âLemony Snicketâ tops box office in debut
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The film based on the first three childrenâs books by Lemony Snicket, who is actually author Daniel Handler, knocked the star-driven sequel Oceanâs Twelve to second place, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
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I Am Legend, starring Smith as a plague survivor who may be the last living human, debuted with $76.5 million, the biggest December opening ever and a personal best for one of Hollywood's top box-office champs
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âMeet the Spartans,â a parody starring Sean Maguire and Carmen Electra in yet another retelling of the historic battle against the Persians, barely outslugged Sylvester Stallone in âRamboâ to seize control of the No. 1 ranking at the weekend box office. In their debuts âMeet the Spartans,â distributed by Fox, pulled in an estimated $18.7 million, while âRamboâ (Lionsgate) came away with $18.1 million, the tracking company Media by Numbers reported. The romantic comedy â27 Dressesâ (Fox), with $13.6 million, fell to third place from second last week. The monster movie âCloverfieldâ (Paramount), on a gross of $12.7 million, plunged to fourth place from No. 1 a week ago. Fifth place went to the newcomer âUntraceableâ (Sony), the horror thriller starring Diane Lane as an F.B.I. cyberwizard. It grossed $11.2 million.
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The sword-and-sandal spoof "Meet the Spartans" was the weekend's top movie with an $18.5 million debut, narrowly finishing ahead of Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo," which opened with $18.2 million.
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Overseas boxoffice tends to slacken at this time of the year, but two newcomers -- "Shark Tale" and "Wimbledon" -- showed early promise in kickoff dates over the weekend, while M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" topped &#36;100 million in international gross and "Garfield" neared membership in the &#36;100 million club.
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Last week was another miserable one for music sales, but with one modest highlight: The indie-heavy âJunoâ movie soundtrack rose one spot to the top of the Billboard chart, becoming the first album in Rhino Recordsâ three-decade history to reach No. 1. After the announcement of four Oscar nominations for âJuno,â including best picture, the soundtrack sold 65,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, bumping Alicia Keysâs âAs I Amâ (J), which moved 60,000, to No. 2. In the fourth straight week of very low sales, Natasha Bedingfield opened at No. 3 with 50,000 copies of âPocketful of Sunshineâ (Epic), Mary J. Bligeâs âGrowing Painsâ (Geffen) sold 45,000 to reach No. 4, and Radiohead dropped one spot to No. 5 with âIn Rainbowsâ (ATO), moving 35,000. Cat Powerâs new âJukeboxâ (Matador) reached No. 12 with 29,000 copies sold.
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"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" enchanted moviegoers with a $77.1 million opening weekend, raising its total since debuting last Wednesday to $139.7 million.
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LOS ANGELES  Â The creature-feature "Cloverfield" became the first monster hit released in 2008, debuting with $41 million, a record opening for January, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Jim Carrey movie Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events is top of the UK box office chart this week. It took more than Â£2m in its first three days of opening, said film trade magazine Screen International.
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It was a fortunate weekend at the box-office if you were Paramount   Studios opening Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events,   but not for all Hollywood distributors.
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Spoof film Meet the Spartans narrowly beats the new Rambo film to top the North American box office.
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The film adaptation of Lemony Snicket novels has topped the North America box office chart, displacing Ocean&#39;s 12. A Series of Unfortunate Events, starring Jim Carrey, took $30.2m (Â£15.5m) in its debut weekend.
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highest October box-office pull in history. The DreamWorks flick bowed at #1 with $49.1 million, according to early estimates. A mob flick for the cartoon set, &quot;Shark Tale&quot; centers on a young fish named Oscar
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Jim Carrey was on top form at the premiere of his Christmas movie last night (Thursday). Thousands of fans turned out for the premiere in Leicester Square for the &#39;Lemony Snicket&#39;s: A Series of Unfortunate
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&quot;Shrek the Third&quot;  reclaimed the No. 1 spot at the foreign box office with an  estimated weekend haul of $17.2 million, lifting its overseas  total to $436 million.
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&quot;Lemony Snicket&#39;s A Series of Unfortunate Events&quot; debuted Friday evening to a modest crowd of children and adults at Cinemas 8 at Carlisle Commons.
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The weather might say differently, but according to the box office, fall has arrived.