Labor Day Weak End
September 2nd, 2008 Posted in film buzz
After a summer of Superheroes and super blockbusters, the Labor day weekend box office brought the season to an unofficial close with little more than a whimper. The top grossing movie Tropic Thunder pulled in a mere $14.3 to take the crown and boost it’s total to $86.6 million. Pulling up in 2nd place despite being maligned by it’s own director was The Hulk, oops I mean the latest Vin Diesel smash things movie, Babylon A.D. Apparently, viewers don’t mind watching the former bouncer shoot guns and beat up people if it’s a hot day out and they don’t want to think while enjoying air conditioning. It also goes to show you that one man’s failure is another man’s popcorn thrill ride.
Speaking of popcorn thrill rides, perhaps the most artistically viable one of the summer, The Dark Knight leapt over the $500 million mark making it the second top grossing movie of all time behind Titanic with a holiday intake of $11 Million. We’re not sure if come Oscar time how much attention it’s going to get, but it certainly deserves it more than that aforementioned chick flick that owns the all time top gross marks. It’s not often that a summer smash makes a dent during awards season, but that could all change thanks to both The Dark Knight and Wall-E, both of which have a chance to rack up some major award points when the time comes.
The rest of the weekend top five was rounded out by the Anna Faris comedy, The House Bunny and the Don Cheadle thriller, Traitor, neither of which were too far behind the top spot and still stand a chance to make a dent as part of the September landscape with precious few films slated for release next week.
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