October 14-16, 2005
THTRS = Number of Screens
* Denotes new release.
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| 1. | The Fog * |
| $12,200,000 - Total: $12,200,000 | |
| LW: N WR: 1 THTRS: 2972 |
| 2. | Wallace and Gromit:The Curse of the Were-Rabbit |
| $11,700,000 - Total: $33,280,000 | |
| LW: 1 WR: 2 THTRS: 3656 |
| 3. | Elizabethtown * |
| $11,000,000 - Total: $11,000,000 | |
| LW: N WR: 1 THTRS: 2517 |
| 4. | Flightplan |
| $6,475,000 - Total: $70,766,000 | |
| LW: 2 WR: 4 THTRS: 3111 |
| 5. | In Her Shoes |
| $6,100,000 - Total: $20,050,000 | |
| LW: 3 WR: 2 THTRS: 2840 |
| 6. | Domino * |
| $4,675,000 - Total: $4,675,000 | |
| LW: N WR: 1 THTRS: 2223 |
| 7. | Two for the Money |
| $4,614,000 - Total: $16,524,000 | |
| LW: 4 WR: 2 THTRS: 2397 |
| 8. | A History of Violence |
| $3,600,000 - Total: $22,364,000 | |
| LW: 9 WR: 4 THTRS: 1348 |
| 9. | Tim Burton's Corpse Bride |
| $3,460,000 - Total: $47,650,000 | |
| LW: 6 WR: 5 THTRS: 2525 |
| 10. | The Gospel |
| $3,200,000 - Total: $12,173,000 | |
| LW: 5 WR: 2 THTRS: 983 |
The competition got lost in The Fog this weekend. Despite the fact that the movie took a severe beating by a hefty majority of reviewers across the country, America rallied to it the number one spot in the top ten chart. Chalk it up to "Smallville" fans turning out to support Tom Welling and the unexplainable habit Americans have for going to supposedly scary movies no matter how bad they're likely to be. Not far behind was Wallace and Gromit which dropped to number two but managed to out perform the other two new releases this weekend.
Elizabethtown, the latest offering from Cameron Crowe, did reasonably well given its poor reviews and the current state of box office sales. With an $11 million opening and a $45 million budget it's the latest film in a long line of box office victims that will have to rely on DVDs to turn a profit.
The other new release, Tony Scott's Domino also found itself between a rock and a hard place failing to make even a meager $5 million. In the number six slot it's poised to disappear from the chart in a hurry, maybe as quickly as Waiting... which slipped out of the top ten after only one week in release.
Hollywood is beginning to take a deep breath, the calm before the storm that is the holiday movie release season. With overall sales floundering this year studios are praying that Americans will take their kids and spouses to the movies instead of the mall. Next week is the last week for a couple of months without a potentially major release. However there is a respectable number of films coming out, all poised to suffer at the hands of a bitter box office.
Doom is set to try and tear gaming fans away from their consoles but the best it can hope for is to not single handedly destroy The Rock's chances of ever doing another serious movie. Dakota Fanning returns to the screen in what might as well be the sequel to Sea Biscuit. It looks charming enough and no doubt the finale will bring a tear to your eye, but don't expect it to turn much of a profit. North Country, the true story of a woman who made corporations fear the phrase "class action sexual harassment law suit", and dizzying thriller Stay will also hit theaters. It's Hollywood's last weekend where financial failure is acceptable. From there on out it's blockbusters or bust.
