Weekend Box Office: Jodie Foster 'Braves' to be number 'One'

[The Clown Prince]

Jodi Foster's new revenge flick The Brave One won over audiences this weekend earning $14 million.

Last weekend's champ 3:10 to Yuma dropped one spot to second place with $9.1 million and a $28.5 million total.

Opening in third place is Mr. Woodcock with $9.1 million.

Also opening and in fourth place was Dragon Wars with $5.3 million.

And rounding out the top 5 is Superbad with $5.2 million and a $111.3 million total.

Out of the top 12 this weekend is Stardust (13th), and Hairspray (14th).

Opening next weekend are five new movies. First up is the third and final 'Resident Evil' movie, Resident Evil: Extinction (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=10055) (rated R) starring Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Ashanti, Chris Egan, Spencer Locke, Jason O'Mara, and Mike Epps.

Up next in limited theaters is the year long delayed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=11130) (rated R) starring Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Same Sherpard, Mary-Louise Parker, Paul Schneider, Jermey Renner, Zooey Deschanel, and Sam Rockwell.

Then we have Good Luck Chuck (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=18343) (rated R) starring Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, and Dan Fogler.

After a limited opening this weekend, Eastern Promises (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=15212) (rated R) opens wide next weekend. It stars Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinead Cusack, Donald Sumpter, and Jerzy Skolimowski.

And finally we have Sydney White (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20769) (rated PG-13) starring Amanda Bynes, Matt Long, Sara Paxton, John Schneider, Jack Carpenter, Crystal Hunt, Jeremy Howard, Sam Levine, Danny Strong, and David Skyler.


Here are your numbers....


1) The Brave One- $14,015,000 ($14,015,000) NEW!
2) 3:10 to Yuma- $9,150,000 ($28,549,000)
3) Mr. Woodcock- $9,100,000 ($9,100,000) NEW!
4) Dragon Wars- $5,376,000 ($5,376,000) NEW!
5) Superbad- $5,200,000 ($111,336,000)
6) Halloween- $5,011,000 ($51,264,000)
7) The Bourne Ultimatum- $4,151,000 ($216,193,000)
8) Balls of Fury- $3,340,000 ($28,875,000)
9) Rush Hour 3- $3,325,000 ($133,181,000)
10) Mr. Bean's Holiday- $2,655,000 ($28,474,000)
11) Shoot Em' Up- $2,585,000 ($10,342,000)
12) The Nanny Diaries- $2,180,000 ($23,987,000)

The Clown Prince

[mookie75]

I saw 3:10 to Yuma last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I wish we saw more Western movies being made, but at least the limited supply makes me truly appreciate those that do get made.

[Hanshotfirst113]

Hardly surprising for The Brave One given the level of advertising its been getting. I'm happy to see 3:10 hanging in there, though I imagine that New Line are unhappy campers; I thought that Shoot'Em Up would do much better than this, myself.

[Draft]

Larger grosses for the Top 4 than i woulda guesses

Resident Evil will slide past Chuck just barely, followed by brave one, the other major release sydney white and 3:10 to Yuma

[Hanshotfirst113]

Unfortunately, I don't see 3:10 becoming a big; I imagine that it'll be a modest success, though. I'd love to be wrong.

[Tobias]

Mr. Woodock placed about 5 places higher than I expected. I guess people love Billy Bob playing his Bad Santa schtick, no matter what the premise.

[Lonestarr]

Not much promise this weekend, what with the major releases being Popular Comedian in Ill-Fitting Romantic Comedy and Jesus, Does Milla Jovovich Need a New Agent or What?!

And what the hell?! Shoot 'em Up falling to 11th, where it'll be out-grossed by Mr. Woodcock. It's hard not to hate this country sometimes.

[Lord Dalek]

I don't expect Resident Evil to break the trend of modest 14 mil openings next weekend. The previous installment barely cracked 50 mil, and statistically the third installment does the worst.

[Movie06]

I think Resident Evil will make a decent amount of movie and as for Sydney White, well don't see that in the Top 5 and as for Good Luck, Chuck, I'm betting it'll be Number 2.

[Hanshotfirst113]

I don't expect Resident Evil to break the trend of modest 14 mil openings next weekend. The previous installment barely cracked 50 mil, and statistically the third installment does the worst.

You're probably right. I imagine that Resident Evil's business will be modest but unremarkable.

[HG Revolution]

Also this Friday, the Transformers directors cut will be released in IMAX.

Won't be that big a threat to the other films being released, but expect it to hit the top 20 at least.

[Lord Dalek]

Also this Friday, the Transformers directors cut will be released in IMAX.

Won't be that big a threat to the other films being released, but expect it to hit the top 20 at least.It isn't going to be playing in that many theaters. I'd say top 30.

[HG Revolution]

It isn't going to be playing in that many theaters. I'd say top 30.

IMAX films, if promoted well, generally get high per-theater averages. The ridiculously high ticket prices must help.

[Peter Paltridge]

Where did this "Dragon Wars" suddenly come from? I admit that I've barely been watching any broadcast TV all summer, but the first time I heard of this was when I opened today's Sunday newspaper and saw a print ad in the movie section.

[Hades]

Nejxt weekend belongs to the zombies.

[Baltofan]

I ask the same Martianinvaders.

[Lord Dalek]

Where did this "Dragon Wars" suddenly come from?Most of the threads about it here have referred to it under its original Korean title D-War. Don't worry, its just a bad ripoff of a bad ripoff (Reign of Fire)