Weekend Boxoffice 9/26-9/28 Eagle Eye #1

[Rypro 525]

Rank* Title
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9/26
(Estimates) Saturday
9/27 Sunday
9/28 Monday
9/29
1 EAGLE EYE
Paramount (DreamWorks)
3,510 $9,700,000

-- / $2,764
$9,800,000 / 1

2 NIGHTS IN RODANTHE
Warner Bros.

2,704 $4,800,000

-- / $1,775
$4,800,000 / 1

3 FIREPROOF
Samuel Goldwyn

839 $2,258,000

-- / $2,691
$2,300,000 / 1

4 LAKEVIEW TERRACE
Sony / Screen Gems

2,467 $2,025,000

+153.7% / $821
$20,726,000 / 8

5 BURN AFTER READING
Focus Features

2,649 $1,625,000

+118.8% / $613
$40,996,000 / 15

6 MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL
Lionsgate

2,636 $1,250,000

+124.4% / $474
$11,979,000 / 8

7 IGOR
MGM (Weinstein)

2,341 $1,200,000

+396.1% / $513
$10,039,000 / 8

8 RIGHTEOUS KILL
Overture Films

3,011 $1,015,000

+79.7% / $337
$32,017,000 / 15

9 MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA
Buena Vista

1,185 $985,000

-- / $831
$985,000 / 1

10 THE WOMEN (2008)
Picturehouse

2,642 $825,000

+65.9% / $312
$22,251,000 / 15

11 TYLER PERRY'S THE FAMILY THAT PREYS
Lionsgate

1,604 $820,000

+150.6% / $511
$30,456,000 / 15

12 GHOST TOWN
Paramount (DreamWorks)

1,512 $760,000

+158.3% / $503
$7,051,000 / 8

13 CHOKE
Fox Searchlight

434 $460,000

-- / $1,060
$460,000 / 1
N/A
N/A
N/A
14 THE DARK KNIGHT
Warner Bros.

1,406 $440,000

+85.5% / $313
$523,250,000 / 71

15 THE HOUSE BUNNY
Sony / Columbia

1,918 $375,000

+184.6% / $196
$46,486,000 / 36

16 TROPIC THUNDER
Paramount (DreamWorks)

1,354 $325,000

+69% / $240
$107,909,000 / 45

- THE DUCHESS
Paramount Vantage

55 $120,000

+553.1% / $2,182
$387,000 / 8
- THE LUCKY ONES
Lionsgate

425 $50,000

-- / $118
$50,000 / 1

- APPALOOSA
Warner Bros. (New Line)

14 $30,000

+53.2% / $2,143
$364,000 / 8

[mcfly]

Dark Knight from #9 - #14? Did it take that much of a hit this week?

[Ronnie Dobbs]

I've never seen one ad nor have I heard of "Fireproof"

[William Fuld]

I've never seen one ad nor have I heard of "Fireproof"

It's being marketed to Kirk Cameron's Christian following mostly, but he also turned up on Dr. Phil, of all shows, promoting it this week. Pretty amazing it did so well considering it looks absolutely ridiculous.

[GuessWho]

I never heard of it either, so I just looked up the trailer

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[Zen Peckinpah]

Now, if Fireproof starred Kirk Lazarus and not the roving Christian douche from Growing Pains, THEN we'd be talking.

[DVD-ho78(DTS)]

I never heard of it either, so I just looked up the trailer

Not knocking the movie but that looks like something one would watch on Lifetime instead of at theaters.

[RichC2]

Dark Knight from #9 - #14? Did it take that much of a hit this week?

Eagle Eye took over its remaining IMAX showings, which accounts for a small spike in decline. That said, there were 5 new movies this weekend, so it dropping from #9 to #14 makes abundant sense.

[fumanstan]

I actually thought Eagle Eye would make more based on all the advertising I see for it.

[chris_sc77]

It absolutely destroys me to see Miracle at St. Anna bomb while that disgusting, amateurish, POS Fireproof becomes a box office hit. Thanks a lot Americans. This is the most disgusted I've been with my country in well...at least a few days.
Yes its true Miracle at St. anna didnt get universally good reviews but I loved it and thought it was a masterpiece. It also got a 28% favorable reviews compared to 25% favorable reviews for Eagle Eye and NIR. Not much of a gap there but still. The eagle Eye trailers did nothing for me. Much like how the CLoverfield trailers never did anything for me. It looked like them trying to get people excited about something when the elements are not really there at all. I'll still rent EE cause of Dawson and Thornton though.

[Rockmjd23]

Haha @ Spike Lee.

[Matthew Chmiel]

To be honest, if Spike Lee doesn't make another film again, I'm cool with that. He hasn't made a film like Do The Right Thing, well since, Do The Right Thing. The 25th Hour was what, his best film in nearly a decade?

He also owes me my time back for Bamboozled and She Hate Me (amongst others).

The man has been culturally insignificant for a while and his films are a symbol of that.

The reason Fireproof took off the way it did was due to the Christians. Don't fret, the second weekend drop will probably be huge.

[Brack]

I actually thought Eagle Eye would make more based on all the advertising I see for it.

I thought it opened pretty well. Around $30m in September is pretty damn good, and while the advertising was good, you couldn't really grab much from them, but definitely got some people's interest.

Shia continues to make smart choices (thanks to Spielberg). Whether or not he's the draw is the question. He might be. There's no real reason why Disturbia opened as well as it did. At least I didn't think the advertising was that great.

[Daytripper]

To be honest, if Spike Lee doesn't make another film again, I'm cool with that. He hasn't made a film like Do The Right Thing, well since, Do The Right Thing. The 25th Hour was what, his best film in nearly a decade?

He also owes me my time back for Bamboozled and She Hate Me (amongst others).

The man has been culturally insignificant for a while and his films are a symbol of that.


Lee also needs to keep his mouth shut. Most people don't like him because he always comes across like a monumental asshole. And, for what it's worth, I think "The 25th Hour" is not only his best film, but one of my all-time favorites.

[sauce07]

Not knocking the movie but that looks like something one would watch on Lifetime instead of at theaters.

Gay-Lifetime

[riotinmyskull]

To be honest, if Spike Lee doesn't make another film again, I'm cool with that. He hasn't made a film like Do The Right Thing, well since, Do The Right Thing. The 25th Hour was what, his best film in nearly a decade?

i enjoyed INSIDE MAN

[RyoHazuki]

Glad to see Eagle Eye bomb. Budget is an estimated 105 million.

[majorjoe23]

It's the second highest Sept. opening ever, and Box Office Mojo says the estimated budget is $80 million. I wouldn't be so quick to call it a bomb.

Not that I really care, I just had a tab open on BOM when I opened this thread.

[Matthew Chmiel]

i enjoyed INSIDE MAN
It could've been better without the awful Jodie Foster subplot.

[RyoHazuki]

It's the second highest Sept. opening ever, and Box Office Mojo says the estimated budget is $80 million. I wouldn't be so quick to call it a bomb.

Not that I really care, I just had a tab open on BOM when I opened this thread.

Its the 4th highest Sept opening ever behind Sweet Home Alabama, Rush Hour, and the Exorcism of Emily Rose.

E! online also lists the budget of Eagle Eye at $105 million.

I think its pretty safe to call it a bomb.

[Matthew Chmiel]

I think its pretty safe to call it a bomb.
I didn't know films with $30 million openings were bombs, especially since there have been three films so far this year to make less money in it's opening weekend and still make over $100 million.

The film still has a solid shot of making $100 million and the only film I actually see making any decent amount of money next week is Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.

[fumanstan]

Yeah, I wouldn't call Eagle Eye a bomb. I expected to open higher, but I doubt it will end up being a big money loser.

[RyoHazuki]

I think Nick and Nora will take away a huge piece of the Shia market (10-17 year old girls). Express, Bevery Hills Chihoweveryouspellit, and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People should all open around 10-20 mil so that leaves Eagle Eye to rely on word of mouth. 25% on RT doesn't make me too hopeful.

[fumanstan]

Here's the top September openings -

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/month/?mo=09&p=.htm

The poor reviews might hurt it, but looking at the other movies there it could be around 70-80 mil. I can't imagine it will hit 100 though.

[Matthew Chmiel]

Express, Bevery Hills Chihoweveryouspellit, and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People should all open around 10-20 mil so that leaves Eagle Eye to rely on word of mouth. 25% on RT doesn't make me too hopeful.
Express doesn't open for a few more weeks.

I think a lot of parents will stay away from Beverly Hills Chihuahua despite what their children may want.

I don't think anybody will be going to see How To Lose Friends as Simon Pegg is NOT a box office draw.

It also doesn't help that An American Carol, Blindness and and Flash of Genius are all opening wide too.

Nick and Norah will be #1 with Eagle Eye as #2. Everybody else will do mediocre.

[Daytripper]

I think a lot of parents will stay away from Beverly Hills Chihuahua despite what their children may want.

I don't think anybody will be going to see How To Lose Friends as Simon Pegg is NOT a box office draw.


Re: Your comments on "Chihuahua"....forget about "Alvin and the Chipmunks" did you? ;)

Re: Simon Pegg. Sadly this is true. "Run Fatboy Run" deserved it's box-office failure. It stunk. "Shaun" and "Fuzz" were both comedy gold. And turned into word of mouth smashes on video. But "Friends" looks pretty bad in spite of it being from the guy who worked on "Curb Your Enthusiam". I hope the trailer is just bad and the film is better. I like the cast.

[Matthew Chmiel]

Alvin and the Chipmunks was an already established franchise releasing right at Christmas. Beverly Hills Chihuahua is not and it's releasing in the first week of October, a timeframe which no film does outstanding numbers. ;)

And as much as I love Shaun and Hot Fuzz, the general public could (sadly) give two shits about Pegg. It also doesn't help that MGM is just throwing this thing out there.

[chris_sc77]

1. Eagle Eye is definitely considered a success. Im sure it'll do around $150-200 million worldwide and quite a bit on DVD.
2. Bev. Hillls Chihuahua will be a success mainly because things that disgust me tend to do very well at the box office. It will succeed if for no other reason than to spite me.
3. How to lose Friends....will be a bomb as big as Run fatboy Run.

[Brack]

2. Bev. Hillls Chihuahua will be a success mainly because things that disgust me tend to do very well at the box office. It will succeed if for no other reason than to spite me.

:lol:

[wm lopez]

Haha @ Spike Lee.
That made my day!
Now a Obama loss in November and that would be better than kicking Spike in the nuts.

[Dean Kousoulas]

As a huge Spike Lee fan, i'm very upset that his latest film appears to be a bomb. After the success of Inside Man, it's clear the studios gave him a budget to do what he wanted, but i'm sure they expected results too.

To be fair, Flags of our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima didn't set the box office on fire neither. I wonder if Spike will blame White America anyway though ;)

[chris_sc77]

As a huge Spike Lee fan, i'm very upset that his latest film appears to be a bomb. After the success of Inside Man, it's clear the studios gave him a budget to do what he wanted, but i'm sure they expected results too.



He got most of the money from Europe. Italian production companies gave up most of the money I believe since this was a American/Italian co=production.

[Daytripper]

That made my day!
Now a Obama loss in November and that would be better than kicking Spike in the nuts.

That would be kicking the whole country in the nuts.

[chris_sc77]

Fireproof star Kirk Cameron and some other douche trying to prove the existence of God by talking about the shape of a banana:
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[NoirFan]

That was absolutely insane. It almost seemed as though Cameron were laughing at the guy.

[Bluelitespecial]

I am very excited I get to see Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist this Tuesday it looks like fun. But I am pretty happy to see Spike Lee's new movie bomb, maybe if he would shut his mouth and stop trashing other people's movies people might actually go see his flicks.

[Artman]

Fireproof star Kirk Cameron and some other douche trying to prove the existence of God by talking about the shape of a banana

Off topic buddy. Take it elsewhere.

[dx23]

I've never seen one ad nor have I heard of "Fireproof"

As said before it was marketed to Christian. It also has to be the first movie in the history to be in the top ten during a week and only have 168 votes on the IMDB.

And the movie looks real bad, even worse than the Left Behind series.

[majorjoe23]

Off topic buddy. Take it elsewhere.


So was the "Obama loss = Spike Lee nut kick" comment, but that doesn't earn a comment from you?

[Matthew Chmiel]

As said before it was marketed to Christian. It also has to be the first movie in the history to be in the top ten during a week and only have 168 votes on the IMDB.
Indeed. The film was marketed to the niche and the niche ate it up. However, by looking at the daily box office, the film was front loaded. While other films had huge jumps on Saturday, Fireproof barely did.

The Christians are just like the First Weekend Club. They'll go balls out to get the film a good spot in the opening weekend for some recognition, but nobody gives a shit when week two rolls around.

[RichC2]

Weekend Estimates:

1 N Eagle Eye P/DW $29,200,000 - 3,510 - $8,319 $29,200,000 $80 1
2 N Nights in Rodanthe WB $13,570,000 - 2,704 - $5,018 $13,570,000 - 1
3 1 Lakeview Terrace SGem $7,000,000 -53.3% 2,467 +3 $2,837 $25,700,000 $20 2
4 N Fireproof Gold. $6,514,000 - 839 - $7,764 $6,514,000 $0.5000 1
5 2 Burn After Reading Focus $6,169,000 -44.1% 2,649 -8 $2,329 $45,540,000 $37 3
6 4 Igor MGM/W $5,500,000 -29.5% 2,341 +2 $2,349 $14,339,000 $30 2
7 5 Righteous Kill Over. $3,803,000 -48.8% 3,011 -141 $1,263 $34,805,000 $60 3
8 3 My Best Friend's Girl LGF $3,800,000 -54.0% 2,636 +32 $1,442 $14,529,000 $20 2
9 N Miracle at St. Anna BV $3,501,000 - 1,185 - $2,954 $3,501,000 $45 1
10 6 Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys LGF $3,160,000 -56.5% 1,604 -466 $1,970 $32,796,000 - 3
11 8 Ghost Town P/DW $2,948,000 -41.2% 1,512 +7 $1,950 $9,239,000 $20 2
12 7 The Women (2008) PicH $2,653,000 -51.0% 2,642 -353 $1,004 $24,079,000 $16 3

13 9 The Dark Knight WB $1,655,000 -43.2% 1,406 -499 $1,177 $524,465,000 $185 11
14 N Choke FoxS $1,335,000 - 435 - $3,069 $1,335,000 - 1
15 10 The House Bunny Sony $1,225,000 -54.0% 1,918 -757 $639 $47,336,000 $25 6

25 N The Lucky Ones LGF $208,000 - 425 - $489 $208,000 - 1
28 28 Appaloosa WB (NL) $145,000 -41.7% 14 - $10,357 $479,000 - 2

Sort of surprised The Lucky Ones tanked that badly given that it had a few name actors in it. I'm sure the lousy reviews didn't help.

[KillerCannibal]

Nice to see Appaloosa still pulling in good numbers. TDK finally exits the top 10. No one saw that run coming.

[Artman]

So was the "Obama loss = Spike Lee nut kick" comment, but that doesn't earn a comment from you?

I didn't see it. I'd hope the mods would do a better job of weeding out ignorant comments on sensitive issues such as race/religion.

[Giles]

Express doesn't open for a few more weeks.

I think a lot of parents will stay away from Beverly Hills Chihuahua despite what their children may want.

I don't think anybody will be going to see How To Lose Friends as Simon Pegg is NOT a box office draw.

It also doesn't help that An American Carol, Blindness and and Flash of Genius are all opening wide too.

Nick and Norah will be #1 with Eagle Eye as #2. Everybody else will do mediocre.


that's very true, I don't get it, him without Nick Frost is like spaghetti without tomato sauce.

[Bill Geiger]

Who gives a shit if Fireproof bombs second week. With a budget under 1mil, they made out great!

[Rypro 525]

I wonder, do you think fox will let Choke go wide next week making a little under a million point five on 425 screens?

[chris_sc77]

I doubt it. It made about as much as Miracle at St. Anna over the weekend (if we go by PTA's) and that is not good at all. Espescially considering Chock is about half as long as St. Anna and they are able get in quite a few more showtimes per day at each location.

[wm lopez]

I am very excited I get to see Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist this Tuesday it looks like fun. But I am pretty happy to see Spike Lee's new movie bomb, maybe if he would shut his mouth and stop trashing other people's movies people might actually go see his flicks.

And that's what made people vote in Bush a 2nd term and what will cost Obama the Presidentcy. Too many Hollywood celebs bad mouthing like they are smarter than everybody else is a big turn off.

[starman9000]

Conservatives only vote to piss off Hollywood celebs?

[fumanstan]

And that's what made people vote in Bush a 2nd term and what will cost Obama the Presidentcy. Too many Hollywood celebs bad mouthing like they are smarter than everybody else is a big turn off.

Same with people on the internet!

[RyoHazuki]

And that's what made people vote in Bush a 2nd term and what will cost Obama the Presidentcy. Too many Hollywood celebs bad mouthing like they are smarter than everybody else is a big turn off.

Can we make a bet on the presidency? If Obama wins, you have to stop posting political stuff in movie talk. If McCain wins, (fill in your own request)

[NoirFan]

If Obama wins, you have to stop posting political stuff in movie talk.

He shouldn't be allowed to continue doing this regardless of who wins the election.

[dx23]

Can we make a bet on the presidency? If Obama wins, you have to stop posting political stuff in movie talk. If McCain wins, (fill in your own request)

Or anywhere for that matter. His political opinion should go on the politics forum. what a concept!

[Bluelitespecial]

I am very excited I get to see Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist this Tuesday it looks like fun. But I am pretty happy to see Spike Lee's new movie bomb, maybe if he would shut his mouth and stop trashing other people's movies people might actually go see his flicks.

And that's what made people vote in Bush a 2nd term and what will cost Obama the Presidentcy. Too many Hollywood celebs bad mouthing like they are smarter than everybody else is a big turn off.

I was thinking more about Spike Lee trashing Clint Eastwood for Flags of our Fathers. But off topic, I hate seeing Hollywood think they know whats right for our country, and it could cost Obama the Presidency.

[bhk]

I second the lol @ Spike Lee.

[John Slider]

Or anywhere for that matter. His political opinion should go on the politics forum. what a concept!

Ignore his posts if you don't agree with them. what a concept!


* I realize the hypocrisy of this post, but felt it was warranted given the situation.

[arminius]

Concepts, What a Concept.

[Giles]

I made a very small political comment in one thread here in Movie Talk and it blossomed into a mess - I learned my lesson... don't... just don't bring it up... ;)

[wendersfan]

And that's what made people vote in Bush a 2nd term and what will cost Obama the Presidentcy. Too many Hollywood celebs bad mouthing like they are smarter than everybody else is a big turn off.<i><b>wm lopez</b>, you have been recently warned not to interject political rhetoric into threads that are apolitical. If you want to have this sort of discussion you know where to take it.</i>