FUNNY PEOPLE Tops Box Office
Judd Apatow’s latest comedy, Funny People, jumped to the top of the North American box office this weekend with $23.4 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The R-rated film, which received mixed reviews, scored an average of $7,793 per theater at 3,008 locations. Starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann, Funny People follows the adventures of a stand-up comedian having a near-death experience.
Aliens in the Attic, this weekend’s second wide release, only made it to No. 5, with a three-day gross of $7.8 million despite a run at 3,106 locations. The film chronicles a family’s battle against alien intruders in their vacation home.
Failing to secure a spot within the weekend’s top 10 was new entry The Collector, which finished eleventh with only $3.6 million at 1,325 sites. The Marcus Dunstan-directed horror flick follows a thief who encounters a ruthless killer during a routine home invasion.
Staying put at No. 2 was David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, starring Daniel Radcliffe, which earned $17.7 million for a domestic total of $255.4 million after a strong three-week run.
Following closely in third place with $17 million was Disney’s action-adventure G-Force, which brought its total haul to $66.4 million after a little more than one week in release.
Meanwhile, Robert Luketic’s romantic comedy The Ugly Truth slipped to No. 4, picking up $13 million. Starring Gerard Butler (above, with Holly Weber) and Katherine Heigl, The Ugly Truth brought its cumulative gross to $54.4 million.
The thriller Orphan dropped to sixth place, earning $7.2 million for a cume of $26.7 million. Following at No. 7 with $5.3 million was Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, whose total gross now stands at $181.8 million.
Things didn’t change that much at the bottom of the top 10. The Hangover pulled $5 million at No. 8 for a total of $255.7 million, while The Proposal, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, followed at No. 9 with weekend earnings of $4.8 million and a domestic total of $148.8 million.
Finally, Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, with Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, finished the weekend with $4.6 million and an impressive cumulative gross of $388.1 million after six weeks in release.
Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)
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Tags: Adam Sandler, Aliens in the Attic, Box Office, Daniel Radcliffe, Funny People, G-Force, Gerard Butler, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Judd Apatow, The Collector, The Ugly Truth
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funny people was anything BUT funny
The movie shold be called UNFUNNY DOLTS. What a bore!!