Monday, January 26, 2009

Box Office Results and Weekly Movie News

Movies coming out this week!

The Uninvited - After her mother's death and her subsequent hospital stay, Anna Rydell (Browning) returns home to be with her sister (Krebbel) and her father (Strathairn), who has become engaged to Rachel (Banks), her mother's former nurse. During her first night back, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who reveals that the new woman in her father's life is not who she pretends to be, leading to a fateful confrontation between the women of the house.

Taken - A former spy (Neeson) relies on his old skills to save his daughter (Grace), who was kidnapped by slave traders during her vacation in Paris.

New in Town - A Miami-based consultant (Zellweger) is shipped out to small-town Minnesota for her newest project: supervising the restructuring of a local manufacturing plant. After a frosty reception, she warms to the townspeople (and vice versa), though a tough business mandate causes her to reconsider her personal and professional objectives.

Movies coming out on DVD!

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Pride and Glory
RocknRolla
Lakeview Terrace

Box Office results for the weekend!

1 Paul Blart: Mall Cop$21.5 M

2 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans$20.7 M

3 Gran Torino$16.0 M

4 Hotel For Dogs$12.3 M

5 Slumdog Millionaire$10.5 M

6 My Bloody Valentine 3D $10.0 M

7 Inkheart $7.7 M

8 Bride Wars $7.0 M

9 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button$6.0 M

10 Notorious$5.7 M


Oscar nominations brought "Slumdog Millionare" up the rankings while keeping "Benjamin Button" alive. Silly comedy movies seem to do well as "Mall Cop" becomes #1 movie in America twice in a row, beating out the "Underworld" prequel. "Gran Torino" still stays up near the top despite the lack of any Oscar nominations (which it deserved). And I am pretty sure only one-third of the people I know even knew a movie called "Inkheart" came out. Not a lot of advertising for that one...
In the end, a slow weekend.

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