Aniston Still Huge Box Office Draw
The movie He’s Just Not That Into You, which was widely regarded by critics as, for lack of a better word, crap, lead all movies at the box office this weekend earning earned $27.5 million during the three days beginning on Friday. Women accounted for 80% of the audience.
The movie is based on a book was itself inspired by the TV show “Sex and the City”. Of course we can only surmise that the movie had the star action to get the people to the theaters pouring their money into the box offices like Grohe faucets.
The movie should probably keep close to the top with Valentin’es Day coming soon as well.
Three other pictures opened in the top 10. The biggest disappointment was Steve Martin’s “The Pink Panther 2,” which came in at No. 4 with $12 million. The first film in Columbia Pictures’ revived comedy franchise opened with $20 million in 2006 and ended up with $82 million. Despite the sequel’s performance, Columbia’s worldwide distribution president Rory Bruer said he “wouldn’t bet against” a third film going into production.
Also new were Focus Features’ stop-motion animated entry “Coraline” at No. 3 with $16.3 million and Summit Entertainment’s sci-fi thriller “Push” at No. 6 with $10.2 million. Both did better than expected, and both feature 14-year-old actress Dakota Fanning.
