US box office goes Chicken
Disney’s Little launches at number one
Even a better-than-expected opening for both Chicke♛n Little and Jarhead couldn’t halt the now🍸-traditional panic that the sky is falling on the US box office.
Still, there was good news for Disney, which saw Chicken Little grab $40.1 million despite some dodgy reviews. And for all the Mouse House’s celebrations, Little’s success was small fry compared to Pixar’s The Incredibles, which de💜buted last year to a $70 million opening weekend.
Universal were also chuffed with Jarhead, as Jake Gyllenhaal and his Marine mates maꦛnaged to storm into second place with $28.8 million. Both of the top two launched $10 million ahead of studio expectations. "Immediately after Halloween, whatever it is, people's mind-set turns to movies," said Chuck Viane, Head of Dist🔯ribution for Disney. "There's such anticipation for Potter, Narnia and Kong. There are some monstrously big openings ahead of us."
Saw II had its box office returns sliced down to $17.2 million, although the film’s producers, Lion’s Gate, will still be happy with its $65 million total on two weeks of release. News wasn’t so good for Nicolas Cage’s latest out🔯ing, The Weather Man, which has so far taken only $8.7 million. If the weather hasn’t brought good fortune to Cage, maybe Wicker will – as in his remake of The Wicker Man, which is due next year…
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