Coming in right behind our horror movie leader is a horror movie spoof. Scary Movie 4 slipped nearly 60%, but still managed to come in second. So far it has brought in nearly $68 million, which should pretty much pave the way for a fifth movie in the series. Does anyone else recall when the first film claimed there wouldn't be a sequel?
Coming in third is another new release this week, the poltical thriller The Sentinel. It was met with only so-so numbers. Of course, it is only a so-so movie. Kiefer Sutherland puts his Jack Bauer in a suit and goes toe to toe with his mentor, played by Michael Douglas. It was OK, but fell way short in the character development component. This could have used a little fleshing out.
The one other new release arrived DOA. That film is none other than the Hugh Grant/Dennis Quaid comedy, American Dreamz. This was universally panned by critics, and the few who saw it seemed to agree. I have seen nothing good on this one.
My predictions were OK this week, I went for 4 for 10. I did a little better down the middle, but towards the end there two films kind of surprised me. I hadn't even figured on Take the Lead and Friends with Money came out of nowhere.
Four films dropped off the top ten this week: Thank You for Smoking (11), Lucky Number Slevin (12), Failure to Launch (13), and V for Vendetta (14).
This Week | Last Week | My Guess | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
1 | N | 1 | Silent Hill | $20,152,598 | $20,152,598 | 1 |
2 | 1 | 4 | Scary Movie 4 | $16,814,942 | $67,478,181 | 2 |
3 | N | 3 | The Sentinel | $14,367,854 | $14,367,854 | 1 |
4 | 2 | 2 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $13,284,408 | $168,348,135 | 4 |
5 | 4 | 5 | The Wild | $8,332,068 | $22,240,635 | 2 |
6 | 3 | 6 | The Benchwarmers | $7,256,143 | $47,101,418 | 3 |
7 | 5 | - | Take the Lead | $4,176,517 | $29,482,613 | 3 |
8 | 6 | 10 | Inside Man | $3,748,955 | $81,313,510 | 5 |
9 | N | 7 | American Dreamz | $3,667,420 | $3,667,420 | 1 |
10 | 15 | - | Friends with Money | $3,179,025 | $4,960,765 | 3 |
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