Blue is the New Green
By William Goss | Posted Under Box Office Round-Ups | Comments (17)
Well, here it is, the year 2010, and James Cameron’s still working on his New Year’s resolution to become the most successful Canadian of all time (watch your back, Celine!). His Avatar has predictably claimed another weekend with another $48.5 million for the record books; its total worldwide gross now stands at an amount so high that Dr. Seuss never got around to inventing a name for it. (Only Titanic has grossed more, natch.)
Sherlock Holmes stuck around in second with $16.6 million, while those damn Chipmunks claimed an additional $16.3 million right behind it. Fourth place went to the action-horror likes of Daybreakers with a decent $15 million opening, while the bloodsuckers of It’s Complicated hung around in fifth place with $11 million. That film has now grossed more than Nancy Meyers’ last one, The Holiday, but not nearly as much as her Something’s Gotta Give; at any rate, the thing has legs with women of a certain age like nothing else out there.
Unsuccessfully attempting to muscle in on Complicated’s demographic was Meryl’s own Doubt and Julie & Julia co-star Amy Adams with her limp rom-com offering, Leap Year (sixth place with $9.1 million), while The Blind Side stuck around in seventh place with $7.7 million. Doing well, but not as well, is number eight — Up in the Air — as it took in another $7.1 million after TV spots took a blatant turn for feel-good romance in an effort to combat the overwhelmingly “downer” word-of-mouth among moviegoers.
Opening in ninth place with $7 million was Michael Cera’s Youth in Revolt, which probably would’ve been met with the same indifference in October before its release date was bumped (review due Monday). Rounding out the top ten is the surprisingly tenacious The Princess and the Frog, earning $4.7 million despite losing screens to shrill rodents and Canuck megalomaniacs. See, Jim? Dreams CAN come true.
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Comments
Posted by: meh at January 10, 2010 5:48 PM
An open letter to my IN-laws re: It's Complicated:
Dear Inlaws-
Remember a few years ago when I was only your son's girlfriend, and you tried to coerce me into seeing Mamma Mia? Or slightly before that when you twisted my arm until I went to see that travesty of Phantom of the Opera? Or Sex and the City? Or any of the girly, fluffy crap that you are constantly trying to drag me to?
Let's get something clear. At no point, under any circumstances, will I willingly agree to go see this kind of movie. No matter how many times you tell me I will love it, or tell me it's NOT a rom com, or tell me that I am an idiot, I will never willingly sacrifice my $10 and two hours of my limited time to sit through this dreck.
I have informed you on multiple occasions that my tastes run more toward the spaceship/alien/exploding/unicorns/men in battle armor/alienated superhero type of movie. I would never dream of dragging you to one of MY movies. Now that I am legally a relative, I feel the need to reinforce this.
In the future, let's just settle with the occasional dinner and discussion of your health problems r your children's grades. Really. Just assume that if you like it, I won't, and I'll do the same.
Thanks and have a great day.