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Weekend Box Office: “Meatballs” Takes the Cake again

Stephanie Schoppert — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:42:11 +0000

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs tops the box office for the second week in a row beating out Bruce Willis and the beloved musical Fame, a very tough feat for any movie but especially for a children’s movie. This definitely shows that the movie was underestimated and definitely has everything going for it as it took in nearly $10 million more than Surrogates starring Bruce Willis. Fame took third which is a somewhat disappointing showing for the musical but considering the competition is relatively understandable. The Informant! and Tyler Perry both drop two spots this week but still beat out Pandorum. Pandorum has recieved terrible reviews from critics and movie-goers alike who find it overall a boring addition to the Sci-Fi genre. Inglourious Basterds is the longest running film in the top ten, at it’s 6th week it continue to beat out newer movies but next weekend should see it fall out of the top ten.

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	1	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony	$24,600,000	-18.8%	3,119	-	$7,887	$60,036,000	$100	2
2	N	Surrogates	BV	$15,000,000	-	2,951	-	$5,083	$15,000,000	$80	1
3	N	Fame (2009)	MGM	$10,033,000	-	3,096	-	$3,241	$10,033,000	$18	1
4	2	The Informant!	WB	$6,915,000	-33.9%	2,505	-	$2,760	$20,992,000	$22	2
5	3	Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself	LGF	$4,750,000	-51.9%	2,120	-135	$2,241	$44,543,000	-	3
6	N	Pandorum	Over.	$4,408,000	-	2,506	-	$1,759	$4,408,000	$40	1
7	4	Love Happens	Uni.	$4,327,000	-46.3%	1,898	-	$2,280	$14,728,000	$18	2
8	5	Jennifer’s Body	Fox	$3,500,000	-49.0%	2,738	+36	$1,278	$12,306,000	$16	2
9	6	9	Focus	$2,832,000	-49.1%	2,025	-35	$1,399	$27,101,000	$30	3
10	7	Inglourious Basterds	Wein.	$2,722,000	-28.7%	1,960	-559	$1,389	$114,460,000	$70	6
11	8	All About Steve	Fox	$2,300,000	-31.8%	1,965	-194	$1,170	$29,954,000	-	4
12	10	The Final Destination	WB (NL)	$1,380,000	-42.2%	1,175	-630	$1,174	$64,606,000	$40	5

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com

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

Stephanie Schoppert — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:26:35 +0000

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

Stephanie Schoppert — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:51:18 +0000

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

Stephanie Schoppert — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:41:50 +0000

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: Once again Tarantino does not disappoint.

Stephanie Schoppert — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:39:17 +0000

This weekend’s box office has Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds suppressing not only Nazis but the competition as well. This witty revenge flick with Brad Pitt managed to steal District 9‘s thunder with over $37 million for the weekend. District 9 takes the number two slot and G.I.Joe takes third. This shows that as the summer begins to cool down it is the action flicks that are turning up the heat in the box office. Chick flicks take the fourth and fifth slots, with the Time Traveler’s Wife and Julie & Julia respectively. Kids were completely knocked out of the top five with Shorts taking the number six slot, G-Force taking 7th and Harry Potter is already down to 8th. Post Grad had a disappointing opening weekend, barely coming in at number 10.

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Total Gross	Week #
1	N	Inglourious Basterds	Wein.	$37,602,000	-	$37,602,000	1
2	1	District 9	TriS	$18,900,000	-49.4%	$73,491,000	2
3	2	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Par.	$12,500,000	-44.0%	$120,531,000	3
4	3	The Time Traveler’s Wife	WB (NL)	$10,025,000	-46.2%	$37,448,000	2
5	4	Julie & Julia	Sony	$9,000,000	-25.3%	$59,288,000	3
6	N	Shorts	WB	$6,600,000	-	$6,600,000	1
7	5	G-Force	BV	$4,205,000	-39.2%	$107,315,000	5
8	7	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	WB	$3,515,000	-31.6%	$290,275,000	6
9	8	The Ugly Truth	Sony	$2,850,000	-35.9%	$82,887,000	5
10	N	Post Grad	Fox	$2,800,000	-	$2,800,000	1
11	6	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	ParV	$2,650,000	-53.0%	$11,187,000	2
12	9	Ponyo	BV	$2,429,000	-32.3%	$8,140,000	2

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com

In Theaters Now: A “short” movie for everyone.

Stephanie Schoppert — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:26:53 +0000

Shorts

Finally a children’s movie that everyone can enjoy. Shorts has a story and script that is cute, charming and overwhelmingly funny enough to suit anyone. This movie seems to get kids completely and even reminds parents of what it is like to be a kid. The story follows that an 11 year old boy finds a mysterious magical rock with the power to grant wishes, but as can be expected once word gets out, both kids and adults are willing to do anything for the stone. Adults have the added benefit of being able to appreciate a great cast with Jon Cryer and William H. Macy giving great performances.

Inglourious Basterds

This is a must seen for any Quentin Tarantino fan, as he wishes for this movie to be considered his masterpiece and has said that it is the best writing he has ever done. This holocaust movie follows two story lines each with people seeking revenge against the Nazis. While one should never make light of such an event, when put against the long string of depressing Holocaust films, this complete revenge fantasy is a nice break from the somber. Then of course you have Brad Pitt giving an amazing performance.

Post Grad

Starring Alexis Bledel this movie features a new college graduate who had the plan of getting good grades, graduating and getting her dream job. Things don’t go as planned and she is forced to move back in with her family and form a new plan. This movie is interesting if only because there are a number of college graduates approaching this situation today. But overall the movie seems to have little promise because everything seems to be trying for the magic and awkwardness of Little Miss Sunshine but ends up being just awkward. The reason for this is that when you read about her quirky family it is too much to be realistic and it keeps any information about the main character being divulged.

Still in Theaters

Ponyo

While this may be one Disney movie that has not gotten the usual fanfare it is being hailed by the critics as a beautiful work of art. This movie is based on an ancient Japanese creation myth and follows the story of a young boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who dreams of becoming human. This movie is not only beautifully done but it is a great way to bring the past alive and get children to learn about ancient mythology.