Friday's Numbers:

I'm curious how Where The Wild Things Are will hold up. I know a lot of people that absolutely loved it, but the general masses are pretty split on it. Next weekend should be interesting. Good numbers for Law Abiding and the low budget Paranormal Activity. Couples Retreat is holding surprisingly strong for a movie so heavily maligned by critics.

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Rank* Title (Click to view chart) Friday 10/16 (Estimates) Saturday 10/17 Sunday 10/18 Monday 10/19 1 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Warner Bros. 3,735 $11,940,000 -- / $3,197 <nobr>$11,940,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 2 LAW ABIDING CITIZEN Overture Films 2,889 $7,700,000 -- / $2,665 <nobr>$7,700,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 3 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Paramount 760 $6,653,000 +527% / $8,754 <nobr>$20,207,000 / 22</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 4 COUPLES RETREAT Universal 3,009 $5,822,000 +160.4% / $1,935 <nobr>$51,212,000 / 8</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 5 THE STEPFATHER (2009) Sony / Screen Gems 2,734 $4,300,000 -- / $1,573 <nobr>$4,300,000 / 1</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 6 ZOMBIELAND Sony / Columbia 3,171 $2,400,000 +111.3% / $757 <nobr>$55,423,000 / 15</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 7 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS Sony / Columbia 3,037 $2,100,000 +195.3% / $691 <nobr>$102,284,000 / 29</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 8 TOY STORY / TOY STORY 2 (3D) Buena Vista 1,467 $825,000 +53.5% / $562 <nobr>$26,363,000 / 15</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 9 THE INVENTION OF LYING Warner Bros. 1,624 $605,000 +120.5% / $373 <nobr>$14,195,000 / 15</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 10 SURROGATES Buena Vista 2,326 $585,000 +65.1% / $252 <nobr>$34,995,000 / 22</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 11 WHIP IT Fox Searchlight 1,482 $475,000 +119.1% / $321 <nobr>$10,328,000 / 15</nobr> N/A N/A N/A 12 CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY Overture Films 991 $410,000 +76.1% / $414 <nobr>$10,577,000 / 24</nobr> N/A N/A N/A - - N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Good News thanks for the BO report "Where The Wild Things Are" numbers are very nice for Spike movie is that his best opening?

Easily. Adaptation. and Being John Malkovich, at their peaks, only grossed $2m on a single weekend, with total domestic grosses of $22.5m a piece.

That said, this film also has about 8x the budget of BJM and about 5x that of Adaptation.

He got to do something I'm sure a lot of directors strived for: make a $100m arthouse flick. Depending on how it is ultimately received, though, may decide his future projects. Oddly enough, his name and style are so well known amongst critics and, apparently, hollywood from his first two films that it may not have as big an impact as it would on other directors (a recently discussed topic).

I'd like to see him and ex-wife Sofia Coppola work on something together but yeah, the ex-wife part sort of kills that.

I didn't think LAC would be doing so well. Glad to see PA hanging onto #3. I'm sure it would have done even better if it were on at least 1000 screens. No surprise for Stepfather. Looked like more generic crap.

Great for Paranormal Activity. I hope Where The Wild Things Are meets or beats WB's expectations for the pic, as it's great.

Boxoffice.com's weekend estimates based on Friday's numbers:

Wide (1000+)
1 Where the Wild Things Are $36,000,000 -- 3,735 -- $9,639 $36,000,000 1 Warner Bros.
2 Law Abiding Citizen $20,500,000 -- 2,889 -- $7,096 $20,500,000 1 Overture
3 Couples Retreat $18,700,000 -45% 3,009 +9 $6,215 $64,090,345 2 Universal
4 The Stepfather $10,500,000 -- 2,734 -- $3,841 $10,500,000 1 Screen Gems
5 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $8,200,000 -29% 3,037 +45 $2,700 $108,383,774 5 Sony/ Columbia
6 Zombieland $7,800,000 -XX% 3,171 +133 $374 $60,823,378 3 Sony/ Columbia
7 Toy Story/ Toy Story 2 in 3D $3,200,000 -- 1,467 -285 $2,181 $28,738,098 3 Disney
8 Surrogates $2,200,000 -59% 2,326 -666 $946 $36,610,335 4 Disney

I didn't realize Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs had passed $100 million.

Damn. Paranormal Activity must be packing theaters to the max to get the numbers it is on so few screens.

Where's Paranormal Activity?

That list only includes movies on 1,000+ screens. Boxoffice.com estimates PA's weekend take at $18.5 million.

It's busy having less than 1000 screens.

didn't Borat make like 28 or 29 mil on like 900 screens opening weekend?

I thought it had a wide release this weekend?

$26 million in 837 locations during weekend numero uno.

$28 million in 2,566 locations during weekend numero dos.

Weekend Estimates:

1 N Where the Wild Things Are WB $32,470,000 - 3,735 - $8,693 $32,470,000 - 1
2 N Law Abiding Citizen Over. $21,250,000 - 2,890 - $7,353 $21,250,000 - 1
3 4 Paranormal Activity Par. $20,163,000 +155.2% 760 +600 $26,530 $33,717,000 - 4
4 1 Couples Retreat Uni. $17,949,000 -47.7% 3,009 +9 $5,965 $63,339,000 $70 2
5 N The Stepfather (2009) SGem $12,300,000 - 2,734 - $4,499 $12,300,000 - 1
6 3 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Sony $8,100,000 -29.7% 3,037 +45 $2,667 $108,284,000 $100 5
7 2 Zombieland Sony $7,800,000 -47.3% 3,171 +133 $2,460 $60,823,000 $23.6 3
8 5 Toy Story / Toy Story 2 (3D) BV $3,011,000 -61.2% 1,489 -263 $2,022 $28,594,000 - 3
9 6 Surrogates BV $1,922,000 -55.0% 2,326 -666 $826 $36,332,000 $80 4
10 7 The Invention of Lying WB $1,905,000 -43.0% 1,624 -119 $1,173 $15,495,000 $18.5 3
11 8 Whip It FoxS $1,525,000 -46.1% 1,482 -256 $1,029 $11,378,000 $15 3
12 9 Capitalism: A Love Story Over. $1,433,000 -45.5% 991 -4 $1,446 $11,600,000 - 4

so for those counting, to date, Paranormal Activity has made 3,000% it's budget back.

Wild Things took a major dip at my theater last night. Looks like the weekend estimate reflects that ($32 million versus the $36 million projected after Friday's gross).