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Weekend Box Office - Burn After ReadingBy Scott Gwin: 2008-09-14 23:00:50
George Clooney. Brad Pitt. Tyler Perry. Robert DeNiro. Al Pacino. Meg Ryan. Annette Benning. It's a rare event to see a single weekend with this much star power in the new releases. It's also rare to see it in such a plethora of mediocre films. Critics generally panned most of the movies opening and audiences generally agreed. Studios were dropping names, but audiences weren't dropping the cash to match. The Coen brothers scored the number one spot with their latest Burn After Reading taking in nearly $20 million. While that's not such a fabulous amount by most standards, it's the highest opening for any Coen brother collaboration. It's also one of the lower openings for something starring either Brad Pitt or George Clooney (much less starring both), but since the movie came out on top of so many other big name movies I doubt either will be complaining. The two who should be worrying are Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino. Righteous Kill was touted by the studio as being some kind of collosal masterpiece that once again united two of the greatest actors in a generation. Apparently that kind of star alignment wasn't what audiences were looking for and the movie only banked $16 million, earning third place on the list. You can argue that it didn't do as well because it was rated 'R', but you'd be wrong. Two other rated 'R' flicks opened above $50 million this year: Wanted and Sex and the City. Why didn't the movie do well? You didn't go see it did you? You tell me. Tyler Perry got a bit of an ego boost. His The Family That Preys earned $18 million this weekend and took the number two spot. That was a lift following last year's Daddy's Little Girls which opened with a weak $10 million and went on to be one of his lowest moneymakers and least well received among critics. So what's different about Prey that drew audiences back to Perry's fold? I couldn't say. But he might do even better if he stopped putting his name at the front of his titles. It's annoying when Spielberg or Shyamalan do it too. Fourth and last among the new releases was The Women a little marketed movie stuffed full of big named actresses, it's turned out to be one of the worst reviewed movies of the year. It only make $10 million but with a $16 million budget it's more likely to turn a profit than Righteous Kill. Not as likely to get an Oscar nomination, but, certainly to turn a proft.
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October 20th, 2008 at 03:35
We chuckled throughout this movie.Frances Mcdormand was superb; in fact all the cast were. The photography and editing were excellent.