WEEKEND BOX OFFICE TOP TEN
Christmas, 2005 |
LW = Last Week WR = Weeks Released
THTRS = Number of Screens
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Denotes new release.
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4-Day Weekend |
| 1. | King Kong | |
$21,313,000 - Total: $108,617,000 | | LW: 1 WR:
2 THTRS: 3576 |
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| 1. | King Kong | |
$31,433,000 - Total: $118,737,000 | | LW: 1 WR:
2 THTRS: 3576 |
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| 7. | The Ringer* | |
$5,275,000 - Total: $5,275,000 | | LW: N WR:
1 THTRS: 1829 |
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| 7. | The Ringer* | |
$8,400,000 - Total: $8,400,000 | | LW: N WR:
1 THTRS: 1829 |
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| 8. | Munich* | |
$4,094,000 - Total: $4,094,000 | | LW: N WR:
1 THTRS: 532 |
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| 8. | Rumor Has It* | |
$7,470,000 - Total: $7,470,000 | | LW: N WR:
1 THTRS: 2815 |
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| 9. | Wolf Creek*
| | $5,939,000 - Total: $5,939,000 | | LW: N WR: 1 THTRS: 1749 |
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| 10. | Rumor Has It* | |
$3,470,000 - Total: $3,470,000 | | LW: N WR:
1 THTRS: 2,815 |
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While the rest of the nation is celebrating a holiday or the celebrating the fact that they don't celebrate a holiday, studios are
celebrating that an extra long holiday weekend had given the box office a shot of energy to send the year out with a bang. The second
half of 2005 has seen one of the worst down turns in ticket sales in over a decade. Still,studios are estimating that Americans are
changing things for at least one weekend by spending their extra holiday money and day off of work at the movies.
King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia have been neck and neck all weekend. As close as they are I wouldn't be surprised
if Aslan pulls ahead by a bit when the final numbers roll around. Still, what's really imporatant is the death grip both have held on
the top two spots. Despite all the new releases making their debut this week nothing even came close to unseating the blockbuster
behemoths. Jim Carrey's Fun with Dick and Jane came the closest taking third and family favorite Cheaper by the Dozen
took fourth. Everything else beneath that jockeyed around for positions all weekend. When half the week's new releases come out on
Wedenesday and a few more don't open until Sunday you can expect things to get a little crazy.
Memoirs of a Geisha, which has received less than glowing reviews, made a modest appearance, fighting with The Family
Stone which came out last week. Kevin Costner and Jennifer Aniston's Rumor Has It, which didn't open until Sunday, played
second string to Johnny Knoxville's Special Olympics comedy The Ringer. Expect rumor to pick up steam over the New Year and
Knoxville to take a Jackass-worthy nose dive. Aniston's romantic-comedy fans will be out in droves for New Years while Knoxville's
fraternity followers will no doubt have better things to spend their money on.
As I predicted, Brokeback Mountain disappeared under the weight of all those holiday new releases. It actually made less money
this week despite almost doubling the number of screens where it was showing. Expect it to drop even further as the weeks go on.
Despite most other major awards groups giving the film their seals of approval, the masses only really pay attention to the Oscars and
those won't come out in time to revive Brokeback's controversial cinematic run.
Things should get interesting next weekend. With no new wide releases scheduled to appear Americans will have to settle for movie
left-overs. Will they use the opportunity to catch up on all those movies they've missed this week or will next weekend be both the
final nail in 2005's box office coffin and a harbinger of doom for 2006? Despite a New Year's resolution to be more optomistic, I'm
still leaning toward's doom.
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