RichC2

As expected, Burn After Reading is neck and neck with another Tyler Perry abortion. Righteous Kill seems to be off to a decent start, and The Women got off to a soft start. It's too close to call who will come out on top this weekend, as only 1 of the top 3 is rated PG-13, I'm going with it to be the winner - Tyler Perry seems bound to get yet another #1.

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Rank* Title (Click to view chart) Friday 9/12 (Estimates) Saturday 9/13 Sunday 9/14 Monday 9/15 1 BURN AFTER READING Focus Features 2,651 $6,500,000 -- / $2,452 <nobr>$6,500,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 2 TYLER PERRY'S THE FAMILY THAT PREYS Lionsgate 2,070 $6,400,000 -- / $3,092 <nobr>$6,400,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 3 RIGHTEOUS KILL Overture Films 3,152 $5,900,000 -- / $1,872 <nobr>$5,900,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 4 THE WOMEN (2008) Picturehouse 2,962 $3,700,000 -- / $1,249 <nobr>$3,700,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 5 THE HOUSE BUNNY Sony / Columbia 2,763 $1,310,000 +329% / $474 <nobr>$39,164,000 / 22</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 6 TROPIC THUNDER Paramount (DreamWorks) 2,927 $1,225,000 +125.6% / $419 <nobr>$100,016,000 / 31</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 7 THE DARK KNIGHT Warner Bros. 2,191 $1,125,000 +164% / $513 <nobr>$514,790,000 / 57</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 8 BANGKOK DANGEROUS Lionsgate 2,654 $740,000 +49.6% / $279 <nobr>$10,871,000 / 8</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 9 TRAITOR Overture Films 2,014 $640,000 +100.1% / $318 <nobr>$19,243,000 / 17</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 10 DEATH RACE Universal 2,007 $572,000 +83.9% / $285 <nobr>$31,748,000 / 22</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 11 BABYLON A.D. Fox 2,062 $520,000 +92.1% / $252 <nobr>$19,070,000 / 15</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 12 MAMMA MIA! Universal 1,517 $508,000 +66.8% / $335 <nobr>$138,081,000 / 57</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 13 DISASTER MOVIE Lionsgate 1,802 $450,000 +290.4% / $250 <nobr>$11,540,000 / 15</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 14 VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA MGM (Weinstein) 726 $360,000 +97.6% / $496 <nobr>$17,116,000 / 29</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 15 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS Sony / Columbia 1,030 $345,000 +49.9% / $335 <nobr>$85,278,000 / 38</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 16 MIRRORS Fox 1,008 $265,000 +114.3% / $263 <nobr>$28,506,000 / 29</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 17 FLY ME TO THE MOON Summit Entertainment 698 $240,000 +425.1% / $344 <nobr>$8,748,000 / 29</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 18 JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH Warner Bros. (New Line) 751 $230,000 +250.9% / $306 <nobr>$97,179,000 / 64</nobr> N/A N/A N/A - PROUD AMERICAN Slowhand Cinema 750 $35,000 -- / $47 <nobr>$35,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A - TOWELHEAD Warner Independent 4 $16,000 -- / $4,000 <nobr>$16,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A - - N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Daytripper

Abortion is right. Perry is right up there with the worst directors/writers EVER! When I saw the trailer for "Family", I literally had food come up. Shame on Kathy Bates for signing up to do shit like this. Second crap feel good movie in a row. The other being "Bonneville".

mdc3000

Please let Burn After Reading be number 1.... PLEASE!

Brack

If Perry's film was going to be #1 this weekend, it probably would've needed to win Friday. I don't see it jumping much from Fri-Sat, so I'm going with Burn After Reading at the top.

Rypro 525

at Tropic Thunder passing 100 million.

Daytripper

Is it too late for me to see, and pay for, three more viewings of "Burn After Reading" to beat out the latest Tyler Perry abomination!? To ensure a number one top spot??

majorjoe23

Yeah, my guess is the TPA will be frontloaded on Friday. Burn After Reading should be safe.

RichC2

Early estimates say you guys are right with $19.5m for Burn After Reading, $18.5m for Tyler P's flick. $11m for The Women.

arminius

I see your and raise you .

wm lopez

So I guess once again DeNiro & Pacino pairing bomb at the box-office.

fumanstan

Looks like Burn is estimated to win the weekend soundly.

Wow, Bangkok Dangerous took a dive. Dark Knight keeps on trucking.

Supermallet

I wouldn't be surprised if you see a large Sunday boost for Family That Preys. A lot of Tyler Perry fans go to see his movies after Church on Sunday, not on the opening Friday/Saturday.

Edit: But I sincerely hope the estimates hold and a smart, funny film takes the #1 spot instead of the puerile crap that Perry flings against the cinematic wall.

Daytripper

Is an estimate 16.5M for the weekend considered a bomb? Sure, the reviews were terrible. But I expected this to make much less because of those said horrible reviews.

chris_sc77

I love how the horrendous looking Proud American movie had the worst ever opening for a film EVER in wide releases. Only $180 PTA for the weekend.

Also curious to see how Burn after Reading holds up in the coming weeks.

Brack

"Heat" wasn't a bomb.

chris_sc77

^And Righteous Kill did anything but bomb. A $16+ million opening in September for an R-rated crime film starring two veteran actors is nothing to scoff at. It didnt set the world on fire or anything but it held its own this weekend and is not doing bad at all. Overture films paid $10 million for the domestic rights to this film. I'm willing to bet my own pretty penny they will see a nice profit.

Brack

^^ exactly. (Daytripper kinda covered that). wm lopez makes me go "hmm?" quite often.

Daytripper

"Godfather II" was though.

Matthew Chmiel

I just watched the trailer. Poor Principal Belding, can't catch a break.

And who was the moron who decided it was a good idea to shoot that in 70mm?

Doc MacGyver

What the hell is "Proud American"? Never even heard of it. Didn't know Tyler Perry had a new abortion (which seems to be the designated term) coming out until my Boss told me she was going to see it Friday and I had to stifle the "Who took a shit?" look that started to spread across my face.

Glad to see my low opinion of his "talent" (gimmick is probably the better word) is shared!


-Doc

NoirFan

No, but at 67.4 million domestic, it was only the 25th highest grossing film of the year, which had to be considered a disappointment considering the two leads.

invisiblegt

What? Playing an accused, mustachioed pedophile wasn't enough for you?

Geofferson

The 3-hour runtime definitely didn't help its B.O. take (same with Casino and Braveheart that same year).

Righteous Kill did better than I expected.

RichC2

Actuals, wasn't even close thankfully.

1 N Burn After Reading Focus $19,128,001 - 2,651 - $7,215 $19,128,001 $37 1
2 N Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys LGF $17,381,218 - 2,070 - $8,396 $17,381,218 - 1
3 N Righteous Kill Over. $16,288,361 - 3,152 - $5,167 $16,288,361 $60 1
4 N The Women (2008) PicH $10,115,121 - 2,962 - $3,414 $10,115,121 $16 1
5 2 Tropic Thunder P/DW $4,183,405 -42.1% 2,927 -519 $1,429 $102,974,069 $92 5
6 4 The House Bunny Sony $4,154,427 -24.6% 2,763 +27 $1,503 $42,008,459 $25 4
7 3 The Dark Knight WB $4,128,153 -25.1% 2,191 -384 $1,884 $517,792,764 $185 9
8 1 Bangkok Dangerous LGF $2,592,656 -66.7% 2,654 +4 $976 $12,723,787 $45 2
9 5 Traitor Over. $2,131,639 -50.1% 2,014 -94 $1,058 $20,734,170 $22 3
10 7 Death Race Uni. $2,056,415 -44.6% 2,007 -579 $1,024 $33,232,495 $45 4
11 6 Babylon A.D. Fox $1,864,585 -55.4% 2,062 -1,363 $904 $20,415,057 $70 3
12 9 Mamma Mia! Uni. $1,827,985 -36.0% 1,517 -387 $1,205 $139,401,320 $52 9

Daytripper

Ha ha YES! Way to go Cohen Brothers!!!