Wow! Saw II, last week's top opener falls a few spots to make way for two new movie entries in the top 3 this week! Disney's first 3D animation movie without Pixar's help, Chicken Little, pulls out on top with 40+ million dollars!
The second movie opener for this week, Jarhead, a very sincere movie about war and life, opens in at #2 with almost 30 million dollars! In at #3, Saw II falls out of the top spot, but that was expected, since Halloween is over. Also holding strong this week in the box office are Legend of Zorro, Prime, and Dreamer! Wow! Flightplan holds strong at #10 for a second week! Also, two Indie movies entered the box office this week. Good Night and Good Luck, starring George Clooney finished up the weekend in only 653 theaters! The other film, Shopgirl, starring Steve Martin, climbed the chart and wnet in the top 10 at #9. There are also some surprises this week in the box office as well. Wallace and Gromit falls out of the box office from #5!
WTF? Anyways, here are the weekend's final results:
1
"Chicken Little"
Rated G
81 minutes
Starring: Zach Braff, Steve Zahn
Weekend Gross: $40.1 mill.
Total Gross: $40.1 mill.
Weeks in Release: 1
2
"Jarhead"
Rated R
115 minutes
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx
Weekend Gross: $28.2 mill.
Total Gross: $28.2 mill.
Weeks in Release: 1
3
"Saw II"
Rated R
91 minutes
Starring: Erik Knudsen, Franky G
Weekend Gross: $17.2 mill.
Total Gross: $60.5 mill.
Weeks in Release: 2
4
"The Legend of Zorro"
Rated PG
130 minutes
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Weekend Gross: $10.0 mill.
Total Gross: $30.3 mill.
Weeks in Release: 2
5
"Prime"
Rated PG-13
106 minutes
Starring: Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman
Weekend Gross: $5.3 mill.
Total Gross: $13.5 mill.
Weeks in Release: 2
6
"Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story"
Rated PG
98 minutes
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Kurt Russel
Weekend Gross: $4.8 mill.
Total Gross: $23.8 mill.
Weeks in Release: 3
7
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
Rated PG
90 minutes
Starring: George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr.
Weekend Gross: $3.1 mill.
Total Gross: $11.0 mill.
Weeks in Release: 5 (Limited Release)
8
"The Weather Man"
Rated R
102 minutes
Starring: Nicholas Cage, Michael Caine
Weekend Gross: $2.9 mill.
Total Gross: $8.7 mill.
Weeks in Release: 2
9
"Shopgirl"
Rated R
104 minutes
Starring: Steve Martin, Claire Danes
Weekend Gross: $2.5 mill.
Total Gross: $3.5 mill.
Weeks in Release: 3 (Limited Release)
10
"Flightplan"
Rated PG-13
93 minutes
Starring: Jodie Foster, Erika Christensen
Weekend Gross: $2.3 mill.
Total Gross: $84.5 mill.
Weeks in Release: 7
FALLOFFS
Wallace and Gromit from #5
Doom from #7
North Country from #8
The Fog from #9