Michael Lown
BartoThe Jew Hunter vs. The Wishing Rock: The Final Results!
August 23rd 2009 17:11
Tarantino's Basterds made it big opening weekend, crushing expectations and the competition.
Top 10 (from the good folks over at Box Office Mojo)
1.) Inglourious Basterds -- $37,602,000
3.) G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra -- $12,500,000
4.) The Time Traveler's Wife -- $10,025,000
5.) Julie & Julia -- $9,000,000
6.) Shorts -- $6,600,000
7.) G-Force -- $4,205,000
8.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- $3,515,000
9.) The Ugly Truth -- $2,850,000
10.) Post Grad -- $2,800,000
The big winner this week was Inglourious Basterds, which made 37 million at the box office, above all of the expects anaysis for this week. Along with strong critical reviews, this film seems destined to become a late-summer hit (so much for naysayers commenting on how Tarantino was both irrelevent and out-of-style), and the last thing could save the near-bankrupt Weinstien Company.
Also going strong in second place is District 9, which dropped around 49% from last week but still made decent 19 million. It's overall gross is around 70 million, twice its original budget.
The rest of the new releases this week were nowhere near the success of Basterds. The kiddie flick, Shorts, only made to the number 6 spot with 6 million, which is surprising considering that Robert Rodriguez' films usually pull in a helluva lot more. The tween flick, Post Grad, did even worse at the number 10 spot with a not-so-surprisingly bad intake of around less than 3 million.
Also opening this week was X-Games: The Movie. Despite its one-week only engagement plus its 3D presentation, it pulled in a measly 800k its opening week.
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