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9 October 2007 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Final figures confirmed Monday that Paramount/DreamWorks' The Heartbreak Kid, which had been expected to win the box-office race hands-down, was thrown for a loss by the football-themed family movie The Game Plan. Heartbreak opened in second place with $14 million, while the second week of Game Plan remained in first with $16.6 million. The Jamie Foxx-starring thriller The Kingdom slipped to second place with $9.7 million. Two other new films tanked in their debuts. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising opened in fifth place at $3.7 million, ahead of the dance flick Feel the Noise, which opened in eighth place with $3.1 million. Surprisingly Lionsgate's 3:10 to Yuma had the smallest drop of any film in wide release -- just 28 percent -- as it took in an additional $3.2 million in its fifth week and landed in seventh place. It has now earned $48.7 million, the highest gross for any film thus far in the fall season. In reporting on the Yuma results, Baltimore Sun movie writer Michael Sragow commented that they prove "that even in a lowest-common-denominator marketplace, talent, sometimes, will win out." The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. The Game Plan, Disney, $16,609,377, 2 Wks. ($43,158,823); 2. The Heartbreak Kid, Paramount, $14,022,105, (New); 3. The Kingdom, Universal, $9,722,940, 2 Wks. ($31,746,270); 4. Resident Evil: Extinction, Sony, $4,521,301, 3 Wks. ($43,695,477); 5. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, 20th Century Fox, $3,745,315, (New); 6. Good Luck Chuck, Lions Gate, $3,657,516, 3 Wks. ($29,255,442); 7. 3:10 to Yuma, Lions Gate, $3,215,469, 5 Wks. ($48,728,753); 8. Feel the Noise, Sony, $3,187,153, (New); 9. Mr. Woodcock, New Line, $2,331,445, 4 Wks. ($22,613,590); 10. The Brave One, Warner Bros., $2,321,359, 4 Wks. ($34,380,387).

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8 October 2007 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The box-office turned out to be a heartbreaker on many levels over the weekend. First of all, the DreamWorks/Paramount release The Heartbreak Kid, which analysts had predicted would trounce the competition with ticket sales of $24-28 million, took in only $14 million. The fantasy film The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, from 20th Century Fox and Walden Entertainment, which critics had compared (mostly unfavorably) with the Harry Potter movies, bombed in its debut with just $3.75 million, averaging just $1,186 per theater. Analysts had predicted it would earn $9-12 million. Theaters showing Sony TriStar's Feel the Noise felt mostly silence as the movie tanked with just $3.4 million. Overall, revenue for the top-12 movies added up to just $65.7 million, down 35 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago. There were a couple of bright spots obvious in the weekend tally. The Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson movie The Game Plan fell just 29 percent and remained the box-office leader with an estimated take of $16.3 million. The art houses continued to boom. Michael Clayton, starring George Clooney, opened with $704,000 in 15 theaters, averaging $47,000 per theater. (It is due to open wide next weekend.) Fox Searchlight expanded The Darjeeling Limited to 19 theaters, where it grossed a solid $552,000 -- or $29,100 per theater. Focus Films moved Ang Lee's NC-17-rated Lust, Caution into 17 theaters, where it grossed a strong $368,831 -- or $21,700 per theater. And Warner Bros.' put a digitally remastered "director's cut" of the classic Blade Runner into one theater in New York and another in Los Angeles, where it took in a surprising $95,000 -- or $47,500 per theater. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers: 1. The Game Plan, $16.3 million; 2. The Heartbreak Kid, $14 million; 3. The Kingdom, $9.3 million; 4. Resident Evil: Extinction, $4.3 million; 5. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, $3.7 million; 6. Good Luck Chuck, $3.5 million; 7. Feel the Noise, $3.4 million; 8. 3:10 to Yuma, $3 million; 9. The Brave One, $2.3 million; 10. Mr. Woodcock, $2 million.

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2 October 2007 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Disney's The Game Plan earned about a quarter of a million dollars more on Sunday than the studio thought it would and ended up with a total of $22.96 million for the weekend, according to final figures released Monday by Media by Numbers. The film had been expected to earn about half that amount. Coming in second was Universal's The Kingdom. It earned $17.14 million, right on target with analysts' expectations. (However, it had been expected to open at No. 1.) Last week's top film, Sony's Resident Evil: Extinction, dropped to third place with $8.04 million. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. The Game Plan, Disney, $22,950,971, (New); 2. The Kingdom, Universal, $17,135,055, (New); 3. Resident Evil: Extinction, Sony, $8,036,405, 2 Wks. ($36,826,411); 4. Good Luck Chuck, Lions Gate, $6,244,066, 2 Wks. ($23,513,142); 5. 3:10 to Yuma, Lions Gate, $4,208,366, 4 Wks. ($43,951,910); 6. The Brave One, Warner Bros., $3,719,285, 3 Wks. ($30,834,753); 7. Mr. Woodcock, New Line, $2,947,402, 3 Wks. ($19,578,594); 8. Eastern Promises, Focus Features, $2,938,847, 3 Wks. ($11,281,492); 9. Sydney White, Universal, $2,569,515, 2 Wks. ($8,449,395); 10. Across the Universe, Sony, $2,016,224, 3 Wks. ($5,476,433).

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1 October 2007 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

A lot more surprising than the outcome of any wrestling match, The Game Plan earned an estimated $22.7 million at the box office over the weekend, beating the hands-down favorite, The Kingdom, which came in at $17.7 million. The Kingdom earned about as much as analysts had predicted, but some of them doubted that The Game Plan, which stars former wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, would even take in half as much as it eventually did. A third newcomer, Feast of Love, was more famine than feast as it settled for just $1.8 million and failed even to make the top-ten list. Last week's No. 1 film, Resident Evil: Extinction dropped by two-thirds, taking in just $8 million. Two films opening only in New York produced outstanding results. The Darjeeling Limited, with Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman, earned $140,000 in just two theaters, making its $70,000-per-theater average the best of the year. Taking in only slightly less than that was the Ang Lee NC-17-rated Lust, Caution, which played in just one theater and earned $61,700. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers: 1. The Game Plan, $22.7 million; 2. The Kingdom, $17.7 million; 3. Resident Evil: Extinction, $8 million; 4. Good Luck Chuck, $6.3 million; 5. 3:10 to Yuma, $4.2 million; 6. The Brave One, $3.8 million; 7. Mr. Woodcock, $3 million; 8. Eastern Promises, $2.9 million; 9. Sydney White, $2.7 million; 10. Across the Universe, $2.05 million.

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25 September 2007 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Resident Evil: Extinction inched ahead of Resident Evil: Apocalypse on the opening-weekend box-office charts over the weekend, with the latest installment of the franchise earning $23.68 million versus $23 million for the previous sequel in 2004. The original Resident Evil took in $17.7 million in its 2002 debut. The higher result for the new film was attributed to inflation; Apocalypse actually sold more tickets. Coming in second was Lionsgate's Good Luck Chuck, with $13.65 million. Another newcomer, Universal's Sydney White, tanked with just $5.2 million, and, expanding into wide release, Focus Features' Eastern Promises landed in fifth place with just $5.64 million. In limited release, the Sean Penn-directed Into the Wild from Paramount Vantage raked in $212,440 in just four theaters. With an average of $53,110 per theater, it outperformed all wide-release films over the weekend.The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Resident Evil: Extinction, Sony, $23,678,580, (New); 2. Good Luck Chuck, Lions Gate, $13,652,001, (New); 3. The Brave One, Warner Bros., $7,313,437, 2 Wks. ($25,003,347); 4. 3:10 to Yuma, Lions Gate, $6,157,624, 3 Wks. ($37,718,878); 5. Eastern Promises, Focus Features, $5,641,788, 2 Wks. ($6,443,748); 6. Sydney White, Universal, $5,196,380, (New); 7. Mr. Woodcock, New Line, $4,923,896, 2 Wks. ($15,648,584); 8. Superbad, Sony, $3,110,322, 6 Wks. ($116,181,146); 9 . The Bourne Ultimatum, Universal, $2,872,565, 7 Wks. ($220,239,735); 10. Dragon Wars, Freestyle Releasing, $2,596,278, 2 Wks. ($8,657,527).

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24 September 2007 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The Resident Evil franchise seemed far from extinct this weekend as Resident Evil: Extinction, starring Milla Jovovich, opened with a better-than-expected $24 million, making it the highest grossing debut of the series, according to studio estimates. It topped 2004's Resident Evil: Apocalypse by some $1 million. The original movie grossed $17.7 million in 2002. In second place, the comedy Good Luck Chuck managed to take in about $14 million in its initial outing, performing about as analysts had expected. But the David Cronenberg-directed Eastern Promises had a less-than-promising opening, with just $5.7 million to place fifth, and the Amanda Bynes' teen comedy Sydney White, a take-off on the Snow White tale, appeared to have been cursed by the evil queen, taking in only $5.3 million to place sixth. Last week's top film, The Brave One, starring Jodie Foster, dropped 45 percent as it racked up $7.4 million in ticket sales, landing in third place. And the previous week's No. 1 film, 3:10 to Yuma was on track to take in $6.4 million, to land in fourth place. For the second week in a row films opening in limited released performed exceptionally well, despite otherwise near-vacant theaters at some multiplexes. The Sean Penn-directed Into the Wild opened in just four theaters with an impressive $206,596, or $51,649 per theater. (By comparison, Resident Evil: Extinction wound up with about $8,500 per theater.) And The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck, earned $144,000 in five theaters, or an average of $28,800 per theater. However, Sony Classics' The Jane Austen Book Club attracted few members, taking in only $141,000 in 25 theaters or just $5,600 per theater.The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers: 1. Resident Evil: Extinction, $24 million; 2. Good Luck Chuck, $14 million; 3. The Brave One, $7.4 million; 4. 3:10 to Yuma, $6.35 million; 5. Eastern Promises, $5.7 million; 6. Sydney White, $5.3 million; 7. Mr. Woodcock, $5 million; 8. Superbad, $3.1 million; 9. The Bourne Ultimatum, $2.8 million; 10. Dragon Wars, $2.5 million.

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21 September 2007 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

This is the time of year when Hollywood dumps the worst it has to offer on multiplexes, confident that not many people will visit them anyway. Judging from critics' reviews, this year is no exception. Take, for example, Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert's assessment of one of this weekend's new releases, Good Luck Chuck, which, he calls "the dirty movie of the year, slimy and scummy," and which "layers a creaky plot device on top of countless excuses to show breasts, sometimes three at a time, and is potty-mouthed and brain-damaged." A.O. Scott in the New York Times says that the movie, which stars Jessica Alba, is "a must-see for young men with a subscription to Maxim but no access to the Internet." To Michael Sragow in the Baltimore Sun, it's "a comedy about breasts made by boobs." Then there's Kyle Smith in the New York Post who describes Good Luck Chuck as "a fungal little sex comedy [that] doesn't need a review. It needs a tube of ointment and a shot of penicillin." And Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune figures that the film must be "some sort of humor-deprivation experiment."

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