islandclaws

From Box Office Mojo, here are Friday's numbers:

1. He's Just Not That Into You $10,550,000 / $3323 pta
2. Taken $6,300,000 / $1979 pta
3. Coraline $4,500,000 / $1958 pta
4. Push $3,525,000 / $1524 pta
5. The Pink Panther 2 $3,375,000 / $1041 pta
6. Paul Blart: Fat Mall Cop $2,725,000 / $860 pta
7. The Uninvited $2,110,000 / $900 pta
8. Gran Torino $1,970,000 / $728 pta
9. Slumdog Millionaire $1,965,000 / $1140 pta
10. Hotel For Dogs $1,140,000 / $417 pta

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Glad to see PP2 bomb. Steve Martin needs to get back to doing real funny movies, not crap like this. No surprise on #1, Jen Aniston is on a roll.

fumanstan

I thought Push would have done a little better. I see commercials for He's Just Not that Into You pretty much everywhere, so that's not a surprise.

mdc3000

I like how the box office predictions had thought Pink Panther 2 would be doing better - this tanking isn't a surprise - everyone who saw the first one thought it sucked shit - why would they come back for a second? Derp.

NoirFan

Because 10 year olds aren't known for having particularly discriminating tastes?

DonnachaOne

Because the first one made money. Simple, really.

wm lopez

How that Pink Panther made money I never could understand.

nyc20012001

How did Fanboys did pta?

fitprod

$58,000; 44 Screens - $1318 per screen.

fitprod

Mr. Cinema

Taken is going to have a solid hold. Was that movie ever delayed? I could have swore I saw the preview for it many, many months ago.

BDB

Yup it was delayed..

Bluelitespecial

Delayed so Fox could hack it up to get a PG-13. I actually saw He's just not that into you this weekend, not as bad as i thought it would be for a movie based on a self help book.

fumanstan

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

Numbers.

1 N He's Just Not That Into You WB (NL) $27,465,000 - 3,175 - $8,650 $27,465,000 - 1
2 1 Taken Fox $20,300,000 -17.9% 3,184 +1 $6,376 $53,364,000 - 2
3 N Coraline Focus $16,335,000 - 2,299 - $7,105 $16,335,000 - 1
4 N The Pink Panther 2 Sony $12,000,000 - 3,243 - $3,700 $12,000,000 - 1
5 2 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Sony $11,000,000 -20.7% 3,169 -37 $3,471 $97,002,000 $26 4
6 N Push Sum. $10,204,000 - 2,313 - $4,412 $10,204,000 - 1
7 5 Gran Torino WB $7,420,000 -9.9% 2,705 -310 $2,743 $120,280,000 $33 9
8 6 Slumdog Millionaire FoxS $7,400,000 -3.0% 1,724 +91 $4,292 $77,426,000 $15 13
9 3 The Uninvited P/DW $6,400,000 -38.0% 2,344 - $2,730 $18,379,000 - 2
10 4 Hotel for Dogs P/DW $5,820,000 -32.6% 2,734 -426 $2,129 $55,234,000 - 4

Daytripper

So thrilled "The Pink Panther 2" tanked. FINALLY America got it right.

Daytripper

And, like "The Flintstones", it's a block buster no one loves.

NoirFan

Yeah, but look at what's number one.

Daytripper

Isn't that a far cry better than those "Disaster Movie" type "comedies"?

chris_sc77

Yeah, but when Paul Blart is headed toward a gross roughly 3 times more than There Will Be Blood made we still have a loooooooooooooong way to go.

PopcornTreeCt

to the thread title.

Well done.

RichC2

Fantastic holds for Taken, Gran Torino, and Slumdog Millionaire

Fantastic hold for Paul Blart

Zen Peckinpah

I loved it...when I was 7.

Anyway, LOVING how well Taken is doing, Slumdog keeps its momentum up for the Oscars, racist Clint Eastwood makes a blockbuster...pretty good stuff.

On the other hand, Paul Blart Mall Cop's inexplicable success continues to evoke rage from my behalf. Even if it doesn't make enough to (likely) inspire a worse sequel, Observe and Report will easily be 100000x better just from the trailer alone.

riley_dude

Yes. I was shocked they had even made another.

Kurt D

VERY glad to see Coraline doing well!

My Other Self

Coraline was sold out at 3 different theaters I went to this weekend (I caught a few movies since it was raining all weekend). Very surprised.

Push only had a few patrons on opening night. And I saw quite a few people going in to PP2. Couldn't understand that.

islandclaws

Wow, great hold for Taken. That's a very modest drop. I'm hoping to find time to see it this week, although secretly I'd rather wait for the uncut BD.

The Bus

I'm guessing Taken and Paul Blart's solid holds have to do with last week's Super Bowl Sunday? What else can explain that miniscule 17% drop?