Imagine That

Weekend Box Office – THE HANGOVER Holds While PELHAM Settles For Third

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: June 14th, 2009 at 10:55 am

Once again “The Hangover” is the the number one film of the week.  Maybe now they’ll stop calling it a “sleeper hit” and just cop to the fact that it’s the normal kind of hit.  Pixar came in second with “Up” and the two new films had to fight for their spots in the top five.  A summer weekend where the biggest new release only ends up at number three is a bit of a head scratcher – unless you actually saw the film in question.  A lot of people thought that remaking the 1974 film “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ was unnecessary, and with the majority of this weekend’s tickets going to holdover titles like “The Hangover” and “Up” instead of the big star vehicle from Tony Scott, I would have to say that a lot of people were right.  Meanwhile, Paramount’s “Imagine That” continues the trend of live-action Eddie Murphy flicks that can not get above $6 million in the first three days (see 2008′s “Meet Dave”).  It’s kind of sad, really…

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	The Hangover	$33,415,000	$105,389,000
2	Up	$30,515,000	$187,179,000
3	Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	$25,000,000	$25,000,000
4	Night at the Museum 2	$9,600,000	$143,447,000
5	Land of the Lost	$9,153,000	$34,980,000
6	Imagine That	$5,700,000	$5,700,000
7	Star Trek	$5,600,000	$232,028,000
8	Terminator Salvation	$4,695,000	$113,831,000
9	Angels & Demons	$4,200,000	$123,300,000
10	Drag Me to Hell	$3,864,000	$35,146,000

Friday Box Office – Still No Cure for THE HANGOVER

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: June 13th, 2009 at 10:33 am

The so-called summer season continued this week with the release of two completely unanticipated releases – “The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3″ with Denzel Washington and another Eddie Murphy family film – does it really matter what it’s called at this point?  The R-rated “Pelham” came in third with close to $9 million on its way to a respectable weekend take in the $20 million range. The Eddie Murphy flick “Imagine That” surprised no one by bombing badly – coming in at #6 with only $1.8 million on Friday.  Last week’s sleeper hit “The Hangover” was the holdover winner for Friday, earning another $10 million after an impressive weekday average of $6.2 million per day.  Pixar’s “Up” continued to dominate at number two, though “The Hangover” will most likely take the weekend.  The only real questions now are how close can “Pelham” come to number one and how far back will “Imagine That” end up?  Check back tomorrow for the final estimates…

	Title	Friday	Total
1	The Hangover	$10,435,000	$82,409,000
2	Up	$8,850,000	$165,514,000
3	Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	$8,250,000	$8,250,000
4	Night at the Museum	$2,975,000	$136,822,000
5	Land of the Lost	$2,916,000	$28,743,000

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