Box Office: $24.8 Million for Nicolas Cage and Knowing

Posted by John Cairns (jcairns@filmschoolrejects.com) on March 22, 2009

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Well, I wish I had some of that ability to look into the future that Nicolas Cage has, because then I would get a lot more of my predictions right. Knowing won the weekend with a haul of $24.8 million.

Meanwhile, based on this weekend’s box office for I Love You, Man, I think it’s safe to say the “bromantic” comedy is in the same sort of box-office state as the romantic comedy: comatose. Although, you know, $18 million isn’t bad, and it would have been an upset if this movie had won the weekend, anyway. But I thought that once the buzz got going from the Friday screenings, people might flock to this movie on Saturday and Sunday and give this flick the box office title.

Shows you what I know. Maybe moviegoers — guys, especially — think the whole notion of “bromance” and of straight males “going on a man date” is a silly idea to begin with. There is nothing wrong with being a “girlfriend guy” or wanting to be around girls. Maybe that’s why this movie remained stuck in second place this weekend.

Moviegoers weren’t listening to the reviewers, that’s for sure. I Love You, Man had a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 82 percent, and it still finished second. By contrast, Knowing had a rating of 25 percent, and the fools in middle America still found a way to put Nicolas Cage on top of the box office.

Why should I be surprised?? Oh, and Duplicity raked in $14 million, but I’m not the least bit surprised at that, either.

The damages:

  1. Knowing $24,814,000
  2. I Love You, Man $18,005,000
  3. Duplicity $14,402,000
  4. Race to Witch Mountain $13,004,000
  5. Watchmen $6,725,000
  6. The Last House on the Left (2009) $5,921,000
  7. Taken $4,100,000
  8. Slumdog Millionaire $2,700,000
  9. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail $2,510,000
  10. Coraline $2,143,000

By the way, Watchmen took another big drop by 62.3 percent. Sixty two percent! Good grief, that’s terrible. This movie has been dropping like a rock ever since it opened.

That’s all for now. Next weekend we should see plenty of excitement over Monsters vs. Aliens. Fun stuff. See you then.


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  • Nothing beats a movie when saving man kind is involved. Look at all the movies where that is the premise and you have yourself a hit.
  • Scanain
    'Knowing' was alright - not spectacular but an enjoyable popcorn flick. Sure Nic Cage hams it up but you know what your getting and go anyway.

    Will try catch 'I love you, man' over the next couple of weeks on the basis of the cast alone.

    Watchmen regardless of everything is a very enjoyable film. I liked it more than anyone I know who hasn't read the comics, and enjoyed it as much as my friends that have.

    People who have read the comics will have a pre disposition to the style and genre regardles.
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