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Kim Hollis: The Women, an estrogen-laced title from Picturehouse, opened to $10.1 million in 2,962 locations. Even though it's the worst of the new openers, this is still a pretty good result, right?

Max Braden: It's no Sex and the City, but for September, and a romantic comedy with zero male characters, that's a respectable opening.

Pete Kilmer: I think it's a decent opening, but considering the pedigree this movie had (in regards to people who were originally attached) it could have been so much more if Julia and Sandra and the others had done it.

David Mumpower: The marketing team failed this movie in the naming. The Women immediately alienates the male demographic. Calling it No Man's Land or Where the Boys Aren't, on the other hand, paints a different picture, one that would have sold a lot of tickets. Sure, they would have left the theater disgruntled by the false advertising, but that's every weekend at the cineplex these days.

Jason Lee: It's not a HORRIBLE opening for something that looked like it have been a Lifetime Original Movie. That said, I think that the movie needed to tap into Sex and the City's "Friday night out with the girls" vibe to really have a shot at box-office success. Without it, there's absolutely no reason not to wait for it to come out on DVD. Clearly, this didn't happen.

Daron Aldridge: With a venue average of approximately $3,300, I think the result is poor. This movie has a pedigree of languishing in limbo and it doesn't appear that too many people would have been disappointed if it stayed there.

Scott Lumley: Considering it had a $16.5 million production budget, this has to be considered a success. Any film that you can put in the black after two weeks of release has to represent some pretty substantial profits. I don't know how leggy it will be as reviews seem to be awful, but it will make its money back and then some.

Brandon Scott: I am sure that Sarah Palin or Hillary Clinton would spin it as a success. It is an okay result with a budget of $16 million but with that many theaters, its not debatable that they would have liked to see mo' money.

Lee Greenwood gonna sue somebody...well, he would if they had any money to sue for.

Kim Hollis: Proud Americans had a per venue average of $140. Say something funny about this.

Pete Kilmer: Americans were proud that they didn't go this! (And smart, too!)

Scott Lumley: It's a documentary about what makes Americans proud to be American. In the middle of a recession, during a unpopular war and while America is dealing with the aftermath of yet another hurricane. Yay. I hope the theater owners sold a lot of popcorn, at least.

Daron Aldridge: Is there anything to be proud of with that kind of total? It cost more to run the projectors.

David Mumpower: $140? Lee Greenwood tips his hookers more than that.

Jason Lee: Proud Americans decided to stay at home and wait for The Women to come out on DVD.

Brandon Scott: *in Miss South Carolina voice* I believe, that most US Americans don't have maps. There were only about 14 Americans that saw this movie per venue, such as, therefore, the Iraq.

Reagen Sulewski: Odds are if you saw this film this weekend, you had the theatre to yourself and your date. So maybe it inspired some new Proud Americans to be born!

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