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Monday, October 13, 2008

Film I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING

Posted by Erik Henriksen on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:13 AM

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Disney's Beverly Hills Chihuahua was top dog in the domestic box office for a second straight weekend, making a mutt out of the pre-frame favorite for No. 1--Warner Bros.' star-studded Middle East thriller Body of Lies.

Chihuahua fetched an estimated $17.5 million this session, as a miniature weekend-over-weekend drop of just 40% groomed a 10-day cumulative box office of $52.5 million. Lies truly underperformed expectations with a shocking $13.1 million bow good only for a third-place showing.

Sony Screen Gem's horror thriller Quarantine scared up a healthy $14.2 million to open in second place, while Universal's pigskin pic The Express registered a disappointing $4.7 million in a sixth-place debut. And the Fox-distributed family fantasy City of Ember crashed and burned over its first frame with only $3.2 million in 10th place.

The whole world is going insane, and the full story is at The Hollywood Reporter.

 

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what the hell is going on???!!!!
Posted by barforama on October 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM · Report
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This is an example of why I have no faith in democracy.
Posted by Palin on October 13, 2008 at 12:30 PM · Report
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um....they work this shit out many months in advance. the studio picks a weekend where the competition is crap, and releases then. no, it wouldn't compete with Wall-E or Shrek 5. I bet very few other kids movies opened these last two weeks, certainly nothing with a huge promotional budget behind it. this is also how stuff like Disaster Movie end up shocking everyone in the #1 slot for a couple weeks...
Posted by Chunty McHutchence on October 13, 2008 at 12:42 PM · Report
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Quarantine, surprisingly, was a helluva lot of fun.
Posted by lorenzo on October 13, 2008 at 1:05 PM · Report
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I saw City of Ember this weekend. I actually found it pretty dull. The message was great, Tim Robbins was nails, but I thought the film lacked umph.


Posted by Williams, Jay on October 13, 2008 at 2:11 PM · Report
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Blame the republicans!
Posted by Skinny City Girl on October 13, 2008 at 5:32 PM · Report

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