RichC2

Friday's Numbers:

1 Grudge 2 10.100 NEW NEW 3211 3,145 10.100
2 The Departed 5.700 146% -34% 3017 1,889 43.651
3 Man of the Year 4.000 NEW NEW 2516 1,590 4.000
4 Texas Chainsaw...2 2.800 224% -62% 2820 993 25.507
5 Open Season 2.700 246% -32% 3687 732 50.854
6 The Marine 2.300 NEW NEW 2545 904 2.300
7 The Guardian 1.700 163% -42% 3044 558 36.966
8 Employee of the Month 1.600 183% -62% 2579 620 15.910
9 One Night with the King 1.500 NEW NEW 908 1,652 1.500
10 Jackass 2 1.000 115% -51% 2330 429 66.049
12 The Illusionist $385,000 - 825 $467 35.200
13 The Queen $270,000 - 46 $5,870 1.109
* Infamous 0.120 NEW NEW 179 670 0.120

There's debate over how much The Grudge 2 made on Friday, I went with Lee's posting since it was already formatted (I know I'm lazy), though BOM has it listed as make $400k less than whats listed. ShowBizData also has slightly different numbers.

The Departed is down only 33 to 34% from last weekend, which is extremely rare when it comes to R-rated movies that start relatively big. Seems to have struck a chord, good for Marty, it looks like he may finally have a good sized hit on his hands.

After only 1 day though, Infamous is bombing (thus far), I guess the public wasn't in need of another Truman Capote film after all (it averaged $670 per screen on Friday, which is downright awful for a relatively high profile limited release movie, don't expect an expansion.) By comparison, The Queen averaged $5,870 per screenon Friday, (noteably though, is playing on about a 3rd of the screens that Infamous is).

RichC2

Weekend Estimates:

1 N The Grudge 2 Sony $22,000,000 - 3,211 - $6,851 $22,000,000 - 1
2 1 The Departed WB $18,675,000 -30.5% 3,017 - $6,189 $56,626,000 $90 2
3 N Man of the Year Uni. $12,550,000 - 2,515 - $4,990 $12,550,000 - 1
4 3 Open Season Sony $11,000,000 -29.6% 3,687 -146 $2,983 $59,154,000 $85 3
5 2 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning NL $7,750,000 -58.1% 2,820 - $2,748 $30,457,000 $16 2
6 N The Marine Fox $7,000,000 - 2,545 - $2,750 $7,000,000 - 1
7 5 The Guardian BV $5,853,000 -38.8% 3,044 -197 $1,922 $41,119,000 - 3
8 4 Employee of the Month LGF $5,600,000 -50.9% 2,579 - $2,171 $19,910,000 $12 2
9 N One Night with the King 8X $4,326,000 - 909 - $4,759 $4,326,000 $20 1
10 6 Jackass: Number Two Par. $3,334,000 -48.8% 2,330 -677 $1,430 $68,383,000 $11.50 4
11 10 The Illusionist YFG $1,426,000 -25.2% 825 -324 $1,728 $36,260,000 $16.50 9
12 7 School for Scoundrels MGM/W $1,257,000 -63.4% 1,406 -1,601 $894 $16,323,000 $35 3
13 18 The Queen Mira. $1,020,000 +153.7% 46 +35 $22,173 $1,859,000 - 3
14 8 Jet Li's Fearless Rog. $969,000 -57.7% 886 -731 $1,093 $23,526,000 - 4
15 11 Little Miss Sunshine FoxS $875,000 -31.6% 505 -319 $1,732 $56,365,000 $8 12
16 14 Facing the Giants IDP $859,000 -14.6% 347 -71 $2,475 $4,073,000 $0.10 3
17 9 Gridiron Gang Sony $800,000 -64.2% 1,174 -1,054 $681 $38,001,000 $30 5
18 25 The Last King of Scotland FoxS $605,000 +106.7% 101 +71 $5,990 $1,264,000 $6 3
19 15 The Science of Sleep WIP $525,000 -22.8% 243 +22 $2,160 $3,509,000 - 4
20 N Infamous WIP $435,000 - 179 - $2,430 $435,000 - 1

The Bus

Well, Man of the Year is not the bomb I thought it would be (and funny that it has a similar title to Employee of the Month). I was thinking it would have American Dreamz-level numbers (sub $6mm) but I guess Robin Williams still draws in crowds. I expect a pretty big drop next weekend though.

I think Infamous lacked promotion. I really wanted to see it but had no idea it started this week. LMS and Illusionist continue to rack up money.

I hope Departed does well. WB needs a big movie and it would be nice for Scorcese to get a critical and popular hit.

Mr. Cinema

I've not seen The Departed yet, but will soon. That 30% drop is impressive, especially in a time were it seems everything drops by half the second weekend.

dpz301

i didn't see a lot of promotion for infamous either and i go to the theatre just about every weekend. still want to see science of sleep so hopefully it will becoming to more theatres soon. not too surprised about the grudge 2 since horror movies seem to draw pretty much no matter what, but i would have liked to seen the departed take another weekend since it was so good IMO.

RichC2

Infamous is only in 179 theaters, so widespread advertising would have been a waste, I'm sure it popped up in the limited markets though.

I saw quite a few ads for it, but mostly during late night (Leno, Letterman).

The Bus

I still wonder what makes people want to go see Open Season, seeing as it's the 73rd talking-animal CGI film this year.

RichC2

They skipped 71 of the 72 other ones, and figured it was time to give in.

dx23

And it is like the 69th CGI film with the "fish out of water" plot.

matome

Yeah, the word "redundant" certainly comes to mind. Time to close up this well.

fumanstan

Never even heard of Infamous

Geofferson

Agreed. I think part of it can be attributed to those that liked it seeing it a second time.

majorjoe23

Ah, funmanstan, infamous is when you're more than famous! This guy El Guapo is not just famous, he's IN-famous!

Matthew Chmiel

Oh, it's just the 2006 remake to Capote.

RichC2

Weekend Box Office Final Numbers:

1 N The Grudge 2 Sony $20,825,300 - 3,211 - $6,485 $20,825,300 $20 1
2 1 The Departed WB $19,034,294 -29.2% 3,017 - $6,309 $56,985,185 $90 2
3 N Man of the Year Uni. $12,299,380 - 2,515 - $4,890 $12,299,380 - 1
4 3 Open Season Sony $11,112,795 -28.9% 3,687 -146 $3,014 $59,267,065 $85 3
5 2 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning NL $7,485,290 -59.6% 2,820 - $2,654 $30,192,411 $16 2
6 N The Marine Fox $7,138,774 - 2,545 - $2,805 $7,138,774 - 1
7 5 The Guardian BV $5,866,998 -38.7% 3,044 -197 $1,927 $41,132,922 - 3
8 4 Employee of the Month LGF $5,271,088 -53.8% 2,579 - $2,043 $19,581,504 $12 2
9 N One Night with the King 8X $4,106,862 - 909 - $4,518 $4,106,862 $20 1
10 6 Jackass: Number Two Par. $3,329,091 -48.9% 2,330 -677 $1,428 $68,377,686 $11.50 4
11 10 The Illusionist YFG $1,374,959 -27.9% 825 -324 $1,666 $36,242,974 $16.50 9
12 7 School for Scoundrels MGM/W $1,301,346 -62.1% 1,406 -1,601 $925 $16,367,023 $35 3
13 18 The Queen Mira. $1,022,475 +154.4% 46 +35 $22,227 $1,861,414 - 3
14 8 Jet Li's Fearless Rog. $969,162 -57.7% 886 -731 $1,093 $23,526,734 - 4
15 11 Little Miss Sunshine FoxS $872,422 -31.8% 505 -319 $1,727 $56,362,905 $8 12
16 14 Facing the Giants IDP $840,768 -16.4% 347 -71 $2,422 $4,055,153 $0.10 3
17 9 Gridiron Gang Sony $772,551 -65.5% 1,174 -1,054 $658 $37,973,797 $30 5
18 12 Trailer Park Boys: The Movie All. $675,000 -43.8% 196 +15 $3,443 $2,468,000 - 2
19 25 The Last King of Scotland FoxS $611,129 +108.8% 104 +74 $5,876 $1,270,711 $6 3
20 15 The Science of Sleep WIP $497,940 -26.8% 243 +22 $2,049 $3,481,693 - 4
21 N Infamous WIP $452,966 - 179 - $2,530 $452,966 - 1
22 13 Flyboys MGM $295,839 -71.5% 441 -1,030 $670 $12,587,489 $60 4
23 22 Barnyard: The Original Party Animals Par. $258,892 -27.7% 392 -131 $660 $72,106,304 $51 11
24 19 Monster House Sony $240,937 -39.1% 248 -83 $971 $73,394,814 $75 13
25 23 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Sony $230,811 -33.7% 332 -144 $695 $148,213,377 $72.50 11
26 24 Superman Returns WB $216,430 -27.0% 348 -40 $621 $199,732,905 $270 16
27 - Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker Wein. $215,177 - 221 +101 $973 $400,083 - 2
28 41 Shortbus Think $196,988 +82.6% 25 +19 $7,879 $395,577 - 2
29 26 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $187,342 -35.1% 213 -110 $879 $421,060,364 $225 15
30 29 Keeping Mum Think $176,821 -7.6% 74 -1 $2,389 $820,301 - 5

Top 30 to get Alex Rider in there.

29.2% drop for the Depahted .