Box Office makes Eastwood’s day, bumps Marley to #4

January 12th, 2009 at 2:16 pm by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment

“Gran Torino”, the movie shot in Detroit with actor/director Clint Eastwood and first time actress Ahney Her (Lansing native) grabbed the top spot at the box office this weekend.

“Bride Wars” and “The Unborn” also pushed “Marley & Me” out of its two weeks at number one.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (actual results):
1. “Gran Torino” – $29.48 million (1st week of wide release)

2. “Bride Wars” - $21.06 million (1st week)

3. “The Unborn” – $19.81 million (1st week)

4. “Marley & Me” – $11.39 million
(3rd week, was #1 last week, lost 53% of audience from last week)

5. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” – $9.21 million
(3rd week, was #3 last week, lost 49% of audience from last week)

6. “Bedtime Stories” – $8.80 million
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 58% of audience from last week)

7. “Valkyrie” – $6.62 million
(3rd week, was #4 last week, lost 53% of audience from last week)

8. “Yes Man” – $6.03 million
(4th week, was #5 last week, lost 56% of audience from last week)

9. “Not Easily Broken” – $5.31 million (1st week)

10. “Seven Pounds” – $3.82 million
(4th week, was #6 last week, lost 61% of audience from last week)

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11. “Slumdog Millionaire” - $3.78 million (limited release: just 601 theaters)
(9th week, was #10 last week, lost 21% of audience from last week)

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo

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3 Responses to “Box Office makes Eastwood’s day, bumps Marley to #4”

  1. none says:
    January 12, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    4 is more than 2 and 3?!

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  2. Laff at the Movies says:
    January 13, 2009 at 10:38 am

    thank you for catching that, I rushed putting it together, and I forgot to change the amount for “Marley and Me”, it really made $11.39 million, not $24.05 million… I have fixed, and actually updated all the numbers (they were based on studio estimates).

    thanks!
    :)

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  3. benigna marko says:
    January 13, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    Gran Torino has got t be tops. Although I am a k-9 fan, I totally love Clint. Glad to see Clint continues to impress us. Can’t wait to make it to the movies to catch this flick. I will have to see Owens and Anniston first though. Just the way it has to be.
    Benigna Marko

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