- Coen Bros."burn" competition!!!
NAS = Not-a-sequel // NAR = Not-a-remake // Fr = Franchise sequel
1.[NEW] Burn After Reading (Focus)-$19.4 mill
Engagements:2,651
2.[NEW] Tyler Perry's** (NAS-NAR/Lionsgate)-$18.0 mill
Engagements:2,070 | $18.0 million | 1 [**The Family That Preys]
3.[NEW] Righteous Kill (NAS-NAR/Overture)...$16.5 mill
Engagements:3,152
This segment courtesy of BoxOfficeMojo.com
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Coen's 'Burn' heats up box office/New releases perform strong in crowded frame
Ethan and Joel Coen’s farce “Burn After Reading” led a vibrant boom at the fall box office, debuting to an estimated $19.4 million from 2,651 theaters to give the siblings and Focus Features their biggest opening gross ever.
In an unprecedented showing for this time of year, “Burn” and the three other new wide releases--Lionsgate’s “Tyler Perry’s the Family that Preys,” Overture’s “Righteous Kill” and Picturehouse’s “The Women”--all performed strongly for such a crowded marketplace dominated by adult-skewing films.
Frame was up as much as 35% over the same weekend a year ago.
This despite mixed reviews (IN YOUR FACE, naysayers) for “Burn” and poor reviews for “Righteous” and “Women.” Tyler’s films generally aren’t screened for critics, since he’s got such a solid fan base (PULL-EEZ, like they even read reviews by white critics, just show the damn movies in advance, will ya).
Box office observers said the star power of “Burn,” “Righteous” and “Women” was enough to overcome unimpressive notices. Brad Pitt (gimme me a break) (<--the real stars worth watching).
Only three other Coen brother films have opened wide--”The Big Lebowski,” “The Ladykillers” and “Intolerable Cruelty.” Latter two opened to roughly $12 million. made the defining difference for “Burn,” which also toplines George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich
TOP STORY By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK (parenthetical comments are Reel's)
This segment courtesy of Variety.com