Box Office Report 2/08-2/10

[Gary Floyd]

1 - Fool's Gold Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $22,010,000 $22,010,000 1 3125

 

2 - Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Universal Pictures Distribution $17,127,000 $17,127,000 1 2386

 

3 1 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $10,508,000 $53,390,000 2 687

 

4 2 The Eye Lionsgate $6,630,000 $21,521,000 2 2470

 

5 6 Juno Fox Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Fox International $5,725,000 $117,630,000 10 2321

 

6 3 27 Dresses 20th Century Fox Distribution $5,700,000 $65,369,000 4 2841

 

7 7 The Bucket List Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $5,340,000 $75,058,000 7 2753

 

8 5 Rambo Lionsgate $4,110,000 $36,504,000 3 2717

 

9 4 Meet the Spartans 20th Century Fox Distribution $4,075,000 $33,915,000 3 2446

 

10 10 There Will Be Blood Paramount Vantage, Miramax International $4,073,000 $26,782,000 7 1620

 

11 8 Untraceable Sony Pictures Releasing $3,500,000 $24,346,000 3 2143

 

12 9 Cloverfield Paramount Pictures $2,650,000 $75,934,000 4 2030

 

[fazzle]

Hey Bob, since you keep track of the per theater average stuff, is the Hottie and the Nottie's $225 per theater one of the all time lows for an opening weekend?

[Craig Th]

It might be, but Box Office Mojo only counts 600+. It was only in 111 theaters.

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weeke...openaverage.htm

 

[MarvinisaLunatic]

Next weekends gonna be competitive..

 

1 Spiderwick Chronicles

2 Jumper

3 Definitely Maybe

4. Step Up 2 the Streets

 

and I wanna know how Christine Lakin (Al on Step By Step) got duped into being in that stupid Paris Hilton movie as the ugly chick..

[King Kamala]

I don't think Christina Lakin's being offered a ton of roles these days, Marv.

[DrVenkman PhD]

Which is a shame.

 

Here's a question for you: Is the movie called "Step Up 2: The Streets" or "Step Up 2 The Streets", because I've never heard of "Step Up". Movie commercials make it sound like it is a sequel but th title arrangement and relatively obscurity to my circle of friends and myself of a first "Step Up" has them thinking the "2" is street talk. I suppose I could just look this up myself but I enjoy asking the community questions.

 

Also, kinda bummed that there's nothing I want to see this Tuesday or apparently next... we had a good 3 week run with the return of our Tuesday Movie Night group.

[MarvinisaLunatic]

Which is a shame.

 

Here's a question for you: Is the movie called "Step Up 2: The Streets" or "Step Up 2 The Streets", because I've never heard of "Step Up". Movie commercials make it sound like it is a sequel but th title arrangement and relatively obscurity to my circle of friends and myself of a first "Step Up" has them thinking the "2" is street talk. I suppose I could just look this up myself but I enjoy asking the community questions.

 

Also, kinda bummed that there's nothing I want to see this Tuesday or apparently next... we had a good 3 week run with the return of our Tuesday Movie Night group.

Its a sequel..

 

Step Up

[bob_barron]

It might be, but Box Office Mojo only counts 600+. It was only in 111 theaters.

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weeke...openaverage.htm

 

No. In fact Blonde Ambition with Jessica Simpson had a worse PSA when it was released last December. There are other movies that have been worse.

 

And after seeing it's Friday's numbers, I had to see the Hottie and the Nottie. It's pretty awful, and a total vanity project for Hilton.

 

fantasy moguls has some great insight into how bad Hottie did-

 

The weekend's biggest punchline, however, is reserved for Paris Hilton's The Hottie & the Nottie (Regent Releasing). The final count will show that the critically reviled comedy featuring the seemingly talentless Hilton will sell a meager $25,500 in tickets at 111 locations over the weekend. That's only $230 per screen for the theatres that were convinced to book this disaster. That means that, based on an $8 average ticket price, 29 paying customers showed up at each location over the 3-day. In a country that seems fascinated with Paris Hilton, only 3,219 unlucky Americans will have been suckered into seeing Hottie by Monday morning. (fantasymoguls)

 

That's basically less than 2 people per show.

[bob_barron]

Which is a shame.

 

Here's a question for you: Is the movie called "Step Up 2: The Streets" or "Step Up 2 The Streets", because I've never heard of "Step Up". Movie commercials make it sound like it is a sequel but th title arrangement and relatively obscurity to my circle of friends and myself of a first "Step Up" has them thinking the "2" is street talk. I suppose I could just look this up myself but I enjoy asking the community questions.

 

Also, kinda bummed that there's nothing I want to see this Tuesday or apparently next... we had a good 3 week run with the return of our Tuesday Movie Night group.

 

It's a quasi-sequel to Step Up. Channing Tatum reprises his role, but I think it's just a bit part.

 

Christine Lakin was recently in the Game Plan, but her scenes were cut out.

 

http://www.christinelakin.blogspot.com/ (her blog)

[Ginger Snaps]

and I wanna know how Christine Lakin (Al on Step By Step) got duped into being in that stupid Paris Hilton movie as the ugly chick..

 

Especially considering she's prettier than Hilton is in real life.

[King Kamala]

I think ugly women are probably the most discriminated people in Hollywood? When's the last time there was a movie where one of the leads was an ugly chick that was actually played by an ugly chick? They're all played by hot women! I want protests in the street dammit!

[bob_barron]

Lake Bell looks pretty ugly in the Over Her Dead Body ads

[Mik]

Wow, Al was getting pretty hot towards the end of Step by Step and she's pretty damn hot right now.

[cabbageboy]

Maybe Nia Vardolos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding? Though I'm not sure if her character was exactly meant to be the "ugly chick" but maybe more just average looking.

[bob_barron]

Her character was supposed to be an ugly duckling at first but then she got pretty

[haws bah gawd]

I watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding for the first time last night, and yea, by the end of the movie, Nia Vardolos was extremely easy on the eyes compared to her appearance early in the movie.

[Slayer]

I think ugly women are probably the most discriminated people in Hollywood? When's the last time there was a movie where one of the leads was an ugly chick that was actually played by an ugly chick? They're all played by hot women! I want protests in the street dammit!

Hollywood Ugly

[MarvinisaLunatic]

and I wanna know how Christine Lakin (Al on Step By Step) got duped into being in that stupid Paris Hilton movie as the ugly chick..

 

Especially considering she's prettier than Hilton is in real life.

 

 

 

Wow, Al was getting pretty hot towards the end of Step by Step and she's pretty damn hot right now.

 

 

 

that was my point...wah.

[Ripper]

Which is a shame.

 

Here's a question for you: Is the movie called "Step Up 2: The Streets" or "Step Up 2 The Streets", because I've never heard of "Step Up". Movie commercials make it sound like it is a sequel but th title arrangement and relatively obscurity to my circle of friends and myself of a first "Step Up" has them thinking the "2" is street talk. I suppose I could just look this up myself but I enjoy asking the community questions.

 

Also, kinda bummed that there's nothing I want to see this Tuesday or apparently next... we had a good 3 week run with the return of our Tuesday Movie Night group.

Its a sequel..

 

Step Up

 

I like to think of that movie as Save the last dance. Only they got rid of all those pesky black people.

 

[Black Lushus]

oh Save the Last Dance wasn't that bad...Julia Stiles was on her "down with the brothas" kick at this point with this movie and "O".

[2GOLD]

Which is a shame.

 

Here's a question for you: Is the movie called "Step Up 2: The Streets" or "Step Up 2 The Streets", because I've never heard of "Step Up". Movie commercials make it sound like it is a sequel but th title arrangement and relatively obscurity to my circle of friends and myself of a first "Step Up" has them thinking the "2" is street talk. I suppose I could just look this up myself but I enjoy asking the community questions.

 

Also, kinda bummed that there's nothing I want to see this Tuesday or apparently next... we had a good 3 week run with the return of our Tuesday Movie Night group.

Its a sequel..

 

Step Up

 

I like to think of that movie as Save the last dance. Only they got rid of all those pesky black people.

 

I do believe the intial title of Step Up was indeed "Black people can't dance like two white people".

Whats even worse is the star of that film is going to be Duke in the GI Joe movie. At least we now know that it'll have a kick ass dance number.

 

 

[Black Lushus]

Don't get me started on how horrible the GI Joe flick is turning out to be, from a casting perspective. That's for another thread.

[Ripper]

Its nostalgia speaking. Watch the old cartoons. They pretty much sucked. The comics were kinda awesome sometimes although I didn't like how Storm Shadow was basically Kenny from South Park for awhile there, but the cartoon pretty much sucked ass.

 

They should make the movie a parody. And kill Duke violently, like with a big FUCKING SPEAR THROUGH THE HEART. Only make everyones lines about him being dead get obviously dubbed over with lines about him being in a coma. Only old schoolers would get the joke, but seriously, this movie ain't making money anyway.

[Black Lushus]

it's not nostalgia really...Marlon Wayans??? Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cobra Commander??? Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity???

 

I do like Dennis Quaid as General Hawk, though. Also, Arnold Vosloo is cast as Zartan, but I think he'd make a pretty good Destro.

[DrVenkman PhD]

Tommy from 3rd Rock From the Sun is Cobra Commander? How does that even make sense, he's barely older than me.

[King Kamala]

I take most of you haven't seen Joseph Gordon-Leavitt's recent movies (Brick, Mysterious Skin, The Lookout). Dude, can flat out act.

 

 

 

 

[bob_barron]

I'm actually surprised to hear that he's doing GI Joe, since it seems like he usually spurns paycheque movies.

[DrVenkman PhD]

I have no problem with Joe, he just seems too young to play a character I imagine as way older than me. That's what happens when you get old.

[RHR]

I have no problem with Joe, he just seems to young to play a character I imagine as way older than me. That's what happens when you get old.

 

Eh...I hear the movie is sort of a "GI Joe Begins" type of thing...hence the younger crew to start....not sure when/where I should spoiler tag other things I've learned....

[Corey_Lazarus]

Eh, Cobra Commander is under a mask. No big deal. If they suddenly took the mask off and revealed him to be some 20-something prodigy...that would be a problem.