Box Office: The Couples Are Retreating
Filed under: Comedy, Box Office Predictions
This being Halloween month it does my heart good to see that the walking dead rule the box office. The horror comedy Zombieland took top honors, finally pushing Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs to number two after the animated comedy had enjoyed two weeks at number one. Here's the top five:
1. Zombieland: $24.7 million
2. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: $15.8 million
3. Toy Story / Toy Story 2: $12.5 million
4. Surrogates: $7.2 million
5. The Invention of Lying: $7 million
Just the one film going into wide release this week:
Couples Retreat
What's It All About: A comedy about four couples heading to a tropical paradise for sun, sand and surf. Unbeknownst to most of them, however, is that participation in the resort's couples therapy is mandatory.
Why It Might Do Well: The cast includes Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, and Kristen Bell, all of whom I have found entertaining at one point or another.
Why It Might Not Do Well: There are only three reviews posted so far so this isn't very scientific, but Rottentomatoes.com is giving this 0%.
Number of Theaters: 3,000
Prediction: $22 million
Does romantic comedy have what it takes to slay the undead? We'll see. Here's my prediction for next weekend:
1. Couples Retreat
2. Zombieland
3. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
4. Toy Story/Toy Story 2
5. The Invention of Lying
The pattern I noticed while totaling this week's scores was that many of us expected Whip It to perform better than it did. Four of us tied for first so a hearty thumbs up to English Gavz, Sebastian and Vera. Here's how we all did:
1. English Gavz: 11
1. Matt: 11
1. Sebastian: 11
1. Vera: 11
2. WJDR: 10
3. lostinafog: 9
3. greatone: 9
3. Garrett: 9
4. Danny s.: 8
5. Eneko: 7
5. forgotaboutgabe: 7
5. Ryan: 7
5. Smiggy: 7
6. TheCritic28: 5
7. CParis: 4
Post your predictions for the top five movies in the comments section below before 5:00PM Eastern Time on Friday. One point for every top five movie correctly named, two points for every correct placement, and one extra point for the top movie.
1. Zombieland: $24.7 million
2. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: $15.8 million
3. Toy Story / Toy Story 2: $12.5 million
4. Surrogates: $7.2 million
5. The Invention of Lying: $7 million
Just the one film going into wide release this week:
Couples RetreatWhat's It All About: A comedy about four couples heading to a tropical paradise for sun, sand and surf. Unbeknownst to most of them, however, is that participation in the resort's couples therapy is mandatory.
Why It Might Do Well: The cast includes Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, and Kristen Bell, all of whom I have found entertaining at one point or another.
Why It Might Not Do Well: There are only three reviews posted so far so this isn't very scientific, but Rottentomatoes.com is giving this 0%.
Number of Theaters: 3,000
Prediction: $22 million
Does romantic comedy have what it takes to slay the undead? We'll see. Here's my prediction for next weekend:
1. Couples Retreat
2. Zombieland
3. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
4. Toy Story/Toy Story 2
5. The Invention of Lying
The pattern I noticed while totaling this week's scores was that many of us expected Whip It to perform better than it did. Four of us tied for first so a hearty thumbs up to English Gavz, Sebastian and Vera. Here's how we all did:
1. English Gavz: 11
1. Matt: 11
1. Sebastian: 11
1. Vera: 11
2. WJDR: 10
3. lostinafog: 9
3. greatone: 9
3. Garrett: 9
4. Danny s.: 8
5. Eneko: 7
5. forgotaboutgabe: 7
5. Ryan: 7
5. Smiggy: 7
6. TheCritic28: 5
7. CParis: 4
Post your predictions for the top five movies in the comments section below before 5:00PM Eastern Time on Friday. One point for every top five movie correctly named, two points for every correct placement, and one extra point for the top movie.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-07-2009 @ 4:40PM
WJDR said...
1. Couples Retreat
2. Zombieland
3. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
4. Toy Story/Toy Story 2
5. The Invention of Lying
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10-07-2009 @ 5:51PM
Brandon said...
1. Couples Retreat
2. Zombieland
3. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
4. Toy Story/Toy Story 2
5. The Invention of Lying
Reply
10-07-2009 @ 7:37PM
Jessejames is back said...
yay! i havent done this in 4ever, but here are my predictions:
1. Couples Retreat (30 m)
2. Zombieland (17 m)
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (11.5 m)
4. Toy Story 1/ Toy Story 2 (9 m)
5. The Invention of Lying (4 m)
Reply
10-07-2009 @ 7:49PM
lostinafog said...
1. Zombieland
2. Couples Retreat
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
4. The Invention of Lying
5. Toy Story & 2
Reply
10-07-2009 @ 10:19PM
Garrett said...
Couples
Zombies
Cloudy
Toy Story
Surrogates
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10-07-2009 @ 10:32PM
Sebastian said...
1. Zombieland
2. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
3. Couples Retreat
4. Toy Story & 2
5. Surrogates
Reply
10-08-2009 @ 1:58AM
Ray said...
1. Couples Retreat
2. Zombieland
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
4. Toy Story/Toy Story 2
5. The Invention of Lying
Reply
10-08-2009 @ 2:05AM
Ray said...
1. Couples' Retreat
2. Zombieland
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
4. Toy Story/Toy Story 2
5. The Invention of Lying
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10-08-2009 @ 2:10AM
Ray said...
Stupid double post.
10-08-2009 @ 9:55AM
greatone said...
1. Couple Retreat
2. Zombieland
3. Cloudly with a Chance of Meatballs
4. Toy Story
5. The Invention of Lying
Reply
10-08-2009 @ 10:30AM
Sully said...
1. Zombieland ($18.5m)
2. Couples Retreat ($15m)
3. Toy Story ($10m)
4. Cloudy With A chance of Meatballs ($7m)
5. The Invention of Lying ($5m)
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10-08-2009 @ 11:52AM
Abe said...
1. Zombieland ($20m)
2. Couples Retreat ($18m)
3. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs ($10m)
4. Toy Story ($7m)
5. Invention of Lying ($3.8m)
Reply
10-09-2009 @ 4:06AM
Vera said...
Couples Retreat
ZombieLand
Cloudy with meatballs
Toystory
Surrogates
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10-09-2009 @ 2:52PM
one8een said...
1. Couples Retreat
2. Zombieland
3.Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs
4. Paranormal Activity
5. Toy Story
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