Box Office thread #9 weekend of 04/28/06 and 2 will rise...

[Danro]

WOW, what a response to the contest Box Office thread we had. 123 CAG's voted overall, and 62 CAG's won this weekend by choosing Silent Hill as the number one movie in America this weekend. Congratulations to you all! Not only that, but by voting you all got the chance to win a DVD from my collection. And that winner was: dude2003. There will be another contest Box Office thread next month, be sure to look for it. Now, here are the top three standings in wins so far:

6 wins:
Lice, Tyga24

5 wins:
I AM WILLIAM H. MACY, darkmere, GF_Eric, Maklershed, shieryda

4 wins:
thack, captaincold, AdamInPlaidum, Danro, Greetard, klwillis45


And now here are the movies opening this weekend - 04/28/06:

United 93
Director: Paul Greengrass
Stars: David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas
Studio: Universal Pictures

The Plot: A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

R.V.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth
Studio: Columbia Pictures

The Plot: Bob Munro (Williams) and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a roadtrip to the Colorado Rockies, where they encounter a bizarre community of campers.

Stick It
Director: Jessica Bendinger
Stars: Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, Vanessa Lengies
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

The Plot: After a run-in with the law, Haley Graham (Peregrym) is forced to return to the world from which she fled some years ago. Enrolled in an elite gymnastics program run by the legendary Burt Vickerman (Bridges), Haley's rebellious attitude gives way to something that just might be called team spirit.

Akeelah and the Bee
Director: Doug Atchison
Stars: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Keke Palmer
Studio: Lions Gate Films

The Plot: A gifted young girl (Palmer) from the Crenshaw district in South Los Angeles trains for the National Spelling Bee with the help of a reclusive professor (Fishburne).

Water
Director: Deepa Mehta
Stars: Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

The Plot: When her husband dies, an 8-year-old Indian girl is sent to a temple in Varanasi where widows live in penitence. Her behavior sends ripples throughout the temple, most notably affecting a woman who longs for a different life and has fallen for a follower of Mahatma Ghandi.

Guys and Balls [limited]
Director: Sherry Horman
Stars: Maximilian Brückner, Lisa Potthoff, Dietmar Bär
Studio: Regent Releasing

The Plot: Kicked off his football team for playing poorly (and for being gay), Ecki (Brueckner) looks to assemble an all-gay team to challenge his old mates to a match.

The Lost City [limited]
Director: Andy Garcia
Stars: Andy Garcia, Inés Sastre, Bill Murray
Studio: Lions Gate Films

The Plot: In 1958 Havana, nightclub owner Fico Fellove (Garcia) is caught in the transition from the oppressive regime of Fulgencio Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro.

Killer Diller [limited]
Director: Tricia Brock
Stars: Lucas Black, William Lee Scott, Fred Willard
Studio: Kd Productions Inc.

The Plot: A guitar playing car thief (Scott) meets an autistic savant piano player (Black), and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.

Wassup Rockers [limited]
Director: Larry Clark
Stars: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez
Studio: First Look Pictures Releasing

The Plot: Latino skater boys from South Central L.A. opt to escape their neighborhood for Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous parents.


Tops at the box office as of 04/24/06:
(dollar figures are weekend/total gross)

1. Silent Hill $20.2M/$20.2M
2. Scary Movie 4 $17M/$67.7M
3. The Sentinel $14.7M/$14.7M
4. Ice Age: The Meltdown $12.8M/$168M
5. The Wild $8.05M/$22M
6. The Benchwarmers $7.3M/$47.1M
7. Take the Lead $4.25M/$29.6M
8. American Dreamz $3.7M/$3.7M
9. Inside Man $3.7M/$81.2M
10. Friends with Money $3.55M/$5.33M

Link to thread #8 (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91278)
Thanks as always to the IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/)
Be sure to vote for who you think will rake in the most money this weekend and feel free to discuss the box office. Also, be sure to go out and support your favorite movie!

[evanft]

Well that was easy. I think I won of these before. Can you check?

[GF_Eric]

This is an easy week.

Also OP, I want to say I appreciate you doing this every week. You are teh good.

And you are from Idaho, so double plus good.

[Danro]

Well that was easy. I think I won of these before. Can you check?

Sure thing evan, you have one win: thread #4.

[dude2003]

thank you danro! didn't even know you were running a dvd contest

[evanft]

Sure thing evan, you have one win: thread #4.

Alrighty. I'll be up to 2 after this week.

[Maklershed]

This may be the toughest week of voting yet. Everyone has voted for Flight 93 so far but I'm not sure if a large portion of America is ready to see something like that yet .. but who knows maybe they are. I wanna say it's gonna be RV cause its gonna be light and funny and Robin Williams' first comedic roll in a while but I'm not sure. I might have to hold off on my vote for a little while.

[Danro]

I might be inclined to agree with Maklershed. My first reaction was to vote for Silent Hill to repeat, but something was nagging me to vote United 93 and bank on Americas overwhelming patriotism.

Then again, R.V. and The Sentinel could come from nowhere to claim the top spot as well.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Damn, I forgot to vote last week. :oops: :lol:

Went with Silent Hill, more because I want it to have a good second week than actually expecting it to. And I've never heard of any of the new releases. :lol:

[darkmere]

i'm going with rv. it looks like it's gonna suck, but i get the feeling america is dying for a robin williams comedy, plus it's a family flick...that can always boost ticket sales. flight 93 will be in the top 5, but the controversy of being the first 9/11 theatrical drama will keep it from being #1. silent hill, scary movie, and ice age will round out the top 5, probably in that order.

[darkmere]

And I've never heard of any of the new releases. :lol:
i'm surprised you're not all over rv...there's some little pop singer girl in it that you'd probably think is cute.

[Ugamer_X]

United 93...That could change by the end of the week should there be some sort of massive protest against it, but I doubt it.

[Maklershed]

i'm surprised you're not all over rv...there's some little pop singer girl in it that you'd probably think is cute.

I must say she is very cute but she's only 15. Her name is Joanna (Jo-Jo) Levesque:

http://www.jojo-online.net/gallery/uploads/kids%20choice/normal_006.jpg

[Dead of Knight]

I forgot to vote last week... Would be up to 4 wins. :(

Going with United 93.

[darkmere]

does anyone else wonder if a couple months from now any airlines will be showing united 93 as their in flight movie?

[Santurio]

United 93. People are ready and willing to watch. I won't be one but there will be many who will watch on day 1.

[Kaijufan]

United 93 will crush the competition this weekend.

[DJ K8E]

Voted for United as well, not that I think it'll be an entertaining, worthwhile, accurate movie. But people have shown, that they don't care about their movies being entertaining, worthwhile, or accurate, if it's historical, there's an automatic audience for it.

[guardian_owl]

One thing to keep in mind, RV is in nearly twice the theatres as United 93, so it isn't exactly a lock.

[Brak]

Motherfuck. I voted for Silent Hill before I saw that United 93 opened this week.

[Deadpool]

I'm guessing Silent Hill remains atop, because i STILL haven't seen a preview for United 93.

[Danro]

I saw something on CNN I think it was about United 93 and if people were ready for it. At least its getting attention.

[Danro]

Voting ends tomorow night.

[Kapwanil]

I'll go with Silent Hill again since I'm unsure about potential aurience reaction towards United 93. The reviews so far have been good along with the buzz but it may still be too soon for most people.

[basketkase543]

I'm going with Flight 93 - All of America may not be ready yet but many will feel that they have to see it.

BTW - Thanks for keeping this thread up and alive every week OP. It takes a lot of effort from your part so I appreciate the effort. I used to love trying to predict the winners myself and this is the first time i've seen it turned into a fun competition with lots of people.

[Maklershed]

I went with RV. I just havent been seeing too much advertisement for Flight 93. I see a commercial every 5 minutes for RV however. I'm not to confident with my choice though .. I might lose my streak this week.

[Roufuss]

Stick It.

The commercials have been playing non stop for weeks now, and this is the movie every teen is going to want to see.

Hell... I kinda want to see it.

[Tyga24]

Im gonna go with RV for this week because of the heavy advertising and the first family friendly movie since Ice Age which seems like a while ago. People might not be ready for Flight 93 and the film is rated R so that limits the number of people able to see the movie apart from content.

[RandomNPC]

I voted for United 93 because of all the publicity its getting

[Trakan]

United 93.

[guardian_owl]

Friday Estimates are in, I have a feeling this weekend is going to be a photo-finish.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2006-04-28&p=.htm

1-RV----------- $4,515,000
2-Stick it------ $4,015,000
3-United 93-- $3,680,000
4-Silent Hill -- $2,985,000

[klwillis45]

Lookin like RV is the winner....that makes me sad and not just bcuz I picked United 93.

[I AM WILLIAM H. MACY]

Damn, lost 2 weeks in a row!

Wasn't expecting R.V. to make more than $9 mill, tops. Who the hell actually wanted to see it, anyway?

Oh well, I can probably get every single week now that summer's starting.

[evanft]

You have got to be kidding me. R.V? What the fuck?

[Trakan]

People <3 Robin Williams.

[Ugamer_X]

RV=double the amount of showings over United 93.

Next week is going to be too easy.

[Rocko]

Damn, RV? I chose United 93.

When I went to see it Saturday, the theatre was packed. Just some food for thought, I guess.

If United 93 wasn't showing, though, I would've probably seen RV. So I guess people with young children or without access to R rated movies would see RV. Plus, as mentioned, it had more showings.

[Dead of Knight]

Only reason RV won was because of the amount of theaters showing it.

[basketkase543]

Aw man, RV won. Most people lost this week then.