Monday, August 3, 2009

Box Office Results and Weekly Movie News

Movies coming out this week!

Julie and Julia - Frustrated secretary Julie Powell (Adams) tries to shake up her life by chronicling her attempt to cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in a year's time.

Shorts - Toe Thompson's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes a stir in the suburban town of Black Falls, and grand-scale chaos occurs when the object falls into the hands of local adults. Can Toe and his two newfound friends save the residents of Black Falls from themselves?

A Perfect Getaway
- Two pairs of lovers (Zahn & Jovovich, Olyphant & Sanchez) on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- An elite military unit comprised of operatives known as the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity look to dismantle Cobra, an organization headed by a Scottish arms dealer.

Movies coming out on DVD and Blu-ray!
Obsessed
Race to Witch Mountain
The Soloist
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Mutant Chronicles

Box Office results for the weekend!

1 Funny People $23.4 M

2 Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince $17.7 M

3 G-Force $17.0 M

4 The Ugly Truth $13.0 M

5 Aliens in the Attic $7.8 M

6 Orphan $7.2 M

7 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $5.3 M

8 The Hangover $5.0 M

9 The Proposal $4.8 M

10 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $4.6 M

"Funny People" opened higher than "40 Year Old Virgin," and that one ended up at $177 m worldwide. But it didn't make as much as "Knocked Up's" 30.7 m.

"Harry Potter 6" got released in IMAX and made enough money to beat out "G-Force." Now all is right in the world.

"Aliens in the Attic" was just...there. I expect it to not be in theaters anymore by the time school starts.

Next week, "G.I. Joe" will rock the weekend.

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