9/11-13 Weekend BoxOffice
Juan F. Lara
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
2 9 $10,740,446 1,661 $6,466 $15,160,926
21 16 Ponyo $628,347 -52.0% 589 -301 $1,067 $14,333,967
22 20 Up $423,746 -42.0% 366 -52 $1,158 $291,390,456
24 21 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $375,176 -39.0% 353 -72 $1,063 $194,670,074
80 Walt & El Grupo $6,059 3 $2,020 $7,164
89 106 Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone $2,960 +1,051.8% 2 +1 $1,480 $26,523
106 100 $9.99 $597 -18.0% 3 +1 $199 $46,912
"9" came in only in second place in its debut week, barely breaking $10M.
But it was released only in 1600 theaters, and so it had a solid per theater
average of $6400. Over at rottentomatoes.com
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1205483_nine/
"9" has been up and down around the cutoff point. I just checked it, and it's
currently down, just below the 60% mark. I don't think this movie will have
much legs.
For the past few weeks "Ponyo" has had strong legs. But this weekend was
the first weekend where it lost a large number of theaters, leading to a 50%
drop, albeit from a four-day weekend.
Opening this weekend was "Walt and El Grupo".
http://www.waltandelgrupo.com/
An interesting documentary on Walt Disney's goodwill tour of Latin America,
which led to "Saludos Amigos" and "The Three Caballeros". I hope this movie
gets a wider distribution in the coming weeks.
Let's see how well "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" does.
- Juan F. Lara