"Watchmen" Tops Box Office But Is It Enough?
Moviegoers watched "Watchmen" and the film sold a staggering $55.7 million in ticket sales putting it on the top spot at the box office! "Watchmen," director Zack Snyder's adaptation of the Alan Moore comic book classic has the biggest opening of 2009 so far, but is it enough?
First, the film fell below Warner Bros.' expectations, and it did not match Snyder's previous box-office opening success, the $70 million take of "300" in 2007.
But, "Watchmen" has 161 minutes running time and an R-rating, making it difficult to further elevate its box-office success.
Meanwhile, previous box-office winner, "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail," fell to No. 2 selling $8.8 million in ticket sales. "Taken" continues to be a crowd-pleaser, raking $7.5 million and taking the No. 3 spot.
The biggest story of the box-office weekend? Revenue is up 16 percent, with total box-office take at $1.9 billion, proving once again, that when the economy sucks, the movie industry sucks people in!
And the biggest casualty of the weekend? Disney's "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience" dropped from No. 2 to waaaaay below No. 9...oooops!
Here's the Top 10 films for box-office weekend of March 6, 2009:
1. "Watchmen," $55.7 million.
2. "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail," $8.8 million
3. "Taken," $7.5 million.
4. "Slumdog Millionaire," $6.9 million.
5. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," $4.1 million.
6. "He's Just Not That Into You," $4 million.
7. "Coraline," $3.3 million.
8. "Confessions of a Shopaholic," $3.1 million.
9. "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience," $2.8 million.
10. "Fired Up," $2.6 million.
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