National Treasure came in at #1 with $45 mil, booting I Am Legend out of the top spot. But it doesn't look like Will's movie will be slowing down any time soon. It's already up to $137 mil and just in its 2nd week. Walk Hard didn't debut as well as expected despite a wide release, coming in at #8 with $4 mil. Hmmm, could Judd Apatow be losing his touch? The critics still love him, which is more than I can say for the Hilary Swank-Gerard Butler pairing. However, P.S. I Love You won over a few theatergoers, placing at #6 with $6.5 mil. If it's lucky, it'll fair better than other romantic dramedies that have been falling off the map. The most successful romantic comedy this year was Norbit and that wasn't even the least bit funny.
The film that disappointed big time was Sweeney Todd, which was expected to at least come in at #2, but is teetering at #5 with a paltry $9 mil. I guess nobody ordered buckets of blood for Christmas--honestly guys, why didn't you premiere around Halloween? You would've went home with money overflowing out of your pockets. Charlie Wilson's War managed to fair a bit better considering it's political plot, coming in at #4 with $9.5 mil. Rounding out the top 10 are Alvin and the Chipmunks at #3 with $85 mil, Enchanted at #7 with $98 mil, the Golden Compass at #9 with it's pathetic $48 mil, and Juno at #10 with $6.3 mil from just 300 theaters. They should really consider a wider release.
Next week a couple films that will most likely only have a shot at littering the bottom half of the top ten are: Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman's endearing old man tale The Bucket List, the racially defiant Denzel Washington preaches in The Great Debaters, the highly politically-charged graphic novel Persepolis, the tale of the Loch Ness monster The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, the horror action sequel Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, and the powerful and terrifying Daniel Day-Lewis' indie There Will Be Blood.
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