| Rank | Movie | Weekend | Theaters | Average | Total | Budget |
| 1 | The Final Destination | $12.4 mil | 3,121 | $3,984 | $47.5 mil | $40 |
| 2 | All About Steve | $11.2 mil | 2,251 | $4,976 | $11.2 mil | ---- |
| 3 | Inglourious Basterds | $10.8 mil | 3,358 | $3,230 | $91.0 mil | $70 |
| 4 | Gamer | $9.0 mil | 2,502 | $3,597 | $9.0 mil | ---- |
| 5 | District 9 | $7.0 mil | 3,139 | $2,230 | $101.2 mil | $30 |
| 6 | Halloween II | $5.6 mil | 3,088 | $1,816 | $25.6 mil | $15 |
| 7 | Julie & Julia | $5.2 mil | 2,528 | $2,057 | $78.8 mil | $40 |
| 8 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $5.1 mil | 2,846 | $1,792 | $139.4 mil | $175 |
| 9 | The Time Traveler’s Wife | $4.2 mil | 2,803 | $1,504 | $54.5 mil | $39 |
| 10 | Extract | $4.1 mil | 1,611 | $2,599 | $4.1 mil | ---- |
I never really got the Final Destination franchine. The Spirit of Death gets pissed because some psychic kid is screwing up its schedule so it tries balancing the books in the most creative and gruesome ways possible? How did this not go straight to dvd?
All About Steve was an absolute shit romantic comedy. My girlfriend even apologized for making me take her to see it. I generally like Sandra Bullock, but this movie gets lumped with Forces of Nature as one of her worst.
I have no desire to see 9. Sorority Row and Whiteout don't look that good, so I doubt I'll be heading to the theater this weekend.That's ok though since it's opening weekend for the NFL.
GI Joe's take still hasn't reached it's budget? When the overseas and DVD numbers are added I'm sure it will, but it's got to be a disappointment for the studio.
Perhaps they percieved too much competition earlier in the summer? If you had a choice of releasing your film in July on the same weekend as one or more other films that would compete for the same audience or on a weekend in August that you could have to yourself, which would you choose?
The suits probably thought that since Transformers raked in the money, G.I. Joe would, too. Snappy slogan...check. Beloved 80s cartoon...check. Successful toy lines...check. It's got to be as big of a hit as Transformers. All we have to do is throw a lot of money at it for all of the special effects!
I'm sure when all is said and done, between box office money, DVDand toy lines, G.I. Joe will end up in the black. I don't think it's going to be a multi-film franchise like the studio envisioned.
Jarrod, it's a good question...Why release a $175 million movie in August. And, in addition to that...why give the movie $175 million dollar budget in the first place. Successful movies based on childhood cartoons and TV shows have been spotty at best. The success of Transformers is the exception, not the rule.
Oh please, don't blame Paramount for releasing Gi Joe in August, blame them for hiring Stephen Sommers and releasing Gi Joe period! The movie by all accounts is shit and it wouldn't have done any better released some other time.
Check it, Bourne Ultimatum was released in August, had a budget over $100 and grossed over $220 million. Why? Cuase it owned and Joe didn't.
Stephen Sommers last crapfest before Gi Joe, Van Helsing had a huge budget and a May release, movie still failed stateside cause it sucked. Don't matter what month you give Sommers, he fails cause he delivers crap.
Damn it Jarrod! Why did you delete your comments? Now ours don't make sense.
The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Deep Rising all extremely fun films, The Jungle Book another fun film.
Sommers and Michael Bay rule when it comes to fun movies. I just watched Armaggedon yesterday, I'd forgotten how good that was
I don't want to hear criticism from people that praise VanDamme's films. I like JCV's early films but they're not any smarter and in fact are pretty dumb even by Bay or Sommer's standards but they are fun as well
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I was kind of expecting for Gamer to do alittle better. I didn't see it but I'll wait for it to come out on TV. I think Gerard Butler needs a better agent. He desevers better movies than the ones he's been doing lately.