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Box Office Guru Wrapup:Game Plan Rushes Past Kingdom For #1 Spot

by Gitesh Pandya | September 30, 2007

Summary

In a fierce head-to-head battle, The Rock's family comedy The Game Plan upset Jamie Foxx's action thriller The Kingdom this weekend and became the first PG-rated film since June to open at number one. Back to Article

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SplendidIsolation writes:
on Sep 30 2007 06:29 PM

Ouch for Eastern Promises. Shame about the drop.
On the other hand, WOW for darjeeling. Looks like Linited release is where it`s at right now.

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knowingtoast85 writes:
on Oct 01 2007 01:55 AM

I don't want to sound like an ***, but limited releases with name talent like Darjeeling always do well before they expand. They premiere at theaters where people care most, in Los Angeles venues like the Arclight or the Grove, or in New York. If Darjeeling debuted to ten theaters in the midwest, it would have taken in about $20 total this weekend.

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Oct 01 2007 06:26 AM

..I just can't help but feel righteously pissed-off on behalf of cast'n'crew of 'Kingdom' and movies like it.

You burn yourself to a crisp in an alien and potentially hostile environment (to my knowledge, actually filmed on location for a good part of movie) shooting some emotionally wrecking scenes, trying to make some sort or artistic sense out of current events, and then you get to see f#cking 'GAME PLAN' kick your *** at the box office.

And people wonder how Bush got re-elected...

Oh, and I'm well aware of differing markets, by the way. I have nothing against kids movies, just tired, hackneyed, used-a-couple-billion-times plots.

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jdinc1998 writes:
on Oct 01 2007 09:56 AM

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You are correct on this. I am a manager for a movie theatre in Manhattan, New York City and we opened with Darjeeling Limited and were selling out all day but if this movie came out wide release it wouldn't have done so well. Limited Release movies always do well the first weekend they are open and usually movie companies use this to their advantage to try and help it build buzz by showing it had sold out shows and it makes people think, who don't know it is only playing in a couple of theatres, that it must be that good if shows are being sold out.

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arendr writes:
on Oct 01 2007 10:30 AM

Go see The Assassination of Jesse James... if it's playing near you. That movie was fantastic. My favorite film this year so far.

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TheIceGhost writes:
on Oct 01 2007 12:08 PM

The Kingdom The 50 Ga-jillion movies coming out that are just like it=Blatant exploitation!

Is there something wrong with that? Not really... maybe a little, but this is how Hollywood has always run when there's a war about.

Personally, I'm happy to see a good ol' fashioned Disney movie lay the smack down on Jamie Fox's smug face.

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FMAN3448 writes:
on Oct 01 2007 01:16 PM

There is nothing "good ol' fashioned" about The Game Plan.

Nothing at all.

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~*Admiral Snowstorm*~ writes:
on Oct 01 2007 02:19 PM

I'd rather see just about any other movie out right now beat The Kingdom than The Game Plan, which fully deserved to be have been direct-to-DVD.

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Bloody Mathias writes:
on Oct 01 2007 04:10 PM

Well, when you think about it, Dad's and Mom's adult ticket plus a couple of the tike's child tickets brings in a lot more money than a couple of gung-ho action-craved 18 yr old guys. Smart move by Disney to stratgicly open it is weekend.

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Oct 02 2007 03:39 AM

Very nice to see a lot of independent movies doing well. Hopefully the keep expanding as I want to see the bulk of the one's that are mentioned. Very nice to hear that you liked Jesse James so much arendr, I'm really looking forward to seeing it. I did watch Feast of Love this weekend(C ), which could have been better. And In the Valley of Elah which was solid but tried to have more of a lasting effect than it did(B).

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