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Gobble: Thanksgiving box office
NEW
Four Christmases (Warner Bros. (New Line)) / 3,310
Australia (Fox) / 2,642
Transporter 3 (Lionsgate) / 2,626
EXPANDING
Bolt (Buena Vista) / 3,654 (+3) / 2
Quantum of Solace (Sony / Columbia) / 3,501 (+43) / 3
Twilight (Summit Entertainment) / 3,425 (+6) / 2
DECLINING
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 3,709 (-298) / 4
Role Models (Universal) / 2,195 (-538) / 4
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Buena Vista) / 1,385 (-976) / 6
Changeling (Universal) / 1,010 (-729) / 6
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 305 (-40) / 20
Saw V (Lionsgate) / 177 (-517) / 6
Religulous (Lionsgate) / 61 (-79) / 9
ESTIMATES FOR DECEMBER 5
Punisher: War Zone (Lionsgate) / 2,400+ Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
Box office: Theater counts this weekend
Title (Distributor) / Theater Count (Change) / Week #
NEW
Quantum of Solace (Sony / Columbia) / 3,451
EXPANDING
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 4,065 (+9) / 2
Role Models (Universal) / 2,798 (+6) / 2
Soul Men (MGM (Weinstein)) / 2,048 (+4) / 2
Changeling (Universal) / 1,896 (+41) / 4
DECLINING
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Buena Vista) / 3,202 (-262) / 4
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Weinstein Company) / 2,210 (-525) / 3
Saw V (Lionsgate) / 2,002 (-827) / 4
Religulous (Lionsgate) / 238 (-36) / 7 Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE RELEASES
NEW
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 4,056
Role Models (Universal) / 2,791
Soul Men (MGM (Weinstein)) / 2,044
EXPANDING
Changeling (Universal) / 1,855 (+5) / 3
NO CHANGE
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Weinstein Company) / 2,735 / 2
DECLINING
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Buena Vista) / 3,464 (-162) / 3
Saw V (Lionsgate) / 2,829 (-255) / 3
Religulous (Lionsgate) / 274 (-131) / 6
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 125 (-24) / 17 Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
FOURTH PLACE OPENING FOR KEVIN SMITH
Weekend box office: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL back to number one.. SAW V number two on Halloween weekend .. THE CHANGELING finishes at third place..
Fourth place opening for ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO--did well among men young and old.. but not well enough to score larger opening.. Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
In case you're sick of the election
 Tired of CNN MSNBC FOX NBC CBS ABC etc etc etc? Go to a movie.. This weekend's box office: OCTOBER 31
Title (Distributor) / Theater Count (Change) / Week #
NEW
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Weinstein Company) / 2,735
The Haunting of Molly Hartley (Freestyle Releasing) / 2,652
The Other End of the Line (MGM) / 91
Eden Lake (Third Rail Releasing) / 10
Splinter (2008) (Magnolia) / 4
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Oscilloscope Pictures) / 1
Showtimes & Tickets:
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EXPANDING
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Buena Vista) / 3,626 (+3) / 2
Saw V (Lionsgate) / 3,084 (+24) / 2
Changeling (Universal) / 1,850 (+1835) / 2
NO CHANGE
Pride & Glory (Warner Bros. (New Line)) / 2,585 / 2
Deep Sea 3-D (IMAX) (Warner Bros.) / 10 / 140
Lola Montes (re-issue) (Rialto) / 1 / 4
DECLINING
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Buena Vista) / 3,004 (-186) / 5
Religulous (Lionsgate) / 405 (-47) / 5
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D (Buena Vista) / 209 (-75) / 2
Mamma Mia! (Universal) / 177 (-3) / 16
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 149 (-17) / 16 Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Holiday, movies
Box office releases this weekend
NEW
EXPANDING
Max Payne (Fox) / 3,381 (+5) / 2
W. (Lionsgate) / 2,050 (+20) / 2
The Secret Life of Bees (Fox Searchlight) / 1,630 (+39) / 2
DECLINING
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Buena Vista) / 3,190 (-49) / 4
Eagle Eye (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 2,558 (-768) / 5
Sex Drive (Summit Entertainment) / 2,358 (-63) / 2
Quarantine (Sony / Screen Gems) / 2,228 (-235) / 3
Body of Lies (Warner Bros.) / 2,150 (-564) / 3
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Sony / Columbia) / 1,571 (-670) / 4
Nights in Rodanthe (Warner Bros.) / 1,240 (-875) / 5
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 166 (-124) / 15
ESTIMATES FOR OCTOBER 31
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Weinstein Company) / 2,800
The Haunting of Molly Hartley (Freestyle Releasing) / 2,250
Changeling (Universal) / 1800+ Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
Weekend box office numbers
NEW
The Express (Universal) / 2,808
Body of Lies (Warner Bros.) / 2,710
Quarantine (Sony / Screen Gems) / 2,461
City of Ember (Fox) / 2,022
EXPANDING
Eagle Eye (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 3,614 (+98) / 3
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Buena Vista) / 3,218 (+3) / 2
Appaloosa (Warner Bros. (New Line)) / 1,290 (+245) / 4
The Duchess (Paramount Vantage) / 1,207 (+1080) / 4
Religulous (Lionsgate) / 568 (+66) / 2
NO CHANGE
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Sony / Columbia) / 2,421 / 2
DECLINING
Nights in Rodanthe (Warner Bros.) / 2,575 (-127) / 3
Lakeview Terrace (Sony / Screen Gems) / 2,218 (-356) / 4
Burn After Reading (Focus Features) / 1,406 (-991) / 5
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 375 (-288) / 13 Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
The first election of the fall: Box office releases
Religious vs and American Carol .. right and left. .who will win? NEW
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Buena Vista) / 3,215
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Sony / Columbia) / 2,421
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (MGM) / 1,750
Blindness (Miramax) / 1,690
An American Carol (Vivendi Entertainment) / 1,639
Flash of Genius (Universal) / 1,098
Religulous (Lionsgate) / 502
EXPANDING
Eagle Eye (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 3,516 (+6) / 2
Lakeview Terrace (Sony / Screen Gems) / 2,574 (+107) / 3
Appaloosa (Warner Bros. (New Line)) / 1,045 (+1031) / 3
Fireproof (Samuel Goldwyn) / 852 (+13) / 2
NO CHANGE
Miracle at St. Anna (Buena Vista) / 1,185 / 2
DECLINING
Nights in Rodanthe (Warner Bros.) / 2,702 (-2) / 2
Burn After Reading (Focus Features) / 2,397 (-252) / 4
Igor (MGM (Weinstein)) / 2,332 (-9) / 3
Righteous Kill (Overture Films) / 1,789 (-1222) / 4
My Best Friend's Girl (Lionsgate) / 1,702 (-934) / 3
Ghost Town (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 1,456 (-56) / 3
The Women (2008) (Picturehouse) / 1,139 (-1503) / 4
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (Lionsgate) / 933 (-671) / 4
The House Bunny (Sony / Columbia) / 695 (-1223) / 7
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 663 (-743) / 12
DARK KNIGHT remains in 12th place.. still in 663 theaters.. More than some new releases.. Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
WEEKEND MOVIES--NUMBERS SO FAR
EAGLE EYE tops Friday night box office with under $9.7 mil.. Disney’s Spike Lee WWII drama "The Miracle at St. Anna" fell outside the top five, opening to $1 million on 1,185... Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood
Box office this weekend
NEW
My Best Friend's Girl (Lionsgate) / 2,604
Lakeview Terrace (Sony / Screen Gems) / 2,464
Igor (MGM (Weinstein)) / 2,339
Ghost Town (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 1,505
EXPANDING
The Women (2008) (Picturehouse) / 2,995 (+33) / 2
Burn After Reading (Focus Features) / 2,657 (+6) / 2
NO CHANGE
Righteous Kill (Overture Films) / 3,152 / 2
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (Lionsgate) / 2,070 / 2
DECLINING
The House Bunny (Sony / Columbia) / 2,675 (-88) / 5
Tropic Thunder (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 2,333 (-594) / 6
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 1,905 (-286) / 10
The Dark Knight is still being shown in over 1,900 theaters, even with this week's decrease of 286 theaters.. It's in its tenth week, is is still getting money in the millions.. Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
Weekend box office update: Another Nic Cage flop
 Nic Cage failing again at the box office..
This time, BANGKOK DANGEROUS failing to get audiences across the nation.. According to studio estimates, the movie opened under $3 mil Friday night.. More estimates are putting the film below $10mil for the weekend.. Dreadful numbers.. again for Cage.. The DARK KNIGHT will finish third place this weekend.. The film is still being shown in over 2,700 theaters. AP Photo/Lionsgate,Chan Kam ChuenLabels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
Convention-ed out: Weekend box office theater counts
NEW
Bangkok Dangerous (Lionsgate) / 2,650
EXPANDING
Babylon A.D. (Fox) / 3,425 (+35) / 2
The House Bunny (Sony / Columbia) / 2,736 (+22) / 3
Death Race (Universal) / 2,588 (+51) / 3
College (MGM) / 2,124 (+1) / 2
Traitor (Overture Films) / 2,066 (+12) / 2
NO CHANGE
Disaster Movie (Lionsgate) / 2,642 / 2
Summer's over:
DECLINING
Tropic Thunder (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 3,446 (-27) / 4
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 2,575 (-175) / 8
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Warner Bros.) / 1,952 (-492) / 4
Mamma Mia! (Universal) / 1,895 (-73) / 8 Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
MINDLESS ENTERTAINMENT AT SUMMER'S END
It always happens.. The summer ends, the school year begins, and one last hurrah takes place at box offices for mindless summer fun..
This year, it's the HOUSE BUNNY, which will end up being number 1 for the weekend..
The low budget comedy stars Anna Faris and features Hugh Hefner's PLAYBOY blondes..
The movie did well among teenage men.
Lampooned by critics, eaten up by audiences..
The summer's over. Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood
While we wait for the VP text message, this week's box office theater counts
NEW
The Rocker (Fox) / 2,784
The House Bunny (Sony / Columbia) / 2,714
Death Race (Universal) / 2,531
The Longshots (MGM (Weinstein)) / 2,089
EXPANDING
Tropic Thunder (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 3,352 (+33) / 2
NO CHANGE
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Warner Bros.) / 3,452 / 2
Mirrors (Fox) / 2,664 / 2
DECLINING
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 3,163 (-427) / 6
Pineapple Express (Sony / Columbia) / 2,620 (-452) / 3
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal) / 2,410 (-953) / 4
Mamma Mia! (Universal) / 2,322 (-449) / 6 Labels: Box office, Entertainment, movies
DARK KNIGHT knocked down to number 2
But it's now the 2nd highest domestic grosser behind TITANTIC.. This week, though, TROPIC THUNDER is ruling the box office.. Followed by DARK KNIGHT.. and CLONE WARS third, making less than a lot of people thought it would.. Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
Weekend box office
NEW
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Warner Bros.) / 3,452
Tropic Thunder (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 3,319
Mirrors (Fox) / 2,664
EXPANDING
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Warner Bros.) / 2,714 (+7) / 2
NO CHANGE
Pineapple Express (Sony / Columbia) / 3,072 / 2
DECLINING
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 3,590 (-435) / 5
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal) / 3,348 (-430) / 3
Mamma Mia! (Universal) / 2,769 (-425) / 5 Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
Weekend box office
If you're not ready to watch China trounce the entire world in the Olympics, go see DARK KNIGHT!
Can it really be number 1 a fourth week? Time will tell
This week's box office releases..
NEW
Pineapple Express (Sony / Columbia) / 3,072
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Warner Bros.) / 2,707
EXPANDING
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal) / 3,780 (+20) / 2
Mamma Mia! (Universal) / 3,194 (+132) / 4
Step Brothers (Sony / Columbia) / 3,182 (+88) / 3
DECLINING
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 4,025 (-241) / 4
Hancock (Sony / Columbia) / 2,258 (-524) / 6
Wall-E (Buena Vista) / 2,144 (-411) / 7
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Warner Bros. (New Line)) / 1,970 (-315) / 5
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (Fox) / 1,695 (-1490) / 3 Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, Money
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
This weekend's film releases.. The X-Files: I Want to Believe (Fox) / 3,185
Step Brothers (Sony / Columbia) / 3,094
EXPANDING
Mamma Mia! (Universal) / 2,989 (+13) / 2
NO CHANGE
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) / 4,366 / 2 Labels: Box office, Entertainment, Hollywood, movies
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