May 18 2009 Weekend Box Office: Tom Hanks Narrowly Beats Out Kirk
These films were considered the "top" movies of the weekend:
1. Angels & Demons - The only major new release this weekend took in $48 million, barely besting Star Trek and making far less than The Da Vinci Code's $77 million opening. Ron Howard really should have caved to studio pressure to add more albinos. Unless there were more albinos in this but they just weren't in the trailer, in which case they really should have sold us on those albinos.
2. Star Trek - $43 million, bringing it within $4 million of Wolverine's total gross, but still no closer to my mom not calling it Star Track.
3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine - $14.8 million, a drop of another 44%, but a fall that is reportedly still not affecting sales of Wolverine X-Treme Capuccinos.
4. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past - $6.9 million. Remember when Matthew McConaughey was in Amistad?
5. Obsessed - $4.5 million, putting the sleeper hit over $40 million above its $20 million budget, not to mention how much it's made in Beyonce action figure sales.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
May 11 2009 'Star Trek' Entertains Another... GENERATION
Your weekend box office results:
1. Star Trek - $72.5 million, proving this new Star Trek film is not just for nerds. Luckily, all the old ones still are though, so everyone still has something to talk about at the conventions.
2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Still keeping its claws in the top two with a $27 million weekend. Note that I used the word "claws" to describe the film's ability to maintain a relatively high gross in its second week. That didn't happen by accident.
3. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past - $10.5 million. I hear they're already at work on a sequel in which we'll see the nefarious means Matthew McConaughey used to murder so many girlfriends.
4. Obsessed - $6.6 million. In the end, Beyonce kills Obsessed. Now stop seeing this awful movie.
5. 17 Again - Another $4.4 million--a testament to the eternal popularity of black arts-based comedies.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
May 4 2009 'Wolverine' Made So Much Money
Movie audiences this weekend, as expected, heavily favored movies about guys with claws:
1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Neither an early internet leak nor hundreds of awful reviews could stop Hugh Jackman-cuts-through-things from grossing $87 million.
2. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past - $15.3 million. It's like no one even cares about Matthew McConaughey learning valuable lessons by magically revisiting his sexual past.
3. Obsessed - $12.2 million. With so many losing their jobs, Americans needed to be reminded how great it was before the economic crash, when everyone had a great career, a hot temp at work obsessed with them, and Beyonce as a wife.
4. 17 Again - $6.4 million. Ah, to be 17 again. I would waste so much time playing StarCraft, again.
5. Monsters vs. Aliens - $5.8 million. Still?
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Apr 27 2009 Weekend Box Office Goes Generic
Besides fighting for your ticket money, this weekend's top films were also apparently competing for the most generic title. Here's how both contests shaped up:
1. Obsessed - $28.5 million. Third most generic.
2. 17 Again - $11.7 million. Not that generic.
3. Fighting - $11.4 million. Second most generic.
4. The Soloist - $9.7 million. Fourth most generic.
5. Earth - $8.6 million. Most generic.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Jan 23 2009 'Obsessed' Poster Lost Some of String's Head
Cinematical has debuted the poster for the Fatal Attraction/The Temp/Probably Several TV Movies knock-off, Obsessed. If I were this translucent, near-shadowless, obsessed temp worker, I'd be fearing the wrath of Beyoncé. You can tell when Beyoncé is about to attack when she has her assistants carefully rotate the head on her mannequin body so that it's looking slightly more towards you.
Dec 19 2008 'Obsessed' Trailer: The Movie YouTube Commenters "Can't Wait" For
Stringer Bell thought he had it all: the perfect Beyonce wife; the perfect job with Jerry O'Connell; the perfect hot temporary office worker. But no! At least not the last point. It turns out his temp is OBSESSED. She infects his computer with the TEMPGIRL virus, keeps seducing him, and has catfights with his wife:
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