Sahara
It has been twice proven now that moviegoers love
treasure adventures. We first had National Treasure, which, in
the face of par reviews, did amazing at the box-office. And now we have
Sahara,
a film, starring Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Dayna Cussler,
and William H. Macy, that was able to beat out the wonderfully dark film
Sin City.
April 8-10 Weekend Box Office 2005
BoxOfficeMojo
just released the estimate for this weekend's box-office report. I had a
feeling it was going to be close between Sin City and Sahara,
but in the end it was Sahara that came out on top. I guess not
being an 'R' rated film can really help when it comes to box-office numbers.
[April weekend box-office report below]
| TW |
LW |
Title |
Weekend |
Theaters |
Total |
Week |
| 1 |
- |
Sahara |
$18,500,000 |
3,154 |
$18,500,000 |
1 |
| 2 |
1 |
Sin City |
$14,115,000 |
3,230 |
$50,723,000 |
2 |
| 3 |
- |
Fever Pitch |
$13,000,000 |
3,267 |
$13,000,000 |
1 |
| 4 |
3 |
Guess Who |
$7,100,000 |
3,064 |
$51,103,000 |
3 |
| 5 |
2 |
Beauty Shop |
$7,100,000 |
2,659 |
$26,416,000 |
2 |
| 6 |
4 |
Robots |
$4,650,000 |
2,713 |
$111,038,000 |
5 |
| 7 |
5 |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous |
$4,125,000 |
3,011 |
$37,473,000 |
3 |
| 8 |
6 |
The Pacifier |
$3,033,000 |
2,375 |
$100,482,000 |
6 |
| 9 |
7 |
The Ring Two |
$2,900,000 |
2,407 |
$72,312,000 |
4 |
| 10 |
8 |
The Upside of Anger |
$2,600,000 |
1,151 |
$12,356,000 |
5 |
| 11 |
9 |
Hitch |
$1,700,000 |
1,478 |
$173,762,000 |
9 |
| 12 |
10 |
Ice Princess |
$1,461,000 |
1,419 |
$20,896,000 |
4 |
Unfortunately, I was so busy that I did not have time to catch Sahara
this weekend. So, my next three film reviews should be Sahara,
Kung Fu Hustle,
and Oldboy.
Stay tuned for updates.
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