Weekend Wrap-Up
Max Payne Knocks Off the Dogs
By John Hamann
October 19, 2008
Fifth goes to Eagle Eye, the Shia LaBeouf-acted/Steven Spielberg-produced action flick. Now in its third weekend, Eagle Eye earned $7.3 million and was off 33%, another strong hold for a big picture. Eagle Eye cost Paramount and DreamWorks $80 million to produce and has now earned $81.3 million. I'm looking for it to earn $100 million before it's through.
Body of Lies lands in sixth, as the second weekend for the DiCaprio/Crowe starrer is almost as disappointing as the first. After starting with a soft, third place $12.9 million opening, the espionage thriller couldnĂt find any momentum, as it earned $6.9 million, off a harsh 47%. This one cost Warner Bros. $70 million to make, and at this point I'm thinking it will finish with a little over $40 million. It has a cume so far of $24.5 million, and proves again, kids, that throwing your phone at someone can cost you mega-millions.
Quarantine finishes seventh, and displays the usual horror film/Screen Gems box office pattern. After opening quite strongly to $14.2 million and outgrossing its $12 million budget, the horror flick dropped a nasty 56% this weekend, earning $6.3 million. Screen Gems, the studio behind Quarantine, can't count how many times this has happened to them. For example, When A Stranger Calls, the 2006 horror flick, opened to $21.6 million and dropped 58% in its second weekend to $9.1 million. It finished with $47.9 million domestically, but cost only $15 million to produce. Quarantine has now earned $24.7 million against that $12 million budget.
Eighth is Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, which did better in its third weekend than Sex Drive did in its first. Nick and Norah earned another $3.9 million, off a decent 39%, despite the new competition. The Sony flick has now earned $26.7 million against a budget of only $10 million - not bad work if you can get it.
Ninth does go to new release Sex Drive from upstart Summit. Sex Drive earned $3.6 million from 2,421 venues. It was 45% fresh, which isn't bad for the genre, so it might have a chance on DVD.
Finally in tenth we have Nights in Rodanthe, the absolute, complete opposite of Sex Drive (we're talking 360 degrees). The Gere/Lane/Viagra romance earned $2.7 million and was off 41%. Its total now sits at $36.9 million.
Overall, the box office takes a significant step forward compared to last year. Over the same weekend in 2007, 30 Days of Night got off to a slower than expected start with $15 million, which led the box office to a $78.5 million weekend. This year, with a stronger crop of openers, the top 12 earned an estimated $86.4 million. Next weekend brings an interesting showdown: the kids of High School Musical 3 versus Jigsaw in Saw V. Go Jigsaw!
1 |
Max Payne |
Twentieth Century Fox |
$18,000,000 |
$17,639,849 |
New |
$17,639,849 |
2 |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$11,200,000 |
$11,422,425 |
- 34.7% |
$69,282,560 |
3 |
The Secret Life of Bees |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
$11,050,000 |
$10,527,799 |
New |
$10,527,799 |
4 |
W |
Lionsgate |
$10,550,000 |
$10,505,668 |
New |
$10,505,668 |
5 |
Eagle Eye |
DreamWorks Pictures |
$7,343,000 |
$7,029,718 |
- 35.6% |
$81,021,825 |
6 |
Body of Lies |
Warner Bros. |
$6,880,000 |
$6,824,259 |
- 47.0% |
$24,424,928 |
7 |
Quarantine |
Screen Gems |
$6,300,000 |
$6,084,580 |
- 57.2% |
$24,471,512 |
8 |
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist |
Sony/Screen Gems |
$3,900,000 |
$3,693,384 |
- 42.5% |
$26,500,875 |
9 |
Sex Drive |
Summit Entertainment |
$3,566,000 |
$3,607,164 |
New |
$3,607,164 |
10 |
Nights in Rodanthe |
Warner Bros. |
$2,680,000 |
$2,657,440 |
- 41.5% |
$36,869,470 |
11 |
Fireproof |
Samuel Goldwyn/idp |
$2,674,933 |
$2,578,271 |
New |
$20,628,110 |
12 |
The Express |
Universal |
$2,276,100 |
$2,191,810 |
- 52.0% |
$8,214,570 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
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What Just Happened |
Magnolia |
$216,000 |
$192,508 |
New |
$192,508 |
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Morning Light |
WALT DISNEY |
$134,422 |
$129,295 |
New |
$129,295 |
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Saving Marriage |
Regent |
N/A |
$8,044 |
New |
$8,044 |
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City of Ember |
Fox Walden |
$1,725,000 |
$1,730,755 |
- 44.7% |
$5,926,753 |
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RocknRolla |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$131,000 |
$133,679 |
- 7.6% |
$403,892 |
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Happy Go Lucky |
Miramax Films |
$110,000 |
$107,947 |
New |
$217,388 |
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Religulous |
Lionsgate |
$1,450,000 |
$1,446,221 |
- 35.2% |
$9,068,325 |
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The Duchess |
Paramount Vantage |
$2,209,000 |
$2,121,588 |
- 35.8% |
$9,128,899 |
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Appaloosa |
New Line Cinema |
$1,985,000 |
$2,029,200 |
- 38.9% |
$14,326,286 |
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Appaloosa |
New Line Cinema |
$1,985,000 |
$2,029,200 |
- 38.9% |
$14,326,286 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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