Enchanted gobbled up the 5-day weekend box office, conjuring a $50 mil gross. Those who didn't partake in this magical fairytale treated themselves to a side of Chris Brown in This Christmas, placing it at #2 with $27 mil. Apparently families weren't too keen on watching any bloodshed with a dash of nudity, putting Hitman at #4 with a slightly disappointing $21 mil take. (Trust me you didn't miss anything.) Family movies were really kicking ass (pardon my French), since August Rush made it to #7 with $13.3 mil beating out Stephen King's horror film The Mist, which debuted at #9 with $13 mil.
Beowulf may have gotten great reviews, but the Christmas season is here and it's time for joy and cheer (that was an intentional rhyme). So it'll have to settle for the #3 spot, grossing up to $56 mil so far. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, however, hasn't won over the kids just yet. It dropped out of the top 10 with $23 mil. I think it's a conspiracy. I mean, if parents take their kids to see this movie, then they'll get all these ideas about what they want for Christmas and I can assure you that list will not end. As for the romance Love in the time of Cholera, although it's dropped off the charts, it has accumulated $3.5 mil, which is good for an indie release. Meanwhile, Southland Tales is getting creamed at the box office, yet heralded by major critics. Who knows? Maybe Richard Kelly is one of those directors who can only be considered a genius once he's dead or after a very long period of time (i.e. Donny Darko).
Next week is pretty bare. I'd suggest revisiting last week's box office releases or settling for Jessica Alba and Hayden Christensen's dramatic and terrifying thriller Awake or Phillip Seymour Hoffman's indie The Savages.
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