Go figure! The movie I didn't see this week is the one that takes the top spot. Vantage Point benefited from its ensemble cast and promise of some much-needed action, raking in $24 mil--and on a weekend of crappy weather no less. Premiering in less than a thousand theaters, Be Kind Rewind came in at #8 with $4 mil. The loser of the weekend was Charlie Bartlett, which debuted in a little over a thousand theaters and only managed to gross $1.8 mil. While some critics bashed it for being a cookie-cutter teenage flick and a blatant rip-off of Ferris Bueller's legacy, others were truly impressed by Anton Yelchin's performance and the raw dialogue of newcomer Gustin Nash.
Jumper only dropped one spot to #2 and has accumulated $56 mil so far, while Spiderwick Chronicles dropped to #3 with $44 mil and holds the promise of possibly crawling out of the below-par fantasy flick shadow of such duds as The Seeker and Eragon. Step Up 2 the Streets dropped to #4 and is still in the running with an impressive $41 mil. Definitely, Maybe dropped to #6 with $22 mil, despite critics' appreciation for its remodel of the romantic comedy genre. Surprisingly, Fool's Gold has got it beat by one spot, coming in at #5 with $52 mil. Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is holding on at #9 with $35 mil. But the biggest surprise of the box office is actually that the Oscar nominated There Will Be Blood, suspected to be down for the count, jumped from #12 to #10 to reach a much-deserved $35 mil.
Next week Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, and Eric Bana heat up the screen in the period piece The Other Boleyn Girl, while Will Ferrell keeps us in stitches with the sports comedy Semi-Pro, and James McAvoy sweeps Christina Ricci off her feet in Penelope.
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