Honestly, that man can open movies like it’s nobody’s business. His latest, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, opened on top of the box office this weekend with $23.4 million.
Here are the top five this weekend:
1. NEW! Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself (Lionsgate) – $23.4 mil; 2,255 theaters; $10,398 PT
2. NEW! 9 (Focus Features) – $10.7 mil; 1,661 theaters; $6,466 PT
3. Inglourious Basterds (Weinstein Co.) – $6.1 mil; 3,215 theaters; $1,910 PT; $103.9 mil cume
4. All About Steve (Fox) – $5.6 mil; 2,265 theaters; $2,489 PT; $21.6 mil cume
5. The Final Destination (Warner Bros.) – $5.5 mil; 2,732 theaters; $2,021 PT; $58.2 mil cume
While newcomers Sorority Row and Whiteout sort of fell by the wayside – coming in sixth and seventh, respectively – the one movie I didn’t expect to do as well as it did was 9. But I guess that goes to show you good reviews and word-of-mouth can help a movie do well. I was impressed by it.
As for this coming weekend, there’s another eclectic myriad of choices: for kids, there’s the animated Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs; for adults, there’s the hilarious satire The Informant!, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon and the romantic dramedy Love Happens, with Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart. Finally, for the young adult set, there’s Jennifer’s Body, starring the very hot Megan Fox as a man-eating demon. Here’s the trailer:
Hmmm, it’s a tough call. I might go with Jennifer’s Body for the Megan factor, but then again, kid movies are killing right now, so maybe Meatballs. I’m going to be indecisive this time around.