Rank
|
Title
|
Weekend
Gross |
Cumulative
Gross |
Weeks in Release
|
1
|
V for Vendetta |
$26,100,000
|
$26,100,000
|
1
|
2
|
$15,800,000
|
$48,400,000
|
2
|
|
3
|
$13,600,000
|
$35,800,000
|
2
|
|
4
|
She’s the Man |
$11,000,000
|
$11,000,000
|
1
|
5
|
$8,000,000
|
$28,700,000
|
2
|
|
6
|
$4,700,000
|
$30,100,000
|
3
|
|
7
|
$4,200,000
|
$73,100,000
|
5
|
|
8
|
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion |
$3,000,000
|
$60,000,000
|
4
|
9
|
$2,500,000
|
$78,600,000
|
6
|
|
10
|
Aquamarine |
$2,000,000
|
$15,600,000
|
3
|
I don’t know if I’d consider V for Vendetta the "dangerous" movie that some have labeled it, but even if it is, audiences were looking for a little danger this weekend. More than, say, a broad romcom or a hairy former TV sitcom star, at least. Anyway, the Wachowskis’ latest movie (let’s call it what it is) blew up the box office with a solid $26 million, but we’ll see how word of mouth carries it.
Amanda Bynes is still taking shots with the teen comedies, but I guess not many girls/pervs wanted to see her as a him in She’s the Man. Or they just stayed home and rented Just One of the Guys. It was still more enticing than Vin Diesel with hair — his courtroom dramedy Find Me Guilty got handed a verdict of Bomb with a bleak $600k opening. Time to break out the night-vision eyes again!
Next week has Spike Lee’s cops-and-robbers movie Inside Man going against the killer videogame flick Stay Alive, and if you’re a complete idiot there’s also a new Larry the Cable Guy movie for some unholy reason.