bob_barron Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week # 1 N Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail LGF $41,120,000 - 2,032 - $20,236 $41,120,000 - 1 2 3 Taken Fox $11,400,000 -40.0% 3,102 -7 $3,675 $95,153,000 - 4 3 5 Coraline Focus $11,031,000 -25.4% 2,155 -165 $5,119 $53,393,000 - 3 4 2 He's Just Not That Into You WB (NL) $8,540,000 -56.2% 3,050 -125 $2,800 $70,083,000 - 3 5 9 Slumdog Millionaire FoxS $8,050,000 +10.5% 2,244 +610 $3,587 $98,020,000 $15 15 6 1 Friday the 13th (2009) WB (NL) $7,825,000 -80.7% 3,105 - $2,520 $55,002,000 $19 2 7 4 Confessions of a Shopaholic BV $7,019,000 -53.4% 2,507 - $2,800 $27,654,000 - 2 8 6 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Sony $7,000,000 -36.3% 2,835 -130 $2,469 $121,380,000 $26 6 9 N Fired Up SGem $6,000,000 - 1,810 - $3,315 $6,000,000 $20 1 10 7 The International Sony $4,450,000 -52.3% 2,364 - $1,882 $17,017,000 $50 2 11 8 The Pink Panther 2 Sony $3,700,000 -56.5% 2,658 -587 $1,392 $29,374,000 - 3 12 11 Gran Torino WB $3,640,000 -43.9% 2,030 -273 $1,793 $134,436,000 $33 11
YourKock'sReallyGreat Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 When was the last time a #1 movie had an 80 percent dropoff in it's second weekend? It's great to see that Fired Up bombed. That is what they get for putting a 31 year old actor (Eric Olsen) to be the star of a High School movie.
bob_barron Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Posted February 22, 2009 When was the last time a #1 movie had an 80 percent dropoff in it's second weekend? It's great to see that Fired Up bombed. That is what they get for putting a 31 year old actor (Eric Olsen) to be the star of a High School movie. Never happened. Fired Up wasn't the worst movie of the year, so it exceeded my expectations.
The Niggardly King Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 You mean to tell me all the ads of "Bring it On meets Superbad!" didn't get Fired Up at least a top 3 spot. Tyler Perry made 125 million last year just from his movies alone. I guess some people were right when they said he'll be the male Oprah in 5 years.
Guest Smues Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Glad to see Coraline is still doing ok business.
DMann2003 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Tyler Perry to Hollywood- "Black people have money...and they're giving it all to MEEEEEEEE!!!"
RedJed Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Didn't Friday the 13th have the best opening weekend of any horror movie ever or something last weekend? Or maybe it was just the best opening for a horror remake/reboot and/or best opening weekend (and overall gross total) for any of the other Friday the 13th films. But then to drop that far that quick after a week, wow. Well, I guess you can't say it bombed, or anything like that. Just got people in quick to see it.
2GOLD Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 The film has made almost triple the amount it cost to make. So no, zero way anyone can claim it is a bomb. Just can't claim it to be a mega hit. A hit? Sure. Just not mega.
Gary Floyd Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Good to see "Taken" and "Coraline" still doing good.
Lord of The Curry Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 "Who the fuck is Tyler Perry?"- White people everywhere, after seeing his movie make a ton of money and debut at #1 (again).
cabbageboy Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 I'm surprised to see this Madea movie make 41 million...knew it would be #1 this week but not with that much. Thought it might make more like 30 million. As far as Taken goes, I finally saw it this weekend. It's pretty good and certainly fast moving but really it's more of a serious minded Commando with weaker villains. Nice to see Neeson in a hit though.
The Niggardly King Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 I just never expected Liam's "Fuck You, Bond Producers!" to be this big of a hit. Warms my heart.
Guest Smues Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 I'm looking forward to Tyler Perry's "Who gives a fuck what I do, black people will see it. Oh and it's got Madea too!" Coming in 2010.
fazzle Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 I guarantee "Tyler Perry's Madea Picks Cotton" would have a $75 million opening weekend
King Kamala Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Madea's Class Reunion coming to a theater near you in '10! Sadly, not joking. At this point, I'm starting think Madea is the African-American equivalent of Ernest. I'm personally looking forward to Slam Dunk Madea. Also you have to love how pretentious and misleading (well I'm going to assume the latter) this poster is;
Guest Smues Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Madea's Class Reunion coming to a theater near you in '10! Sadly, not joking. At this point, I'm starting think Madea is the African-American equivalent of Ernest. I'm personally looking forward to Slam Dunk Madea. I'm hoping that Madea saves Christmas.
MarvinisaLunatic Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 Madea Goes to (fat) Camp. Madea Goes (back) to Africa.
Boner Kawanger Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 Don't worry. I'm about to go see Friday the 13th with a (1) friend. So that should blow all those stats to kingdom come.
King Kamala Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 I wonder if there's a less busy time movie theaters than Oscar night? Maybe the night of The Super Bowl?
bob_barron Posted February 23, 2009 Author Report Posted February 23, 2009 I wonder if there's a less busy time movie theaters than Oscar night? Maybe the night of The Super Bowl? Christmas Eve. Many movie theatres shut down.
King Kamala Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 Oh that's right. Completely had a brain fart and forgot that. I went to the movies on Christmas Eve afternoon once to see The Ringer...why I don't know (but hey it had Terry Funk as one of Johnny Knoxville's uncle's cronies!) but there was a gas leak in the theater like ten minutes before the movie ended and they gave us $20 in gift certificates. I still haven't seen the ending of that movie.
bob_barron Posted February 23, 2009 Author Report Posted February 23, 2009 Terry Funk is in that movie? Holy shit. I saw Fired Up and there were problems with the first five minutes. First we got sound and no picture, then we got picture and no sound. We didn't get a free movie pass, which pissed me off.
King Kamala Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 Yeah, The Ringer was directed by the same guy who did Beyond The Mat hence Terry Funk being in it. I don't think he had more than a line or two but still I marked out. Only other thing I remember about the movie is the appearance from The Kids of Widney High and finding it odd that half of the actors playing Johnny Knoxville's retarded friends were actually retarded and half were actors playing retarded people. Thought they would have gone one way or another. But that's enough of me rambling about a crappy movie from five years ago that hardly anyone remembers!
The Niggardly King Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 Fuck, I can't even remember Terry Funk in The Ringer.
MarvinisaLunatic Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 Jesse Ventura's voice was used in the motivational tape that was in the Ringer as well. /feels bad for remembering that.
2GOLD Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 I'm more likely to go see a Tyler Perry movie with Madea than without Madea. Not that his movies are bad, it's just annoying how EVERY female lead has to suddenly go all poetry slam in every film I've seen. That character gives a comedic twist to offset his seriously heavy but sometimes terribly boring serious storylines and it's very much needed 90% of the time. Just can't see every Perry movie. The guy releases like three a month it seems like. Not to mention the movies with Madea are the only ones I ever see promoted in the least.
Black Lushus Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 I haven't seen a single Tyler Perry movie, play, tv series, nothing. I just haven't been interested enough to give them a shot. The Wood, The Brothers, that Bill Belamy movie about being a player and Soul Food are really all you need as far as recent black comedies/dramas. The rest is all rehash. I'll give Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins credit simply because Mike Epps and Michael Clarke Duncan are hilarious in it. On Madea...is that character like Ernest P. Worrell? By that I mean do any of her movies follow each other like a series or is each a whole new story featuring the character with no other recurring characters/story lines?
2GOLD Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 On Madea...is that character like Ernest P. Worrell? By that I mean do any of her movies follow each other like a series or is each a whole new story featuring the character with no other recurring characters/story lines? They follow her life and patterns yeah. It's not like Ernest in the least. She's just a take no-nonsense pissed off granny who will beat a child's ass for disrespecting her. I guess the Ernest comparison is coming from she's in a lot of movies (only 3 so far really) but this is really the first movie where she was the star character. The character of Madea is usually just like a supporting character to the main tale of a female lead. All you need to know about Madea movies are the follow: She's going to disrespect the police for getting in her business Asses will be kicked Family Reunion showed how large and connected the family is so it's obvious he can tell about 4000 stories about that one large gathering of people and has been. If I recall correctly, Madea goes to Jail is the sequel to Meet the Browns as Madea appears in a car chase at the end of that movie and that is the only appearance of the character.
Star Ocean 3 Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 1 N Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail LGF $41,120,000 - 2,032 - $20,236 $41,120,000 - 1 Idiocracy is coming true!!
King Kamala Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 Now to be fair, as hackneyed as Tyler Perry's movies seem to be, you can get a lot dumber (Paul Blart and Fired Up! to name a few that are currently out now). My point, bad doesn't always equate with stupid.
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