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Lower numbers to end a rather busy January this past weekend. Taken leads the pack with $24.7 million in hand, with Paul Blart: Mall Cop following behind with $13.9 million.
The Uninvited earns $10.3 million for third place, while Hotel for Dogs edges Gran Torino with $8.6 and $8.2 million respectively.
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Almost up to to date with this series! Keep your fingers crossed!
Some more big numbers from January, this time from the weekend of January 16-19. We have the premiere of Paul Blart: Mall Cop with a huge $39.2 million.
Sharply dropping off from first place to land in second is Gran Torino with $25.6 million. My Bloody Valentine 3-D edges Biggie Smalls tribute Notorious for second with a $700,000 advantage.
Finishing out the top five is the children’s film Hotel for Dogs, which earned $22.9 million.
Not one film in the top five this weekend grossed any less than $20 million. That’d be fine in my account any day, so the execs must be loving it!
Weekend Top 5:
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Still playing catch-up with the Weekend Box Office! Sorry!
Starting off January strong, we have Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, which grossed $29.5 million in its opening weekend.
Bride Wars starts off at just over $21 million for second, followed by The Unborn at $19.8 million. Marley and Me lasts another week in fourth place, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button holds off its top five title with $9.2 million
Weekend Top 5:
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Here’s a late update for the last box office weekend in 2008! This weekend was great for debuts, with four of the five movies in the top five premiering during the previous week!
Marley and Me debuted with a smashing $36.4 million, and Bedtime Stories, featuring Adam Sandler in his first Disney film, debuted in second place with a respectable $27.5 million.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button lands in third with $26.9 million in earnings, a very close finish to second place.
Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise debuts in fourth place at $21 million, while Jim Carrey’s performance in Yes Man earns $16.7 million and places fifth in its third week of screening.
These big totals don’t seem to show a recession, do they? 😉
Weekend Top 5:
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Season’s greetings from SquidFlicks with this holiday edition of Weekend Box Office!
Take a seat and let SquidFlicks guide you to the top five movies this past week! In first place we have Jim Carrey’s latest comedy, Yes Man, grossing over $18.3 million. In second was Will Smith’s latest drama, Seven Pounds. It earned over $14.9 million this past weekend.
The Tale of Despereaux, based on the series of books by the very same name, placed third with $10.1 million in revenue.
Filling out the rest of the top five were The Day the Earth Stood Still, placing fourth with $9.9 million, barely below the $10 million mark, and long time contender Four Christmases, which placed fifth and took home $7.7 million.
Thanks for reading and have a happy holiday season! Be ready for more Weekend Box Office in 2009! (But still read next weekend’s post too! Dec. 26-28!)
Weekend Top 5:
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Having to do back to back Weekend Box Office posts, as I was tied up the past two weeks! Sorry! =)
The premiere of The Day the Earth Stood Still attracted a big crowd, earning a respectable $30.5 million. I myself look forward to seeing it despite a lot of anger of it being a remake of a sci-fi classic.
Four Christmases, last week’s box office leader, was knocked off the top by The Day the Earth Stood Still, and earned $13.1 million, slightly less than last week’s earnings.
Familiar faces Twilight, Bolt and Australia continue to hang on in the top five, but it will be interesting to see how much longer we’ll see them on the list. My guess is not long, with all these new and anticipated films premiering in the next couple of weeks.
Weekend Top 5:
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Having to do back to back Weekend Box Office posts, as I was tied up the past two weeks!
Four Christmases continues to pull a holiday crowd, with Twilight closely behind in second.
Bolt continues to fight for a top five position, right behind Twilight in third place.
Australia and Quantum of Solace flesh out the rest of the top five, earning $7.1 and $6.8 million respectively.
Weekend Top 5:
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Sorry for the late update, it’s been a crazy week here at HQ!
This weekend’s top five were a variety of movies and genres, from number one being Vince Vaghn’s Four Chistmases to James Bond in Quantum of Solace.
Bolt, a story involving an animated dog who thinks he’s a superhero opens in second place, Australia remains in the top five through its second week of release.
Twilight remains in the top five with another big weekend box office. Overall all the films in the top five grossed over $10 million, signifying that more people are going out to the theaters as the holiday season progresses.
I look forward to what a rerelease of The Dark Knight into theaters will make – stay tuned!
I also hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving weekend!
Weekend Top 5:
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Huge numbers this weekend – Twilight smashes the box office with a $70+ million performance.
Quantum of Solace, which I saw just last night, earned $400,000 more than premiering movie Bolt, $27.4 million and $27 million respectively.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa continues its $10+ million per week earnings, and Role Models continues to hold on to round out the top 5.
Weekend Top 5:
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Big big weekend here folks – the much anticipated release of the latest 007 movie, Quantum of Solace led to big box office bank rolls! The movie had the highest number of tickets sold in the entire history of the franchise (which spans 4 decades). I hope to see this one soon myself!
Another high-roller for this past weekend was Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, which debuted last weekend. It finished with a little over half of last week’s total at $36.1 million.
Role Models finished over $10 million for another week, and HSM3 is STILL in the top 5! Madness!
Kudos to the top 5 for this weekend – and let’s see what happens next weekend!
Weekend Top 5:
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