Denzel is the "Man" at the Weekend Box Office
Denzel Washington's bank heist thriller "Inside Man" snagged the #1 spot at the weekend box office derby, pulling in an estimated $29 million from about 2,800 theaters -- which is good news, because if the big-budget, big-actor flick had debuted behind a Disney horror movie or a Larry the Cable Guy comedy, Universal would have been pretty darn angry.
Last week's #1 title, WB's "V for Vendetta," plunged more than 50% and raked in an additional $12.3 million, giving it a grand (domestic) total of about $46.2 million. Third place went to Disney's PG-13 "horror" movie "Stay Alive," which made $11.2 million from 2,000 screens, while fourth and fifth place went to the rom-com "Failure to Launch" ($10.8 million, $63.9m total) and the kiddie flick "The Shaggy Dog" ($9.1 million, $47.9m total).
Debuting in 7th place was Lionsgate's "Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector," which earned about $7 million from 1,700 theaters.
Next week's big releases are Warner's urban drama "ATL," Sony's long-arriving "Basic Instinct 2," Fox's animated sequel "Ice Age: The Meltdown," and Universal's tongue-in-cheek splatter-fest "Slither."
For a closer look at the weekend numbers, pop on over to the Rotten Tomatoes Box Office Page!
Last week's #1 title, WB's "V for Vendetta," plunged more than 50% and raked in an additional $12.3 million, giving it a grand (domestic) total of about $46.2 million. Third place went to Disney's PG-13 "horror" movie "Stay Alive," which made $11.2 million from 2,000 screens, while fourth and fifth place went to the rom-com "Failure to Launch" ($10.8 million, $63.9m total) and the kiddie flick "The Shaggy Dog" ($9.1 million, $47.9m total).
Debuting in 7th place was Lionsgate's "Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector," which earned about $7 million from 1,700 theaters.
Next week's big releases are Warner's urban drama "ATL," Sony's long-arriving "Basic Instinct 2," Fox's animated sequel "Ice Age: The Meltdown," and Universal's tongue-in-cheek splatter-fest "Slither."
For a closer look at the weekend numbers, pop on over to the Rotten Tomatoes Box Office Page!
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 on Mar 27 2006 12:40 PM Inside Man was still not the first great film of the year but it was pretty good, I gave it a B, definitely not a complete dissapointment like V was. Looking forward to Ice Age the most out of everything this next weekend. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 27 2006 07:10 PM [b]moviewizguy[/b] I was suprised to see how many people saw "Inside Man". I want to watch it but haven't yet. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 27 2006 09:15 PM Congratulations to Spike Lee and Denzel Washington. (Reply to this) |
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