Box Office Charts: w/e 9 October 2009
Zombiefame
In the US: The zombie horror-comedy ZOMBIELAND finds an appreciative audience, debuting at #1 with a decent $24m... the 3D re-release of TOY STORY grabs #3 with $12m... there's bad news for Ricky Gervais' high-concept comedy THE INVENTION OF LYING, which debuts at #5 with a disappointing $7m... Drew Barrymore's directorial debut WHIP IT had great reviews, but flops at #6 with $4.6m... and CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY, Michael Moore's latest documentary, underperforms to take #8 with $4.4m...
US TOP 10
(-) 1. Zombieland $24.7m
(1) 2. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs $15.8m
(-) 3. Toy Story $12.5m
(2) 4. Surrogates $7.24m
(-) 5. The Invention Of Lying $7.03m
(-) 6. Whip It $4.65m
(3) 7. Fame $4.63m
(-) 8. Capitalism: A Love Story $4.45m
(4) 9. The Informant! $3.69m
(7) 10. Love Happens $2.75m
In the UK: Ricky Gervais' comedy THE INVENTION OF LYING finds more of an audience in his native land, but can't quite dislodge Fame from #1, instead having to settle for #2... the re-release of TOY STORY does well at #3 with £1.3m... sci-fi horror PANDORUM flops with £346,000 at #7... and Aliens In The Attic re-enters the top 10 at #10...
UK TOP 10
(1) 1. Fame £1.78m
(-) 2. The Invention Of Lying £1.73m
(-) 3. Toy Story £1.3m
(2) 4. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs £1.1m
(3) 5. Surrogates £591k
(4) 6. District 9 £405k
(-) 7. Pandorum £346k
(6) 8. (500) Days Of Summer £246k
(5) 9. The Soloist £208k
(R) 10. Aliens In The Attic £140k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
LOVE HAPPENS
Romantic drama. A widower whose book about coping with loss becomes a best-selling self-help guru. On a business trip to Seattle, he falls for a woman who attends one of his seminars, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.
Director: Brandon Camp Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler, John Carroll Lynch, Martin Sheen, Judy Greer & Frances Conroy
Tomatometer: 18% (Rotten; based on 84 reviews) "Love Happens is a dull, chemistry-free affair that under-utilizes its appealing leads."
UP
Family adventure. By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfil his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.
Directors: Pete Docter & Bob Peterson Voices: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Delroy Lindo, John Ratzenberger & Bob Peterson
Tomatometer: 97% (Fresh; based on 237 reviews) "Another masterful work of art from Pixar, Up is an exciting, hilarious, and heartfelt adventure impeccably crafted and told with wit and depth."
ZOMBIELAND
Horror-comedy. Two men may have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies...
Director: Ruben Fleishcer Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill Murra & Derek Graf
Tomatometer: 88% (Fresh; based on 159 reviews) "Wickedly funny and featuring plenty of gore, Zombieland is proof that the zombie subgenre is far from dead."
