FILM: Box Office Results - 2/15/08

Jumper came in at #1 with $33 mil even though the critics tore Hayden Christensen a new one. The Los Angeles Times' Kevin Crust said it "seems half-done--a long prologue building to a classic hero's journey or the launch of an antihero--but comes to a screeching halt before it can begin either." Well duh! They're trying to save a little something for the sequel doofus. lol My movie choice this weekend was actually #2 at the box office, Step Up 2 the Streets, which grossed $26 mil--six more than its first film did. The movie is really funny and filled with so many dance sequences you'll want to hit the clubs right after--seriously, check out the soundtrack. The Spiderwick Chronicles at #3 managed to rake in $21 mil, a little less than another children's adaptation Golden Compass. We'll see if it'll surpass Compass' gross ($70 mil) or even its own budget ($90 mil). Surprisingly, Definitely, Maybe came in at #5 with $12 mil. I guess Christensen monopolized women's attention this Valentine's Day weekend. Alas, because of President's Day, it's still got another shot at at least breaking $20 mil. However, to no one's surprise George Romero's Diary of the Dead, released in 42 theaters, only grossed $225,000.

Last week's #1 Fool's Gold dropped to #4 and lifted its gross to $42 mil. Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins dropped from #2 to #6, grossing up to $29 mil. Hannah Montana dropped from #3 to #9 with an outstanding $58 mil. The Eye dropped from #4 to #11, putting that final nail in Jessica Alba's high salary since it's signing off with $26 mil and her last four movies have only made between $15-35 mil tops. Katherine Heigl will probably pick up Alba's slack since 27 Dresses is at #10, on its way out of the box office with an impressive $69 mil. And rounding off the box office are two underdog indies that are surpassing anyone's proceeds expectations, Juno at #7 with $124 mil and The Bucket List at #8 with $81 mil, whereas There Will Be Blood retires with a respectable $30 mil.

My movie list sure is piling up. I'm already planning on seeing In Bruges, Jumper, and Definitely, Maybe some time this holiday week. But then Friday, the action thriller Vantage Point comes out, along with indie teen comedy Charlie Bartlett, the offbeat hilarity of Be Kind, Rewind, and yet another horror movie from Sarah Michelle Gellar called Possession with Lee Pace, "Pushing Daisies" cutie-pie (no pun intended), costarring.