Oct 12 2009Weekend Box Office: 'Couples Retreat' Better Than Not Seeing Anything New, Apparently
Your weekend top five:
1. Couples Retreat - $35.3 million. Given no other new options, audiences did what they always do and paid their $10-12 for whatever abysmal thing they were given.
2. Zombieland - $15 million. More than laughter, I was glad this movie provided me the knowledge that a meek, pathetic, white 20-something could survive in a post-apocalyptic zombie world. Phew!
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - $12 million, putting the film even further ahead of Meatballs, Meatballs II, and Meatballs III for the title of Highest Grossing Film with the Word 'Meatballs' in the Title.
4. Toy Story 1 & 2 - $7.7 million. I think I'll wait to see if it comes to theaters a third time before I'll see what this "Toy Story" is all about.
5. Paranormal Activity - $7 million. Pretty great considering it's only playing on 160 screens, cost next to nothing to make, and leaves all who see it permanently haunted by a Civil War-era specter.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Reader Comments
1. jaime - October 12, 2009 12:48 PM
useless fact of the day: cloudy/meatballs is marketed as "hamburger rain" in spanish.
2. Grover - October 12, 2009 12:58 PM
I love Kristen Bell so much I'd pay $12 just to watch her read the newspaper for 90 minutes.
3. niko - October 12, 2009 2:08 PM
go, go toy story.
http://pitt-news.blogspot.com/2009/10/no-meeting.html
4. Amy - October 12, 2009 5:35 PM
I can't wait to see the movie. I am a big fan of Vince Vaughn and it seems very funny from the previews.
5. Marisol - October 12, 2009 11:42 PM
"Couples" sucked, Vince Vaughn has a better future as a tree...http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-24021-Whittier-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Couples-Retreat-funny-but-frivolous