Saturday
11Oct2008
Box Office - 'Quarantine' Surprise Leader On Friday
Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 12:41PM
Friday held a few surprises at the box office, with
Quarantine racing to an early weekend lead,
according to
Box Office Mojo. We predicted a third-place
weekend finish for the new horror movie, although based on its strong
performance yesterday, it may finish in second place.
The $5.3 million earned by Quarantine was nearly a million more than Chihuahua's total, but don't expect that lead to hold; the Disney flick is in 1,000 more theaters and will get family viewers, while Quarantine won't get many ticket buyers outside of its narrow young adult demo. For Body of Lies, a $4.3 million opening day is a bad sign; the film is on pace for maybe $13 or $14 million this weekend, which won't be good news for a movie with a $70 million price tag. Contrast that to the $12 million Quarantine, and the numbers begin to make more sense in a broader scope. It turns out that all the new releases not named Quarantine are off to slow starts. The Express finished outside the top five on Friday, and City of Ember didn't crack the top ten.
We'll have the full results from this strange weekend at the box office on Sunday morning.
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