Final District
In the US: Final Destination 4 narrowly keeps its #1 spot from Inglourious Basterds, with new release ALL ABOUT STEVE underperforming at #3 with $14.1m... while sci-fi actioner GAMER likewise failed to find much of an audience, in at #4 with £11m... and Mike Judge's latest movie, EXTRACT, quietly took $5m to debut at #9, although it should be noted that it wasn't a wide release...
US TOP 10
(1) 1. The Final Destination $15.3m
(2) 2. Inglourious Basterds $15m
(-) 3. All About Steve $14.1m
(-) 4. Gamer $11.2m
(4) 5. District 9 $9.11m
(6) 6. Julie & Julia $7.08m
(3) 7. Halloween II $6.87m
(5) 8. G.I Joe: The Rise Of Cobra $6.71m
(-) 9. Extract $5.51m
(7) 10. The Time Traveler's Wife $5.47m
In the UK: The excellently-reviewed DISTRICT 9 debuts at #1, although the marketing push wasn't so pronounced in the UK compared to the US, so the win wasn't quite as comfortable... but rom-com (500) DAYS OF SUMMER benefits from great word-of-mouth and US buzz to take #3 with a great £1.2m...
UK TOP 10
(-) 1. District 9 £2.2m
(1) 2. The Final Destination £1.9m
(-) 3. (500) Days Of Summer £1.2m
(2) 4. Inglourious Basterds £764k
(3) 5. Funny People £586k
(5) 6. Aliens In The Attic £498k
(4) 7. The Time Traveler's Wife £445k
(7) 8. G-Force £349k
(6) 9. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince £326k
(10) 10. Broken Embraces £215k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
ADVENTURELAND
Rom-com. A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Director: Greg Mottola Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Kelsey Ford & Michael Zegen
Tomatometer: 89% (Fresh; based on 183 reviews) "Full of humor and nostalgia, Adventureland is a sweet, insightful coming-of-age comedy that will resonate with teens and adults alike."
DORIAN GRAY
Fantasy drama. A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Director: Oliver Parker Starring: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Rebecca Hall, Ben Chaplin, Caroline Goodall & Fiona Shaw
Tomatometer: 23% (Rotten; based on 13 reviews) "Despite a lavish and polished production, Dorian Gray is tame and uninspired with a lifeless performance by Ben Barnes in the title role."
JULIE & JULIA
Comedy-drama biopic. Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.
Director: Nora Ephron Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina & Linda Emond
Tomatometer: 74% (Fresh; based on 179 reviews) "Boosted by Meryl Streep's charismatic performance as Julia Child, Julie and Julia is a light, but fairly entertaining culinary comedy."
MISS MARCH
Comedy. A young man awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart has since become a centerfold in one of the world's most famous men's magazines.
Director: Zach Cregger & Trevor Moore Starring: Zech Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Craig Robinson & Hugh Hefner
Tomatometer: 5% (Rotten; based on 64 reviesws) "Even by the modest standards of the teen sex comedy genre, the crass, poorly-made Miss March misses the mark."
SORORITY ROW
Horror thriller. A group of sorority sisters try to cover up the death of their house-sister after a prank gone wrong, only to be stalked by a serial killer.
Director: Stewart Hendler Starring: Adam Berry, Megan Wolfley, Rumer Willis, Robert Belushi, Marie Blanchard, Briana Evigan & Jamie Chung
Tomatometer: 33% (Rotten; based on 27 reviews)
WHITEOUT
Action thriller. U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko tracks a killer in Antarctica, as the sun is about to set for six months.
Director: Dominic Sena Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus Short, Alex O'Loughlin, Shawn Doyle & Joel S. Keller
Tomatometer: 2% (Rotten; based on 51 reviews)
