I wish I had some happy news to report to you on Valentine’s Day, since I love you all so dearly, but the weekend box office numbers are pretty grim. The Adam Sandler vehicle JUST GO WITH IT landed the #1 spot with $31 million, and the 3D documentary JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER came in a close second at a little over $30 million. Rounding out the new releases were the animated feature GNOMEO AND JULIET at #3 and Kevin Macdonald’s THE EAGLE at a distant #4.
Christian E. Christiansen’s THE ROOMMATE, which came out on top last week, dropped to the #5 spot below all of the new releases, while last week’s second place, Alister Grierson’s SANCTUM, fell to #8. Each suffered a loss of about 45%. Mikael Håfström’s THE RITE was kicked out of the Top 10 and now sits at #11. Darren Aronofsky’s BLACK SWAN is still hanging in there at #14.
Not much to report on otherwise, since there were no new genre releases. At least last Valentine’s Day weekend we got THE WOLFMAN. Sure, it was a disappointment, but at least the option was there. Next week we’ll see how I AM NUMBER FOR and UNKNOWN can fare up against the new BIG MOMMAS movie.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
| 1. Just Go With It |
$ 31.0 Million | NEW |
| 2. Just Biber: Never Say Never |
$ 30.3 Million | NEW |
| 3. Gnomeo and Juliet |
$ 25.5 Million | NEW |
| 4. The Eagle | $ 8.6 Million | NEW |
| 5. The Roommate | $ 8.4 Million | $ 87.2 Million |
| 6. The King’s Speach |
$ 7.4 Million | $ 23.7 Million |
| 7. No Strings Attached |
$ 5.7 Million | $ 20.1 Million |
| 8. Sanctum |
$ 5.1 Million | $ 155 Million |
| 9. True Grit |
$ 3.8 Million | $ 45.7 Million |
| 10. The Green Hornet |
$ 3.6 Million | $ 95.9 Million |
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