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21Sep2008

Box Office - 'Lakeview Terrace' Wins Easily

DateSunday, September 21, 2008 at 10:35AM
In case you're wondering, 59-year-old Samuel L. Jackson is not the oldest actor to have a number one movie. Though he's a little older than Ron Perlman, Hellboy II opened at number one just two months ago, but The Bucket List had two guys in their 70s - Nicholson and Freeman - and it was number one less than ten months ago.

So, it wasn't a record or anything. At least not on that count. It was, however, the biggest debut ever for director Neil LaBute, who scored his first number one opening. Over the three days, Lakeview Terrace earned $15.6 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

It was not as strong a frame as we had last weekend; The four new releases were staggered throughout the top ten, and last week's first-place finisher, Burn After Reading had a strong enough carryover to land in second place with just over $11 million.

Dane Cook continued to his trend of not performing well enough to be a movie star. If you combine the box office of his first two comedies with the opening weekend for My Best Friend's Girl, the total is only $72 million, and that's with notable female leads in each film. My Best Friend's Girl did manage a third-place landing, but the movie will no doubt fizzle out within a couple of weeks.

Still, Cook probably wouldn't want to trade places with Ricky Gervais. The well-reviewed Ghost Town didn't make much of an impression on audiences, generating only $5 million in ticket sales.

The Top Five:

1 - Lakeview Terrace ($15.6 million)
2 - Burn After Reading ($11.3 million)
3 - My Best Friend's Girl ($8.3 million)
4 - Igor ($8 million)
5 - Righteous Kill ($7.7 million)

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