1. I Can do Bad All by Myself- $24M
I feel like I shouldn't even comment on this, because there was never really any doubt it'd be #1, despite Tyler Perry's horrible narrative structure, penchant for demonizing well off minorities, and perpetuation of stereotypes. That and Madea's just plain unfunny. In case you haven't noticed, I'm not a fan. This ranks as the third highest debut for a Perry film, and the second most embarassing #1 of the year behind G-Force. Get it together, people. Stop supporting this fool. Tell your church to stop organizing these opening weekend gatherings to watch Tyler Perry make the same movie over...and over....and over again.
2. 9- $10.9M/$15.3M
Tim Burton and Shane Acker's visual masterpiece, 9, had a decent 5-day opening considering it's showing at roughly half the amount of screens as Tyler Perry's piece of crap. Budgeted at roughly $33M, the story of a group of humanoid creatures attempting to save the world should maintain a good foothold on the charts for a few weeks based on it's mostly positive word of mouth.
3. Inglourious Basterds- $6.55M/$104M
Not only has Quentin Tarantino's war revenge tale surpassed the $100M mark here in the States, but it's still #2 overseas, pulling in a total of $99M, making this one of the most lucrative QT flicks to date.
4. All About Steve- $5.8M/$21.8M
If there's any clearer indication of just how slow this week of movies was, this turkey is still hanging around in the top 5. It's 48% drop was pretty standard, but this is a far cry from Sandra Bullock's last rom-com.
5. The Final Destination- $5.5M/$58.3M
What I consider to be the worst film of the franchise is now it's highest grosser, surpassing Final Destination 3. How they managed to do that without Ali Larter is beyond me, and smacks of an anti-Larter conspiracy the likes of which this world has never seen.
6. Sorority Row- $5.27M
My favorite film of the week took a brutal tire iron to the chest in it's opening weekend. I'm thinking that the deluge of horror remakes has finally started to have a negative impact, beginning just a couple weeks ago with the resounding failure that was Halloween II. Surely it can't have anything to do with all the hotness permeating this B-grade slasher, can it? I mean...really...
They stay dressed like that(or wearing even less!) throughout the movie no matter what they're doing. It's like Russ Meyer and yours truly collaborated on the script. It's beautiful.
7. Whiteout- $5.1M
The only weaker than the awful marketing campaign for this adaptation of Greg Rucka's stirring crime graphic novel was it's opening weekend. While the trailers were nice, it's the TV spots that matter, which are woefully non-descript and show us little of what is actually happening in the film. Well, here's the reason for that: NOTHING HAPPENS IN THE FILM!! Oh wait, it snows a lot and Kate Beckinsale looks paler than ever. It's hard to keep track of her in that blanket of white.
8. District 9- $3.6M/$109M
9. Julie & Julia- $3.3M/$85.4M
I don't know why but weeks after I saw this I'm feeling much more positive about it. I mean I still don't like the Amy Adams sequences much, but I've been really impressed by it's staying power on these charts and that people are showing up to see another of Streep's amazing performances.
10. Gamer- $3.15M/$16.1M
Gamer over, man! Game over!
