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The Blind Side finally surpassed The Twilight Saga: New Moon at the weekend box office, taking the number 1 spot with $20.4 million (versus New Moon’s 2nd place $15.7 million) in its third weekend of release. That brought its domestic total to $129.3 million, making Blind Side the highest grossing sports drama on record.
Jim Sheridan’s Brothers finished tops amongst the newcomers, grossing a modest $9.7 million for 3rd place. A Christmas Carol held on for 4th place with $7.5 million, while Old Dogs rounded out the top 5 with $6.9 million. Armored debuted in 6th with a weak $6.6 million, while Robert De Niro’s family dramedy grossed $4 million for 10th place. Transylmania, last among the new wide releases, only scrounged up a woeful $274,000 at 1,007 sites, or a $272 per-theater average. That total is the new record for lowest opening for a movie playing at over 1,000 theaters, and was less than Up in the Air made in limited release at 15 sites. George Clooney’s latest captured a healthy $1.2 million, or a $79,000 average. Read»
The Twilight Saga: New Moon led the pack in a robust Thanksgiving weekend, pullng in $42.9 million to repeat in the top spot at the box office. It was a steep 70% drop from the record-setting opening last week, but New Moon has already pulled in $230.9 million, well past Twilight’s original $192 million domestic total.
The Blind Side held right on to the number 2 spot, and gave New Moon a run for its money with a solid $40.1 million weekend. That’s actually over a 17% increase from its opening weekend numbers, and accomplishing that without a large addition to its theater count suggests just how well the movie is being received by audiences. 2012 dropped to third place with $17.7 million, while newcomer Old Dogs scraped by in 4th place with a $16.9 million three-day take. A Christmas Carol finished 5th with $15.8 million (also an increase from last weekend’s numbers), while Ninja Assassin debuted outside of the top 5 in 6th place, with a not-disgusting $13.1 million. Read»
A nice mix of news bites and videos to watch this week! Read»
