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"A Christmas Carol" Takes First This WeekendPosted: November 8th, 2009 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
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Jim Carrey's "A Christmas Carol" took in an estimated $31 million at the domestic box office this weekend. The film ended up in first place, but underperformed, since it cost $200 million to make. Walt Disney Pictures is hoping that as we near Christmas, "Carol" will pick up the pace.
Carrey's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," which hit theaters during the same month nine years ago, took in $55.1 during its opening weekend.
George Clooney's military satire "The Men Who Stare at Goats" took third place with $13.3 million, while Mila Jovovich's horror film "The Fourth Kind" took fourth with $12.5 million. The other wide release, "The Box," fell behind with $7.9 million. The film took sixth place and had the lowest per-theater average out of all the new releases.
Opening in only 18 theaters, "Precious" was able to take in $1.8 million, which is a monstrous $100,000 per-theater average. The drama, about an abused inner-city teen, is already being mentioned as a possible Oscar contender. "Precious" will expand to five more markets by next weekend.
Click here to read our "A Christmas Carol" review.
Check out the rest of the box office results
Source: THR
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nope.com writes:
on November 8th, 2009 at 6:54:07 PM
200 mil to recreate a story EVERYBODY knows of and everybody is tired of
... Did Jim Carrey talk out of his ass and make funny faces in this?
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thedudeman69 writes:
on November 8th, 2009 at 7:10:01 PM
what a uber bomb this is.
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SpookyCupcakes writes:
on November 8th, 2009 at 8:10:44 PM
"Jim Carrey's "A Christmas Carol" took in an estimated $31 million at the domestic box office this weekend. The film ended up in first place, but underperformed, since it cost $200 million to make. Walt Disney Pictures is hoping that as we near Christmas, "Carol" will pick up the pace."
The effects of releasing a fucking christmas movie during autumn.
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Kurskij writes:
on November 8th, 2009 at 8:28:17 PM
Well, Rob, maybe it's time to put your motion-capture suits in the closet? Cause Cameron and Jackson also have some... and they're better... and cheaper... And their characters don't scare the living shit out of children...
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Ranger writes:
on November 8th, 2009 at 9:27:48 PM
If they're making successful movies now for $30mil and for under $100K... this $200mil 'high risk' bullshit is coming to an end pretty quickly my friends.
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lost_addict writes:
on November 9th, 2009 at 2:27:08 AM
great report...love to hear all those movies floped.
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eViL.kEv2 writes:
on November 9th, 2009 at 10:05:47 AM
@Spooky- you do realize that Christmas is only 4 days into winter, right? But I do agree, they released this way too early. All these major companies really need to stop shoving Christmas down our throats so early, that's why so many people are burned out by the time it actually happens. I went into Walmart and Target about 3 weeks ago and they had more Christmas stuff than Halloween. Fucking retarded.
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KirkLazerus writes:
on November 9th, 2009 at 11:29:58 AM
I would rather watch Scrooge with Bill Murray, now that movie is tight
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georgecostanza writes:
on November 9th, 2009 at 6:21:18 PM
Who the hell spends 200 mill on ANOTHER Christmas Carol project
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