Weekend Estimate at the box office offers kudos to Coen brothers’ Burn After Reading. Bangkok Dangerous, which held first place last week, took a dangerous drop to number eight. The Women came in fourth.
September 12, 2008 - September 14, 2008 (*millions)
Bangkok Dangerous ended up as number one for the week in the box office standings. Trades are saying it was a slow week. I guess, with schools opened and more adult-type films kids can’t flock to the movie theaters.
Movie fans you are in for a treat, I thought you might be interested to know that The Godfather trilogy is being re-released on DVD and Blu-Ray September 23rd . Dubbed “The Coppola Restoration,” the set features restored and remastered picture and sound quality, as well as many new special features. Knowing that Francis Ford Coppola is a genius, you are going to want the disc set as part of your library. The first film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and James Caan. The soundtrack is to die for! Make sure you click on all the videos available for you to learn about the restoration of The Godfather trilogy.
No surprises for this week’s box office tally. Tropic Thunder is first, then The House Bunny and Death Race. Quite a few movies are opening this weekend. To name a few: Traitor, Babylon A.D., Hamlet 2 and College.
Tropic Thunder took the top box office draw this weekend taking in an estimated $26 million with a five-day opening total of $37 million. It’s an R-rated film, which means the bulk of the audience is over 25 – that’s quite a draw.
Batman sequel The Dark Knight became the second highest grossing movie of all time domestically, passing up the original Star Wars. The Batman movie took in an estimated $16.8 million with a total of $471.5 million in just 30 days.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which opened to an estimated $15.5 million, came in third.
Mirrors being a horror film, the only one currently, took that market and the number four spot with $11.1 million.
Vicky Cristinia Barcelona opened in only 692 screens took the number ten spot with an estimated $3.7 million.
It’s Sunday morning and I am writing about Friday box office because it has just been brought to my attention that comedy Pineapple Express top the domestic box office Friday as it brought in $7.8 million while The Dark Knight was close with $7.5 million.
For three days Pineapple brought in $25.9 million to set at the number one spot for domestic box office for a continuous three days. Even though Dark Knight slumped 41% from the preceding Friday, it could take the weekend, which we will find out later today. So, stay tuned.
Iron Man holds the number two spot for the highest theatrical box office tally for the year at $315 million. The superhero will be on the shelves on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.
Paramount is releasing Iron Man as a two-disc “Ultimate Edition” on DVD and Blu-ray. The disc set includes a seven-part making-of documentary and a six-part feature on the origins of the Marvel superhero.
Other superhero extras include a documentary on the film’s visual effects; Robert Downey Jr.’s original screen test; deleted and extended scenes; a photo gallery of concept art; and behind-the-scenes images on the set.
A single-disc Iron Man DVD also will be issued with just the movie and the deleted and extended scenes. I’d go for the “Ultimate Edition.”
Weekend Estimate at the box office offers kudos to Coen brothers’ Burn After Reading. Bangkok Dangerous, which held first place last week, took a dangerous drop to number eight. The Women came in fourth.
