Weekend Estimates: Lakeview Terrace High Point in Ordinary Weekend
September 21, 2008
The Fall Season is very much in full swing now.
Three of the four new releases opened with less than $10 million, and total ticket sales look headed for less than $100 million.
The one bright spot was Lakeview Terrace, which opened with a decent $15.6 million, according to Sony's Sunday estimate.
Burn After Reading fell 40% in its second week to finish in second place with $11.3 million.
My Best Friend's Girl was the best of the rest among the openers.
It managed a soft $8.3 million.
Igor pulled in $8 million -- not much, but it might yet prove to be good counter-programming in a slow time of year for family films.
Finally, Ghost Town picked up $5.2 million from 1,505 theaters, and will probably fade fairly quickly, in spite of good word of mouth.
Filed under: Weekend Estimates, Lakeview Terrace, Igor, My Best Friend's Girl, Ghost Town, Chu Chu and the Philly Flash