Hollywood Deep

With all that went on this weekend, all the OJ developments and the Emmys, the weekend box office winner was overlooked. Warner Bros. captured the top spot with the vigilante thriller “The Brave One” last weekend grossing $13.5M. Jodie Foster’s film topped the charts bumping last weeks champ “3:10 to Yuma” to the runnerup spot. Billy Bob Thornton’s new comedy “Mr. Woodcock” opened respectably in third while the fantasy actioner “Dragon Wars” bowed to weak results in fourth place. “Superbad” showing long legs, hung in at #5.
“The Brave One” was the first number one hit of the year to be anchored by a woman. It could be followed by another next weekend when Milla Jovovich’s action sequel “Resident Evil: Extinction” attacks.

My favorite Jodie Foster movie is “Taxi Driver”, she was about 15 years old when she did that one, but for me it was still her best. “The Accused” was also very good along with “Silence of the Lambs” and “Contact”, but the rest of her movies kind of sucked. This one looks only OK, a vigilante on the loose fighting crime on the streets, and it’s a woman. “Death Wish” with a chick, I don’t think this one will be around long. Foster has a great reputation as being a top professional film making actress. I expect this movie, if anything is well acted by her and has some quality to it. I don’t think, however, that she always makes good script choices. She constantly seems to want to play these tough girl roles, I think her fans may be a bit tired of them.
It was nice to see “3:10 to YUMA” hang tough though, with a second place showing, losing only about 35% of its audience from last weekend. Might bode well for Brad Pitt’s JESSE JAMES, another Western that is getting good buzz.

To be honest last weekend was tough for the box office, the week after Labor Day. Look for more quality films, critically acclaimed, but not huge box office hits, to be released as the awards get closer.
…DEEP!

Weekend Box Office

1. “The Brave One”, $13.5 million
2. “3:10 to Yuma”, $8.9 million
3. “Mr. Woodcock”, $8.8 million
4. “Superbad”, $5.1 million
5. “Dragon Wars”, $5 million

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“Resident Evil Extinction” Theatrical Trailer

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