Box Office Report (September 10-12 Weekend)

I am going to try a new format for the box office reports. Instead of just saying there is an article here which can show you the report, I will put the full top ten list to give you more to look at here on the blog rather than having to click all over cyberspace. Any feedback would be nice as to format, etc. of this segment as well. Here is this weekend's top ten with their respective earnings [source]:

1. Resident Evil: Afterlife - $27.7 million

2. Takers - $6.1 million

3. The American - $5.9 million

4. Machete - $4.2 million

5. Going the Distance - $3.8 million

6. The Other Guys - $3.6 million

7. The Last Exorcism - $3.5 million

8. The Expendables - $3.3 million

9. Inception - $3.0 million

10. Eat Pray Love - $2.9 million

You can still click the "source" link for more in depth information such as total earnings and weeks release for each of these films but I will highlight just a few points that I find interesting as usual.

It is apparent from this list that very few people actually went to the movies this weekend. Unfortunately, enough people went and saw Eat Pray Love that I have to type the words "Eat Pray Love" and after six weeks of release I am becoming more and more annoyed about the lack of commas between these verbs. I am also somewhat annoyed that this movie exists, but that is a different story. The video game-based Resident Evil: Afterlife debuted at number one earning almost $28 million. I am not too big on movies based on games, but this just really gets me excited for the movie Madden 11 which I believe is shooting on location in Canton, Ohio. If my sources are correct, then I believe Vince Vaughn is slated to portray Jim Thorpe.

Takers, the number one from two weeks ago, jumped over last week's number one, The American and two, Machete to come in at number two this week with only $6.1 million. New release The Virginity Hit did not crack the top ten even with these tiny earnings this week; this does not bode well for this movie. Inception is still in the top ten and number nine in its ninth week of release. As we can see, this summer has many movies that hardly make a blip on the radar screen (Scott Pilgrim anyone?) and a few others which have much staying power like Inception due to the overall weakness of the films that have been released.