April Fool's Month came to a whimpering close. With nothing truly mind numbing like Silent Hill or Scary Movie 4 for the masses to wallow in, many of them decided to just stay home.
Family vacation comedy RV, the only funny film among a week full of heavy drama new releases, took top honors with $16.4 million. The emotionally charged United 93 was second with $11.6 million. As the only new release showing on fewer than 2000 screens it still managed to take the most per theater than anything else in the top ten this week. Gymnastics girl-power teen flick Stick It came in a close third with $11.2 million.
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Akeelah and the Bee had a disappointing opening weekend with only $6.3 million. At eighth place it underperformed for a movie that promised to be one of the best drama films of the year. I suppose that's what should be expected for a movie that opened in the strangest month for box office this year.
Next week we roll into May and Hollywood starts rolling out big budgets. Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible: III is set to dominate the box office and perhaps walk away with the first $100+ million opening of the year. Not likely, but it's the best candidate to date. Indie horror flick American Haunting will look to steal some of Tom Cruise's thunder by feeding on America's obsession with fright. It will steal very little. Children's book turned movie Hoot also pops its head out its burrow to see Tom Cruise's shadow and scurry back in. The weekend will be all about Tom Cruise, kind of like every other week only this time we'll have something besides his eerie trancing effect on wife Katie Holmes to focus on.
