Hooray! Score 1 for Hand Drawn Animation 'Princess and the Frog' #1 At Box Office - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 12-13-2009, 07:27 PM

Disney’s The Princess and the Frog dominated the pre-holiday weekend with a $25 million nationwide debut, pushing the frame up over the same weekend last year. The 2-D animated flick introducing the first African-American princess Tiana proved to be a big hit with audiences, earning an A from exit pollster Cinemascore. It has now grossed close to $28 million including its $2 million from 2-week limited engagement and should be one of the highest-grossing movies of the upcoming holiday season. The studio was also able to bookend the top 5 with its well-playing holdover The Christmas Carol, which fell only 11% in its sixth week to $6.8 million.

Filling in the gaps were The Blind Side, which in the number two spot fell only 23% its fourth weekend in theaters. The Sandra Bullock crowd pleaser added $15.4 million to its $150 million total. The other new wide release of the frame, Clint Eastwood’s Invictus opened to a weak $9 million. But with an A- score from exit polls, the Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman-starrer is likely to play well in the weeks to come. Place four belonged to The Twilight Saga: New Moon which grossed an additional $8 million to push its astounding total at $267 million.

The top 12 was up 8% compared to last year at this time when The Day the Earth Stood Still debuted at $30 million. And the box office is sure to cross the $10 billion mark for the year next week when the behemoth Avatar from James Cameron opens worldwide next weekend. Hollywood and box office prognosticators everywhere will be closely watching how the expensive sci-fi extravaganza performs. Stay tuned.

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catlover79 · 12-14-2009, 01:34 AM

That's awesome.

Brian Damage · 12-14-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

That's awesome.

Agreed! This to me is GREAT news because it proves that hand drawn animation is still alive and kicking!

catlover79 · 12-14-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Agreed! This to me is GREAT news because it proves that hand drawn animation is still alive and kicking!

I agree - give me hand drawn over CGI ANY DAY!!

Liza · 12-14-2009, 08:23 PM

I went to see it on Saturday. That's right, $9 of that $25 million came from me

I loved it. Not an unusual formula, but I'm so happy to see Disney go back to hand-drawn fairy tales I really don't care. It's a worthy addition to the collection. Now I just have to wait until Rapunzel....

12-13-2009, 07:27 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Hooray! Score 1 for Hand Drawn Animation 'Princess and the Frog' #1 At Box Office Disney’s The Princess and the Frog dominated the pre-holiday weekend with a $25 million nationwide debut, pushing the frame up over the same weekend last year. The 2-D animated flick introducing the first African-American princess Tiana proved to be a big hit with audiences, earning an A from exit pollster Cinemascore. It has now grossed close to $28 million including its $2 million from 2-week limited engagement and should be one of the highest-grossing movies of the upcoming holiday season. The studio was also able to bookend the top 5 with its well-playing holdover The Christmas Carol, which fell only 11% in its sixth week to $6.8 million. Filling in the gaps were The Blind Side, which in the number two spot fell only 23% its fourth weekend in theaters. The Sandra Bullock crowd pleaser added $15.4 million to its $150 million total. The other new wide release of the frame, Clint Eastwood’s Invictus opened to a weak $9 million. But with an A- score from exit polls, the Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman-starrer is likely to play well in the weeks to come. Place four belonged to The Twilight Saga: New Moon which grossed an additional $8 million to push its astounding total at $267 million. The top 12 was up 8% compared to last year at this time when The Day the Earth Stood Still debuted at $30 million. And the box office is sure to cross the $10 billion mark for the year next week when the behemoth Avatar from James Cameron opens worldwide next weekend. Hollywood and box office prognosticators everywhere will be closely watching how the expensive sci-fi extravaganza performs. Stay tuned. http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/...crowned-queen/ Attached Images
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Liza BestYearsofOurLives Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 24, 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6,537	I went to see it on Saturday. That's right, $9 of that $25 million came from me I loved it. Not an unusual formula, but I'm so happy to see Disney go back to hand-drawn fairy tales I really don't care. It's a worthy addition to the collection. Now I just have to wait until Rapunzel....