Box Office Results for March 7th-March 9th 2008
***New releases are bolded***
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| 1. 10,000 B.C. | $35.7M | - |
About what was expected. |
| 2. College Road Trip | $14M | - |
I gotta believe the studio is cool with that number. |
| 3. Vantage Point | $ 7.5M | $ 51.7M | |
| 4. Semi-Pro | $ 5.9M | $ 24.8M | |
| 5. The Bank Job | $ 5.7M | - |
Low theater count, decent opening. |
| 6. The Spiderwick… | $ 4.8M | $ 61.7M | |
| 7. The Other Boleyn Girl | $ 4M | $ 14.6M | |
| 8. Jumper | $ 3.8M | $ 72.5M | |
| 9. Step Up 2 The Streets | $ 3M | $ 53M | |
| 10. Fool’s Gold | $ 2.8M | $ 62.8M |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Trailer
Summary: The kids go back to Narnia, realize a long, long time has passed. Bad dude took the throne from good dude. Kids must help good dude reclaim said throne. Fantasy warfare kicks in high gear.
Whose terrorizing and saving the lands? Same peoples as the first one, plus new characters - Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes, Peter Dinklage, Warwick Davis, Vincent Grass, Ken Stott, Pierfrancesco Favino, Sergio Castellitto, Liam Neeson
Directed by: Andrew Adamson - With Narnia and 3 Shreks under his belt, he’s raked in some serious box office cash, which will likely continue here.
Wanted Trailer
Summary: Dude thinks his Dad died when he was a kid, mysterious woman tells him he was an assassin and died just yesterday. Dude is then recruited into father’s group of assassins, learns how to do impossible stunts and shoot bullets in super slo-mo!
Whose catching bullets and looking really, really cool? Star powered cast here - James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Common, Kristen Hager, Konstantin Khabensky, Terence Stamp
The man with the plan: Timur Bekmambetov - Director of the Night Watch movies, which were pretty cool if you got a chance to see them.
Doomsday Trailer
Summary: Virus breaks out in Great Britain, kills a bunch of people. Government builds a big wall that traps all the dudes inside infected area. 30ish years later, virus breaks out again, government needs to get inside wall to find a cure from the survivors of the previous outbreak. Government finds it not so nice. Chaos ensues.
Who am I watching wage war in the future? Several familar faces, but no major stars - Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Adrian Lester, Alexander Siddig, Malcolm McDowell
Directed by: Neil Marshall - Writer and director of The Descent, which totally ruled. Enough for me to have hope for this movie which looks a little on the fence to me in the trailer below.
Box Office Results for Feb. 29th-March 2nd 2008
***New releases are bolded***
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| 1. Semi-Pro | $15.2M | - |
Bad sign for Will Ferrell? |
| 2. Vantage Point | $13M | $41M | |
| 3. The Spiderwick… | $8.8M | $55M | |
| 4. The Other Boleyn Girl | $8.3M | - |
Good result for somewhat limited release. |
| 5. Jumper | $7.6M | $66.8M | |
| 6. Step Up 2 The Streets | $5.7M | $48.6M | |
| 7. Fool’s Gold | $4.7M | $59M | |
| 8. Penelope | $4M | - |
Didn’t expect much, average opening. |
| 9. No Country For Old Men | $4M | $69.6M | Post Oscar boost! |
| 10. Juno | $3.4M | $135.1M |