Mr. Cinema

Showbizdata, Friday numbers:

1. CRANK UNIVERSAL 2,515 3,265,000 1,298 n/a 3,265,000
2. INVINCIBLE BVI 2,921 2,988,000 1,023 -44% 25,628,000
3. WICKERMAN, THE WARNER BROS. 2,784 2,743,000 985 n/a 2,743,000
4. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE FOX SEARCHLIGHT 1,602 1,821,000 1,137 -11% 27,919,000
5. ILLUSIONIST, THE YARI FILM GROUP 889 1,588,000 1,786 230% 5,569,200
6. TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY SONY 3,001 1,515,000 505 -40% 132,192,000
7. ACCEPTED UNIVERSAL 2,819 1,266,000 449 -40% 24,792,000
8. CROSSOVER SONY 1,023 1,162,000 1,136 n/a 1,162,000
9. STEP UP BVI 2,553 1,156,000 453 -41% 54,007,000
10. WORLD TRADE CENTER PARAMOUNT 3,021 1,075,000 356 -40% 58,978,000

gotrice487

Thanks for the numbers! Nothing too impressive to see...

Sabrett

Some of those I'll just wait to buy on DVD. And the one I'm looking forward to seeing the most is World Trade Center.

marty888

Looks as if the theaters are empty, and the #1 movie might not even make $10M for the Fri-Sat-Sun totals.

Joe Molotov

Summer's over. Time to gear up for Thanksgiving.

Jackskeleton

This Holiday weekend is never really that steller in box office numbers anyways.

NitroJMS

You can thank the NFL for that.

Jackskeleton

I would think that it has more to do with the fact that summer is ending and folks would like to spend that last chance to do summer activities such as beach, BBQ's and drinking in any shape or form.

That and it's the end of summer so it's time for studios to take out the trash and dump their crappy films for some profit.

antennaball

Why? The preseason ended Thursday and the regular season doesn't start until next Thursday.

Seantn

Wow, Beerfest already left the top 10.

Mr. Cinema

Showbizdata, Saturday numbers:

1. INVINCIBLE BVI 2,921 4,571,000 1,565 -32% 30,199,000
2. WICKERMAN, THE WARNER BROS. 2,784 3,532,000 1,269 n/a 6,275,000
3. CRANK LIONS GATE 2,515 3,531,000 1,404 n/a 6,796,000
4. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE FOX SEARCHLIGHT 1,602 2,934,000 1,831 -4% 30,853,000
5. ILLUSIONIST, THE YARI FILM GROUP 889 2,398,000 2,697 231% 7,967,200
6. TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY SONY 3,001 2,332,000 777 -32% 134,524,000
7. BARNYARD: THE ORIGINAL PARTY ANIMALS PARAMOUNT 2,907 1,982,000 682 -14% 61,150,000
8. STEP UP BVI 2,553 1,702,000 667 -30% 55,709,000
9. ACCEPTED UNIVERSAL 2,822 1,691,000 599 -32% 26,483,000
10. WORLD TRADE CENTER PARAMOUNT 3,021 1,123,000 372 -57% 60,101,000

The Bus

I wonder what effect the weather has. I know one big movie's opening numbers were skewed because of a huge snowstorm... I wonder if the hurricane did anything. When people cancel travel plans they may just decide to go to the movies. Or stay in alltogether. I don't know.

Mr. Cinema

Not much I don't think. Labor Day weekend is always weak. Transporter 2 has the all-time Labor Day 4-day opening record and that's only $20 million.

Spiderbite

I would go with the start of college football instead.

The Bus

Of course someone in Alabama would suggest that.

sauce07

so did Idocracy make less than $3000 at the box office over the weekend? It's no where to be seen on the charts.

paulringodaman

i never even saw one commercial/print ad for wickerman (the nic cage movie)

Mr. Cinema

4-day estimates from Box Office Mojo:

1 1 Invincible BV $15,206,000 -10.7% 2,921 +4 $5,205 $37,847,000 - 2
2 N Crank Lions $13,000,000 - 2,515 - $5,168 $13,000,000 - 1
3 N The Wicker Man WB $11,720,000 - 2,784 - $4,209 $11,720,000 - 1
4 3 Little Miss Sunshine FoxS $9,725,000 +31.9% 1,602 +172 $6,070 $35,833,000 $8 6
5 14 The Illusionist YFG $8,021,000 +337.1% 971 +827 $8,260 $12,081,000 - 3
6 2 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Sony $7,700,000 -5.2% 3,001 -369 $2,565 $138,373,000 $72.50 5
7 10 Barnyard: The Original Party Animals Par. $6,404,000 +13.3% 2,907 -96 $2,202 $63,593,000 $51 5
8 6 Accepted Uni. $5,912,000 -6.8% 2,822 -95 $2,094 $29,422,000 $23 3
9 5 World Trade Center Par. $5,816,000 -10.2% 2,902 -119 $2,004 $63,702,000 $65 4
10 8 Step Up BV $5,487,000 -11.0% 2,553 -94 $2,149 $58,368,000 $12 4
11 12 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $5,081,000 +27.7% 1,786 +85 $2,844 $414,179,000 $225 9
12 4 Beerfest WB $4,615,000 -34.4% 2,964 - $1,557 $14,767,000 - 2
13 N Crossover Sony $4,500,000 - 1,023 - $4,398 $4,500,000 $5.80 1
- 9 Idlewild Uni. $2,876,000 -49.9% 975 +2 $2,949 $9,930,000 - 2
- 13 Material Girls MGM $1,250,000 -43.2% 1,188 -321 $1,052 $10,475,000 - 3
- 22 Cars BV $1,136,000 +54.7% 555 +24 $2,046 $242,030,000 $120 13
- 21 Superman Returns WB $1,080,000 +38.4% 281 -30 $3,843 $196,782,000 $270 10
- 20 The Devil Wears Prada Fox $950,000 +7.9% 501 -84 $1,896 $121,998,000 $35 10
- 15 Pulse Dim. $790,000 -50.9% 787 -821 $1,003 $19,273,000 - 4
- 17 The Descent Lions $540,000 -46.3% 426 -433 $1,267 $25,428,000 - 5

Superman Returns is inching closer to $200 mil, I think Warners will leave it out until it reaches that total.

Joe Molotov

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 is up to $970 Million worldwide.

grim_tales

There weren't any press screenings of the film. In a way I'd like to check the film out, but I don't want my memory of the original classic warped. Reviews of the remake in Britain say its' mostly shit.

RyoHazuki

Go Eagles!

matome

boxofficemojo is down at the moment but the last they had was $991m, with it to break the $1b mark by the end of the week.

Joe Molotov

It's up for me, and it's still showing $970. $414 Domestic + $556 International.

Mr. Cinema

Superman Returns worldwide total now at $377.7 million, finally putting it past Batman Begins.

PopcornTreeCt

Good to see Little Miss Sunshine hanging in there.