| Film | Weekend | Per | Total | |
| 1 | Shutter Island | $22,200,000 (-45.9%) | $7,393 | $75,076,000 |
| 2 | Cop Out | $18,565,000 | $5,894 | $18,565,000 |
| 3 | The Crazies | $16,521,000 | $6,672 | $16,521,000 |
| 4 | Avatar | $14,000,000 (-13.8%) | $5,700 | $706,904,000 |
| 5 | Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief | $9,800,000 (-35.8%) | $2,968 | $71,214,000 |
| 6 | Valentine’s Day | $9,505,000 (-43.0%) | $2,657 | $100,358,000 |
| 7 | Dear John | $5,000,000 (-29.9%) | $1,663 | $72,624,000 |
| 8 | The Wolfman | $4,123,000 (-58.3%) | $1,355 | $57,244,000 |
| 9 | Tooth Fairy | $3,450,000 (-20.8%) | $1,534 | $53,866,000 |
| 10 | Crazy Heart | $2,540,000 (-14.3%) | $2,213 | $25,087,000 |
This just in: More Bounce.
Isn’t it good to see Martin Scorsese topping the box office two weeks in a row? Though I wasn’t a fan of the film, Shutter Island could have behaved like a horror film and fell off more than 50% this weekend. Instead it held fairly strong and could get close to The Departed‘s $132 Million total. It’ll get over $100 at this point, the question is where does it stop? The answer: nobody knows. No one. No one ever could figure this out. I keep going to scientists, politicians, and film director Jack Sholder and their answers are meaningless. But $110-$120 would be my guestimation.
Kevin Smith makes cheap movies, and that will be the saving grace for Cop Out. Though the film has opened bigger than any film he’s done previously, this is also his most expensive film at $37 Million. And as such, if the film gets to $50, it will be his most successful movie, but that would not suggest profitable if the international is weak (Willis could bring them in). The thing that is guaranteed to take the film into profit is the Kevin Smith DVD army. I imagine the blu-ray will come with a commentary and some making of stuff as per the norm, and even though DVD sales have fallen off, Smith’s fans are completists. This opening does not suggest that Tracy Morgan is going to cross over into cinema, though, and it comes across as a modest win, but nothing to really build on. Unless something goes horribly wrong next weekend, it shouldn’t have a problem finally breaking Smith’s $30 Million ceiling, and no one’s embarrassed about this business. Smith will work, but this does not suggest he gets more creative freedom. It suggests that Bruce Willis is still a movie star, and can open a picture.
The Crazies cost less, and had a stronger per screen, though, and I thought it was a solid piece of studio horror. Coming in at a $20 Million budget, the film shouldn’t have a problem getting to $40 Million, which is a good performance for a small horror movie. That’s a perfect first quarter sort of success. Of course the bigger news is that Avatar crossed $700 Million this weekend, and should get to $750 Million or so.
AVATAR HAS MADE $700 MILLION DOLLARS, OH MY GOD! ROOT BEER AND VAGINAS FOR EVERYONE!
There are now plans to put in a shit ton of 3-D screens in the near future, so we’re pretty much stuck with more and more 3-D films. But it’s going to be a tough sell if films can’t capture the Avatar magic. Next week will be interesting because Alice in Wonderland should open strongly and then die. Also, the Oscars will happen. Also, I will get older. And so will we all.
11 comments
As a fan of Jack SHOLDER's work (The Hidden is great and no-one delivers TV movies better than Mr SHOLDER) – I hereby bring shame upon your column for adding an univited 'u' into his name. Otherwise, it's a shame The Wolfman didn't make a little more money.
I love this section of the site. Great writing, as usual, Andre.
Fixed the Shoulder/Sholder (damn you spell check and me being lazy). Thanks, Rob.
Tsk. You then go and add insult to (shoulder) injury by adding some more name laziness by thanking the wrong person. Unless you're just thanking Rob for his nice comments I guess. In which case that's just gratitude laziness.
I was thanking Rob as a separate thought. That said, thanks for the name catch, JediBobster.
This is my favorite part of CHUD.
Still no Crazies review. Instead we get reviews of shit like Golden Girls season 3.
ha,ha, Shutter Island is now making money for Paramount that their Oscary fiasco Lovely Bones wasted in spades. Funny how the movie based on insanely popular book tanked at the boxoffice because it sucked monkey balls, while Shutter Island, based on a decent-size best-seller, will clear $100 mio (which is Bones`s real budget that Paramount don`t want you to know about). Quality does matter. Not often but it did in this case. Go Marty&Leo!
Thanks for the weekly dose of CHUD credibility.
That's an interesting point, joker. I never really thought about that before. Did the Lovely Bones get a wide release or was it a limited one? I know it didn't make shit in terms of money. Looked fucking horrible… almost as bad as Precious.
Lovely Bones was a real good film i thought
Comments are shown as archived from the original site; new comments are closed.