WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE
Bond
breaks records!!!
The James Bond franchise's first direct sequel,
QUANTUM OF SOLACE, managed to break all records for the
longstanding series, with a $70M opening, which bested Daniel
Craig's first ride in the saddle, CASINO ROYALE, which opened with
$40M just two years ago, as well as the franchise's best opening,
which was $47M for 2002's DIE ANOTHER DAY starring Pierce Brosnan
as the British Spy who likes to say his last name first, followed
by his complete name afterwards. Blow. JoBlo.
Only time will tell if the film will be able to
surpass the franchise's greatest box-office success, which was
CASINO ROYALE, with a touch over $167M back in 2006. Only 5
Bond films have actually grossed over $100M domestically in
their lifetime. Being as QUANTUM opened two weeks earlier around
the world than in North America, the film has already grossed
$251M internationally, which combined with the $70M in the States,
gives it a worldwide haul of $322M, which is already past the
halfway mark of the $594M which CASINO totaled around the world
back in 2006 (the Bond record).
Since no other film opened this past weekend, no
other major changes occurred in the top 10, as most films just
dropped a spot or two. MADAGASCAR 2 slipped from 1st place to 2nd
this weekend, although it only lost about 40% of its massive
audience from last weekend.
The film with the biggest drop from last weekend
was SOUL MEN, which lost 55% of its audience, while the film that
lost the least of its audience in the top 10 was THE SECRET LIFE
OF BEES, which lost only 22% of its audience from last week, and
is now totaling $33M overall. ROLE MODELS is also doing
surprisingly well, closing in on the $40M mark after only 10 days
of release.
Next week sees the release of one of the biggest
phenomena of the year called TWILIGHT,
a teen-vampire flick based on the major best-selling series
created by Stephenie Meyer, as well as BOLT,
Walt Disney's attempt at 3D animation on the big screen, with
voices by John Travolta and Miley Cyrus. So the big question now
goes to you all: how much $$$ do you think TWILIGHT will open with
next weekend? VOTE
HERE!!!
| 1.
Quantum of Solace |
$
70.4 Million |
NEW |
| 2.
Madagascar 2 |
$
36.1 Million |
$
118 Million |
| 3.
Role Models |
$
11.7 Million |
$
38.1 Million |
| 4.
High School
Musical 3 |
$
5.9 Million |
$
84.4 Million |
| 5.
Changeling |
$
4.2 Million |
$
27.6 Million |
| 6.
Zack And Miri Make... |
$
3.2 Million |
$
26.5 Million |
| 7.
Soul Men |
$
2.4 Million |
$
9.4 Million |
| 8.
The Secret Life of... |
$
2.4 Million |
$
33.7 Million |
| 9.
Saw 5 |
$
1.8 Million |
$
55.4 Million |
| 10.
The Haunting of... |
$
1.6 Million |
$
12.7 Million |
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