Kaffee
03-14-2005, 08:20 PM
Cash Machines
''Robots'' debuts at No. 1 with $36.5 million. The new CGI toon pacifies Vin Diesel and holds off ''Hostage'' by Gary Susman
As everyone expected, the 'bots were hot. Robots opened atop the box office chart this weekend, bolting to No. 1 with a $36.5 million opening, according to studio estimates. That's not as much cool cash as Ice Age, from the same animators, pulled down three years ago (opening with $46.3 million), but it was twice the take earned by its nearest competitor, Vin Diesel's The Pacifier. In its second week, the XXX star's unlikely family comedy pulled in a strong $18.1 million, for a 10-day total of $54.4 million.
The weekend's other major new release, Bruce Willis' Hostage, didn't captivate too many moviegoers, grabbing just $9.8 million to open in fourth place. Holdovers in the top five included Be Cool (No. 3, $10.3 million) and Hitch (No. 5, $8.7 million).
Mel Gibson's Lenten rerelease of The Passion of the Christ, recut to lose a few minutes of its more extreme gore, barely made a ripple at the box office, earning just $251 per screen in 957 theaters, for a total of $239,850. Lesson: The meek may inherit the Earth, but ultraviolence still rules at the box office.
(Posted:03/14/05)
''Robots'' debuts at No. 1 with $36.5 million. The new CGI toon pacifies Vin Diesel and holds off ''Hostage'' by Gary Susman
As everyone expected, the 'bots were hot. Robots opened atop the box office chart this weekend, bolting to No. 1 with a $36.5 million opening, according to studio estimates. That's not as much cool cash as Ice Age, from the same animators, pulled down three years ago (opening with $46.3 million), but it was twice the take earned by its nearest competitor, Vin Diesel's The Pacifier. In its second week, the XXX star's unlikely family comedy pulled in a strong $18.1 million, for a 10-day total of $54.4 million.
The weekend's other major new release, Bruce Willis' Hostage, didn't captivate too many moviegoers, grabbing just $9.8 million to open in fourth place. Holdovers in the top five included Be Cool (No. 3, $10.3 million) and Hitch (No. 5, $8.7 million).
Mel Gibson's Lenten rerelease of The Passion of the Christ, recut to lose a few minutes of its more extreme gore, barely made a ripple at the box office, earning just $251 per screen in 957 theaters, for a total of $239,850. Lesson: The meek may inherit the Earth, but ultraviolence still rules at the box office.
(Posted:03/14/05)