Football pic tops weekend with $20.4 million
Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment’s “The Blind Side” sacked the competish at the domestic box office, grossing $20.4 million from 3,326 theaters for a cume of $129.3 million in its third game of the season.
Summit Entertainment’s “New Moon” remained a top player also, grossing $15.7 million from 4,124 theaters for a domestic cume of $255.6 million in its third weekend. Vampire romancer took in another $40.7 million overseas for a foreign cume of $314.5 million and massive worldwide total of $570.1 million.
Among new entries at the domestic B.O., Lionsgate and Relativity Media’s war drama “Brothers” fared best, grossing $9.7 million from 2,088 theaters to place No. 3 for the frame after “Blind Side” and “New Moon,” respectively.
“Brothers” toplines Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman.
Sony’s actioner “Armored” opened to an estimated $6.6 million from 1,915 locations to tie for No. 6 with Sony’s own holdover “2012.”
Among specialty openers, Paramount’s George Clooney starrer “Up in the Air” scored a lofty per screen average of $79,000 as it grossed $1.2 million from 15 theaters in major markets. Jason Reitman directed.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. “The Blind Side,” $20.4 million.
2. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” $15.7 million.
3. “Brothers,” $9.7 million.
4. “Disney’s a Christmas Carol,” $7.5 million.
5. “Old Dogs,” $6.9 million.
6. “Armored” (tie), $6.6 million.
6. “2012″ (tie), $6.6 million.
8. “Ninja Assassin,” $5 million.
9. “Planet 51,” $4.3 million.
10. “Everybody’s Fine,” $4 million.
[Credit: Variety / Hollywood.com]