In Order
Taken
Studio: 20th Century Fox
This Week: $24,717,037
Last Week: -
Total: $24,717,037
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Studio: Columbia Pictures
This Week: $13,872,751
Last Week: $21,500,000
Total: $83,247,655
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The Uninvited
Studio: Paramount Pictures
This Week: $10,325,824
Last Week: -
Total: $10,325,824
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Hotel for Dogs
Studio: Paramount Pictures
This Week: $8,632,740
Last Week: $12,860,944
Total: $48,156,061
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Gran Torino
Studio: Warner Bros.
This Week: $8,232,278
Last Week: $16,244,462
Total: $110,178,990
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Slumdog Millionaire
Studio: Fox Searchlight
This Week: $7,628,713
Last Week: $10,550,000
Total: $67,193,169
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Studio: Columbia Pictures
This Week: $7,581,272
Last Week: $20,700,000
Total: $33,165,746
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New In Town
Studio: Lionsgate
This Week: $6,741,530
Last Week: -
Total: $6,741,530
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My Bloody Valentine
Studio: Lionsgate
This Week: $4,479,662
Last Week: $10,050,000
Total: $44,827,233
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Inkheart
Studio: Warner Bros.
This Week: $3,721,492
Last Week: $7,601,379
Total: $12,813,023
Thoughts:
Fox's Taken won the box office this week and pulled in an impressive $24 million. I would have thought the Super Bowl would have had an effect on this week, but I guess It didn't. The Liam Neeson thriller has already been released internationally for some time now. I'm surprised the studio decided to release it state side this late instead of just bringing it out straight to DVD. Sony's Paul Blart continued to do good numbers with an estimated $13 million to come in at number 2. With this continued momentum, I can see it going on to make more than a $100 million before it ends its theatrical run.
The Uninvited came in at third spot with a low expected $10 million. I was expecting the horror flick to do some good numbers considering The Unborn which was released a couple weeks ago, made almost $20 million when it opened. Hotel for Dogs is surprisingly starting to climb back and brought in a good $8 million. The comedy flick from Paramount is already at $48 million and I can see it reach $60-65 million before it exists theaters. Eastwood's Gran Torino is still bringing in the cash and scored another $8 million this week. The dramatic film from Warner Bros. studio is already at $110 million and has now become Eastwood's biggest film. Expect a $130 million when all is said and done.
The Oscar hit Slumdog Millionaire is still bringing in good numbers and took in $7 million at the box office this week to bring its total to $67 million. I just saw the film last week and really loved it. I can see the film staying in the top 10 especially with the Academy Awards coming up in a few weeks. Sony's third Underworld film took a big drop this week with an estimated $7 million to come in at number 7 on the top 10. I was expecting the film to stay in the top 5 considering it came in at number 2 last week and brought in $20 million. I don't expect the film to reach $50 million. The Warner Bros. release Inkheart, came in at number 10 which was down from number 7 last week. The film is bombing pretty badly in theaters and is going to struggle to reach the $25 million spot.
2 comments:
I will no longer see any Paramount films at the movie theater. I went to a movie with my girlfriends this weekend and there was someone at the entry to the movie room searching everyone who entered. There was also a security guard roaming the theater during the entire movie looking for people who "might" be trying to pirate the movie. While I understand that illegal copying of these films does happen, I will be not be treated as a suspect and have to PROVE that I don't have criminal intent just to enter a movie that I just paid to see. I'm seeing more and more of this type of thing happening in our society and people just complacently accept it as "the way the world is now". It is this way because people allow it to happen and don't speak up.
I guess theaters are starting to crack on piracy. I also experienced some issues when I went to go see a movie. The people next to me were talking through out the movie.
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