Women at the Box Office: July 23-25
Salt starring Angelina Jolie didn’t make it to number 1 thanks to the growing cultural obsession with Inception (which I liked a lot), but it was number 2 for the weekend bringing in a total of $36.5 million (the budget is estimated to be between $110 and $130). Question: is Salt the first film with a female lead to have a budget over $100 million? This is the second best opening for a vehicle where Angelina Jolie played the sole lead. Her top opener is 2001′s Tomb Raider. Wanted and Mr & Mrs. Smith both opened at over $50 million. Salt scored big with women who made up 53% of the audience. 59% of the ticket buyers were over 25. Other opening weekend numbers include: $8 million for Ramona and Beezus written by Laurie Craig and directed by Elizabeth Allen. Girls/women made up 75% of the audience with 57% under 25 (that’s a lot of moms attended with their daughters.) Countdown to Zero directed by Lucy Walker grossed $48,000 with a $16,000 per screen average. Jean Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child directed by Tamra Davis has made $27,233 since it opened on Wednesday. The re-release of Orlando written and directed by Sally Potter grossed $11,448. Other numbers: In its 4th weekend, Twilight has now made $279 million in the US. I am Love starring Tilda Swinton crossed the $3 million mark. The Kids are All Right co-written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko is thisclose to $5 million with a gross of $4,951,644. The Girl Who Played With Fire has a total gross of $2,902,265. Winter’s Bone co-written and directed by Debra Granik has grossed a total of 3,570,911. Box Office: “Wartime” Has Big NYC Debut; “Kids” Stays Strong (IndieWIRE)
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