In the US: A $40m haul is the highest-grossing horror movie debut ever for the FRIDAY THE 13TH remake, in at #1... Isla Fisher's first starring role in CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC takes a decent $17m, but still has to settle for a #5 debut in a tough week... and Clive Owen bank-based thriller THE INTERNATIONAL is a box-office dud, taking a mere $10m...
US TOP 10
(-) 1. Friday The 13th $43.6m
(1) 2. He's Just Not That Into You $22.3m
(2) 3. Taken $21.8m
(3) 4. Coraline $18.9m
(-) 5. Confessions Of A Shopaholic $17.8m
(5) 6. Paul Blart: Mall Cop $13.6m
(4) 7. The Pink Panther 2 $10.8m
(-) 8. The International $10.7m
(7) 9. Slumdog Millionaire $8.71m
(6) 10. Push $7.98m
In the UK: Disney CGI animation BOLT zaps into #1... family comedy HOTEL FOR DOGS edges over the £1m barrier to get #5... there's not as much British love for Jason Vorhees, with the FRIDAY THE 13TH remake in at mid-chart #6... likewise music biopic NOTORIOUS... Steve Martin's PINK PANTHER 2 fails to make audiences laugh, in at #8... and Woody Allen's VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA breaks into the Top 10 in its second week, up 2 places to #9...
UK TOP 10
(-) 1. Bolt £5.4m
(3) 2. Slumdog Millionaire £1.8m
(2) 3. He's Just Not That Into You £1.78m
(1) 4. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button £1.77m
(-) 5. Hotel For Dogs £1.5m
(-) 6. Friday The 13th £1.19m
(-) 7. Notorious £1.11m
(-) 8. The Pink Panther 2 £821k
(11) 9. Vicky Cristina Barcelona £576k
(6) 10. My Bloody Valentine £412k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
Che: Part Two
Biopic. In 1964, Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara travels to New York City to address the U.N.
Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Rodrigo Santoro, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria D. Sosa & Raul Beltran.
Tomatometer: 79% (Fresh; based on 29 reviews) "The second part of Soderbergh’s biopic is a dark, hypnotic and sometimes frustrating portrait of a warrior in decline, with a terrific central performance from Del Toro."
Confessions Of A Shopaholic
Rom-com. A college graduate becomes a New York journo to support her shopping addiction.
Director: P.J Hogan Starring: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow, Kristin Scott Thomas & Leslie Bibb
US Box Office: $19 million
Tomatometer: 22% (Rotten; based on 122 reviews) "This middling romantic comedy underutilizes a talented cast and delivers muddled messages on materialism and conspicuous consumption."
Gran Torino
Crime drama. A disgruntled Korean War vet sets out to reform his neighbour, a young Hmong teen, who tried to steal his Gran Torino.
Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Halsey, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker & Brian Howe.
US Box Office: $130 million
Tomatometer: 79% (Fresh; based on 186 reviews) "Though a minor entry in Eastwood's body of work, Gran Torino is nevertheless a humorous, touching, and intriguing old-school parable."
Push
Superhero thriller. A group of US ex-pats with telekinetic/clairvoyant abilities are in hiding from a clandestine US government agency tasked with capturing them.
Director: Paul McGuigan Starring: Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Djimon Hounsou, Brandon Rhea, Camilla Belle & Chris Ford.
US Box Office: $21 million
Tomatometer: 23% (Rotten; based on 96 reviews) "The sci-fi thriller Push is visually flashy but hyperkinetic and convoluted."
