Monday, November 30, 2009

WOLVES, DOGS AND FOXES

There's not much new to report in terms of Weekend Box Office results. As predicted, The Twilight Saga: New Moon continues to hammer its competition, pulling in an outstanding $42.5 million in its second week. In two weeks, the film has grossed $230 million.

My personal favourite The Blind Side, continues to perform strongly based on strong word-of-mouth, earning $40 million in its second week. This marks an 18% increase from last week for the Sandra Bullock-headlined sports drama.

Debuting this week in fourth was Buena Vista's Old Dogs which was unable to duplicate the success of 2007's similarly-marketed Wild Hogs, earning $16.8 million. Not even a strong cast that included Matt Dillion, John Travolta and Robin Williams could save this one.

Fox's animated feature The Fantastic Mr. Fox brought in $7 million in ninth spot this past weekend, after having expanded into 2,000 theatres. Despite rave reviews and it featuring the voices of George Clooney and Meryl Streep, the film appears to be underperforming considering its $40 million budget.

Also worth a mention is The Weinstein Company's The Road, which earned a healthy $1.5 million from 111 theatres in eleventh spot. This one is getting a great amount of Oscar buzz and will be expanding over the next few weeks. Don't forget to check out my review of it here.

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