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The Weekend Boxoffice: Happy Again

December 18th, 2006 · No Comments

The Top 10

#

Movie

Weekend Gross

Change

Total

1

The Pursuit Of Happyness

$27,000,000

$27,000,000

2

Eragon

$23,450,000

$23,450,000

3

Charlotte’s Web

$12,026,00

$12,026,00

4

Happy Feet

$8,520,00

-34%

$149,406,000

5

The Holiday

$8,200,000

-35.8%

$25,310,000

6

Apocalypto

$7,723,000

-48.5%

$27,924,000

7

Blood Diamond

$6,270,000

-27.5%

$18,390,000

8

Casino Royale

$5,700,000

-36.1%

$137,574,000

9

The Nativity Story

$4,700,000

-17.7%

$23,056,000

10

Unaccompanied Minors

$3,675,000

-36.8%

$10,223,000

(source)

Lessons learned

  1. Apparently having "happy" in you title is the road to a number 1 opening. And the producers of The Pursuit Of Happyness believed in that so much they were willing to put a misspelling in the title!

  2. I was wrong. Taking a somewhat popular fantasy book an turning it into a crappy movie with good, but ultimatly unimpressive, FX is enough to get you a decent opening. Eragon won't get anywhere close to Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter or Narnia  grosses though.
  3. Will Smith is clearly one of the biggest stars in the world. Dakota Fanning is not quite there.
  4. And the Feet remain Happy and will probably remain Happy for the rest of the Holiday season.
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