| 1 | N | Max Payne | Fox | $18,000,000 | |||||||
| 2 | 1 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | BV | $11,200,000 | |||||||
| 3 | N | The Secret Life of Bees | FoxS | $11,050,000 | |||||||
| 4 | N | W. | LGF | $10,550,000 | |||||||
| 5 | 4 | Eagle Eye | P/DW | $7,343,000 | |||||||
| 6 | 3 | Body of Lies | WB | $6,880,000 | |||||||
| 7 | 2 | Quarantine | SGem | $6,300,000 | |||||||
| 8 | 5 | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Sony | $3,900,000 | |||||||
| 9 | N | Sex Drive | Sum. | $3,566,000 | |||||||
| 10 | 7 | Nights in Rodanthe | WB | $2,680,000 |
This is courtesy of boxofficemojo.com. So what exactly are we looking at here? Well, for one, the movie "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" has finally been dethroned from its number 1 spot by Mark Wahlberg and his video game action thriller "Max Payne". It was a good run though. The kid friendly movie was number 1 in America for the last three weeks. "Max Payne" went to the bank with $18 million in its pocket after the first weekend. This is big for Mark Wahlberg, whose last movie ("The Happening") tanked horribly. This movie may not be number 1 for long because this movie will only appeal to certain people. It is the adaptation of a popular first person shooter game so its numbers will fall quickly as many people will have no interest in the movie.
The biggest surprise of the week was "The Secret Life of Bees", which came in at number 3 with a respectable $11 million for the opening weekend. It only opened to 1,500 theaters (most big movies open to over 2,000 theaters) so that was a pleasant surprise for everyone attached to the film. It doesn't completely blow me away that this did so well. With actresses such as Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning in the movie, there is still a big following for these two. "W.", the Oliver Stone directed movie chronicling the life of President George W. Bush came in at number 4 with a cool $10.5 million. "Eagle Eye" continued its hot streak by coming in a number 5 for the weekend with over $7 million in earnings. I guess people are still not tired of the explosions and Shia LaBeouf running from anything and everything.
The biggest disappointment of the weekend was "Sex Drive" which debuted at number 9 on the box office list. It looks absolutely hilarious and it also has Seth Green (think "Austin Powers" series) attached to it. That guy is always a part of huge movies. Unfortunately people must be growing tired of the endless amount of college/teen comedies.
Next weekend will be another big weekend for the box office. I'm sure it will look completely different. Movies debuting this coming weekend include "Pride and Glory", "High School Musical 3" and "Saw V". I have to say, I'm not really looking forward to any of these movies even though I will probably still see "Saw V". I'm just going to be happy to see that franchise finally end.
This does it for the first installment of Ryan's Box Office Rankings. Next Monday I will provide you with more numbers and more reaction. Check out Entertainment Weekly's coverage of the box office rankings. Let me know how I compare!
3 comments:
game based movie it is. Not like the game it was interesting to see the movie. Revenge moments are the ones I truly enjoyed. But didn’t understand the after life situations. Like science faction. Other than that tremendously made movie watch it my self at http://www.80millionmoviesfree.com clear and easy for me it is.
The most discriminating actor when it comes to picking his film roles, he does have a pretty solid track record at the box office. It might be interesting to note that the historical incident took place, the film took more than 60% of the box office.
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I agree. Mark Wahlberg has been the victim of choosing bad scripts lately. From "Shooter" (which I enjoyed but it still was a box office flop) to "The Happening" (which will hopefully end M. Night's rein of bad movies) and now "May Payne". I like Marky Mark but he is acting his way out of Hollywood. Oh well, at least he still has Entourage.
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