1. Obsessed- $28.5M
In the three movies I saw this weekend, I couldn't help but notice the surge of people that seemed to be cramming their way into this rather generic thriller, so I knew early on that this was going to be the top dawg when all was said and done. Apparently people really wanted to see Beyonce kick Ali Larter's ass, which to me is like rooting for a spray painter to deface the Mona Lisa. Obsessed actually boasts the highest grossing opening weekend ever for a psycho thriller such as this, which is no small feat given it's company(Fatal Attraction, anyone?). Ofcourse those movies lacked the obvious racial element, which I'll expound upon at a later date. Let's just not get ahead of ourselves and start thinking Beyonce has any kind of future as a box office draw, ok? As exhibit A in my case I would ask that the court refer to The Fighting Temptations, if you can stomach it.
Now that's something I could stomach. All day.
2. 17 Again- $11.7M/$40M
Last week's champeen fell about 51%, bring it's total to $40M over ten days. That's not bad for a throwaway film with a marginal cast with a tired concept. That being said, it's second week number is better than 13 Going on 30's was. However I think the upcoming Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and X-men Origins: Wolverine will tag team this film into oblivion this week.
3. Fighting- $11.4M
Ironically, 58% of the audience who went to see Fighting were dudes. Say wha...? Either a bunch of gay groups got together for a Channing Tatum Film Festival or we are seriously overestimating homeboy's appeal to the fairer sex. Although this drew less than half the numbers of Obsessed, this still has to be something of a positive showing for a gritty drama of this type. It's doing better than Never Back Down, anyway.
4. The Soloist- $9.71M
As further evidence to my point that big names no longer equal big box office, the combination of Robert Downey and Jamie Foxx got shellacked this week. The extremely heavy looking plot combined with Foxx's George Jefferson haircut no doubt did this film in. Originally this film was scheduled to be released around Oscar time, but was pushed back. A sure sign of a lack of support from the studio.
5. Earth- $8.55M/$14.2M
Disney's foray into nature themed documentaries opened solidly, surpassing the opening of critical and audience favorite, March of the Penguins(which sucked, btw). Opening on Earth Day, the film tells the tale of three animal families as they...I dunno, walk across ice, swim through seas, fall from trees, whatever animals do in these things. I actually thought about seeing this until I remembered how badly I had been burned by other supposed "great" animal docs, like Winged Migration and the aforementioned Penguins. Never again, I tell you. Never again.
6. Monsters vs. Aliens- $8.52M/$175M
As expected, the animated feature had the tiniest drop amongst all returning films at only 36%. Expect this one to hang on in the top ten for a couple more weeks atleast.
7. State of Play- $6.89M/$25.1M
I got a scoop for ya: State of Play was a complete flop. Story on page A18.
8. Hannah Montana: The Movie- $6.37M/$65.6M
Now that this has surpassed the total take of the first Hannah Montana movie, I'm left to assume that someone other than ten year old girls(and John Nolan) went to see this thing. You know who you are, and you should be ashamed.
9. Fast & Furious- $6.06M/$145M
Now the highest grossing entry in the franchise! Congratulations! Ofcourse nobody else involved has any future outside of this series of bad car films, but that's besides the point. Celebrate!
10. Crank: High Voltage- $2.4M/$11.5M
