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For info on this weekend’s upcoming releases, listen to Ep. 63 of The HO:
Apparently defeating Daredevil is one of his specific skill as Liam Neeson’s Taken 2 repeated atop the Box Office. Bringing in $21.8 million for an $86m total, Taken 2 is still going fairly strong, despite a 55% drop. The film has little shot of meeting the original’s $145m total, but should still end up with about $120m or so, virtually guaranteeing that Maggie Grace should hide for a few years…cuz she’s gonna get Took!
Ben Affleck has fully emerged as a director AND star to pay attention to, instead of mock incessantly, with Argo opening a strong #2 with $19.4m. What makes this more impressive is that the film is largely political and those almost never succeed. Rave reviews, fans love it and the box office is responding – Kudos Big Ben. Think you can knock out another Reindeer Games now?
Sinister, the new horror flick from people kind of connected to Insidious and Paranormal Activity and starring that whiny bitch from Training Day (Ethan Hawke) as a writer who thinks a killer left him a box of old videos in his new house…and decides to watch them in the same house. Ummmmmmm. Well, $18m worth of theater-goers wanted to see Mr. Hawke be a moron and the film is already a solid hit. But with only a C+ from Cinemascore audiences AND a little indie film that’s actually CALLED Paranormal Activity 4 opening next weekend, look for big drops in the future.
Also opening and all flopping – Here’s Comes the BOOM! opened to $11.8m, Seven Psychopaths opened to $4.1m and Atlas Shrugged Part 2 opened to a piddly $1.7m. That’s why we never mentioned that last one on the show, because it should’ve went straight to hel…video.
Hotel Transylvania held on strong at #4 with $17.2m and crossed the $100m mark with $102m and Pitch Perfect held strong with $9m for a $37m total.