Rypro 525

1 District 9 $35,000,000 -- 3,049 -- $11,479 $35,000,000 1 Sony/ TriStar
2 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra $23,000,000 -58% 4,007 0 $5,740 $99,253,188 2 Paramount
3 The Time Traveler's Wife $20,000,000 -- 2,988 -- $6,693 $20,000,000 1 Warner Bros./ New Line
4 Julie & Julia $12,200,000 -39% 2,354 0 $5,183 $43,484,468 2 Sony/ Columbia
5 G-Force $6,700,000 -32% 3,065 -417 $2,186 $98,840,974 4 Disney
6 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard $5,500,000 -- 1,838 -- $2,992 $5,500,000 1 Paramount Vantage
7 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $4,900,000 -45% 2,771 -684 $1,768 $283,637,953 5 Warner Bros.
8 The Ugly Truth $4,200,000 -38% 2,733 -242 $1,537 $77,201,886 4 Sony/
Columbia
9 Ponyo $3,800,000 -- 927 -- $4,099 $3,800,000 1 Disney
10 (500) Days of Summer $3,100,000 -17% 1,048 +231 $2,958 $18,030,047 5 Fox Searchlight

fumanstan

Impressive, guess I was wrong about District 9. It did a lot better then I thought it would.

Labor

Thats great for District 9. Way more than I anticipated

BravesMG

What the hell is (was) Bandslam?

JumpCutz

x2

Ranger

Never heard it of either.

Very surprised about D9. Only saw a few promos for it. Might have to be a blind buy since I think I'm done with the theaters til 2010.

Rypro 525

its some shitty skateboarding movie released by Summit (they were hoping that adding a trailer (or new footage) of new moon would get the tween girls to the theaters, guess it didn't work

BravesMG

Wow. This is the first time I've never heard of a movie mentioned in these threads. I haven't seen a commercial, poster, or trailer for that.

Achtung

Seen a few ads at the mall and one or two on TV. Looked pretty terrible. I guess the thought process during its development was "high school + music + Vanessa Hudgens = $$$".

Happy to see D9 up there. Hopefully word of mouth will keep the dropoff from being too large the next few weeks.

Rypro 525

and whats funny/sad is that bandslam was actually in 2100 screens according to box office mojo

The Antipodean

Awesome for District 9. Wouldn't have expected a movie with a strong South African setting and theme to top the US box office, but it's a great flick.

Gizmo

Vanessa should have releases more nudes if she wanted to movie to succeed.

William Fuld

It isn't a skateboarding movie and reviews for it are mostly positive.

My Other Self

She just did last week, so obviously that couldn't even help this mess.

I've only seen commercials on Nickelodeon. It looks like a typical teeny bopper film but I guess the audience wasn't there.

Labor

Apparently it has an 80% rating at RT

superdeluxe

Awesome for D9, Time travelers wife was tracking to destroy D9, but I guess not.

Jackskeleton

It gets old when people start going on with this "I haven't seen a single ad for ____ "

As if the world revolves around them or they're the target market for everything.

Mr. Cinema

G.I. Joe held a little better than one would expect. It's right on line with Fantastic Four's run. That film finished with $154 mil in the US. I think Joe can get to that amount.

fumanstan

I don't think so, it's just someone's opinion on what kind of marketing a movie has. Even if a movie's ads aren't targeted towards them, some times you'll trailers or tv spots EVERYWHERE and sometimes they'll be isolated to MTV or something.

Bluelitespecial

I hope it does that, and can finish with enough money, do well on dvd, then a sequel will get the green light.

Supermallet

I pretty much never do this, so indulge me. Here is what I said about District 9 in last week's Box Office thread, and just a few responses:

superdeluxe

Weekend estimates from BOG:

http://www.boxofficeguru.com/weekend20.htm

1 District 9 $ 37,000,000 3,049 1 $ 12,135 $ 37,000,000 Sony
2 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 22,500,000 54,713,046 -58.9 4,007 2 5,615 98,753,000 Paramount
3 The Time Traveler's Wife 19,000,000 2,988 1 6,359 19,000,000 Warner Bros.
4 Julie & Julia 12,400,000 20,027,956 -38.1 2,354 2 5,268 43,684,000 Sony
5 G-Force 6,908,000 9,870,594 -30.0 3,065 4 2,254 99,049,000 Buena Vista
6 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 5,350,000 1,838 1 2,911 5,350,000 Paramount
7 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 5,100,000 8,928,349 -42.9 2,771 5 1,840 283,838,000 Warner Bros.
8 The Ugly Truth 4,500,000 6,750,125 -33.3 2,733 4 1,647 77,502,000 Sony
9 Ponyo 3,506,000 927 1 3,782 3,506,000 Buena Vista
10 (500) Days of Summer 3,025,000 3,739,702 -19.1 1,048 5 2,886 17,955,000 Fox Searchlight
10 Funny People 3,023,000 7,986,435 -62.1 2,584 3 1,170 47,923,000 Universal

Looks even better for D9!

fumanstan

Do you have the winning lotto numbers?

Patman

True, I think people forget that they are getting older, their viewing habits change, they move out of the younger demographic areas and activities. Plus, we are a Tivo generation when it comes to watching TV shows and those pesky advertising spots that get zapped by us on reflex nowadays. Unless I rewind to see a movie ad on TV, I rarely watch commercials anymore unless I'm watching a live sporting event.

My Other Self

I can't say I'm surprised, but look how hard Funny People fell. That's terrible returns.

I wonder if this is the end of Apatow directed comedies.