blog.newsok.com | by brandy | Mon, Dec 29
Mon, Dec 29
Apparently, all those ads with the cuddly puppy really paid off for 20th Century Fox over the long Christma weekend.
The other new release for Christmas was Lionsgate’s comic-book flick “The Spirit,” which came in at No. 9 with $6.5 million over the weekend and $10.4 million since Christmas.
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12 Months Ago,
brandy from blog.newsok.com says
(in Box office report)
Fox’s remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” starring Keanu Reeves, took in $10.2 million, dropping from the top spot to No. 4. It’s 10-day total is $48.6 million, and I’m willing to bet the special effects cost much more than that.
14 Months Ago,
Steve Mason from Fantasy Moguls Original Content says
(in WEEKEND ESTIMATES: 'High School Musical 3' Plays Top Tune w/$42M opening; 'Saw V' Gets Grisly $30M at No. 2; No. 5 Finish 'Pride and Glory' w/$6.3M; Eastwood's 'Changeling' a Big Winner in PTA Battle!)
The video-game adaptation Max Payne (20th Century Fox) appears to be down 57 percent from its opening weekend but will still manage a third-place finish. The Mark Wahlberg vehicle added $2.6 million on its second Friday and will finish the three-day with an estimated $7.6 million, for a 10-...
16 Months Ago,
Steve Mason from Fantasy Moguls Original Content says
(in WEEKEND ESTIMATES: 'Burn After Reading' is Coen Brothers's Biggest Opening Ever with $19.4M; Perry's 'Family' No. 2 with $18M; 'Righteous Kill' Finished Third w/$16.5M; $10M and Distant Fourth-Place Finish for 'The Women'!)
6. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) — $1.23 million, $561 PTA, $514.8 million cume
8. Bangkok Dangerous (Lionsgate) — $1.1 million, $414 PTA, $11.2 million cume
9. Traitor (Overture) — $600,000, $298 PTA, $19.2 million cume
10. Babylon A.D. (20th Century Fox) — $550,000, $267 PTA, $19.1 million cume
And
Steve Mason from Fantasy Moguls Original Content says
(in FINAL WEEKEND TRACKING: Perry's 'Preys' Headed for $18M, Likely Outpacing 'Righteous Kill'; 'Burn After Reading' May Be the All-Time Biggest Coen Brothers Opening; 'The Women' Targets $7.3M!)
His new movie from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta is not a "fat suit comedy" like Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion. Instead, this is a drama that intertwines two families — one black and one white — personally and in business, and it boasts Academy Award winner Kathy Bates...