Monday, September 7, 2009

Box Office Results and Weekly Movie News

Movies coming out this week!

9 - When 9 (voice of Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone. Upon discovering a community of other beings like him, 9 takes the lead in an effort to strike back at the machines that control the world and are bent on exterminating most signs of life.

I Can Do Bad All by Myself - Madea (Perry) delivers three young adults who tried to rob her home to their aunt (Henson), a hard-living nightclub singer who doesn't want the responsibility of parenting the trio. Can Madea's influence, coupled with the arrival a handsome, industrious new tenant (Rodriguez), help April turn a corner in her life?

Whiteout
- At the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (Beckinsale) looks to identify and capture a killer before the sun sets for six months.

Sorority Row - A group of sorority girls pledge to keep mum on the accidental death of one of their sisters; after graduation, however, they find themselves stalked by a serial killer who seems bent on eliminating anyone who knows their secret.

Movies coming out on DVD and Blu-ray!

Crank: High Voltage
Requiem for a Dream

Box Office results for the weekend!

1 The Final Destination$12.4 M

2 All About Steve$11.2 M

3 Inglorious Basterds $10.8 M

4 Gamer $9.0 M

5 District 9 $7.0 M

6 Halloween II $5.6 M

7 Julie & Julia $5.2 M

8 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra $5.1 M

9 The Time Traveler's Wife $4.2 M

10 Extract $4.1 M

This is so far the worst weekend of the year. Movie theaters must have been empty.

"Final Destination" becomes the fifth film this year to remain No. 1 for two weeks in a row and that is only because of the extra money made from the 3-D.

"All About Steve" did fair, but word of mouth should have that film dropping next weekend like a stone. And "Extract" just...man, you have to feel bad for Mike Judge.

And "Gamer." What happened there? Man, this entire weekend was just a mess. Only "Inglourious Basterds" is still doing well from the time it was released is because it is actually a very good movie (but so is "District 9," which is hanging in there longer than "Halloween II").

Next weekend has few more films coming out with "Nine" hitting theaters on Wednesday. That might give it a profit boost.

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