Of course that headline is a little bit of a joke, as you will remember that last week I told you the film would end up in first. Guess what? I was right. I know, it was something of a gimme to pick the highly anticipated sequel to take the weekend, but we have had upsets before. Now that's funny, I am pretty sure that Michael Bay and his team were not terribly worried about My Sister's Keeper suddenly rising up and stealing their movie's thunder; of course though, that would have been hilariously awesome. Anyway, I added my dollars to the coffer by going to see the robot flick, sat in the theater with my mouth agape, and left the theater once the film ended in something of a stupor. The movie is shockingly stupid in its narrative and amazing in its technical execution. Go for the effects, that is about all it is worth.
Coming in second place this week is last week's top earner, The Proposal (2009), the Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy. I am vaguely interested in this one but have not yet had the opportunity to watch it. I think the actors hold the potential to make a rather likable pairing as they both have considerable charisma on screen. The flick showed decent legs, dropping just over 44% from last week. I suspect I will get to see this next week sometime.
The third and fourth place films are a couple of the year's stronger performers. First up is The Hangover, the R-rated comedy that seemingly came out of nowhere and provides some of the summers biggest laughs. Then there is Up (2009), which is set to become only the second Pixar film to hit the $300 million mark. Both films are first rate and well worth spending some time with in the theater.
My Sister's Keeper makes its debut in fifth place. Actually, this opened stronger than I was expecting. It did not strike me as a film that would make it nationwide. I am glad to see I was mistaken as it looks like a quality film. It stars Cameron Diaz, Jason Patric, and Abigail Breslin in a drama that involves cancer, creating what is essentially a backup child, and a lawsuit against one's own parents. Pretty serious stuff, I hope it is handled intelligently. This is another one I will likely catch up with sometime next week.
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