Robert Pattinson as the vampire Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as the human Bella Swan in David Slade’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
THE OTHER GUYS No. 1; STEP UP 3-D Surprises; MIDDLE MEN, FLIPPED Disappoint: Box Office
Like Inception, Jay Roach’s Dinner for Schmucks, starring Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, was also down two spots, pulling in $3.38m at no. 4, according to Box Office Mojo.
At no. 5, Angelina Jolie’s spy thriller Salt brought in $3m, followed by the animated Despicable Me, featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, and Julie Andrews, with $2.92m. By Sunday, those two will likely have switched places.
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore grossed $2.15m at no. 7, while the Zac Efron weepie Charlie St. Cloud earned $1.72m at no. 8. After eight days out, both movies have finally crossed the $20m mark.
Rounding out the top twelve were Lee Unkrich’s Toy Story 3 with $860k, Adam Sandler’s Grown Ups with $750k, David Slade’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse with $740k (no longer among the top ten for the first time since it opened 38 days ago), and Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right with $720k.
Ramona and Beezus and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice were out of the top twelve.
Among the top twelve movies, The Other Guys had the highest per-theater average, $3,615, followed by Step Up 3-D with 2,710. The widely panned and widely popular Grown Ups, now finally fading away, had the lowest, $424.
Also among the top twelve (barring new entries The Other Guys and Step Up 3-D), following the addition of 147 theaters The Kids Are All Right posted the biggest attendance gains, +66.8% at 994 sites, whereas Toy Story 3 (after losing nearly 400 venues) had the lowest, +3.3%.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Kimberley French / Summit Entertainment)
All 3 parts are a diappointment…I have read all 5 books of stephenie Meyer and the magic that she creates in her books no where gets reflected in the movie… nd bella with no emotions or expressions looks like a wax doll… i seriously hope.. .the “The Breaking Dawn” does not disappoint us the same way. The only worth part watching in this movie was the last fight between wolves and vampires otherwise the whole movie is a bore.
I didn’t say I hated it, I said I was disappointed they did not stay true to the book. Yes, a lot of Taylor fans and people who have not read the books really loved the movie. But there are a lot of Edward and Bella fans who would like to see the love and romance these two had in the books: their true romance does not come through in the movie. Not only that, but they negatively changed the character of Edward and Bella from those in the book. There are a lot more Robert Pattinson fans than there are Taylor fans and the people who haven’t read the books wouldn’t know the difference. So, if they had stayed true to the characters and romance from the book they would have gotten even more money, because more Robert and Kristen fans would return to see the movie over and over again. The book series is about the romance between Bella and Edward and very little of that comes across on the screen, but not having read the books, you wouldn’t miss that.
You obviously do like them. Summit isn’t putting anything into these popcorn films yet you make sure they all make well over $600 million and sell a bunch of DVD’s. If you hate it, boycott. This one didn’t do as well as the last one. The last one was Bella and Jacob. Maybe the teen audience liked that love better.
I haven’t read the books, so from watching the movies, I wonder why and if Bella and Edward are in love. I sit through these for Kristen Stewart. If this is what it takes for her to keep doing fantastic indies, where she actually shows range, then I’ll put up with it. I wouldn’t says a movie that has made 10 times it’s budget a disappointment though.
I loved Eclipse movie, It was awesome
I am also very disappointed with Summit and Stephenie. Knowing how the fans really loved her books, I’m disappointed that Stephanie Meyers allowed them to change the characters from the book so much, especially Edward and Bella. In the books, Bella and Edward are deeply in love and show their feelings for each other all the time. Instead of showing some of the many tender moments between Edward and Bella from the book, they made up totally bogus scenes for Jacob and for Bella which make absolutely no sense whatsoever. If they had stayed true to the book, the box office would have been so much better. The fans want to see the story from the books, not some made up story for the critics to evaluate. We don’t like the Edward, Bella, or Jacob they have created for the movie. They are almost the exact opposite of the characters in the book.
very dissapointed with summit and stephenie they give all the support to taylor and not to ROB PATTINSON AND ROB IS THE BEST wonder why because taylor is american and rob is british dont understand
ROB IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN Y BETTER ACTOR