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THE BOX OFFICE WIPE UP, OCTOBER 26, 2009
In a surprise move, today’s box office estimates reveal that horror movie fans may have a brain, as Paranormal Activity outgrossed Saw VI by seven million dollars. I normally wouldn’t root for a movie grown-ass men are trying to say is haunted, but it’s pretty easy to root against Saw VI. At least now we know that, if provided a decent alternative, you sick freaks that absolutely need horror movies will avoid the blatantly mass-produced ones. This was the worst opening for a Saw movie since Saw I.
Where the Wild Things Are fell a surprising 56% from its opening weekend and looks to have a tough time recouping its $100 million budget. Where were you at this weekend, marketing slugs? Notice how they always take credit for success but never failure?
Wild Things rustled up an estimated $14.4 million, lifting its total to $54 million in ten days, but its drop was much steeper than Bridge to Terabithia and other similar titles. [BoxOfficeMojo]
Tough luck, WTWTA. But take solace in the fact that you made a movie unique enough that the best comparison industry analysts could come up with was f-cking Bridge to Terabithia. That’s gotta be a victory of some sort.
| Film | Weekend | Per Scrn | Total | |
| 1 | Paranormal Activity | $22,000,000 (+12.1%) | $11,311 | $62,477,000 |
| 2 | Saw VI | $14,800,000 | $4,875 | $14,800,000 |
| 3 | Where the Wild Things Are | $14,420,000 (-55.9%) | $3,861 | $53,960,000 |
| 4 | Law Abiding Citizen | $12,713,000 (-39.6%) | $4,399 | $40,318,000 |
| 5 | Couples Retreat | $11,097,000 (-35.6%) | $3,610 | $78,213,000 |
| 6 | Astro Boy | $7,017,000 | $2,328 | $7,017,000 |
| 7 | The Stepfather | $6,500,000 (-43.9%) | $2,377 | $20,352,000 |
| 8 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant | $6,348,000 | $2,305 | $6,348,000 |
| 9 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $5,600,000 (-30.2%) | $2,043 | $115,204,000 |
| 10 | Zombieland | $4,300,000 (-43.5%) | $1,757 | $67,308,000 |
M.I.A.: Where the f-ck is Black Dynamite? It opened on just 70 screens last weekend and now it doesn’t even seem to have that. It’s only playing on one screen near me and I live in NYC. Looks like the rest of the country will have to wait for DVD. It deserved better. (*sad 70s bass riff*)
[Source = BoxOfficeMojo, CHUD]
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It’s a damn shame ‘Astro Boy’ didn’t make more than $14.8M. “Astro Glides into the 2 Spot” would have made an awesome headline.
The Stepfather won’t be shown up by some punk ass kid.
Filmdrunk looks nice today. Has it had a haircut?
The Bridge to Terabithia leads you to the Brace of Spina Bifida.
I’m having PrettyNormal Activity in my pants every time I see that January Jones boob picture on the right.
Well, horror fans had a choice. Repetitive shit (Saw), or over hyped shaky shit (in regards to Paranormal Activity). I decided on not being ass raped again (after having already seen Paranormal Activity), and will be attending the big screen showing of The Shining on Wed instead.
My bootlegged Iraqi copy of ‘Paranormal Activities” had a friendly ghost haunting it. I came home and it had dusted my coffee table and alphabetized my spice rack.
*crawls on to board reeking of alcohol, vomit, and Tylenol*
qa…plah…His Iowa…Hawkeyes…undefeated…need…hangover targ…
*keels over, passes out, and wets self*
An Italian Guy’s Perfect Day: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.
Hmm…The Mighty Feklahr thought He felt a finger up His ass whilst He wanked earlier…must have been UPROXX!!!!!!!!!!!!
You think Gerard Butler and Clive Owen have to do rock-paper-scissors over who gets the next mediocre role that makes people question why they ever liked them in the first place?
Good thing Owen always throws scissors.
Butler needs to go do some GOOD comedy. He actually did a good job on SNL. Too bad he had to touch Heigel and Aniston. Their taint has invaded his career.
Viva Zombieland.
I’m writing a movie called ‘Perinormal Activity’. It’s about one morning where I wake up, eat breakfast, shower, shave, go to work, then put on lipstick and throw highlighters at people.
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