Weekend Box Office #166
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or whatever greeting makes you happiest.
I'm heading to New York today to see my parents and freeze my butt off.
Opening wide this weekend:
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMONKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL (3656 theaters - opening today). Reviews have been solid, and the kids have to see something. $43.4 million for the 3-day weekend.
SHERLOCK HOLMES (3600+ theaters). They are doing a good job positioning this as something that people want to see, and it should do pretty well. $36.5 million for the weekend.
IT'S COMPLICATED (2800+ theaters). This should hit the underserved adult female audience pretty well, while it looks like something that men won't mind being dragged to. $19.5 million, but it should hold well.
UP IN THE AIR (expanding to 1895 theaters). Should do well. $17.8 million.
NINE (1500 theaters). Reviews have sort of been tepid. Call it $8.2 million for the weekend.
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Last weekend, AVATAR made $77 million, and look for it to continue to mint money.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? only made $6.6 million; it's nice to see that it and OLD DOGS are suffering because of their lack of quality.
posted by Scott the Reader @ 9:42 AM
2 Comments:
Hope you have a fun time in the Big Apple, Scott.
Looking forward to spending a lot of time in the theatre this weekend: "Sherlock Holmes," It's Complicated," "Nine," "Up in the Air," and "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" all look GREAT.
It took Hollywood to the last weekend of the year to deliver, but FINALLY we have multiple worthy choices to choose from. 'Bout time!
"Avatar" in the 3-D is awesome. Loved it. When you go see this movie make sure you see it in 3-D. Best movie of 2009, in my humble opinion.
Merry Christmas,
E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA
Agree on Avatar. Would hate to even picture it otherwise. I liked it, it was fun and I appreciate the technology. But beyond that, you know, it was ok.
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