Box Office Update 4/27 - 4/29: Disturbia Clings to the Top Spot
Published May 01, 2007
Once again, Disturbia held on to the top spot, becoming the first film to repeat at the top for three weeks in a row this year. It is a trend that will be obliterated come next weekend when the first film of the 2007 summer season hits theaters.
Back to this week, Dreamworks has to be happy with its performance thus far, I don't think they thought it would have had this hold on the box office. Granted, this was an incredibly slow weekend, but still, it has taken in more than two and a half times its production budget. By the time it hits DVD, all of its revenue is going to be gravy. It also has to make Shia LaBeouf feel good, what with his starring role in Transformers coming in a few months.
Three new films breached the top ten list this week, though none of them performed to studio expectations. The highest ranking film came in second place, The Invisible. It is a rather poor film with some nice visual touches, yet horrible story execution. Once the word gets out, this will probably sink rather quickly. It is followed by Next, the Nicolas Cage film that features an awful name and failed to place number one, as most (including me) had expected. The final new film to crack the top ten is the latest WWE release, The Condemned. It is the action movie that forgot the action, and a message film that makes a case not to listen to its message, in essence indicting its audience for watching it. It will disappear very quickly, destined for the budget bins.
Among the returning films, none of them fell that far from their take last week. Of course, that was a weak week, and this was a weak week, so there really wasn't that far to go. Blades of Glory continues its surge past the century mark as it begins its slow descent through ranks. Hot Fuzz had the best hold, although it did increase its theater count. I have to highly recommend this brilliant action comedy. The biggest slipper was Vacancy, the surprisingly excellent thriller, which fell 44% from last week.
- Box Office Update 4/27 - 4/29: Disturbia Clings to the Top Spot
- Published: May 01, 2007
- Type: News
- Section: Video
- Filed Under: Video: Film and TV Business, Video: News
- Part of a feature: Box Office Update
- Writer: Chris Beaumont
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