WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
TOP TEN
MLK Jr. Day Weekend, 2006 |
LW = Last Week WR =
Weeks Released
THTRS = Number of Screens
*
Denotes new release.
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Review |
| 3-Day
Weekend |
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4-Day
Weekend |
| 1. | Glory Road
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$13,577,000 - Total: $13,577,000 | | LW: N
WR: 1 THTRS: 2222 |
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| 1. | Hoodwinked
* | |
$16,620,000 - Total: $16,620,000 | | LW: N
WR: 5 THTRS: 2394 |
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| 2. | Last
Holiday * | | $12,825,000 - Total: $12,825,000
| | LW:
N WR: 1 THTRS: 2514 |
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| 2. | Glory Road
* | |
$16,497,000 - Total: $16,497,000 | | LW: N
WR: 1 THTRS: 2222 |
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| 3. | Hoodwinked
* | |
$12,383,000 - Total: $12,383,000 | | LW: N
WR: 5 THTRS: 2394 |
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| 3. | Last
Holiday * | | $15,700,000 - Total: $15,700,000
| | LW:
N WR: 1 THTRS: 2514 |
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| 5. | Hostel
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$9,900,000 - Total: $35,061,000 | | LW:
1 WR: 2 THTRS: 2337 |
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| 5. | Hostel
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$11,650,000 - Total: $36,811,000 | | LW:
1 WR: 2 THTRS: 2337 |
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| 7. | King Kong
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$7,499,000 - Total: $202,965,000 | | LW:
3 WR: 5 THTRS: 2814 |
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| 7. | King Kong
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$9,201,000 - Total: $204,667,000 | | LW:
3 WR: 5 THTRS: 2814 |
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Until just now I never really drew the connection between it being Martin Luther
King Jr. Day Weekend and the debut for Glory Road, the film based on a true
story about Texas Western coach Don Haskins who broke boundaries by taking the
nation's first all-Black starting line-up basketball team all the way to win the 1966
NCAA championship. Everyone else in America must have noticed since they took the
movie all the way to number one this weekend. Well, right up until the actual
celebration holiday on Monday when they tipped the scales in favor of cheap CG
animated Hoodwinked. Go figure.
Nothing else changed from the 3-Day to the 4-Day weekend. For whatever
reason Hoodwinked suddenly became the Monday favorite, or at least that's
what's been predicted. The top three films are all within one million dollars of
each other so there's a chance things may get shaken up a bit when the final numbers
roll in.
The battle between King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia is
finally waning as the movies of the New Year start rolling in. Narnia is
going stronger, holding to the fourth spot this week while Kong slips down to
eighth. At this rate Narnia may do better than Star Wars did last year
in terms of weeks in the top ten. Revenge of the Sith finally dropped off the
chart after eight weeks.
While none of this week's new films performed all that well, the biggest
loser was Tristan and Isolde which came in at a miserable number 8 with less
than $8 million over the four day holiday. Despite a wacky marketing scheme aimed at
the teenage crowd, any members of the teen set who bothered getting out to the
theaters chose Queen Latifah's remake Last Holiday or the Rashomon version of
Little Red Riding Hood.
Next weekend will feature 2006's first potentially major blockbuster. As the
only movie opening in seriously wide release, Underworld: Evolution swoops
into theaters with high anticipation. It will be interesting to see how it holds up
in this economic climate of slumpish ticket sales. The new year started out with a
bang but as the holidays have faded, so have the box office receipts. The other film
opening next week will only see 1100+ theaters. End of the Spear has relied
heavily on grass roots level marketing strategies. It will be interesting to see how
that pays off.
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