'Grudge' Delivers Shock at Box Office
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"The Grudge," a low-budget horror  movie starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, delivered an additional  shock on Sunday by selling $40 million worth of tickets in its  first three days at the North American box office, doubling the  expectations of its distributor.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar and The Grudge hold off strong competition from Jamie Foxx starring as Ray. Despite the strong buzz surrounding Jamie Foxx and his performance in Ray, North American audiences still wanted
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``The Grudge&#39;&#39; has a great opening scene, I&#39;ll grant you that. Bill Pullman wakes up next to his wife, greets the day from the balcony of their bedroom, and then - well, I, for one, was gob-smacked.
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Supernatural thriller "The Forgotten" soared to the top of the U.S. box office over the weekend with better-than-expected ticket sales during a worse-than-expected seasonal slump.
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"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" whisked its way to No. 1 at movie box offices with weekend ticket sales of $77.4 million and a five-day total of just over $140 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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"Cloverfield," a low-budget  Godzilla-style horror movie, scared up a monstrous $41 million  opening at the weekend box office in North America, almost  twice the tally of the new romance "27 Dresses."
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The Grudge, which stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as a pensive student bedevilled by a wicked spirit, stuck firm at the top of the US box office over the Halloween weekend - earning $22.
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Japanese director Takashi Shimizu scared up more money than any other film at the North American box office over the weekend, with his latest horror movie The Grudge, according to early figures.
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The good news is that it&#39;s not terrible but it&#39;s not that great either. The Grudge joins The Ring as part of the American trend of remaking Japanese horror flicks for an American audience.
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Movie-goers hold no grudges against Sarah Michelle Gellar, but they apparently have a beef with Ben Affleck. Gellar's fright flick "The Grudge" got a jump on Halloween with a &#36;40 million opening weekend to debut at No. 1, while Affleck delivered a holiday turkey with "Surviving Christmas," his critically drubbed comedy that came in No. 7 with just &#36;4.5 million.
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. (antiTainment) The Halloween box office battle was won by the Sarah Michelle Gellar horror movie &quot;The Grudge&quot;, landing the film at the top for the second week in a row, after the film brought in an additional $22.
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The film has made record-breaking box office collections.
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Horror flick The Grudge finally topples The Shark Tale.
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As a rule, nightmares don&#39;t usually make much sense. That&#39;s important to keep in mind when watching &quot;The Grudge,&quot; a flamboyantly weird concoction from director Takashi Shimizu, who previously
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Grizzly slasher film Saw IV tops the US box office with $32.1m (Â£7.8m), beating comedy Dan in Real Life.
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LOS ANGELES  - The first fall weekend   is sometimes a surprise at the North American box office.
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The new number one at the American box office, The Grudge, has exceeded all expectations by taking the top spot. The horror film, which stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, took $40m (Â£21.