Football flick scores with extra points in 3rd Weekend, Now No.1 with a $129M cume
By Keith Williams
Bullock blind sides critics with recond year at b.o.
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 12/6/09 — Elbowing its way to the top after two weeks on the sidelines, The Blind Side triumphed over New Moon and all other competitors by scoring an estimated $20.4 million at the nation’s box-office this post-Thanksgiving weekend.
Brothers, the new “not-war” drama featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire drafted a sluggish $9.7 million at 2088 family reunions, B-movie thriller Armored drove off with a lack-lustre $6.6 million at 1915 bank heists, Everybody’s Fine, the new comedy/drama starring Robert de Niro and Drew Barrymore proved its title wrong by achieving a mere $4 million from 2133 road trips.
Now up to $129 million since it was released two weeks ago, football drama The Blind Side looks like it might turn out to be the Xmas hit those waiting in the wings are praying to be themselves. For Sandra Bullock, bouncing off the flop of All About Steve, it really has turned out to be a bumper year, proving that with The Proposal already having accounted for $163 million, she’s back and bigger than ever before.
At No. 2, Twilight Saga – New Moon faded by 63.4% to transfuse $15.7 million into a blood bank now standing at a staggering $255 million in the US alone, followed by the slate of new release
Brothers is the American remake of Brodre, Susanne Blier’s highly acclaimed 2004 Danish film. Directed by Jim Sheridan, he of In the Name of the Father, In America, and My Left Foot, such dour material would seem perfectly suited for him, but reviews were polite if enthusiastic, most drawing attention to the superior original it was based on. What with Xmas round the corner, shopping to be done and houses to be decorated, only fans of miserablist cinema could be counted on to be lured to something like this.
Dropping by 52.3%, Disney’s A Christmas Carol warbled up $7.5 million at 4 to amass $115 million to date, at 5 Old Dogs plunged 59% for $6.9 million, though the drop was steeper for 2012, self-destructing by 62% to salvage $6.6 million, that’s $148 million in toppling skyscrapers, exploding volcanoes and wrecked marriages so far.
Sharing sixth position, Armored, the new thriller from director Nimrod (Vacancy) Antal and starring Matt Dillion, Jean Reno and Laurence Fishburne let the side down for Screen Gems who usually excel at cheap, unpretensious exploitation movies. Title is fairly generic, trailer gives away surprises, nothing seemed out of the groove here.
At 8, Ninja Assassin kept leaping around, despite taking a bad tumble of 62.2% and a take of $5 million. Planet 51 followed with a 57% drop in orbit and $4.3 million, leaving the top ten spot to admit Everybody’s Fine, the remake of Guiseppe (Cinema Paradiso) Tornatore’s 1990 original, Stanno tutti bene. A starry cast, including Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell, a director, Kirk Jones, much liked for Waking Ned and Nanny McPhee, a sentimental theme – such are the vagaries of ticket-buyers.
Weekend estimates courtesy boxofficeguru.com
2 responses so far ↓
1 Nancy@Ice Tea Maker // Dec 7, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Love Sandra Bullock in every movie she’s done, and can’t wait to see Blind Side. A co-worker saw it over the weekend and loved it. Movies based on real life stories and people are very touching to the heart especially this holiday time of year.
2 Miss Work // Dec 7, 2009 at 10:36 pm
She is and has been working out.
1. The Blind Side (2009) …. Leigh Anne Tuohy
2. All About Steve (2009) …. Mary Horowitz
3. The Proposal (2009/I) …. Margaret Tate
4. Premonition (2007/I) …. Linda Hanson
5. Infamous (2006) …. Nelle Harper Lee
6. The Lake House (2006) …. Kate Forster
7. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005) …. Gracie Hart
8. Loverboy (2005) …. Mrs. Harker
9. Crash (2004/I) …. Jean Cabot
… aka L.A. Crash (Germany)
10. “George Lopez” …. Amy (3 episodes, 2002-2004)
– Bachelor Party (2004) TV episode …. Amy
– No Free Launch (2002) TV episode …. Amy
– Happy Birthdays (2002) TV episode …. Amy
11. Two Weeks Notice (2002) …. Lucy Kelson
12. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) …. Siddalee ‘Sidda’ Walker
13. Murder by Numbers (2002) …. Cassie Mayweather / Jessica Marie Hudson
… aka Murd3r 8y Num8ers (USA: promotional title)
14. Miss Congeniality (2000) …. Gracie Hart
… aka Miss Undercover (Europe: DVD title)
15. 28 Days (2000) …. Gwen Cummings
16. Gun Shy (2000) …. Judy Tipp
… aka Gunshy (Australia: video title)
17. Forces of Nature (1999) …. Sarah Lewis
18. The Prince of Egypt (1998) (voice) …. Miriam
19. Practical Magic (1998) …. Sally Owens
20. Making Sandwiches (1998) …. Melba Club
21. Hope Floats (1998) …. Birdee Pruitt
22. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) …. Annie
23. In Love and War (1996) …. Agnes von Kurowsky
24. A Time to Kill (1996) …. Ellen Roark
25. Two If by Sea (1996) …. Roz
… aka Stolen Hearts
26. The Net (1995) …. Angela Bennett / Ruth Marx
27. While You Were Sleeping (1995) …. Lucy Eleanor Moderatz
28. Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1994) …. Lori
… aka Me and the Mob
29. Speed (1994/I) …. Annie Porter
30. Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) …. Elaine
31. Fire on the Amazon (1993) …. Alyssa Rothman
… aka Lost Paradise
32. Demolition Man (1993) …. Lt. Lenina Huxley
33. The Thing Called Love (1993) …. Linda Lue Linden
34. When the Party’s Over (1993) …. Amanda
35. The Vanishing (1993) …. Diane Shaver
36. Love Potion No. 9 (1992) …. Diane Farrow
37. “Lucky Chances” (1990) TV series …. Maria Santangelo
… aka Jackie Collins’ Lucky/Chances (USA: complete title)
38. “Working Girl” …. Tess McGill (12 episodes, 1990)
– Oh, Brother (1990) TV episode …. Tess McGill
– Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1990) TV episode …. Tess McGill
– We Can Work It Out (1990) TV episode …. Tess McGill
– Hungry Heart (1990) TV episode …. Tess McGill
– Two’s a Crowd (1990) TV episode …. Tess McGill
(7 more)
39. The Preppie Murder (1989) (TV) …. Stacy
40. Who Shot Patakango? (1989) …. Devlin Moran
… aka Breakin’ the Rules (UK)
… aka Brooklyn Love Story
… aka Who Shot Pat?
41. “Starting from Scratch” …. Barbara Webster (1 episode, 1989)
– Confidence Game (1989) TV episode …. Barbara Webster
42. Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) (TV) …. Kate Mason
43. Religion, Inc. (1989) …. Debby Cosgrove
… aka A Fool and His Money
44. Hangmen (1987) …. Lisa Edwards
Producer:
* 2000s
* 1990s
1. All About Steve (2009) (producer)
2. The Proposal (2009/I) (executive producer)
3. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005) (producer)
4. “George Lopez” (executive producer) (23 episodes, 2002-2004)
– Now George Noah Ex-Zack-Ly What happend (2004) TV episode (executive producer)
– What George Doesn’t Noah… (2004) TV episode (executive producer)
– Wrecking Ball (2004) TV episode (executive producer)
– She Drives Me Crazy (2004) TV episode (executive producer)
– Benny and Randy (2004) TV episode (executive producer)
(18 more)
5. Sudbury (2004) (TV) (executive producer)
6. Two Weeks Notice (2002) (producer)
7. Murder by Numbers (2002) (executive producer)
… aka Murd3r 8y Num8ers (USA: promotional title)
8. Miss Congeniality (2000) (producer)
… aka Miss Undercover (Europe: DVD title)
9. Gun Shy (2000) (producer)
… aka Gunshy (Australia: video title)
10. Trespasses (1999) (producer)
11. Hope Floats (1998) (executive producer)
12. Our Father (1996) (producer)
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