Never before have I been happier about the box office results over this past weekend. Dolphin Tale jumped up to being the number 1 movie over the weekend with a total of almost $14 million in box office revenue. Big star power couldn't help Dream House or What's Your Number, both taking in less than $10 million over the weekend and winding up 6th and 8th respectfully. 50/50 didn't get much in the box office getting short of $9 million and Courageous got a little more than $9 million over the weekend.
Box Office Results:
1. Dolphin Tale <--Must see in Theaters
2. Moneyball <Must see in Theaters
3. The Lion King <-- Blu-Ray must have
4. Courageous
5. 50/50
6. Dream House
7. Abduction
8. What's Your Number
9. Killer Elite
10. Contagion
COMING OUT THIS WEEKEND, OCTOBER 7TH:
(Movies have been corrected, I got my dates wrong)
Real Steel- Hugh Jackman stars as a promoter in the future where robot boxing has become all the rage
The Ides of March - George Cloony directs this film about a staffer on a political campaign who sees the dirty side of politics
Human Centipede 2 (limited release) - Sequel to human centipede, i'm not going any deeper than that
The Way (limited release) - Emilio Estevez directs this film about a father who heads overseas to recover his son's body who died while making a trek from France to Spain
Dirty Girl (limited release) - a high school dirty girl who runs away with a friend, a bag of flour, and a walkman full of tunes
Blackthorn (limited release) - a western film where Butch Cassidy is trying to make one last trip home from Bolivia while being pursued by gangs and lawmen
MY PREDICTION:
There is no doubt in my mind that Hugh Jackman's Real Steel is going to take the box office crown this weekend. He's having a very big run in the movie industry and I don't forsee him slowing down anytime soon. George Cloony's Ides of March will make the top ten and probably in the top 5, i'm just not certain about the top 3. Films that are still out from last weekend will be spread out amongst the rest of the spots with Dolphin tale hitting at least third or fifth.
Coming in "first" with $14 million speaks more to the disinterest of movie-goers than to the strength of Dolphin Tale's financial performance. Further proof that September and October are right there with January and February for films which have been given apoptotic treatment by their home studios.
ReplyDeleteI cannot stand that The Thing is being remade. The 1982 film was already a remake of a 1951 film! Why remake something if there is virtually no chance of making it better? The Kurt Russell version is an amazing movie - leave it alone! Footloose I don't care about - the original is incredibly cheesy as it is, this one will just be awful in a "hip" way.
re: Box office - looks like you skipped ahead to October 14? No mention of Real Steel, sure to capture the top spot, or the season's first Oscar hopeful, George Clooney's The Ides of March.