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Wallace & Gromit are Big Cheese at the Weekend Box Office
by Scott Weinberg | October 10, 2005
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DreamWorks' clay-mated "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" snagged the #1 spot at the weekend box office with a decent haul of $16.1 million from over 3,600 theaters, handily bumping Jodie Foster's "Flightplan" (and its third weekend tally of $10.8 million) into second place.

Curtis Hanson's female-oriented "In Her Shoes" debuted on over 3,500 screens and pulled in an estimated $10 million. The rest of the top 5 was populated by a pair of newcomers: The Al Pacino / Matthew McConaughey gambling drama "Two for the Money" made $8.4 million from just under 2,400 theaters, while Screen Gems' "The Gospel" proved more popular than expected. That film did about $8 million from only 970 theaters.

Also debuting last Friday was Lions Gate's restaurant comedy "Waiting," which grossed about $5.7 million from just under 1,700 theaters.

"Browncoats" who were hoping for a resurgent second weekend from Joss Whedon's "Serenity" may end up feeling a little disappointed. The well-reviewed sci-fi flick dropped 51% from its first weekend, and made about $4.9 million in its sophomore frame. "Serenity" has a total tally of $17.6 so far.

Next week sees the release of Cameron Crowe's romantic / dramatic comedy "Elizabethtown," Columbia's remake of John Carpenter's "The Fog," and Keira Knightley as a model turned bounty hunter in "Domino."

For a closer look at the weekend numbers, take a stop by the Rotten Tomatoes Box Office page.

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ggfunk
ggfunk writes:
on Oct 10 2005 06:58 AM

Glad to hear this. It was a fantastic movie.

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lovelykeira
lovelykeira writes:
on Oct 10 2005 11:47 AM

I'm looking forward to Domino and Elizabethtown.

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Legen-dary
Legen-dary writes:
on Oct 10 2005 01:52 PM

[b]Serenity[/b]
What are you guys doing, sitting on your a**es? Go see "Serenity"! It needs the money! Please?!


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The Senhman
The Senhman writes:
on Oct 10 2005 02:27 PM

I'm actually kinda disappointed that Wallace & Gromit didn't make more, especially with such a wide release. Hopefully, it'll be leggy like Chicken Run.

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synergyred
synergyred writes:
on Oct 10 2005 05:17 PM

I find these Serenity numbers to be disapointing. I've seen this movie three times already (something that has only happened once before, with the third Lord of the Rings movie) and I manage to find something new that I like about it with each viewing. Unfortunatly, it appears that I have no hope for a sequel now. This is a tragedy, in my eyes.

On the other hand, Happy to see Wallace & Gromit did well :)


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UselessRob
UselessRob writes:
on Oct 10 2005 07:09 PM

Serenity was fantastic. Maybe DVD sales will boost chances of a sequel?

What's sad is, we probably wont get a Serenity sequel, but we probably will get a sequel to Dukes of Hazzard or some crap like that. The world is a twisted place. I mean, they're making another Fast and the Furious sequel! That's wrong with you people??


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ggfunk
ggfunk writes:
on Oct 12 2005 12:17 PM

if the dvd sales of firefly are any indication, serenity will sell very well. whether or not this will merit a theater released sequel remains to be seen.

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