‘Wanted’ Breaks Box Office Records
The Angelina Jolie action thriller Wanted scored the best opening ever for an R-rated film released in June and the 6th best opening of all time for any R-rated pic, according to Variety.
The film, which also starred James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman, placed No. 2 at the box office this past weekend behind the endearing toon Wall-E.
At $23.1 million, Wall-E scored the biggest opening-day gross of all nine Pixar films and raked in an estimated $62.5 million for the weekend. Wanted soared beyond expectations, pulling in a whopping $51.1 million.
FYI: If you haven’t seen Wanted yet, you get to see Angie’s derrière in all its glory for a mere split-second.








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awsome movie. angie is amazing !
HEY JILL - BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
Saw it - Loved it!!! Angelina, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman & the rest of the cast were all great!
Yeep!!!! ((((happy dance)))))) :D :D
From the previous thread…
# 668 jess0 @ 06/29/2008 at 8:31 am
6,000 children die every day in Africa just because of dirty water and X is pimping dumbwater. That’s just disgusting.
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“Digusting” and X go hand-in-hand. The other day I was reading a story on the late George Carlin and it talked about one of his latest routines and his disgust with the bottled water industry and in particular all these celebs being snapped with bottled water. He said, and I paraphrase, “When did we become so shallow that we had to carry around personal hydration systems? GET A DRINK BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE!” I was ROTFLMAO, but at the same time I was thinking about the bottle of water I carry everywhere! LOL. It’s just a Propel Fitness Water bottle filled with tap water…but still… I DID buy the bottled water. I bought it for the bottle not the water…but…in the end…I STILL bought the bottled water. I think it’s time to go to Wal-mart and find a sports bottle or something like that.
I agree with not exagerating the expectation for the birth of the babies. It is great that they are having them and all, but the craziness and publicity is too much, they do not get to live more normal lives due to this.
I hope they are healthy babies and an easy delivery, they deserve that since they are good persons who do a lot, but the tabs and papz are feeding and milking this for their own benefit.
Congrats to Wanted, and I’m still expecting it in my country!
Cant wait to see it!
it’s an awesome action movie with an awful plot, i mena really really horrendous, way stupid
83rd!!!! Loved the movie. Love Angie. Love Angie Love Angie Love Angie. Enough Said!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!! This is fantastic!!! I love love love this movie, and I love Angelina! And haters - they can not stand the fact that Angelina is true movie star! And that Aniston is the worst actress in the world, and that her movie is going to be on DVD!
Angelina was ok in it, but this was not her movie. It belongs to James. He ruled in every scene he was in.
Great looking movie, can’t wait to see it next week.
Angie is beautiful.
Hold on, Angie! I’m getting there as fast as I can! Tonight at 9:30. Hope my ticket counts for the week-end.
Hi to fans. So happy we can celebrate this success.
wobbler30, why would you think Brad fans would be upset or feel slighted? I promise that is not the case at all. Brad and Angie add to one another’s fame and fortune, never otherwise.
Good afternoon to all the BAMPZS+2 fans. bdj, are you going on vacation for two weeks? Please know I will miss your informative articles. One of the reasons I enjoy JJ is amongst all of the AJ/BP news and the troll b*llsh*t information/news is dispensed. I know you are not the only one sharing info. But you are the most consistent.
Oh I am sorry. Happy birthday vickiefromtexas.
guli, you will be leaving in a couple of days also? I pray your vacation goes well and you have a good time. Who will post videos when you are gone? MF seems to be missing in action. Preggy Jolie no longer posts. We don’t even get pictures like we use to. Lady G was great at posting pictures. I miss the videos and the pictures. IMHO they help to brighten up the thread and help to break up some of the silliness from the trolls.
I hope the videos makers will return as well as the picture posters. IMHO the thread use to be a good mix of information, opinions, creativity, and supporting the joliepitts. We don’t have to defend as strongley as we once did because, the world is beginning to see what we saw lo those four years ago. These little trolls that still post here on a daily basis are the scum at the bottom of the pond. They should be ignored and never mistaken as a challenge for intlligent discussion.
I am so happy for Wanted. $51mil and Wall E only about $10mil more even though it played in more theaters and had a G rating. Wanted wasn’t even listed on some of the most anticipated movies for summer lists.
I am sure it surprised some people, but not Angie’s fans. I think we all knew or at least felt it would do well. How many dollars? I don’t think any of us attached a dollar amount to it. But we knew it would do well. Two movies in the top 5. What female star can say that? Maybe there is one who also had two top 5 hits, but can’t recall who it was. If anyone knows please tell me as I would like to know also.
Well maybe in the next couple of weeks we will have some more good news. Maybe the twins will be here and will we have to come up with a new name. Challenges never cease. This is going to be good summer for BAMPZS+2 fans. Plus Brad has the Venice FF in August. If Angie is well she will probably go which will mean more pittp*rn and more photo ops.
Oh, I just want to add this. Don’t you think Angie would make a good director? It was her idea give Fox less dialogue. Also the director said she had some good ideas about the character. Also didn’t Brad say that she helped with some of the editing in TAOJJ? And in MMS she had some ideas and suggestions. I just think she seems to have an instinct for what makes a movie works. Just an opinion. Peace
~Awesome. I enjoyed every second of Wanted. I will see it again with my husband. I saw it with my Hen friends hahahahhaa, We were six deep. And all of of us enjoyed it . Angie was Killing. Common,Common,cumming, all of us agree that he is a hot piece of work.
Peace~
I saw the 10:40 showing this morning and it was packed. I loved it and so did everyone else. The litte boy sitting in front of me was having the time of his life.
I am so glad Wanted did great at the box office.
The people who live to hate Angelina are SO predictable. If Wanted had done badly it would have been all Angelina’s fault. But since it did really well they are delusional and think the success has nothing to do with Angelina.
# 682 sarah @ 06/29/2008 at 9:50 am
BTW - here’s how you can tell Ted’s BI that not so blind is obviosly supposed to be Angelina ain’t true…Michael Musto of the Village Voice has NEVER had this BI. And that guy knows EVERYTHING. If it’s smut, Musto knows it. A few months back he did a column that had like 40 BIs in it. He’s got a way of wording them that’s hilarious. Like Ted he’s gay…but he doesn’ feel the need to do all that cutesy made-up-words shite. Musto’s got connections on both coasts and knows more dirt than just about any gossip around. And while he can be mean and biting…he’s courted sought the spotlight the way Ted does. So if Musto ever has a similar BI…then you’ll know it’s true. Otherwise it’s just Ted being mean because the J-Ps kick his ass by disproving every piece of garbage he’s ever written about them. B#tch is bitter like a mofo.
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So if Musto comes out with a similar BI, you would believe it then? I don’t really believe in BI. I ran into that Ben W. guy few years back and I asked him about it and he said most of the time he makes it up to fill the space and he exaggerates alot.
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Will I believe Ted’s BI if Michael Musto comes out with a similar one? Uh…no. What I’m saying though is that Musto knows all the gossip and in the last few years he’s said nothing or intimated nothing about Angie having a heroin problem. Not even when Page Six had the same BI as Ted - almost 6 months before Ted. Page Six had that BI in early Feb just after Angie’s mother died. Ted C used the exact same BI in Aug or Sep 2007 and every blog on the planet made fun of him for ripping off old Page Six BI’s that had ALREADY been proven false.
Here’s the difference between Michael Musto and Ted C - if Musto heard a rumor about Angie being on herion? That’s exactly what he’d write. He wouldn’t even bother with a BI. He’s done it before with other celebs and not gotten sued and I have no doubt he’d do it again. He’s been around longer than Ted and he’s got a rep for speaking his mind. The main reason he does the Bis, I think, is because they’re fun for the readers…and his editor at the VV makes him! As a matter fo fact - back when E! first started, Musto, Ted C, Jeannette Walls, Liz Smith, Cindy Adams, Janet Charleton, Mike Walker of NE and a few others used to do a 60 minute gossip show. Those guys would tip-toe around with their wording…Musto just blurted it out and let the chips fall where they may. And that was at least 15 years ago.
can’t imagine maniston doin this flick,hehehehe…..ya know when anjie attacking mc avoy,hehehehehe in the sound of rachel green.hehehehe
I saw the movie last night and it kicked a*s, it was classic Angelina. I was really surprised at James McAvoy, I don’t know what I was expecting from him but it certainly wasn’t to find him sexy and funny,lol!
Angelina has always been a big box office draw, that shouldn’t surprise anyone, but now I think she just stepped up to the top of the power ladder in HW. She is cemented now. She’s in with the big boys! :-)
McAvory is a solid actor, but Angie is the STAR of the movie. She’s the BETTER known actor. I doubt it would’ve been as successful had Angie not been in it. I went to see it. I liked it except for some minor details.
I don’t understand the Jen Aniston comparisons. Angie is an Oscar-winning movie star in the truest sense of the word. Angie is cool, badass and the stuff of glamour and fantasy. Jen is just a tv star, more famous for her clothes, hair and boyfriends than anything relevant. Angie is interesting and keeps ‘celebrity’ revelant in a culture teeming with pseudo-celebs and no-talent, worthless people.
wow two in a row for angie first kung fu panda and now wanted she’s the one and only superstar right. if not for angelina these movies won’t be box office success. more power to her and more movies to come
Moviecitynews
June 29, 2008
Weekend Estimates
Domestic Market Share
Wall-E, Pixar’s latest, was always favored to win weekend bragging rights with some pundits predicting an opening salvo of more than $70 million. Conversely, no one expected more than a $40 million debut for Wanted in light of its R-rating and perceived limited distaff appeal. However, a particular clever ad campaign played up Angelina Jolie’s presence and cemented the film as a date movie in the public consciousness.
Pixar films traditionally have a strong appeal for adults and initial day exit polls tracked the audience at 47% that were 25 years and older. In fact 22% of the crowd was comprised of unaccompanied adults.
Wanted exits tapped its audience at a mean age of 30 and tilted slightly toward women with a 52% score. Both factors contributed to a considerably bigger than expected opening and gave credence to the studio’s judgment call to move the film from a planned March debut into the summer after viewing an early assembly. Viewed as counter-programming, it came awfully close to prevailing.
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Yes, no one expected this.
# 91 Mrs. Lenny @ 06/29/2008 at 4:41 pm
~Awesome. I enjoyed every second of Wanted. I will see it again with my husband. I saw it with my Hen friends hahahahhaa, We were six deep. And all of of us enjoyed it . Angie was Killing. Common,Common,cumming, all of us agree that he is a hot piece of work.
Peace~
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Hi Mrs. Lenny, oh yes he is. The man is so freaking fineeeeee :)
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