Liam Neeson Attacks a Female Dog and Wins: Weekend Box Office (1/27 - 1/29)
01-27-12 | 05:16 PM
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Liam Neeson Attacks a Female Dog and Wins: Weekend Box Office (1/27 - 1/29)
Get it? Because Katherine Heigl is a bitch. Ha ha... okay, not the strongest title, but it'll do.
Originally Posted by Deadline
FRIDAY 2:30 PM UPDATE: Things are starting to pop. Sources are telling me that the No. 1 movie at the North American box office is projected as Open Road Films acquisition of Liam Neeson-starrer The Grey with $5M-$6M for today and $15M-$17M for the weekend from 3,185 locations. Lionsgate’s opener*One For The Money starring Katherine Heigl and based on the Janet Evanovich’s bestselling novel is**coming on stronger*than people thought it would*with $4M-5M for today and $12M-$14M for the weekend from 2,737 runs. Summit Entertainment’s new actioner Man On A Ledge with Sam Worthington is looking like $2M-$3M for today and $6M-$7M for the weekend from 2,998 theaters. In other words, weak. No word yet on whether those Groupon/Living Social discounted movie ticket deals are helping the Lionsgate/Summit pics but it did prevent the Marcus Theatre chain from playing One For The Money in the midwest.*Numbers will*be refined later with full analysis.
01-27-12 | 05:40 PM
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Because the movie title "Man on Ledge" sounds like an "actioner", I would think it's a title more befitting for a French film.
01-27-12 | 05:47 PM
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... and you were doing so well with the thread titles up until now.
Weak weekend considering the insanely obnoxious marketing push for The Grey.
Weak weekend considering the insanely obnoxious marketing push for The Grey.
01-27-12 | 05:50 PM
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Re: Liam Neeson Attacks a Female Dog and Wins: Weekend Box Office (1/27 - 1/29)
Yeah Man on a Ledge is dead on it's feet. It's getting crushed by the critics too.
01-27-12 | 06:12 PM
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01-27-12 | 07:42 PM
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Looks like Katherine Heigl can continue to beg for her Grey's Anatomy job back. 
01-27-12 | 07:43 PM
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Re: Liam Neeson Attacks a Female Dog and Wins: Weekend Box Office (1/27 - 1/29)
- Liam Neeson beating up wolves.
- Katherine Heigl being a swarmy **** for two hours.
- Hollywood's continuing weak attempt at trying to make Sam Worthington a star.
The last week of January is always a ghost town at the multiplexes. This weekend will give bumps to The Artist, The Descendants, Hugo and The Iron Lady as their studios have significantly increased their screen counts due to Oscar nominations, but everything else is dead on arrival.
Next week doesn't fair any better on thread titles with Big Miracle, Chronicle and The Woman in Black as the week's wide openers.
However, it's back on once we get the Star Wars re-release in theaters and we can go back to making George Lucas rape jokes.
01-27-12 | 07:46 PM
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Re: Liam Neeson Attacks a Female Dog and Wins: Weekend Box Office (1/27 - 1/29)
One for the Money is currently at 0% on Rotten Tomatoes with 22 reviews. I thought it looked pretty pedestrian but didn't think the reviews be THAT bad. I mean, even Jack and Jill had 3% positive reviews.
01-27-12 | 08:12 PM
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01-28-12 | 12:47 AM
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I already have next week's thread title planned out based upon this bitching and moaning. I already have the joke planned out based upon the success or the failure of one of the three wide releases next year.
Originally Posted by Deadline, 9:30 PM
1. The Grey (Open Road) NEW [3,185 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $6.2M, Estimated Weekend $17.6M
2. One For the Money* (Lionsgate) NEW [2,737 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $4.5M, Estimated Weekend $12.4M
3. Underworld Awakening (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 2 [3,078 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $3M, Estimated Weekend $9.5M, Estimated Cume $42.2M
4. Red Tails (LucasFilm/Fox)Week 2 [2,573 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $2.5M, Estimated Weekend $8.7M, Estimated Cume $32.1M)
5. Man On A Ledge* (Summit) NEW [2,998 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $2.3M, Estimated Weekend $6.7M
6. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros) Week 6 [2,630 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1.8M, Estimated Weekend $6.6M, Estimated Cume $20.6M
7. Contraband (Universal) Week 3 [2,650 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1.7M, Estimated Weekend $6.1M, Estimated Cume $56M
8. The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) Week 22 [2,001 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1.6M, Estimated Weekend $5.6M, Estimated Cume $57.9M
9. Beauty And The Beast (Disney) Week 3 [2,145 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1.1M, Estimated Weekend $4.6M, Estimated Cume $40.5M
10. Haywire (Relativity) Week 2 [2,441 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1M, Estimated Weekend $3M, Estimated Cume $14.3M
Estimated Friday $6.2M, Estimated Weekend $17.6M
2. One For the Money* (Lionsgate) NEW [2,737 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $4.5M, Estimated Weekend $12.4M
3. Underworld Awakening (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 2 [3,078 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $3M, Estimated Weekend $9.5M, Estimated Cume $42.2M
4. Red Tails (LucasFilm/Fox)Week 2 [2,573 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $2.5M, Estimated Weekend $8.7M, Estimated Cume $32.1M)
5. Man On A Ledge* (Summit) NEW [2,998 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $2.3M, Estimated Weekend $6.7M
6. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros) Week 6 [2,630 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1.8M, Estimated Weekend $6.6M, Estimated Cume $20.6M
7. Contraband (Universal) Week 3 [2,650 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1.7M, Estimated Weekend $6.1M, Estimated Cume $56M
8. The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) Week 22 [2,001 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1.6M, Estimated Weekend $5.6M, Estimated Cume $57.9M
9. Beauty And The Beast (Disney) Week 3 [2,145 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1.1M, Estimated Weekend $4.6M, Estimated Cume $40.5M
10. Haywire (Relativity) Week 2 [2,441 Theaters]
Estimated Friday $1M, Estimated Weekend $3M, Estimated Cume $14.3M
Last edited by Matthew Chmiel; 01-28-12 at 01:34 AM.
01-28-12 | 06:01 AM
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01-28-12 | 08:46 AM
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Re: Liam Neeson Attacks a Female Dog and Wins: Weekend Box Office (1/27 - 1/29)
"Liam Survives the Weekend, while Heigl Fails to Catch Box Office Bounty and Man on Ledge Plummets to (Financial) Death"
It's a tough weekend. 
It's a tough weekend.
01-28-12 | 09:45 AM
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01-28-12 | 10:26 AM
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You should see Man on a Ledge instead and let us know if he actually jumps or not
01-28-12 | 02:23 PM
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