30 Days of Night lead the pack this weekend at #1 with $16 mil, which would suggest that comic fans were intrigued with the adaptation. As for Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck's brain child, it may have only reached #5 with $6 mil, but critics were in awe of the budding director. The Village Voice raved, "In his strikingly downbeat directorial debut, Affleck has created something of a blue-moon rarity: an American movie of genuine moral complexity." Looks like he's broken out of his Gigli curse. Rendition, however, the love child of Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon, critics and moviegoers alike were not impressed, placing it at #9 with $4 mil. Joaquin Phoenix doesn't seem to be having any luck at the box office either lately. Not only did We Own the Night drop four spots to #7 and only amass $19 mil, but Reservation Road debuted in 13 theaters with a mere $37,000. Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro also suffered a serious blow when their wide release of over 1,000 theaters only grossed $1.6 mil. Critics were on the fence about it, some saying that it was a jarring tale of addiction and loss and others knocking it for its unappealing soap opera-like drama.
Meanwhile, Tyler Perry's Why did I get married? is still holding on at #2, up to a profitable $38 mil, and The Game Plan shows no signs of retiring from the top 5 yet, gripping #3 in its 4th week with a healthy $69 mil gross. Dramas aren't getting the shaft though. Michael Clayton is at #4 with a generous $21 mil. The Elizabeth sequel, however, dropped out of the top 10 with a sad $11 mil.
Next week 30 Days of Night will have to compete with Saw IV for horror lovers and maybe Steve Carrell will redeem the romantic comedy genre that was dragged through the mud by Good Luck Chuck and Heartbreak Kid with Dan in Real Life.
Meanwhile, Tyler Perry's Why did I get married? is still holding on at #2, up to a profitable $38 mil, and The Game Plan shows no signs of retiring from the top 5 yet, gripping #3 in its 4th week with a healthy $69 mil gross. Dramas aren't getting the shaft though. Michael Clayton is at #4 with a generous $21 mil. The Elizabeth sequel, however, dropped out of the top 10 with a sad $11 mil.
Next week 30 Days of Night will have to compete with Saw IV for horror lovers and maybe Steve Carrell will redeem the romantic comedy genre that was dragged through the mud by Good Luck Chuck and Heartbreak Kid with Dan in Real Life.
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