Weekend Boxoffice Numbers

In Order

Yes Man
Studio: Warner Bros.
This Week: $18,262,471
Last Week: -
Total: $18,262,471
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Seven Pounds
Studio: Columbia Pictures
This Week: $16,000,000
Last Week: -
Total: $16,000,000
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The Tale of Despereaux
Studio: Universal Pictures
This Week: $10,103,675
Last Week: -
Total: $10,103,675
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Studio: 20th Century Fox
This Week: $9,890,105
Last Week: $30,480,153
Total: $48,366,989
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Four Christmases
Studio: New Line
This Week: $7,701,375
Last Week: $13,074,470
Total: $100,110,827
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Twilight
Studio: Summit Entertainment
This Week: $5,189,319
Last Week: $7,951,131
Total: $158,423,218
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Bolt
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
This Week: $4,256,000
Last Week: $7,464,282
Total: $95,009,000
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Slumdog Millionaire
Studio: Fox Searchlight
This Week: $3,053,760
Last Week: $2,175,518
Total: $12,037,510
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Australia
Studio: 20th Century Fox
This Week: $2,174,188
Last Week: $4,169,277
Total: $41,796,525
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Quantum of Solace
Studio: Columbia Pictures
This Week: $2,150,000
Last Week: $3,715,522
Total: $161,300,000

Thoughts:
Looks like it was a slow week this week which isn't much of a surprise considering Christmas is next week. Yes Man debuted to a low $18 million which is much smaller than what I has expected. I was expecting the Jim Carrey hit to gross $20 million at the least, but I guess it isn't much worse than his drama film The Majestic which debuted much lower. I saw the film yesterday night and am currently working on a review which should go up sometime this week. Will Smith's new film Seven Pounds grossed a pretty lukewarm $16 million making it one of Smith's lowest box office opening. The Tale of Despereaux also opened to a low number of $10 million. I was expecting this animated flick to open pretty big considering the number of theaters that carried it, but it flopped pretty bad. The Day the Earth Stood Still dropped pretty hard to the 4th spot. It looks like those negative reviews did their jobs. This certainly hasn't been a good year for good old Fox. Slumdog Millionaire made the top ten and grossed an additional $3 million. It opened in more theaters this week which resulted in more chances for people to go see it. The film is highly rated and has already been nominated many times. I'm still trying to make some time to watch this film.