BOM
1 OPEN SEASON $1,755,827 -75.5% $25,380,375
2 THE GUARDIAN $1,350,640 -70.6% $19,356,704
3 JACKASS: NUMBER TWO $1,276,413 -68.5% $53,347,135
4 SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS $595,702 -71.8% $9,198,035
5 JET LI'S FEARLESS $442,000 -69.8% $18,509,000
6 GRIDIRON GANG $326,452 -71.7% $33,584,759
7 THE ILLUSIONIST $232,000 -67.7% $31,610,000
8 FLYBOYS $217,493 -64.7% $10,164,462
9 THE BLACK DAHLIA $190,855 -66.1% $20,933,465
10 LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE $159,624 -67% $53,293,265

11 ALL THE KING'S MEN $134,123 -65.2% $6,364,711
12 EVERYONE'S HERO $130,577 -67.4% $13,438,336
13 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP $114,704 -64.2% $1,730,956

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

SBD
1. OPEN SEASON SONY 3,833 1,725,000 450 n/a 25,350,000
2. GUARDIAN, THE BVI 3,241 1,330,000 410 n/a 19,330,000
3. JACKASS: NUMBER TWO PARAMOUNT 3,063 1,280,000 418 -46% 53,351,000
4. SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS MGM 3,004 610,000 203 n/a 9,212,000
5. JET LI'S FEARLESS (HUO YUAN JIA) FOCUS FEATURES 1,810 430,000 238 -39% 18,495,000
6. GRIDIRON GANG SONY 3,033 320,000 106 -26% 33,578,000
7. ILLUSIONIST, THE YARI FILM GROUP 1,319 225,000 171 -4% 31,603,000
8. FLYBOYS MGM 2,033 225,000 111 -44% 10,172,000
9. BLACK DAHLIA, THE UNIVERSAL 2,099 200,000 95 -39% 20,946,900
10. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE FOX SEARCHLIGHT 1,065 160,000 150 -11% 53,338,000
11. ALL THE KING'S MEN SONY 1,520 130,000 86 -49% 6,375,000
12. QUEEN, THE MIRAMAX 3 37,000 12,333 n/a 159,106
13. LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, THE FOX SEARCHLIGHT 4 20,200 5,050 n/a 163,452
14. AMERICAN HARDCORE SONY CLASSICS 1 3,200 3,200 78% 54,914

I don't understand what it is with these Jackass films. It's like the opposite of what a frontloaded fanboy film should be doing.

I think it's getting pretty good WOM, actually. I know a lot of people (who originally dismissed Jackass as "over") who are going to see it now because of what they've heard from their friends.

BOM Numbers. Lower Monday drops all around comparing to previous week.

Some schools had the day off for Yom Kippur. That should explain the lower-than-usual drops.

Jackass is a bit different to the typical frontloaded fanboy films because it gets the "did you see what they did with..." type of water cooler talk that generates curiosity and hence resembles good word of mouth.

Next Monday, we should see some lower drops, because of Columbus Day weekend.

some people actually get Tuesday off as well.

The Queen's pta is insane, though this could be another Syriana. Last King of Scotland is holding very well midweek numbers also with an above 5000 pta.

Maybe because it is the *definite* multiple viewings film...