Weekend Box Office: Six Celebs Is All You Need…
By Mali Elfman
No surprises here, you put Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell in one big movie and people will go to see it despite the bad reviews and lack of substance. We’ll see how it does in the weeks to come, although it’s already screaming for a sequel in another magestic place that the cast and crew want to visit.
On the other side of movie magic, is the tiny movie that could, Paranormal Activity, which was made for $11,000 and has officially joined the top 10 ahead of Bruce Willis‘ action film Surrogates.
Check out the numbers below…
- Couples Retreat | New | Weekend Gross $35,340,000 | Average Per Theater $11,780 | Total Gross $35,340,000 | Production Budget $70 | Week 1
- Zombieland | LW 1 | Weekend Gross $15,000,000 | Average Per Theater $4,937 | Total Gross $47,801,000 | Production Budget $23.6 | Week 2
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | LW 2 | Weekend Gross $12,000,000 | Average Per Theater $4,011 | Total Gross $96,251,000 | Production Budget $100 | Week 4
- Toy Story / Toy Story 2 (3D) | LW 3 | Weekend Gross $7,674,000 | Average Per Theater $4,380 | Total Gross $22,676,000 | Week 2
- Paranormal Activity | LW 20 | Weekend Gross $7,066,000 | Average Per Theater $44,163 | Total Gross $8,280,000 | Week 3
- Surrogates | LW 4 | Weekend Gross $4,115,000 | Average Per Theater $1,375 | Total Gross $32,573,000 | Production Budget$80 | Week 3
- The Invention of Lying | LW 5 | Weekend Gross $3,370,000 | Average Per Theater $1,933 | Total Gross $12,327,000 | Production Budget$18.5 | Week 2
- Whip It | LW 6 | Weekend Gross $2,800,000 | Average Per Theater $1,611 | Total Gross $8,766,000 | Production Budget $15 | Week 2
- Capitalism: A Love Story | LW 8 | Weekend Gross $2,700,000 | Average Per Theater $2,714 | Total Gross $9,095,000 | Week 3
- Fame (2009) | LW 7 | Weekend Gross $2,556,000 | Average Per Theater $822 | Total Gross $20,042,000 | Production Budget $18 | Week 3
Looks like Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Zombieland will both be around for a while and rightly so! Personally, I think you should check them out in a double feature.
What do you think of this weekends numbers? Do you think Couples Retreat was worthy of the number one spot?
