Weekend Box Office: Chronicles of Cash
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As expected, Cronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe dominated the box office this weekend, raking in $67.1 million on an absurd number of screens and (finally) knocking Harry Potter out of the top slot. But it didn't all go according to plan: Stephen Gaghan's oil conspiracy thriller Syriana expanded semi-wide, and landed at number two with $12 million. The pubescent wizard thus had to settle for third place, at which he sits with $10.3 million. Elsewhere: the suddenly incredibly acclaimed Brokeback Mountain made over $100,000 per screen in microrelease, and the strangely buzz-missing Memoirs of a Geisha did almost as well, earning $674,000 on eight screens. Full top ten? Jump.1. "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," $67.1 million.
2. "Syriana," $12 million.
3. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," $10.3 million.
4. "Walk the Line," $5.75 million.
5. "Yours, Mine & Ours," $5.15 million.
6. "Aeon Flux," $4.6 million.
7. "Just Friends," $3.9 million.
8. "Pride & Prejudice," $2.5 million.
9. "Chicken Little," $2.3 million.
10. "Rent," $2 million.
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12-12-2005 @ 9:06AM
Nate said...
Why did you decide to place a big picture of "Brokeback" here, when it was Narnia that blew away the other movies this weekend???
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12-12-2005 @ 10:04AM
Elliott said...
As far as I know Narnia did not set any records and Brokeback did. I think record setting movies deserve more attention than movies that made money on a weekend when no other major film was released nationwide. Of course, it's all a matter of opinion.
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12-16-2005 @ 3:27AM
David Miller said...
Narnia most certainly did break a record. It's been classified as the second biggest blockbuster ever to hit the big screen during the month of December next to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. I'd say that's
a pretty good record. It's a phenomenal film in that
it's one of the first to remain true to the original text in almost every aspect, including a clear message of redemption through the shedding of blood
presented without shame. The people are loving this film, especially those of us who read it during our childhood years. It does an incredible job of bringing the story to life with the characters just as we would've imagined them. Just as an added note, gay cowboys need redemption just as much as the rest of us. (Hebrews 9:22),(Romans 1)
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