ZOMBIELAND Rules Box Office
Ruben Fleischer’s excellent horror comedy Zombieland stormed the North American box office, slashing its competition this weekend with a solid $25 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The film scored a surprising average of $8,235 per theater at 3,036 locations. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin, Zombieland follows four humans trying to survive in a world taken over by zombies.
At a distant No. 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs bagged another $16.7 million, lifting its domestic gross to an impressive $82.3 million after a three-week run. The Sony Pictures Animation release is playing in both 3D and standard format.
Debuting in third place [...]
by Franck Tabouring | October 4, 2009
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Tags: Box Office, Capitalism: A Love Story, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Ellen Page, Jennifer Garner, Michael Moore, Ricky Gervais, Surrogates, The Invention of Lying, Toy Story, Whip It, Zombieland
SURROGATES Passable, PANDORUM Flops
Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs topped the North American box office for the second consecutive weekend with a solid $24.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Scoring an average of $7,887 per theater at 3,119 locations, the animated adventure brought its domestic total to $60 million after a little more than one week in release. The film is playing in both 3D and standard format.
At No. 2, Jonathan Mostow’s Surrogates debuted with $15 million, with an average of $5,083 per theater at 2,951 locations. In the film, Bruce Willis plays a cop investigating a murder in a world in which humans use "surrogates" to complete [...]
by Franck Tabouring | September 27, 2009
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Tags: Box Office, Bruce Willis, Cam Gigandet, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Fame, Jennifer's Body, Kevin Tancharoen, Megan Fox, Pandorum, Surrogates
