LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thriller "Eagle Eye" soared to the top of North American box offices, taking in $29 million in its first weekend in theaters on the wings of rising star Shia LaBeouf, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
The strong opening for "Eagle Eye," about two people in a race against time to prove they are not fugitives from the law, pushed the overall box office up by 12.3 percent from the same weekend last year, a rare rise in the past two months.
"'Eagle Eye' jumpstarted the fall box office, and we couldn't be happier," said DreamWorks spokesman Chip Sullivan, adding the movie drew men and women in roughly equal numbers.
Romance "Nights in Rodanthe," starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane, opened in the No. 2 spot with $13.6 million while suspenseful "Lakeview Terrace" landed at No. 3 with $7 million, dropping 53 percent from last week when it topped the chart. Its cumulative total now stands at $25.7 million.
A third new release, "Fireproof," starring Kirk Cameron as a man trying to save his marriage, opened well for independent distributor Samuel Goldwyn Films by reaching No. 4 with $6.5 million for an average of $7,700 in just 839 theaters.
By contrast, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures' "Eagle Eye" pulled in an average of $8,300 per theater in 3,500 locations, and "Rodanthe" was at $5,000 per venue in 2700 theaters.
Rounding out the top five was Coen Bros. comedy "Burn After Reading" with Brad Pitt and George Clooney. It collected $6.2 million bringing its total to $45 million after three weeks.
| # | Title | Sep 26 - 28 | Weeks | Cumulative | Distributor | ||||
| 1 | Eagle Eye | $ 29,200,000 | 1 | $ 29,200,000 | Paramount | ||||
| 2 | Nights in Rodanthe | 13,570,000 | 1 | 13,570,000 | Warner Bros. | ||||
| 3 | Lakeview Terrace | 7,000,000 | 2 | 25,701,000 | Sony | ||||
| 4 | Fireproof | 6,514,000 | 1 | 6,514,000 | Samuel Goldwyn | ||||
| 5 | Burn After Reading | 6,169,000 | 3 | 45,540,000 | Focus | ||||
| 6 | Igor | 5,500,000 | 2 | 14,339,000 | MGM | ||||
| 7 | Righteous Kill | 3,803,000 | 3 | 34,805,000 | Overture | ||||
| 8 | My Best Friend's Girl | 3,800,000 | 2 | 14,529,000 | Lionsgate | ||||
| 9 | Miracle at St. Anna | 3,501,000 | 1 | 3,501,000 | Buena Vista | ||||
| 10 | The Family That Preys | 3,160,000 | 3 | 32,796,000 | Lionsgate |
1 comment:
isn't Eagle Eye the one where Shia LaBeouf becomes Indiana Jones? dang, now i'm all confused...
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