The Bus

1 N A Christmas Carol (2009) BV $31,000,000 - 3,683 - $8,417 $31,000,000 $200 1
2 1 Michael Jackson's This Is It Sony $14,000,000 -39.7% 3,481 - $4,022 $57,855,000 - 2
3 N The Men Who Stare at Goats Over. $13,309,000 - 2,443 - $5,448 $13,309,000 $25 1
4 N The Fourth Kind Uni. $12,521,000 - 2,527 - $4,955 $12,521,000 - 1
5 2 Paranormal Activity Par. $8,600,000 -47.5% 2,558 +154 $3,362 $97,430,000 $0.015 7
6 N The Box WB $7,855,000 - 2,635 - $2,981 $7,855,000 $25 1
7 4 Couples Retreat Uni. $6,428,000 -0.5% 2,857 -169 $2,250 $95,980,000 $70 5
8 3 Law Abiding Citizen Over. $6,172,000 -16.6% 2,474 -290 $2,495 $60,873,000 $50 4
9 5 Where the Wild Things Are WB $4,225,000 -28.8% 2,756 -889 $1,533 $69,268,000 $100 4
10 7 Astro Boy Sum. $2,588,000 -25.2% 1,918 -1,102 $1,349 $15,073,000 $65 3
11 6 Saw VI LGF $2,000,000 -62.1% 2,091 -945 $956 $26,220,000 $11 3
12 8 The Stepfather (2009) SGem $1,875,000 -41.5% 1,424 -922 $1,317 $27,490,000 $20 4
13 N Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire LGF $1,800,000 - 18 - $100,000 $1,800,000 $10 1

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend...wknd=45&p=.htm

Precious averaged $100,000

The Bus

A few other things...

• 75% of Carol's gross was from 3D
  
• Couples Retreat may make $100MM... It dropped less than 1%
  

MrSmearkase

That gross for Precious is really impressive for only 18 screens!

Supermallet

I was hoping Men Who Stare At Goats would at least make it to #2. Oh well.

The Bus

Interesting that aside from Saw, no other movies really had big drops.

wm lopez

I believe the title and George Clooney staring made this movie bomb.

MrSmearkase

Wasn't Clooney supposed to stare in the movie? He is one of the men in the title, no?

Artman

Think he meant "starring".... you know, cause of his leftist beliefs. I noted awhile ago that Clooney has never proved himself box office wise.... but it's obvious he's not choosing potential blockbusters to star in, seems to just be doing projects he wants, which I gotta give him credit for.

Matthew Chmiel

This Is It dropped over 40%.
Paranormal Activity dropped over 50%.

Just saying.

I'm curious to see how wide of a release Sony gives The Boondock Saints II this coming weekend. I'd actually like to have a conversation with someone about the movie.

Daytripper

MAY make!? With 95.6M in the bag currently, and making 6.1M this weekend, I'd say that's it's more likely to finish around 105-110K.

Also, whoever said that "Paranormal Activity" dropped 50%, true. Well, technically 49%. Still, in it's 7th week, not a big deal.

My Other Self

I think it's a lot more likely to finish around 105-110M.

It's already made over $110,000.

Daytripper

Do you mean worldwide? If so, that's currently at 117K. But I meant 105-110M in the U.S.

The Bus

I don't consider anything under 50% a "big" drop.

Giles

well after reading EW's trashing of the movie in the most recent issue I have no plans on seeing this movie.

Supermallet

I don't trust EW as far as I can throw them. I don't know what their problems were with it, but I thoroughly enjoyed the film.

Dr. Mantle

Yeah the public really hates George Clooney. You sure nailed that one.

Brack

The Bus

We've got broadly similar movie tastes. While Men Who Stare At Goats is not a great movie, it's worth watching. You should see it, even if only at home (boo).

d2cheer

Same here with how front loaded movies are these days.

Daytripper

EW suck! Why would anyone let their reviews on ANYTHING make or break their decision?

MrSmearkase

/\ EW is good for bathroom reading, but that's about it.

Gizmo

That's where my issues go!

wm lopez

Agreed! But their lists suck even more.