I am Legend scared up a $77 mil gross, proving that not everybody has been possessed by the holiday spirit yet. And while the adults were trying to get a good look at those diseased-ridden vampire-like creatures, their children were getting a dose of that good old 80s flashback Alvin and the Chipmunks to the tune of $45 mil. Juno got rave reviews and despite its limited 40-theater release it raked in $2 mil. Indies Kite Runner and Youth without Youth didn't fair as well. With a 45-theater release, Runner only scrounged up about $450,000; and out in 6-theaters Francis Ford Coppola's Youth only managed a flimsy $28,000. However, Coppola did better overseas, grossing close to $2 mil.
Meanwhile, The Golden Compass hasn't exactly guided itself to blockbuster history, coming in at #3 with a measly $41 mil. Enchanted, another holiday favorite with surprising award buzz surrounding it, sticks around at #4 with a towering $92 mil. And after mounting Oscar buzz, Atonement jumped from #15 to #9, grossing close to $3 mil in a limited release.
Next week, Nicholas Cage and Johnny Depp will go toe-to-toe with Big Willie and each other to see if National Treasure: Book of Secrets and Sweeney Todd can outdo another legend. Walk Hard will try to squeeze itself into the top 10 to be the only non-holiday semi-adult comedy, while trying to prove whether or not Judd Apatow's really got that magic touch. Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler will attempt to pull a Bullock-Keanu and romance us in P.S. I Love You, providing lighter fair for those who aren't into epic old school romances like Atonement. And all the refined adults who treasure performances by Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts--or as I like to think of them: the guy who talked to a volleyball for two hours and the Beverly Hills' whore--will probably catch the biographical dramedy Charlie Wilson's War. So many movies, so little time.
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