Weekend B.O.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (thanks Sergio!)

April 11–13, 2008 Studio Estimates

1) Prom Night SGem $22,700,000

2) Street Kings FoxS $12,000,000

3) 21 Sony $11,000,000 Total: $62,268,000

4) Nim's Island Fox $9,000,000 Total: $25,280,000

5) Leatherheads Uni. $6,207,000 Total: $21,907,000

6) Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! Fox $6,000,000 Total: $139,628,000

7) Smart People Mira. $4,200,000

8) The Ruins P/DW $3,250,000 Total: $13,413,000

9)Superhero Movie MGM/W $3,114,000 Total: $21,202,000

10) Drillbit Taylor Par. $2,070,000 Total: $28,461,000

11) Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns LGF $1,570,000 Total: $40,113,000

12) 10,000 B.C. WB $1,510,000 Total:$91,785,000

From IW: There used to be a time that I would watch a movie all the way through, no matter how bad it was. Then, all of the sudden, I completely lost patience and can barely stand 15 minutes if a movie isn't bringin' it. I pray for a movie that makes me want to watch full length. To wit; I've seen (or kinda seen) some of the movies on this list. I just couldn't see them through to the end, and quite honestly don't know how I made it through as far as I did on some of them. A breakdown:

Street Kings: 55 minutes

The Ruins: 43 minutes

Superhero Movie: 25 minutes

Drillbit Taylor: 68 minutes

Meet The Browns: I actually watched the whole thing, but I believe it was the novelty of seeing Angela Bassett in the lead. If it were anyone else...I dunno.

Mr. Tambay Obenson summed up the crapfest perfectly on his blog:

Another Week Of Blah

I've been rather uninterested and uninspired to see most of the studio films that have enjoyed theatrical releases thus far this year!

Week after week, I look over the selection of films scheduled for release each week, and more often than not, nothing listed is of any interest to me. The last movie I recall seeing in 2008 is Cloverfield, which I did enjoy, despite a mild headache that accompanied the somewhat dizzying experience, thanks to the extreme shaky-cam cinematography prevalent throughout much of the film.

I know we've been experiencing the usual winter doldrums, a period when studio releases are often less than stellar; but this year's offerings have been rather dull, at least based on the packaging each has been wrapped in, since I haven't seen most of them. However, after looking at box office receipts since January, one can deduce from the results that there are others who feel the same way, because the numbers have been unimpressive, except for 2 or 3 centi-million dollar hits. Also, the averages per theatre help support my argument. Check out Box Office Mojo for stats and such.

And this week's releases don't do anything to alter the trend... although Zombie Strippers excites me a little.

Right!

Opening in Wide Release This Week

The Forbidden Kingdom Jet Li and Jackie Chan team up for the first time as misfit warriors in ancient China on a quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

88 Minutes Al Pacino is a forensic psychiatrist in a race against time when he receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall After a devastating break-up with his girlfriend, a guy heads to Hawaii to recover... only to run into his ex and her new boyfriend.

Opening in Selected Theaters

The Life Before Her Eyes Uma Thurman is a housewife who questions her perfect life--and her sanity--on the anniversary of a tragic high school shooting.

Pathology A group of medical students devise a deadly scheme to see which one of them can commit the perfect, unsolvable murder.

Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? Director Morgan Spurlock sets off to do what the CIA, FBI and countless bounty hunters have failed to do: find Osama bin Laden.

Zombie Strippers A secret government chemo-virus gets released into a small-town underground strip club... unleashing Super Zombie Strippers.

From IW: Come to think of it, the last new release I really enjoyed was probably Cloverfield too. I'm actually looking forward to some of the new films Tambay spoke about....even Zombie Strippers is better than Superhero Movie!