Box Office
Box Office Report May1-3: Wolverine Plugs The “Leaks” With Cash!
20th Century Fox was so concerned that the early leak of their “cash cow” film ‘X-Men Origins:Wolverine’ would reflect on the opening box office they be gan a major spin control promo campaign (Alternate Endings, Missing Footage, etc.). All was unneccesary as the film clawed its way (easily) to the number one spot at this weekends box office. X-Men Origins:Wolverine brought in a mutant figure of $87 million., falling $15 million  short of Marvel’s 08 smash ‘Iron Man’. An after though from the weekend would be the Matthew McConneghy romantic comedy ‘Ghost of Girlfriends Past’ which claimed the number 2 spot with $15 million. I’m sure alot were turn aways from sold out wolverine screenings. Here is how the rest of the top ten split the crumbs from last weekend:
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine                               $87,000,000
- Ghost Of Girlfriends Past                                  $15,325,000
- Obsessed                                                              $12,200,000
- 17 Again                                                               $ 6,355,000
- Monsters Vs. Aliens                                           $ 5,800,000
- The Soloist                                                           $ 5,600,000
- Earth                                                                   $ 4,184,000
- Fighting                                                                $ 4,173,000
- Hanna Montana The Movie                              $ 4,075,000
- State Of Play                                                      $ 3,655,000
Our hairy clawed mutant’s stay at the top won’t “live long or prosper” with the crew of the Starship Enterprise beaming ‘Star Trek’Â into theaters this weekend. Early reports on this website have it possibly being the first film of the summer to break 100 million. I guess we will find out when I see you at the theaters this weekend!
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