Weekend Box Office - Vantage Point Triumphs Over Fart Jokes

[Tyler Lovemark]

The ensemble thriller Vantage Point opened at the top of the heap this weekend with 24m in estimated gross.  While it certainly doesn't look to be any Run Lola Run or Hero, the movie does look to be a nice break from the winter romcoms and Jumper.

The Jack Black comedy Be Kind, Rewind opened with a decent 4.1m, given the limited number of theaters showing it.  When the movie comes out for purchase, it will be the first in years to be released exclusively on VHS.  Not really.

The comedies Witless Protection and Charlie Bartlett both performed well below what the studios hoped for, earning 2.1m and 1.8m, respectively.  Hopefully the reception of the Larry the Cable Guy vehicle  will finally show producers that good comedy is not dependent on number of fart jokes.

[1] Vantage Point -- $24,000,000 (NEW)
[2] Jumper -- $12,650,000
[3] The Spiderwick Chronicles -- $12,600,000
[4] Step Up 2 the Streets -- $9,787,000
[5] Fool's Gold -- $6,270,000
[6] Definitely Maybe -- $5,184,000
[7] Be Kind, Rewind -- $4,100,000 (NEW)
[8] Juno -- $4,100,000
[9] Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins -- $3,989,000
[10] There Will Be Blood -- $2,561,000
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[13] Witless Protection -- $2,190,000 (NEW)
[14] Charlie Bartlett -- $1,820,000 (NEW)
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[36] The Counterfeiters -- $100,000 (NEW)
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[47] The Duchess of Langeais -- $22,500 (NEW)

_{By Sulphix
source: http://boxofficemojo.com/}