Moviegoers were even more Scroogelike at the box office over the weekend than originally estimated as ticket sales fell more than 16 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago. Final figures put the take for 
Disney's A Christmas Carol at $30.1 million, a figure somewhat inflated by 3D premium pricing at more than 2,000 screens and nearly 200 IMAX sites. Even so, it was nearly $1 million less than the studio's estimates on Sunday. Three other movies opened wide over the weekend. Producing the strongest showing was the George Clooney romp The Men Who Stare at Goats, which drew a decent $12.7 million. It came in slightly ahead of the horror movie The Fourth Kind, which took in $12.2 million. But The Box collapsed with just $7.6 million. Opening in limited release, Precious took in $1.87 million in just 18 theaters -- and produced a per-theater record for any film opening in more than six theaters. Veteran box-office tracker Paul Dergarabedian described the per-theater result -- $104,025 -- as "massive, unbelievable."
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
“CHRISTMAS” COMES TOO EARLY FOR SOME
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The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Box Office Mojo (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):
1. Disney's A Christmas Carol, Disney, $30,051,075, (New); 2. Michael Jackson's This Is It!, Sony, $13,157,944, 2 Wks., ($57,013,286); 3. The Men Who Stare at Goats, Overture, $12,706,654, (New); 4. The Fourth Kind, Universal, $12,231,160, (New); 5. Paranormal Activity, Paramount, $8,278,605, 7 Wks., ($97,108,475); 6. The Box, Warner Bros., $7,571,417, (New); 7. Couples Retreat, Universal, $6,129,045, 5 Wks., ($95,680,555); 8. Law Abiding Citizen, Overture Films, $6,003,737, 4 Wks., ($60,704,335); 9. Where The Wild Things Are, Warner Bros., $4,177,249, 4 Wks., ($69,220,584); 10. Astro Boy, Summit Ent. $2,626,103, 2 Wks., ($15,110,804).
