comedyfreak
04-26-2009, 04:55 PM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Obsessed," a new " Fatal Attraction "-style thriller starring R&B singer Beyonce Knowles , easily took the crown at the weekend box office in North America , selling an estimated $28.5 million worth of tickets, its distributor said on Sunday.
The movie cost about $20 million to make, and industry observers were forecasting an opening in the mid-teen millions, said Screen Gems , the low-budget division of Sony Corp's Columbia Pictures .
Knowles, the former Destiny's Child frontwoman who recently played blueswoman Etta James in "Cadillac Records," stars in "Obsessed" as a woman who fights to save her marriage when a pretty office temp ( Ali Larter ) falls hard for her husband ( Idris Elba ).
Last weekend's champion, the "Big"-style body-swap comedy "17 Again," slipped to No. 2 with $11.7 million. The movie, starring former "High School Musical" hunk Zac Efron, has earned $40 million after 10 days. It was released by Warner Bros . Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc .
The top-10 boasted three other new releases. "Fighting," starring Channing Tatum as a street-brawler, opened at No. 3 with $11.4 million; "The Soloist," a drama starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr., at No. 4 with $9.7 million; and the documentary "Earth" at No. 5 with $8.6 million, the biggest opening for a nature film.
"Fighting" was produced by Rogue Pictures , a unit of closely held Relativity Media, and distributed by Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. "The Soloist" was produced by closely held DreamWorks SKG, and distributed by Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures . "Earth" was produced by Walt Disney Co 's nascent Disneynature Films.
Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.)
This Wk Last Wk Title Dist. Weekend Gross Cumulative
Gross Rlse
Wks # of
Theaters
1 - Obsessed Sony Pictures Releasing $28,500,000 $28,500,000 1 2514
2 1 17 Again Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $11,665,000 $39,970,000 2 3255
3 - Fighting Universal Pictures $11,441,000 $11,441,000 1 2309
4 - The Soloist Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Universal Pictures $9,715,000 $9,715,000 1 2024
5 - Earth Disneynature $8,554,000 $14,201,000 1 1804
6 4 Monsters vs. Aliens Paramount Pictures $8,524,000 $174,817,000 5 3358
7 2 State of Play Universal Pictures $6,891,000 $25,124,000 2 2807
8 3 Hannah Montana The Movie Buena Vista Pictures Distribution $6,372,000 $65,590,000 3 3231
9 5 Fast & Furious Universal Pictures $6,062,000 $145,224,000 4 3566
10 6 Crank High Voltage Lionsgate, Lakeshore International $2,400,000 $11,518,000 2 2223
11 9 I Love You, Man Paramount Pictures $1,936,000 $67,793,000 6 1563
12 8 Knowing Summit Entertainment, LLC, Sony Pictures Releasing $1,935,000 $76,772,000 6 1860
The movie cost about $20 million to make, and industry observers were forecasting an opening in the mid-teen millions, said Screen Gems , the low-budget division of Sony Corp's Columbia Pictures .
Knowles, the former Destiny's Child frontwoman who recently played blueswoman Etta James in "Cadillac Records," stars in "Obsessed" as a woman who fights to save her marriage when a pretty office temp ( Ali Larter ) falls hard for her husband ( Idris Elba ).
Last weekend's champion, the "Big"-style body-swap comedy "17 Again," slipped to No. 2 with $11.7 million. The movie, starring former "High School Musical" hunk Zac Efron, has earned $40 million after 10 days. It was released by Warner Bros . Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc .
The top-10 boasted three other new releases. "Fighting," starring Channing Tatum as a street-brawler, opened at No. 3 with $11.4 million; "The Soloist," a drama starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr., at No. 4 with $9.7 million; and the documentary "Earth" at No. 5 with $8.6 million, the biggest opening for a nature film.
"Fighting" was produced by Rogue Pictures , a unit of closely held Relativity Media, and distributed by Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. "The Soloist" was produced by closely held DreamWorks SKG, and distributed by Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures . "Earth" was produced by Walt Disney Co 's nascent Disneynature Films.
Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.)
This Wk Last Wk Title Dist. Weekend Gross Cumulative
Gross Rlse
Wks # of
Theaters
1 - Obsessed Sony Pictures Releasing $28,500,000 $28,500,000 1 2514
2 1 17 Again Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $11,665,000 $39,970,000 2 3255
3 - Fighting Universal Pictures $11,441,000 $11,441,000 1 2309
4 - The Soloist Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Universal Pictures $9,715,000 $9,715,000 1 2024
5 - Earth Disneynature $8,554,000 $14,201,000 1 1804
6 4 Monsters vs. Aliens Paramount Pictures $8,524,000 $174,817,000 5 3358
7 2 State of Play Universal Pictures $6,891,000 $25,124,000 2 2807
8 3 Hannah Montana The Movie Buena Vista Pictures Distribution $6,372,000 $65,590,000 3 3231
9 5 Fast & Furious Universal Pictures $6,062,000 $145,224,000 4 3566
10 6 Crank High Voltage Lionsgate, Lakeshore International $2,400,000 $11,518,000 2 2223
11 9 I Love You, Man Paramount Pictures $1,936,000 $67,793,000 6 1563
12 8 Knowing Summit Entertainment, LLC, Sony Pictures Releasing $1,935,000 $76,772,000 6 1860