This past weekend's Box Office tally has been published and although it is no surprise that Sony's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs came out the clear winner with a take of $30.1 million, the biggest shocker of all is Fox's Jennifer's Body performing below expectations. The film was to be a star vehicle for Megan Fox although it came in at number six overall with just $6.8 million in ticket sales. The film was produced for just $16 million, so this shouldn't translate to a huge loss for the studio if you factor in rentals and that it hasn't opened overseas yet.
Fox was just in-town along with cast members Adam Brody and Amanda Seyfried at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of the film where the media turnout reached record numbers; tickets sold out completely. Warner Brothers' The Informant! starring Matt Damon came in a distant second with $10.5 million in sales. That film received the gala treatment at the Toronto International Film Festival and positive reviews generally. I guess this is what happens when studios aren't meticulous enough in their forecasting. I would've timed Jennifer's Body a little closer to Halloween....
I just received word from Universal Music that the highly-anticipated Mariah Carey album Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel will be delivered to me digitally any day now. Will be sure to post a review as soon as it pops in my Inbox. Am curious to listen as early reviews are uncharacteristically mixed. Billboard Magazine claims it's a winner; Perez Hilton claims it's a dud. He stated to me over e-mail that "Mariah needs Tommy Mottola back". Stay tuned.
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