounded out with Bourne Ultimatum and Rush Hour 3 pulling in $10 million and $8.5 million respectively. The other new release this week Death Sentence seems to have been given just that. The critically panned film opened at #8 with $4 million dollars.

Next week bring another horror flick to theaters. Hatchet is being billed as Old School American Horror and has been racking up some great reviews. Let's hope it fares as well as Halloween. Maybe the bell hasn't rung on horror just yet.

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What Happened?

$11,591,000. The box office take for "Grindhouse" over opening weekend. It opened in 4th place. What is the explanatin for this? The projected gross for GH was 20 - 25 million yet it only brought in just about half that amount. When I heard this yesterday my jaw droped. "But its Quentin...and Robert...and it's so fucking good..." What the hell happened?

My best guess? Easter Weekend. Not exactly the best time to release a movie celebrating exploitation and violence. It seems Easter weekend is a more family oriented time for films. That can be the only explanation for "Are We Done Yet" making more money than "Grindhouse". Where were all the fans of these directors? I saw it at 12:20 in the morning and the theatre was packed. My only guess is that families overran the theatres this weekend. That and the running time. Longer movie = Less showings.

Let's see how "Grindhouse"fares over the next weeks. My prediction is steady income from word of mouth.

At any rate it will be huge on DVD.

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