Besides the abomination that is Prom Night, two other films that reached screens across the nation clawed their way into the top ten. First up, and landing a distant second, is the Keanu Reeves cop-thriller Street Kings. This is a film that fully embraces its R rating and made sure that it couldn't get cut down to PG-13. Reeves stars as a corrupt LAPD vice detective whose eyes are opened to the corruption around him as he investigates the murder of a former partner. It is definitely entertaining, but it is way over plotted and underwritten.
The third film came in way down at number seven, which is probably all that it deserves. The film is Smart People, and it wants to come off a lot smarter than it actually is. Its central character is a self absorbed, pompous ass played by Dennis Quaid, who does a fine job leading the cast through the paces. Unfortunately, the script and lackluster direction doesn't really deliver the goods.
The rest of the films did pretty well. But, as is the case every week, one film has to get the short end of the stick and this week's winner is The Ruins, falling 58% from last week. It's too bad, the film is actually very good, is actually scary and has a nice dose of gore. So, we watch this flounder while a film like Prom Night tops the weekend. Oh well, better luck next time.
At the other end of the scale, 21 continues to roll. This one is doing surprisingly well. It dropped just 32%, and while it was not the strongest hold, I do not believe anyone could have predicted the solid business it would do when it opened.
Next weekend will see new competition from a trio of films, all of which I am interested in. Here they are, listed in order of my interest: the Jackie Chan/Jet Li team-up The Forbidden Kingdom, the Apatow camp production Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and the Al Pacino thriller 88 Minutes.
Three movies dropped off the top ten this week: Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (11), 10,000 BC (12), and Shutter (14).
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
| 1 | N | Prom Night | $20,804,941 | $20,804,941 | 1 |
| 2 | N | Street Kings | $12,469,631 | $12,469,631 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 21 | $10,470,173 | $61,738,420 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | Nim's Island | $9,111,667 | $25,391,566 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | Leatherheads | $6,276,665 | $21,976,580 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Horton Hears a Who! | $5,920,566 | $139,548,920 | 5 |
| 7 | N | Smart People | $4,092,465 | $4,092,465 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | The Ruins | $3,385,395 | $13,548,871 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | Superhero Movie | $3,216,247 | $21,304,164 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | Drillbit Taylor | $2,044,988 | $28,436,029 | 4 |
Box Office Predictions Recap
Put it in the books! Somehow, someway, I was able to successfully pick all ten box office positions. Somebody must like me to have allowed me to get them all right. On top of that, my box office grosses were not all that far off either, with the majority of them coming in under $1 million away. This won't last, as I likely just got lucky this week, next week I will be back to my usual self.
Here is how the field matched up:
| Actual | Prediction | Title | Wknd Gross | Prediction |
| 1 | 1 | Prom Night | $20,804,941 | $19 million |
| 2 | 2 | Street Kings | $12,469,631 | $11.5 million |
| 3 | 3 | 21 | $10,470,173 | $9 million |
| 4 | 4 | Nim's Island | $9,111,667 | $7 million |
| 5 | 5 | Leatherheads | $6,276,665 | $6.5 million |
| 6 | 6 | Horton Hears a Who! | $5,920,566 | $5.5 million |
| 7 | 7 | Smart People | $4,092,465 | $5 million |
| 8 | 8 | The Ruins | $3,385,395 | $4 million |
| 9 | 9 | Superhero Movie | $3,216,247 | $2.5 million |
| 10 | 10 | Drillbit Taylor | $2,044,988 | $2 million |
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