The box office was generally robust this weekend, even with Friday night’s presidential debate and the economic crisis.
Eagle Eye scored the best opening since summer with an estimated $29.2 million at the domestic box office. The Diane Lane-Richard Gere romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe place No. 2 in its bow, grossing an estimated $13.6 million. Samuel Goldwyn’s Christian-themed Fireproof was the surprise of the weekend in grossing an estimated $6.5 million from only 839 theaters and coming in No. 4.
The casualty of the weekend was Spike Lee’s World War II film Miracle St. Anna, which opened to a disappointing $3.5 million from 1,185 screens to come in only No. 9.
On the specialty side, Paramount Vantage’s The Duchess and Warner Bros.’ Appaloosa both remained players in their second weekend. Duchess grossed an estimated $570,000 from 55 locations for a per screen average of $10,364 and cume of $836,932. Appaloosa grossed an estimated $145,00 from 14 locations for a per location of $10,357 and cume of $478,702.
Fox Searchlight saw disappointing results for Anjelica Houston-Sam Rockwell pic Choke, which opened to an estimated $1.3 million from 435 runs for a per screen average of $3,069.
Here is this weekend’s Top 12, courtest of Yahoo.com -
| This Wk | Last Wk | Title | Weekend Gross | Cumulative Gross |
Rlse Wks |
# of Theaters |
|
| 1 | - | Eagle Eye | $29,200,000 | $29,200,000 | 1 | 3510 | |
| 2 | - | Nights in Rodanthe | $13,570,000 | $13,570,000 | 1 | 2704 | |
| 3 | 1 | Lakeview Terrace | $7,000,000 | $25,700,000 | 2 | 2467 | |
| 4 | - | Fireproof | $6,514,000 | $6,514,000 | 1 | 839 | |
| 5 | 2 | Burn After Reading | $6,169,000 | $45,540,000 | 3 | 2649 | |
| 6 | 4 | Igor | $5,500,000 | $14,339,000 | 2 | 2341 | |
| 7 | 5 | Righteous Kill | $3,803,000 | $34,805,000 | 3 | 3011 | |
| 8 | 3 | My Best Friend’s Girl | $3,800,000 | $14,529,000 | 2 | 2636 | |
| 9 | - | Miracle at St. Anna | $3,501,000 | $3,501,000 | 1 | 1185 | |
| 10 | 6 | Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys | $3,160,000 | $32,796,000 | 3 | 1604 | |
| 11 | 8 | Ghost Town | $2,948,000 | $9,239,000 | 2 | 1512 | |
| 12 | 7 | The Women | $2,653,000 | $24,079,000 | 3 | 2642 |
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