Sunday, November 30, 2008

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmases

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the five-day Thanksgiving weekend.

Moviegoers got in the spirit as New Line/Warner Bros.' new holiday comedy, Four Christmases, topped the box office with an estimated $46.7 million Wednesday through Sunday. Starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, the film averaged $14,112 in 3,310 theaters and cost about $80 million to make. Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam, Tim McGraw, Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Voight and Sissy Spacek co-star in the Seth Gordon-directed movie.

Last weekend's champ, Summit Entertainment's Twilight dropped to second and earned $39.5 million over the extended holiday weekend, pushing its total to $119.7 million after just two weeks. Based on the Stephenie Meyer novel, the vampire love story cost just $37 million to make.

Walt Disney Pictures' animated comedy adventure Bolt remained in third place and added $36 million. The movie has reached $66.9 million after two weeks.

Sony/MGM's Quantum of Solace dropped two spots to fourth and collected $28.1 million domestically in its third weekend, for a total of $142.1 million. Internationally, the 22nd James Bond film again won the weekend with $20.1 million from 73 markets, raising its foreign gross to $340.1 million. It is $92 million away from overtaking 2006's Casino Royale ($432.1 million) as the biggest foreign grosser of the 007 series. Worldwide, the film has reached $368.2 million.

Rounding out the top five was Baz Luhrmann's new epic Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The film has earned $20 million from 2,642 theaters since opening Wednesday, averaging $7,570 per site. 20th Century Fox's romantic action adventure was made for $130 million.

DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa earned an additional $19.6 million in its fourth weekend. Produced for about $150 million, the sequel is at $159.5 million.

Jason Statham's return as Frank Martin in Transporter 3 landed in the seventh spot with $18.5 million from 2,626 million. The Lionsgate action film averaged $7,045 per theater.

Universal Pictures' Role Models continued to do well, making another $7.8 million in its fourth weekend for a total of $57.9 million. The Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd comedy cost only $28 million to make.

Focus Features released Gus Van Sant's Milk, starring Sean Penn, in just 36 theaters where it brought in an impressive $1.9 million, or an average of $51,833 per location.

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