INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Tops Box Office
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds stormed the North American box office, securing the No. 1 spot this weekend with an estimated $37.6 million in ticket sales, the biggest opening ever for a Tarantino film.
Inglourious Basterds was screened at 3,165 locations, scoring a solid average of $11,881 per theater. In the R-rated WWII drama, Brad Pitt stars as Lt. Aldo Raine, who assembles a gang of Jewish soldiers making it their mission to kill every Nazi they encounter on their way to Paris.
At No. 2, Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi action thriller District 9 delivered another strong performance, bagging $18.9 million for a domestic total of $73.4 million after only a little more than one week in release.
Things didn’t turn out so well for this weekend’s other wide releases. Robert Rodriguez’s family flick Shorts debuted at 3,105 screens, generating only $6.6 million, enough for sixth place. The film follows a group of kids who discover a magical wishing rock.
Fox’s teen comedy Post Grad delivered an even weaker performance, debuting at No. 10 with a weekend gross of $2.8 million from ticket sales at 1,959 locations. Directed by Vicky Jenson, Post Grad stars Alexis Bledel (above, with Rodrigo Santoro) as a recent college graduate struggling to find a job.
Meanwhile, Stephen Sommers’ G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, starring Channing Tatum (above), slipped to third place, earning $12.5 million for a cumulative gross of $120.5 million. Following at No. 4 with $10 million was The Time Traveler’s Wife, with Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, which brought its domestic total to $37.4 million.
At No. 5, Nora Ephron’s comedy Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, pulled in $9 million, lifting its total haul to $59.2 million after two weeks in release. Disney’s G-Force generated $4.2 million, enough for seventh place, for a cume of $107.3 million.
At the bottom of the top 10, David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (above, with Alan Rickman, Jim Broadbent, Jessie Cave, and Daniel Radcliffe) picked up $3.5 million, reaching a total gross of $290.2 million. Following in ninth place with $2.8 million was The Ugly Truth, which reached a cume of $82.8 million.
Also entering the box-office chart this weekend was Steve Lawrence’s X-Games 3D: The Movie, which remains unranked at this point. The 3D documentary scored $800,000 from ticket sales at 1,399 locations. The film’s theatrical run is limited to one week.
Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)
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Tags: Alexis Bledel, Box Office, Channing Tatum, District 9, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Inglourious Basterds, Julie and Julia, Meryl Streep, Post Grad, Quentin Tarantino
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o my god. This movie was so bad so boring
Tarantino hasn’t made anything good in a looong time.
Tarantino has lost his touch.
Basterds is DULL.
you guys dont know anything about movie making tarantino is a great director the technique is different the movie is great you are doing fine quentin….ulises…miami fla