Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 4-10 December 2009. Sports and family feel-good overtook vampires, as The Blind Side topped the charts. Twilight: New Moon was pushed from #1 to #2 spot, sucking in $19.4 million, for a three-week total of $259.4 million. Drama Brothers opened at #3. Disney’s A Christmas Carol got a rise this week, moving back up from #5 to #4, earning $10.1 million, for a five-week total of $117.6 million. 2012 slipped from #3 to #5, grabbing $8.8 million, for a four-week total of $150.9 million. Planet 51 slipped from #7 to #9, where it earned $5.2 million, for a three-week total of $34.9 million.
Fantastic Mr. Fox may have peaked last week, as it dropped from #9 to #11 this week, nabbing $3.7 million, for a four-week total of $14.9 million. The Princess and the Frog officially opens on 11 December, even though its been in limited release for more than two weeks now. This week, it slipped from #14 to #15, but still managed to take in another $1.2 million, for a two-week total of $2.9 million. Post-apocalyptic The Road (based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel and starring Viggo Mortenson) opened on 2 December. In its first full week in release, it fell from #10 to #16, bringing in $1.1 million, for a two-week total of $3.5 million. The Men Who Stare at Goats fell from #12 to #18, grossing $550 thousand, for a five-week total of $31.5 million. Horror spoof Transylmania opened at #21, grossing a mere $375 thousand. The Fourth Kind fell from #19 to #24, grabbing $250 thousand, for a five-week total of $25.0 million.
Two of our films slipped out of the top 25 this week:
Paranormal Activity (last week’s #21) has been open for eleven weeks, and grossed $107 million.
Where the Wild Things Are (last week’s #23) has been open for eight weeks, and grossed $75 million.
SFScope reviews of movies mentioned in this article:
Jedi Warriors on Earth, training Obi-Wan—The Men Who Stare at Goats by Ian Randal Strock