“Mall Cop” Leads MLK Weekend
Welcome to the brand new Tansut.com Blog! The purpose of this environment is to provide additional commentary on the latest news and happenings in the movie industry. Let’s begin with a look at this weekend’s box office report.
For this Martin Luther King weekend, the Kevin James family comedy “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” took the number one spot with an estimated $33.8 million. James had previously co-starred in the 2007 Adam Sandler comedy “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” after coming off nine seasons of the television series “The King of Queens.” That’s quite an impressive opening for a PG rated comedy film, so here’s hoping the best to the next Kevin James comedy.
Dropping one spot from last weekend, Clint Eastwood’s powerful “Gran Torino” continues its turn at the box office taking in another $22.2 million, giving it a grand total of $73.3 million. Although I plan to have a formal review of “Gran Torino” out shortly, the movie is nothing short of spectacular. Eastwood is phenomenal as an actor and a director and was shamefully overlooked at the Golden Globes. “Gran Torino” definitely deserves some kind of recognition at the Oscars, but we will have to wait and see.
Debuting in third place is the latest horror movie “My Bloody Valentine 3D” which is a huge step up from last week’s wretched poser “The Unborn.” “My Bloody Valentine 3D,” a remake of a classic 80’s slasher movie, is a great example to show that modern horror movies can still be effective and rather simple. With its straight up slasher motif, “My Bloody Valentine 3D” knows no shame and takes 3D horror to the next level. The movie raked in $21.9 million.
Opening in a close fourth place at $21.5 million is the biopic “Notorious.” No, it’s not a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Notorious,” but rather a biographical story about a famous rapper. And rounding out the top five is the new Paramount/DreamWorks collaborative movie “Hotel for Dogs” with $17.7 million.
The romantic comedy “Bride Wars” continues to hang on at number six with an additional $11.7 million, while the aforementioned “The Unborn” took in another $9.8 million. Their totals stand at $37.5 million and $33 million, respectively. Daniel Craig’s World War II drama “Defiance” got a huge boost this weekend jumping from thirty-fifth place to eighth. Finishing out the top ten are the maudlin “Marley & Me” and the Golden Globe winner for best drama “Slumdog Millionaire.”
As for Oscar bait, the Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson romantic comedy “Last Chance Harvey” took in $4.8 million with only 1,054 theaters. Mickey Roarke’s “The Wrestler” is only playing in 144 theaters and took in $1.7 million, while “Revolutionary Road” grossed the same in its 171 theaters. Meanwhile, “The Reader” raked in $1.2 million in its 417 theaters. Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon,” which is supposed to be expanding next weekend has its current total at $8.6 million.
Opening next week are only two movies. I am eagerly awaiting the third installment of the “Underworld” franchise, subtitled “Rise of the Lycans,” while remaining skeptical of the new Brendan Fraser fantasy “Inkheart,” although both look fairly entertaining. See you next week!
Source: Box Office Mojo
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