I am curious to see how WANTED performs in its second week. In its opening weekend, it went down each successive night, opening with a high of $19 million on Friday, $17 mil on Saturday and $14 mil on Sunday. Most hits increase their take on their first Saturday.
~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Disney/Pixar's Wall-E <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/> performed > about as expected at the box office over the weekend, taking in $63.1 > million dollars, according to final figures released Monday by box-office > trackers Media by Numbers. But the real surprise was the performance of > Universal's Wanted <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/> , starring > Angelina Jolie <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001401/> and James McAvoy > <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564215/> , which took in $50.9 million despite > playing in 20-percent fewer theaters than Wall-E. In fact, Wanted > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/> took in more on a per-theater basis > than the Disney hit, averaging $16,040 per theater versus $15,803 for > Wall-E. In its second week, last week's box-office leader, Warner Bros.' Get > Smart <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/> , dropped to third place with > $20.2 million. Overall, the top 12 films grossed $180,202,418, up 23 percent > from the same weekend a year ago. For the year, box office revenue is now up > 0.7 percent over 2007. However, attendance is down 2.15 percent. The top ten > films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by > Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):1. Wall-E, > Disney, $63,087,526, (New); 2. Wanted <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/> > , Universal, $50,927,085, (New); 3. Get Smart > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/> , Warner Bros., $20,211,242, 2 Wks., > $77,477,031; 4. Kung Fu Panda <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/> , > Paramount, $11,692,061, 4. Wks., $179,276,754; 5. The Incredible Hulk > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800080/> , Universal, $9,577,245, 3 Wks., > $115,859,210; 6. The Love Guru <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811138/> , > Paramount, $5,340,895, 2 Wks., $25,222,377; 7. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom > of <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/> the Crystal Skull, Paramount, 6 > Wks., $5,179,960, $300,085,447; 8. The Happening > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/> , Fox, $3,907,948, 3 Wks., > $59,120,854; 9. Sex and <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000774/> the City, > Warner Bros, $3,808,288, 5 Wks., $140,170,362; 10. You Don't Mess With the > Zohan <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960144/> , Sony, $3,175,214, 4 Wks., > $91,190,129. > > http://www.imdb.com/news/ns0000003/#ni0254778 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
