1 MARLEY & ME FOX 3,505 9,710,000 2,770 -30% 92,210,250
2 BEDTIME STORIES DISNEY 3,684 8,595,000 2,333 -14% 73,695,000
3 CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, THE PARAMOUNT 2,988 7,055,000 2,361 -30% 67,757,996
4 YES MAN WARNER BROS. 3,434 5,560,000 1,619 -6% 71,177,577
5 VALKYRIE MGM 2,778 5,465,000 1,967 -33% 51,996,000
6 SEVEN POUNDS SONY 2,758 3,985,000 1,445 -16% 54,063,000
7 TALE OF DESPEREAUX, THE UNIVERSAL 3,091 2,870,000 929 -9% 39,669,120
8 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE FOX 2,337 1,945,000 832 -30% 71,409,426
9 DOUBT MIRAMAX 1,287 1,865,000 1,449 -1% 15,617,000
10 TWILIGHT SUMMIT 1,888 1,800,000 953 n/a 173,840,000
11 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE FOX SEARCHLIGHT 612 1,695,000 2,770 +15% 25,704,000
12 BOLT DISNEY 1,729 1,325,000 766 n/a 107,925,000

GRAN TORINO 1.0 (+32%; $11,905 PTA from 84 theaters)
MILK 0.65 (+13%; $2,104 PTA from 309 theaters)
FROST/NIXON 0.51 (+7%; $2,468 PTA from 205 theaters)
THE WRESTLER 0.16 (+22%; $8,667 PTA from 18 theaters)
DEFIANCE 39,100 (new; $19,550 PTA from 2 theaters)
GOOD 2,800 (new; $1,400 PTA from 2 theaters)

THE READER 0.54 ($1,344 PTA from 398 theaters)
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD 0.34 ($8,947 PTA from 38 theaters)

http://www.showbizdata.com/dailybox.cfm
http://www.boxofficeguru.com/010309.htm

A lot of great numbers all around. I wish Christmas break didn't have to end. The numbers this year are at their most exciting.

I think that means that we won't have a single 200 mln. movie this fall and winter. Marley should have really outstanding holds in January to reach that mark.

According to MCN TWILIGHT made it back into the Top Ten!

Marley and Me 9.6 3505 -31% 92.1
Bedtime Stories 8.6 3684 -15% 73.7
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 7.1 2988 -30% 67.7
Yes Man 5.5 3434 -8%. 71.1
Valkyrie 5.4 3778 -34% 52.2
Seven Pounds 3.9 2758 -18%. 54
The Tale of Despereaux 2.8 3091 -12%. 39.5
The Day the Earth Stood Still 1.9 2337 -32% 71.4
Doubt 1.8 1287 .-3% 15.5
Twilight 1.8 1888 11% 174.1
Also Debuting
Defiance 39,100 2 . 39,100
Good 2,800 2 . 2,800

http://www.moviecitynews.com/

Well, I think Marley & Me will crawl past $200 million.

Benjamin Button has a chance if it wins Best Picture...

SBD agrees, TWILIGHT is back in the Top Ten!

1. MARLEY & ME FOX 3,505 9,710,000 2,770 -30% 92,210,250
2. BEDTIME STORIES DISNEY 3,684 8,595,000 2,333 -14% 73,695,000
3. CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, THE PARAMOUNT 2,988 7,055,000 2,361 -30% 67,757,996
4. YES MAN WARNER BROS. 3,434 5,560,000 1,619 -6% 71,177,577
5. VALKYRIE MGM 2,778 5,465,000 1,967 -33% 51,996,000
6. SEVEN POUNDS SONY 2,758 3,985,000 1,445 -16% 54,063,000
7. TALE OF DESPEREAUX, THE UNIVERSAL 3,091 2,870,000 929 -9% 39,669,120
8. DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE FOX 2,337 1,945,000 832 -30% 71,409,426
9. DOUBT MIRAMAX 1,287 1,865,000 1,449 -1% 15,617,000
10. TWILIGHT SUMMIT 1,888 1,800,000 953 n/a 173,840,000
11. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE FOX SEARCHLIGHT 612 1,695,000 2,770 15% 25,704,000
12. BOLT DISNEY 1,729 1,325,000 766 n/a 107,925,000

http://www.showbizdata.com/dailybox.cfm

First posted updated with everything.

Benjamin Button did drop a little harder. Look like a $18m weekend.

After this weekend Marley will have about 107-108 mln. which is already 33 mln. behind Night at the Museum and the gap will only grow. Nearly 50 mln. behind National Treasure 2 from last year.

Marley & Me's 30% drop is reasonable. Looking like a $25M second weekend. Bedtime Stories is doing great too, it could see a $150M final total if it holds well in January.

Benjamin Button is continuing to amaze me. I didn't think $100M would be such an easy thing to do for a movie like this but it proved me wrong.

Valkyrie is still very solid, $100M is still a possibility (although it seems likelier to top out in the $90M range).

Yes Man has picked up the pace after its only OK start.

Seven Pounds looks headed for about $75M. Somehow.

Twilight has become a late-in-the-game leggy surprise.

Doubt is hanging in there, $40-45M is possible with award nominations.

Slumdog Millionaire is still doing brilliant numbers, I'm baffled as to why its theater count was decreased.

Gran Torino is massive as well, I still think it can do $20M wide next weekend.

The Reader isn't expanding very well but Revolutionary Road looks more promising.

But there's pretty much no family competition for it in January and if it gets close enough (=$195 million) it'll be pushed beyond.

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?s ... -02&p=.htm

According to BOM, Gran Torino went UP!!! Fuck, its Friday PTA in 84 theatres is almost identical to its PTA on its first Friday when it played in 6 theatres...

There is no spinning.
Marley, Button, Bedtime, Valkyrie, Yes Man & 7Pounds are completely underwhelming compared to:
2007: I Am Legend, Alvin and the Chipmunks, National Treasure 2
2006: Night at the Museum
2005: Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong
2004: Meet the Fockers
2003: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
All of which cleared 200m. LOTR is the only which can be discounted but the others can't.
This leads me to believe that when the schedule falls as it does in 03 and again in 08 the grosses suck. I think if we had 2007s dates with 2008s movies Marley would cross 200m easily.

I just wanted to point this out because people said that we were in for great increases etc because the 25th was a Thursday HOWEVER I waited and the grosses were quite shitty. Either than OD they kept falling like mad. So no these movies are failures compared to previous years. In terms of budget and premise they are successes but they are in no way comparable to other years grosses. So next time Christmas falls on a Thursday, NO SPINNING, the grosses will suck.

When did we last have four potential $100+ million grossers released on the same weekend?

It's still the weakest December in years.
And if something like IAL can gross 63% of 4 movies combined it's weak.
And it's only IAL.

I guess there are different ways to see it. This November/December will end up giving us 9-11 $100+ million grossers (depending on whether Valkyrie and Slumdog Millionaire can make it too).

Last year we had 7 $100 million grossers and 4 of them from December. They were just bigger overall, but 2008 managed to produce more big hits, less huge ones in the winter.

November 2008 clearly owned November 2007 with Twilight, Madagascar 2, Quantum of Solace, Bolt, Four Christmases and Slumdog Millionaire (which will take in $80+ million) vs. Enchanted, American Gangster and Bee Movie.

December 2007 was bigger with I Am Legend, National Treasure 2, Juno and Alvin, that's true, but 2008 has a chance to deliver more $100 milion grossers if Valkyrie makes it. It's just that the biggies this year were in November it seems.

This makes absolutely no sense. Business was up from 2007 over the Christmas weekend, and business was up this weekend over 2008.