Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up: Contagion, Warrior, Bucky Larson
Watch Contagion Trailer http://youtu.be/AGY95dx8wOs?hd=1 http://bit.ly/clevvermovies - Click to Subscribe! http://Facebook.com/ClevverMovies - Become a Fan! http://Twitter.com/ClevverMovies - Follow Us! Hey everyone thanks for tuning back into Clevver movies, I'm Tatiana Carrier and Ive got the results from this weekend's box office! As we predicted, Contagion did dominate the box office this weekend! Steven Soderbergs Contagion took in 23.1 million in its opening weekend knocking The Help to 2nd place. Contagion, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Laurence Fisburne, Kate Winslet and Bryan Cranston, is about as a team of doctors, world health officials and citizens caught up in trying to stop a worldwide viral outbreak. The $60 million pic received a B- CinemaScore, with more than 80% of the audience over the age of 25. The Help has been in 1st place for the past 25 days so we think its ok for the ladies to step aside and let someone else get a little shine. The helps first place domination was the best showing since the 6th sense which was in first for 35 days and still stay strong in the top three earning 8.7 million this weekend with a total of 137.1 so far. Lionsgate's mixed martial arts drama Warrior starring Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton and Tom was expected to gross a solid 7-8 million in its opening weekend, but actually only brought in about 5.6 million throughtout the weekend. This number still got the flick in the top three, and scored an impressive A on cinema score. WE are thinking through good word of mouth recommendations, the movie should remain strong for the next couple of weeks. As we suspected, Focus Features and Miramax's thriller The Debt starring Helen mirron, Sam Worthington and Tom Wilkinson continued to impress in its second weekend, placing No. 4 and grossing an estimated $4.9 million for a cume of $22 million. The last of the openers, Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star, was precisely that...the r rated comedy produced by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison, completely bombed, opening to only $1.5 million from 1,500 theaters to fall outside of the top 10---one of the worst studio openings in recent times. On the bright side, if there is one, the flick earned a B on Cinema score. So tell us, did you guys see any of these openers? If you did tell us what you thought by commenting below and while your at it be sure to subscribe to our channel so that you can stay up to date on all your movie news!