Michael Lown
BartoBox Office Round-Up: The Final Results!
November 1st 2009 19:09
Despite massive expectations (some even believed it was going to make 250,000,000 opening weekend) and critical-praise, Michael Jackson's This is It opened with 21,300,000 dollars. While not exactly chump change, espicially for a concert film on a usually-slow Halloween weekend, it's clearly not the box office juggarnaut people claimed it would be (there's even a could chance it won't top Miley Cyrus' Best of Both Worlds as the highest-grossing concert film). Obvioiusly, most of the audience are waiting for the DVD/Blu-ray release coming in January.
On this slow week, two films came out in limited release. First, the long-awaited sequel, Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day made $462,000 on 68 screens, while the quirky comedy Gentlemen Broncos made $10,000 on only 2 screens.
Top 5 (courtesy of the good fellas at Box Office Mojo)
1.) Michael Jackson's This Is It - $21,300,000
2.) Paranormal Activity - $16,540,000
3.) Law Abiding Citizen - $7,303,000
4.) Couples Retreat - $6,097,000
5.) Saw VI - $5,560,000
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