|
|
FILM
|
GROSS
|
|
1
|
Race To Witch Mountain
|
$25,000,000
|
|
2
|
Watchmen
|
$18,070,000
|
|
3
|
Last House On The Left, The
|
$14,658,105
|
|
4
|
Taken
|
$6,650,000
|
|
5
|
Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail
|
$5,130,000
|
|
6
|
Slumdog Millionaire
|
$5,025,000
|
|
7
|
Paul Blart Mall Cop
|
$3,100,000
|
|
8
|
He’s Just Not That Into You
|
$2,905,000
|
|
9
|
Coraline
|
$2,654,909
|
|
10
|
Miss March
|
$2,350,000
|
Although I am a Watchmen fan, I am happy to see Race to Witch Mountain take the top spot at the box office this weekend, which proves family movies are money makers. My daughter and her friend enjoyed Witch Mountain very much and talked about it constantly after the movie. Taken again hangs in there with the number four spot.
Popularity: unranked [?]
|
|
FILM
|
GROSS
|
|
1
|
Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail
|
$41,120,000
|
|
2
|
Taken
|
$11,400,000
|
|
3
|
Coraline
|
$11,031,035
|
|
4
|
He’s Just Not That Into You
|
$8,540,000
|
|
5
|
Slumdog Millionaire
|
$8,050,000
|
|
6
|
Friday The 13th
|
$7,825,000
|
|
7
|
Confessions of a Shopaholic
|
$7,019,000
|
|
8
|
Paul Blart Mall Cop
|
$7,000,000
|
|
9
|
Fired Up
|
$6,000,000
|
|
10
|
International, The
|
$4,450,000
|
Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail made it to the top of the box office score this weekend with Taken, Coraline and He’s Just Not That Into You trailing behind, respectively. Friday the 13th took a huge plunge to number six after a slashing week at the #1 spot.
Popularity: 1% [?]
| |
FILM
|
GROSS
|
|
1
|
Taken
|
$24,625,000
|
|
2
|
Paul Blart Mall Cop
|
$14,000,000
|
|
3
|
Uninvited, The
|
$10,512,000
|
|
4
|
Hotel For Dogs
|
$8,706,000
|
|
5
|
Gran Torino
|
$8,600,000
|
|
6
|
Slumdog Millionaire
|
$7,680,000
|
|
7
|
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
|
$7,200,000
|
|
8
|
New In Town
|
$6,750,000
|
|
9
|
My Bloody Valentine 3-D
|
$4,260,000
|
|
10
|
Inkheart
|
$3,700,000
|
Paul Blart Mall Cop finally got taken off the top of the box office and place in second for Super Bowl weekend by the action, vigilante film Taken. The horror flick The Uninvited came in third. Slumdog Millionaire is winning awards and coming up the box office standings to number six.
Popularity: 1% [?]
The word is out; Tropic Thunder is still on top after three weeks running. Next is Babylon A.D. and then the ever money-maker The Dark Knight.
Domestically in the U.S. the movie biz still has Labor Day to make more dough. We’ll see what the tally is later today or tomorrow morning.
Weekend Estimate
August 29, 2008 - August 31, 2008 (*millions)
| |
FILM |
GROSS |
| 1 |
Tropic Thunder |
$14,300,000 |
| 2 |
Babylon A.D. |
$12,000,000 |
| 3 |
Dark Knight, The |
$11,025,000 |
| 4 |
House Bunny, The |
$10,200,000 |
| 5 |
Traitor |
$10,000,000 |
| 6 |
Death Race |
$8,194,510 |
| 7 |
Disaster Movie |
$6,880,000 |
| 8 |
Mamma Mia! |
$5,785,920 |
| 9 |
Pineapple Express |
$4,500,000 |
| 10 |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
$3,531,000 |
Popularity: 1% [?]
Tropic Thunder stayed on top with The House Bunny close behind and Death Race in the next spot. I hear House Bunny is quite a laugher.
August 22 – 24, 2008
(*millions)
|
|
FILM
|
GROSS
|
|
1
|
Tropic Thunder
|
$16,100,000
|
|
2
|
House Bunny, The
|
$15,100,000
|
|
3
|
Death Race
|
$12,292,860
|
|
4
|
Dark Knight, The
|
$10,305,000
|
|
5
|
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
|
$5,660,000
|
|
6
|
Pineapple Express
|
$5,600,000
|
|
7
|
Mirrors
|
$4,875,000
|
|
8
|
Longshots, The
|
$4,304,000
|
|
9
|
Mamma Mia!
|
$4,303,100
|
|
10
|
Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor, The
|
$4,068,960
|
| |
| |
Popularity: 1% [?]
Box office headlines say Batman buried the Mummy. This is the third week in a row where The Dark Knight came out ahead in the box office game. All I have heard is very positive feedback about the film. It’s obvious by the numbers below.
Weekend Estimate
August 1, 2008 - August 3, 2008 (*millions)
|
|
FILM
|
GROSS
|
|
1
|
Dark Knight, The
|
$43,800,000
|
|
2
|
Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor, The
|
$42,450,400
|
|
3
|
Step Brothers
|
$16,300,000
|
|
4
|
Mamma Mia!
|
$13,120,670
|
|
5
|
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
|
$6,875,000
|
|
6
|
Swing Vote
|
$6,300,000
|
|
7
|
Hancock
|
$5,200,000
|
|
8
|
WALL-E
|
$4,747,000
|
|
9
|
X-Files: I Want to Believe, The
|
$3,425,000
|
|
10
|
Space Chimps
|
$2,840,000
|
Popularity: 1% [?]
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“The Forbidden Kingdom” held its position all week. Go Jackie Chan and Jet Li!!
WEEK BOX OFFICE FINAL
Apr 18 – Apr 24, 2008 1. Forbidden Kingdom, The2. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
3. Prom Night
4. 88 Minutes
5. 21
6. Nim’s Island
7. Street Kings
8. Horton Hears A Who
9. Leatherheads
10. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Popularity: 1% [?]
 Which new movie are you going to see this weekend? Tracking says “Forbidden Kingdom” is the sure winner, starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li. “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” was projected the box office drawer, even with an overexposed male body, starring Jason Segel; but it doesn’t look like it. Al Pacino thriller, “88 minutes” is opening as well.  Then, there are some documentaries with limited releases: “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” a documentary bashing the theory of evolution; ”Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?” and “Glass: A Portrait of Philip in 12 Parts.”
It looks like a flavor for everyone.Â
I am following Tracking and placing my bet on “Forbidden” as the top draw this weekend.
What do you think?
Popularity: 1% [?]
