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Weekend Box Office: Clear skies for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

By  in September 21st 2009   No Comment »
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The beloved children’s story has become a beloved children’s movie as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs more than triples the return of the number 2 movie with $30 million for the weekend. The Informant! also opened this weekend and got over $10 million for the weekend narrowly beating out Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself. The other two movie openers this weekend also made the top five with Love Happens taking number 4 and Jennifer’s Body taking number 5. This shows that people have been hungry for new movies and entertainment. This weekend had some pretty good movies coming out and the box office shows this. Inglourious Basterds remains in the top ten for the fifth week in a row which shows that people are embracing Tarentino’s new film as much as he does.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Sony $30,100,000 – 3,119 – $9,651 $30,100,000 $100 1
2 N The Informant! WB $10,545,000 – 2,505 – $4,210 $10,545,000 $22 1
3 1 Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself LGF $10,060,000 -57.1% 2,255 – $4,461 $37,932,000 – 2
4 N Love Happens Uni. $8,456,000 – 1,898 – $4,455 $8,456,000 $18 1
5 N Jennifer’s Body Fox $6,800,000 – 2,702 – $2,517 $6,800,000 $16 1
6 2 9 Focus $5,458,000 -49.2% 2,060 +399 $2,650 $22,794,000 $30 2
7 3 Inglourious Basterds Wein. $3,603,000 -41.3% 2,519 -696 $1,430 $109,901,000 $70 5
8 4 All About Steve Fox $3,400,000 -39.7% 2,159 -106 $1,575 $26,678,000 – 3
9 6 Sorority Row Sum. $2,489,000 -50.8% 2,591 -74 $961 $8,870,000 $12.5 2
10 5 The Final Destination WB (NL) $2,375,000 -57.0% 1,805 -927 $1,316 $62,392,000 $40 4
11 7 Whiteout WB $2,060,000 -58.1% 2,745 – $750 $8,483,000 $35 2
12 10 Julie & Julia Sony $1,900,000 -39.8% 2,003 -339 $949 $88,446,000 $40 7

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com

Weekend Box Office: Tyler Perry does anything but bad

By  in September 14th 2009   No Comment »
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I Can Do Bad All By Myself

This weekend Tyler Perry reigns supreme once again as I Can Do Bad All By Myself annihilates the competition for the top box office returns. This low budget movie more than doubled the weekend gross of its closest competitior. 9 took in only $10 million for the weekend which is a disappointing showing for this intriguing new film. The other new openings for the weekend, Sorority Row and Whiteout came in at 6 and 7. All About Steve takes fourth in what is the most surprisng movie of the weekend because it continues to hang on despite scathing reviews by both critics and audience goers alike. This perhaps shows the need for chick flick on the market or the staying power of Sandra Bullock. Tarentino’s swan song Inglourious Basterds continues to hold its own taking the number 3 slot.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself LGF $24,030,000 – 2,255 – $10,656 $24,030,000 – 1
2 N 9 Focus $10,856,000 – 1,661 – $6,536 $15,264,000 – 1
3 2 Inglourious Basterds Wein. $6,546,000 -43.7% 3,215 -143 $2,036 $104,309,000 $70 4
4 3 All About Steve Fox $5,800,000 -48.4% 2,265 +14 $2,561 $21,812,000 – 2
5 1 The Final Destination WB (NL) $5,500,000 -55.5% 2,732 -389 $2,013 $58,258,000 $40 3
6 N Sorority Row Sum. $5,268,000 – 2,665 – $1,977 $5,268,000 – 1
7 N Whiteout WB $5,100,000 – 2,745 – $1,858 $5,100,000 – 1
8 5 District 9 TriS $3,600,000 -49.1% 2,560 -579 $1,406 $108,517,000 $30 5
9 7 Julie & Julia Sony $3,300,000 -38.0% 2,342 -186 $1,409 $85,360,000 $40 6
10 4 Gamer LGF $3,150,000 -65.6% 2,502 – $1,259 $16,120,000 – 2
11 8 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Par. $2,525,000 -51.2% 2,120 -726 $1,191 $144,270,000 $175 6
12 10 The Time Traveler’s Wife WB (NL) $2,325,000 -46.3% 2,228 -575 $1,044 $59,054,000 $39 5

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com

Weekend Box Office: Final Destination continues to make the cut

By  in September 8th 2009   No Comment »
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The Final Destination

Final Destination tops the box office for the second week in a row barely beating out the romantic comedy All About Steve. In what is perhaps the most surprising part of the weekend box office, The Gamer takes fourth beneath Inglourious Basterds. Whether this is indication of how good Inglourious Basterds is or how possibly disappointing The Gamer is. District 9 rounds out the top five to no surprise. Julie & Julie remains in the top 10 at number seven beating out even G.I. Joe and Extract which was a new release this weekend. Julie & Julia continues to surprise with it’s continued success. Halloween II fails to hold on as well as its opening partner Final Destination, proving that even when two scary movies open together as the sole new releases, it does not mean that they are of equal quality. The Time Traveler’s Wife takes number 9, which is a decent showing for it’s fourth week and the movie is already close to turning a profit for the studio as it had nearly doubled it’s budget, so dvd sales will make this a very successful movie.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Total Gross Week #
1 1 The Final Destination WB (NL) $12,315,000 -55.1% $47,446,000 2
2 2 Inglourious Basterds Wein. $11,671,000 -39.5% $91,867,000 3
3 N All About Steve Fox $11,225,000 – $11,225,000 1
4 N Gamer LGF $9,120,000 – $9,120,000 1
5 4 District 9 TriS $7,100,000 -30.9% $101,374,000 4
6 3 Halloween II (2009) W/Dim. $5,740,000 -64.9% $25,796,000 2
7 6 Julie & Julia Sony $5,300,000 -24.7% $78,940,000 5
8 5 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Par. $5,155,000 -33.2% $139,470,000 5
9 N Extract Mira. $4,367,000 – $4,367,000 1
10 7 The Time Traveler’s Wife WB (NL) $4,310,000 -33.2% $54,652,000 4
11 8 Shorts WB $2,720,000 -39.7% $17,143,000 3
12 10 G-Force BV $2,011,000 -28.8% $114,638,000 7

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com

Weekend Box Office: Final Destination beats out Halloween.

By  in August 31st 2009   No Comment »
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The Final Destination

This weekend’s two horror movie openings, The Final Destination and Halloween II both fared relatively well. The Final Destination took first place with $28 million for the weekend, which comes largely from 3D sales.  Halloween II was knocked down another peg by Inglorious Basterds and wound up in 3rd with $17 million. The only other movie to open last weekend was Taking Woodstock and it took a dismal 9th place with only $3.7 million. This is bad news for  Focus studios who spent $30 million to produce the film. G.I. Joe and Julie & Julia continue to hold on after four weeks, undoubtedly do to the action packed fun of G.I. Joe and the magnificent talent of Meryl Streep. Shorts and G-Force are the last of the summer kids films to remain in the top ten, it seems the kids movies are laying down the gauntlet to the more mature movies as Fall comes around.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Total Gross Week #
1 N The Final Destination WB (NL) $27,408,309 – $27,408,309 1
2 1 Inglourious Basterds Wein. $19,303,653 -49.3% $73,022,841 2
3 N Halloween II (2009) W/Dim. $16,349,565 – $16,349,565 1
4 2 District 9 TriS $10,270,435 -43.6% $90,383,712 3
5 3 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Par. $7,715,572 -36.8% $132,151,954 4
6 5 Julie & Julia Sony $7,035,675 -20.1% $70,628,063 4
7 4 The Time Traveler’s Wife WB (NL) $6,452,270 -33.8% $47,900,418 3
8 6 Shorts WB $4,511,345 -29.6% $13,206,697 2
9 N Taking Woodstock Focus $3,457,760 – $3,478,335 1
10 7 G-Force BV $2,824,808 -31.3% $111,780,350 6
11 8 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince WB $2,466,423 -29.1% $294,258,075 7
12 13 (500) Days of Summer FoxS $2,008,956 -11.9% $25,203,886 7

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com

Weekend Box Office: Humans Welcome the Aliens

By  in August 17th 2009   No Comment »
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District 9

It probably comes as no surprise that District 9 beat out all of it’s competition. The amount of hype that was generated for that movie has not been seen since Cloverfield. The movie took in over $37 million this weekend. This number is even more astounding when you realize that the movie only cost $30 million to make, just one more weekend like that and the production studio will already be ahead. Which is a much better position than G.I. Joe, which has dropped to the number 2 slot, pulling in $22 million this weekend, bringing it’s total to $98 million a fa cry from recouping it’s $175 million production costs. The Time Traveler’s Wife came in at number 3 with $19 million, not a bad showing considering it is solely a chick flick and the tough competition it faced. Harry Potter continues it’s descent out of theaters, coming it at number 7 with $5 million, making it’s grand total gross over $280 million.

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Week #
1 N District 9 TriS $37,000,000 – 1
2 1 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Par. $22,500,000 -58.9% 2
3 N The Time Traveler’s Wife WB (NL) $19,205,000 – 1
4 2 Julie & Julia Sony $12,400,000 -38.1% 2
5 3 G-Force BV $6,908,000 -30.0% 4
6 N The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard ParV $5,350,000 – 1
7 4 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince WB $5,155,000 -42.3% 5
8 6 The Ugly Truth Sony $4,500,000 -33.3% 4
9 N Ponyo BV $3,506,000 – 1
10 9 (500) Days of Summer FoxS $3,025,000 -19.1% 5
11 5 Funny People Uni. $3,023,000 -62.1% 3
12 7 A Perfect Getaway Uni. $2,796,000 -53.0% 2

Weekend Box Office: G.I Joe breaks out of the Mold

By  in August 10th 2009   No Comment »
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GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra

After a few weeks of relatively disappointing Box Office returns G.I Joe: Rise of the Cobra brought fans of all ages to the theaters. The long awaited movie (after all for over 40 years there hasn’t been a cooler action figure than G.I. Joe) pulled in massive crowds to make over $56 million. Julie & Julia came in a distant second at $20 million, which isn’t surprising for a movie with talent like Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci. G-Force once again beat out Harry Potter. It seems like the wizard has already started on his descent out of theaters which seems surprising considering the run of movies like The Hangover and Ice Age, both of which dropped out of the top ten for the first time this week.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Total Gross Week #
1 N G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Par. $56,200,000 – $56,200,000 1
2 N Julie & Julia Sony $20,100,000 – $20,100,000 1
3 3 G-Force BV $9,804,000 -44.0% $86,116,000 3
4 2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince WB $8,880,000 -50.4% $273,800,000 4
5 1 Funny People Uni. $7,866,000 -65.3% $40,417,000 2
6 4 The Ugly Truth Sony $7,000,000 -46.9% $69,088,000 3
7 N A Perfect Getaway Uni. $5,765,000 – $5,765,000 1
8 5 Aliens in the Attic Fox $4,000,000 -50.1% $16,293,000 2
9 6 Orphan WB $3,730,000 -50.4% $34,822,000 3
10 12 (500) Days of Summer FoxS $3,725,000 +34.1% $12,343,000 4
11 8 The Hangover WB $3,400,000 -34.5% $262,010,000 10
12 10 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $3,000,000 -36.0% $393,701,000 7

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com

Weekend Box Office: “Funny People” is funny enough to bring in the crowds.

By  in August 3rd 2009   No Comment »
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Funny People

Harry Potter remains in the number 2 slot, but this time the movie knocking it down a peg isn’t G-Force, it’s Funny People. Coming in at over $20 million for the weekend, Adam Sandler and Seth Rogan had a good showing. It’ll be interesting to see if they can keep it up as well as The Hangover which is still in the top ten after 9 weeks in the box office. G-Force takes a close third, showing that it has more draw as a children’s movie than Aliens in the Attic which released over the weekend. The Collector, this weekend’s other new release, failed to make the top ten, putting it well below Orphan, but it was shown in only half as many theaters. As is expected for summer, kids movies are taking the top spots but comedies have the staying power.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Total Gross Week #
1 N Funny People Uni. $23,440,000 – $23,440,000 1
2 2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince WB $17,700,000 -39.9% $255,463,000 3
3 1 G-Force BV $17,058,000 -46.2% $66,461,000 2
4 3 The Ugly Truth Sony $13,000,000 -52.9% $54,481,000 2
5 N Aliens in the Attic Fox $7,800,000 – $7,800,000 1
6 4 Orphan WB $7,250,000 -43.7% $26,791,000 2
7 5 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Fox $5,300,000 -37.0% $181,843,000 5
8 7 The Hangover WB $5,080,000 -21.4% $255,776,000 9
9 8 The Proposal BV $4,848,000 -24.0% $148,882,000 7
10 6 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $4,600,000 -43.4% $388,101,000 6
11 N The Collector Free $3,625,000 – $3,625,000 1
12 12 (500) Days of Summer FoxS $2,750,000 +68.1% $6,821,000 3

Source: BoxOfficeMojo

Smurfs Details Emerge (Don’t Tell Gargamel)

By  in July 28th 2009   No Comment »
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SMURFS!

Info on the storyline for the upcoming Smurfs movie (GAH!) from Sony Pictures Animation has come out in the form of details about a couple of the parts being cast.   This movie will be a hybrid of live action and animation, and will center on a couple of kids who find a Smurf  attempt to get him back to his friends.  EW.com has the story:

…the doll her dad brought home from Belgium is actually a living, breathing Smurf. And not just any Smurf — Clumsy Smurf! Sophie tries to get her mom and dad to embrace Clumsy as a member of the family, but ultimately realizes what he really wants is to reunite with his fellow Smurfs.

Great, this should hold me over until somebody pitches a live-action Gummi Bears movie….

Weekend Box Office: Secret Agent Guinea Pigs take out “Potter”

By  in July 27th 2009   No Comment »
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G-Force takes the cake this weekend narrowly beating out Harry Potter. The two movies grossed just over the $30 million mark for the weekend. The Ugly Truth wasn’t far behind and Orphan took a distant fourth and was the last of the opening movies to make the top slots. Holdover movies are still doing very well with Ice Age and Transformers taking a very close 5th and 6th. The Hangover continues to out perform the newer movies with Bruno, (500) Days of Summer, and Public Enemies, all of which opened a month after Hangover, unable to overtake it at the box office. To be fair though (500) Days of Summer is still a limited release and is playing in only 85 theaters, being squeezed out by the big names and the big films much like In the Loop which opened in a reported 8 theaters, but still managed a decent showing, making the highest average per theater of any movie in box office lists, at over $25,000.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Total Gross Week #
1 N G-Force BV $32,152,000 – $32,185,000 1
2 1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince WB $30,000,000 -61.5% $221,834,000 2
3 N The Ugly Truth Sony $27,000,000 – $27,000,000 1
4 N Orphan WB $12,770,000 – $12,770,000 1
5 2 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Fox $8,200,000 -53.3% $171,291,000 4
6 3 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $8,000,000 -41.6% $379,090,000 5
7 6 The Hangover WB $6,465,000 -20.9% $247,077,000 8
8 5 The Proposal BV $6,423,000 -22.5% $140,086,000 6
9 7 Public Enemies Uni. $4,170,000 -46.2% $88,096,000 4
10 4 Bruno Uni. $2,719,000 -67.3% $56,516,000 3
11 12 (500) Days of Summer FoxS $1,630,000 +95.3% $3,004,000 2
12 8 Up BV $1,609,000 -49.3% $283,612,000 9

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com

Castlevania Coming to Big Screen

By  in July 27th 2009   No Comment »
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Castlevania

Video game publisher Konami is in negotiations with James Wan (he of the Saw series) to direct the big screen adaptation of the video game classic Castlevania.  Hey, at least it isn’t a whole movie based on the View-Master.  Ian Jeffers is set to pen the script (he may actually use a computer, or a typewriter or even a pencil, though that would require an awful lot of sharpening).  From Variety.com:

The project centers on the battle between Dracula and the Belmont clan of vampire hunters in a labyrinthine fortress in the Carpathian mountains.

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“Castlevania” debuted as a vidgame in Japan in 1986. Crystal Sky acquired the feature rights in 2005 and attached Paul W.S. Anderson to direct, followed by Sylvain White in 2007, with Rogue co-producing, but the project stalled during the WGA strike.

Steven Paul of Crystal Sky Entertainment will be producing.  As a video game player who has loved the “Castlevania” series, all I have to say is, “Someone please keep Uwe Boll distracted for the entirety of this production.”

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