Sunday, August 9, 2009

Box Office Results and Weekly Movie News

Movies coming out this week!

District 9 - A sci-fi/action story set in a fictional world, where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa.

Ponyo - An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.

Bandslam - An outcast (Connell) bonds with the popular girl on campus (Michalka) over their shared love of music, and together they decide to form a rock group and enter their school's upcoming battle of the bands competition.

The Time Traveler's Wife - A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian (Bana) with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage.

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard - Used-car liquidator Don Ready (Piven) is hired by a flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a majorly profitable event.

Movies coming out on DVD and Blu-ray!

I Love You, Man
The Art of War III: Retribution
17 Again
The Class
Starman

Box Office results for the weekend!

1 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra $56.2 M

2 Julie & Julia $20.1 M

3 G-Force $9.8 M

4 Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince $8.8 M

5 Funny People $7.8 M

6 The Ugly Truth $7.0 M

7 A Perfect Getaway$5.7 M

8 Aliens in the Attic $4.0 M

9 Orphan $3.7 M

10 500 Days of Summer $3.7 M

"G.I. Joe" dominated over the weekend which now makes a sequel very likely. As for "Julie and Julia," it has a long way to go to catch up to Meryl Streep's previous film, "Mamma Mia" (made $600 m worldwide).

Four films fell more than 50 percent this weekend. "Harry Potter 6," "Funny People," "Orphan" and "Aliens in the Attic." A tough month for these films.

"Orphan" and "500 Days of Summer" are close. "500 Days" may wind up actually being No. 9, but we won't know until the final numbers are in from the weekend. These are just estimates.

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