Notorious Suffers At The Box Office

cmrcr12 · 01-26-2009, 03:09 AM

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office.

The weekend following the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday saw the release of two new movies in wide release, as well as a significant number of expanding movies trying to take advantage of Oscar nominations announced on Thursday.

The biggest new movie of the weekend was the action prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Screen Gems), which set-up the battle between the vampires and werewolves for the hit franchise. It opened softer than the previous two movies with just $20.7 million in 2,942 theaters, averaging $7,036 per site. That wasn't enough for it to take down Kevin James' Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Sony), which once again wound up in first place with a second weekend take of $21.5 million (down 32% from the holiday weekend) and a current total of $64.8 million. The high concept comedy has proven to be very profitable for Sony and Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, having been produced for a mere $26 million.

Although it was snubbed at receiving even a single Oscar nomination on Thursday, Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino (Warner Bros.) continued its epic box office run, dropping just 27% from the holiday weekend to add another $16 million to its box office take of $97.5 million. By next week, it will be Eastwood's third movie to gross over $100 million and it should become his highest-grossing movie ever, surpassing Oscar winners Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven. The film was produced for just $33 million.

The family comedy Hotel for Dogs (DreamWorks) had a solid second weekend, moving up a place from fifth to fourth with $12.4 million and a total gross of $37 million.

With ten Oscar nominations announced on Thursday, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight) expanded into 1,411 theaters on Friday, allowing it to add $10.5 million to its impressive box office take of $56 million. Even before the weekend, "Slumdog" had already surpassed the gross of Boyle's previous highest-grossing movie 28 Days Later, and sometime in the next week, it's likely to become Fox Searchlight's third highest-grossing movie. Not bad for a movie that was picked up by Searchlight for distribution after the film's original studio Warner Independent folded.

Lionsgate's horror remake My Bloody Valentine 3D dropped to sixth place with $10 million and a total gross of $37.7 million.

New Line's long-delayed fantasy epic Inkheart opened in 2,655 theaters but grossed just $7.7 million in its first weekend for seventh place, while averaging less than $3,000 per site.

Dropping to 8th place, the Kate Hudson-Anne Hathaway comedy Bride Wars (20th Century Fox) brought in $7 million in its third weekend, bringing its total to $48.7 million.

After receiving thirteen Oscar nominations on Thursday, David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount Vantage) moved back into the Top 10, settling into #9 with $6 million and a total gross of $111 million. Continuing the trend of Gran Torino and Slumdog Millionaire, the film has become Fincher's highest-grossing movie to date.

The Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious (Fox Searchlight), starring newcomer Jamal Woolard, took a massive 72% drop from its opening weekend, dropping from fourth to tenth place with a second weekend take of $5.7 million and a total of $31.8 million.

Sam Mendes' literary drama Revolutionary Road (Paramount Vantage), reuniting Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, might have been snubbed of its expected Oscar nominations (except for supporting actor Michael Shannon), but it expanded into over a thousand theaters where it grossed $5.3 million to move up to 12th place. Despite a huge marketing campaign, it ended up just one notch below Paramount Vantage's other offering, Edward Zwick's Defiance, which earned $5.4 million in its second weekend of wide release, down 39%.

Having received five nominations on Thursday, Ron Howard's adaptation of Peter Morgan's play Frost/Nixon (Universal) expanded nationwide into 1,099 theaters to gross $3 million in 15th place. By comparison, Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, which received Oscar nominations for actors Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, took in $3.7 million in half the number of theaters. Frost/Nixon has grossed $12 million in 8 weeks of release while The Wrestler has grossed $9.5 million.

Despite being snubbed in the top Oscar categories, Warner Bros. reopened Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight into over 350 theaters on Friday. It reportedly only brought in $170,000, not even placing in the Top 25, so the decision to rerelease the film theatrically after its DVD release may not have been the wisest decision.

AGENT OO · 01-26-2009, 03:12 AM

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Ass Spelunker · 01-26-2009, 03:53 AM

2Pac >> Biggie

Clint Eastwood >> Biggie

passiveexistence · 01-26-2009, 07:03 AM

must admit, i expected it.. repped anyway cmrcr12 :)

Firefly5 · 01-26-2009, 07:26 AM

I bet its doing better on bootleg

shade4tee5 · 01-26-2009, 09:14 AM

GRODT > 8 MILE > This Movie

EdG810 · 01-26-2009, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shade4tee5

GRODT > 8 MILE > This Movie

8 mile is better than grodt......Matter fact Grodt is an 8 mile knock off

Rider · 01-26-2009, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shade4tee5

8 Mile > GRODT > This Movie

........

JTC50C · 01-26-2009, 10:10 AM

yikes, im not gonna lie. i kind of expected that. bad timing, all these oscar nominated movies come out around the same time that they announce the nominations so anything else usually gets looked over.

BossWittaAttitude · 01-26-2009, 10:19 AM

it did a 50 cent

DemonicSinn · 01-26-2009, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shade4tee5

GRODT > 8 MILE > This Movie

You mean 8Mile> This movie> GRODT

Don't call this movie wack if you haven't seen it yet. It's actually pretty good.

Crown LOyal · 01-26-2009, 12:18 PM

I dont care about what it did in theaters and box office. Who cares. It was a good movie.

Jayse · 01-26-2009, 12:22 PM

I figured it wouldn't do too good.

DaDizzle · 01-26-2009, 12:27 PM

8 mile>>>>>GRODT and Notorious

chickenwings · 01-26-2009, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JTC50C

yikes, im not gonna lie. i kind of expected that. bad timing, all these oscar nominated movies come out around the same time that they announce the nominations so anything else usually gets looked over.

i didnt see the flick yet but thats true right there

matrix · 01-26-2009, 02:47 PM

flick was an event..shit was good....hater eat a dic....but jea everybody got it on bootleg now thats why the numbas is down....

gunitmovement2 · 01-26-2009, 03:32 PM

hell no the budget was 33 mill.. so they make good money

|Seraphim| · 01-26-2009, 04:05 PM

I kind of expected it after seeing it this weekend. Not that it was a bad movie, but I dunno....it was exactly like GRODT except i thought GRODT was better.

Nick_Kase · 01-26-2009, 05:28 PM

notorious >>> 8mile >>> GRODT

The Real K.I.N.G. · 01-26-2009, 05:38 PM

Look at this movie as if it's an Hip Hop album on the charts... I expected the drop.

01-26-2009, 03:09 AM	#1
cmrcr12 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Jerz/NYC Posts: 422 Repped: 74 Repped 207 Times in 36 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 4 Times in 3 Posts	Notorious Suffers At The Box Office Notorious Suffers At The Box Office The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office. The weekend following the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday saw the release of two new movies in wide release, as well as a significant number of expanding movies trying to take advantage of Oscar nominations announced on Thursday. The biggest new movie of the weekend was the action prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Screen Gems), which set-up the battle between the vampires and werewolves for the hit franchise. It opened softer than the previous two movies with just $20.7 million in 2,942 theaters, averaging $7,036 per site. That wasn't enough for it to take down Kevin James' Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Sony), which once again wound up in first place with a second weekend take of $21.5 million (down 32% from the holiday weekend) and a current total of $64.8 million. The high concept comedy has proven to be very profitable for Sony and Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, having been produced for a mere $26 million. Although it was snubbed at receiving even a single Oscar nomination on Thursday, Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino (Warner Bros.) continued its epic box office run, dropping just 27% from the holiday weekend to add another $16 million to its box office take of $97.5 million. By next week, it will be Eastwood's third movie to gross over $100 million and it should become his highest-grossing movie ever, surpassing Oscar winners Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven. The film was produced for just $33 million. The family comedy Hotel for Dogs (DreamWorks) had a solid second weekend, moving up a place from fifth to fourth with $12.4 million and a total gross of $37 million. With ten Oscar nominations announced on Thursday, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight) expanded into 1,411 theaters on Friday, allowing it to add $10.5 million to its impressive box office take of $56 million. Even before the weekend, "Slumdog" had already surpassed the gross of Boyle's previous highest-grossing movie 28 Days Later, and sometime in the next week, it's likely to become Fox Searchlight's third highest-grossing movie. Not bad for a movie that was picked up by Searchlight for distribution after the film's original studio Warner Independent folded. Lionsgate's horror remake My Bloody Valentine 3D dropped to sixth place with $10 million and a total gross of $37.7 million. New Line's long-delayed fantasy epic Inkheart opened in 2,655 theaters but grossed just $7.7 million in its first weekend for seventh place, while averaging less than $3,000 per site. Dropping to 8th place, the Kate Hudson-Anne Hathaway comedy Bride Wars (20th Century Fox) brought in $7 million in its third weekend, bringing its total to $48.7 million. After receiving thirteen Oscar nominations on Thursday, David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount Vantage) moved back into the Top 10, settling into #9 with $6 million and a total gross of $111 million. Continuing the trend of Gran Torino and Slumdog Millionaire, the film has become Fincher's highest-grossing movie to date. The Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious (Fox Searchlight), starring newcomer Jamal Woolard, took a massive 72% drop from its opening weekend, dropping from fourth to tenth place with a second weekend take of $5.7 million and a total of $31.8 million. Sam Mendes' literary drama Revolutionary Road (Paramount Vantage), reuniting Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, might have been snubbed of its expected Oscar nominations (except for supporting actor Michael Shannon), but it expanded into over a thousand theaters where it grossed $5.3 million to move up to 12th place. Despite a huge marketing campaign, it ended up just one notch below Paramount Vantage's other offering, Edward Zwick's Defiance, which earned $5.4 million in its second weekend of wide release, down 39%. Having received five nominations on Thursday, Ron Howard's adaptation of Peter Morgan's play Frost/Nixon (Universal) expanded nationwide into 1,099 theaters to gross $3 million in 15th place. By comparison, Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, which received Oscar nominations for actors Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, took in $3.7 million in half the number of theaters. Frost/Nixon has grossed $12 million in 8 weeks of release while The Wrestler has grossed $9.5 million. Despite being snubbed in the top Oscar categories, Warner Bros. reopened Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight into over 350 theaters on Friday. It reportedly only brought in $170,000, not even placing in the Top 25, so the decision to rerelease the film theatrically after its DVD release may not have been the wisest decision.

01-26-2009, 03:12 AM	#2
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01-26-2009, 07:26 AM	#5
Firefly5 Droppin' Knowledge Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sacramento Posts: 4,103 Repped: 1,100 Repped 680 Times in 242 Posts Neg Reps: 57 Neg Repped at 22 Times in 20 Posts	I bet its doing better on bootleg __________________ San Francisco 49ERS 2009 NFC West Champs

01-26-2009, 09:14 AM	#6
shade4tee5 The Hype Is Real! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,269 Repped: 310 Repped 105 Times in 40 Posts Neg Reps: 293 Neg Repped at 31 Times in 26 Posts	GRODT > 8 MILE > This Movie __________________ Y'all forgot who helped 50 Cent pop? I ain't spent my own money since Eminem dropped. - Dr. Dre "yeah i am gay and i like Two men doing 69" - Raskae

01-26-2009, 12:27 PM	#14
DaDizzle Bush me Douche Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 4,544 Repped: 89 Repped 775 Times in 339 Posts Neg Reps: 130 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 74 Posts	8 mile>>>>>GRODT and Notorious __________________

01-26-2009, 03:53 AM	#3
Ass Spelunker =] Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cali Posts: 1,429 Repped: 367 Repped 152 Times in 90 Posts Neg Reps: 4 Neg Repped at 67 Times in 42 Posts	2Pac >> Biggie Clint Eastwood >> Biggie

01-26-2009, 07:03 AM	#4
passiveexistence Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: united kingdom Posts: 836 Repped: 228 Repped 34 Times in 23 Posts Neg Reps: 336 Neg Repped at 13 Times in 12 Posts	must admit, i expected it.. repped anyway cmrcr12 :)

01-26-2009, 10:10 AM	#9
JTC50C Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Syracuse Posts: 7,899 Repped: 5,542 Repped 155 Times in 58 Posts Neg Reps: 44 Neg Repped at 8 Times in 7 Posts	yikes, im not gonna lie. i kind of expected that. bad timing, all these oscar nominated movies come out around the same time that they announce the nominations so anything else usually gets looked over.

01-26-2009, 10:19 AM	#10
BossWittaAttitude Banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: OC Posts: 1,175 Repped: 220 Repped 317 Times in 87 Posts Neg Reps: 290 Neg Repped at 329 Times in 187 Posts	it did a 50 cent

01-26-2009, 12:18 PM	#12
Crown LOyal Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 14 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	I dont care about what it did in theaters and box office. Who cares. It was a good movie.

01-26-2009, 12:22 PM	#13
Jayse Veteran Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pallet Town Posts: 1,650 Repped: 54 Repped 259 Times in 119 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Neg Reps: 8 Neg Repped at 5 Times in 4 Posts	I figured it wouldn't do too good.

01-26-2009, 02:47 PM	#16
matrix Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: bk ny flatbush all day Posts: 6,860 Repped: 6,317 Repped 7 Times in 2 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	flick was an event..shit was good....hater eat a dic....but jea everybody got it on bootleg now thats why the numbas is down....

01-26-2009, 03:32 PM	#17
gunitmovement2 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 577 Repped: 106 Repped 29 Times in 21 Posts Neg Reps: 7 Neg Repped at 3 Times in 3 Posts	hell no the budget was 33 mill.. so they make good money __________________ COP OBFCL2 > SAVE HIP-HOP

01-26-2009, 04:05 PM	#18
\|Seraphim\| Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 481 Repped: 247 Repped 9 Times in 6 Posts Neg Reps: 2 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	I kind of expected it after seeing it this weekend. Not that it was a bad movie, but I dunno....it was exactly like GRODT except i thought GRODT was better.

01-26-2009, 05:28 PM	#19
Nick_Kase T T T TOTALLY DOOD! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Inside Your Girlfriend Posts: 999 Repped: 207 Repped 152 Times in 72 Posts Neg Reps: 21 Neg Repped at 15 Times in 12 Posts	notorious >>> 8mile >>> GRODT __________________ www.myspace.com/nickkasemusic http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7452843

01-26-2009, 05:38 PM	#20
The Real K.I.N.G. Too Ill For Radio Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Windy City Posts: 2,939 Repped: 826 Repped 466 Times in 187 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 8 Times in 8 Posts	Look at this movie as if it's an Hip Hop album on the charts... I expected the drop. __________________ R.O.B.

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