OlderSun, 29 June 2008 at 3:25 pm
‘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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# 100 Hello Alexanderina. You said it. He is Fineeeeeee..hahahahha.
Well done Angie. Must admit, this woman is growing on me. She was excellent in A Mighty Heart and now her role in Wanted is getting good reviews. As have her role in The Changeling in the preview in Cannes… Regardless of all the media stuff, credit should be given where it’s due, in this case, in good acting.
OMG I can’t wait to watch this movie!!! :D Wish I could’ve seen it over the weekend…..
Greetings from Europe! Congratulations to Spain!!! And, I think that Wanted is great movie!! I loved it, and Angelina is amazing!!!
Mike @ 06/29/2008 at 5:10 pm
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of course wall-e it’s the #1 movie, it’s a kids movie… duh, but the fact that a R film got close enough to a G film by $10 millions and that wall-e made less than expected is what is making you sad LOL.
btw there are more news about wanted being a hit, than wall-e being #1
It was a good movie :). Angelina :) :) Gorgeous as always :) :)
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# 123 juju @ 06/29/2008 at 5:18 pm
em @ 06/29/2008 at 5:05 pm
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Can you read? Read this:
Cinemascore said the main reasons given for choosing to see Wanted were the action (67%) and Jolie (61%). Exit polling showed the audience breakdown was 52%/48% male to female, 51%/49% under age 30 to over age 30.
Do you understand what it says? Do you want me to explain it to you?
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juju, I think she is to dumb to understand it even if you explain to her lol.
Mike, Wall-e did great and it was such a good movie but it didn’t do as well as other Pixar movies. My fave The Incredibles made 70 million the first weekend. Anyway, the real story is WANTED because it performed better than anyone thought it would for an R rated coming out the same weekend as a Pixar film.
Angie is the number 1 actress in the world
I would not pay to see AJ bony butt but Morgan Freeman would be worth seeing. Anybody know where Brad is lately?
em @ 06/29/2008 at 5:05 pm
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You’re either a hater, insane, or blind. I’m on record that she looks as beautiful as she did in MAMS (and that’s saying something) - it was a different kind of beauty, more in your face. Literally, when she appears in that drugstore, it’s like BAM!! (((FACE!!!))) People oooh’d and aaaah’d. I tell you, I was concerned — knowing that Angie’s Mom had just passed, that she had had trouble with her nutrition in light of her grief and mourning and that she was more slender than normal at the start of this filming, I wondered what she would look like on film, but there are scenes in this film where her beauty is so refined and classical, perhaps BECAUSE of her bone structure being in relief from losing a few pounds, that she was even more beautiful than EVER.
Sorry hater, go rag on Dustinnfer Hoffmaniston’s airport pics…big nose, forehead furrow, no lips and low forehead if you want FUG, Maniston brings that as hard as Angelina brings the sexy. So hop to. :lol:
Very pleased that the movie did so well. I went this afternoon and saw it. Angie killed it! Her presence throughout the film made the movie for me. Although James McAvoy did an excellent job, not to mention Morgan and Common. Angie was captivating from the moment she appeared on screen til the end. Anyone who doubted her box office clout will be silenced (and can suck it, lol). And James, can absolutely write his own ticket after this. Common smolders, so hopefully we’ll see him as a romantic lead soon, lol! Morgan is a cinematic icon at this point.
Congrats to eveyone involved! It’s a major box-office showing!!
Just saying @ 06/29/2008 at 5:33 pm
No doubt he’s off somewhere being jealous of Angelina’s success. He’s not the number one star in this relationship.
Thanks em/just saying, i knew you didn’t see the movie,lol
Jack @ 06/29/2008 at 5:36 pm
Just saying @ 06/29/2008 at 5:33 pm
No doubt he’s off somewhere being jealous of Angelina’s success. He’s not the number one star in this relationship.
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Why are you agreeing to yourself? you idiot. too obvious.
just saying @ 06/29/2008 at 5:33 pm
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hmm,Brad is making sweet love to his Angie for celebrating her box office hit.
i knew it, i am not surprise, Angelina is the best, love her bad azz.. and it is angie movie, she had a very large role, she even took some of her words out. you can’t top her. brad is a lucky man.
Yeah - no way would I have seen this movie if not for Angie…let’s say it was James McAvoy, and er, Nicole Kidman, or Hilary Swank, or rachel weizs, or Charlize Theron or whoever…forget it - the sh*t would have bombed big time, and I wouldn’t have known it was even releasing because I wouldn’t have given a hot flying f**k. lolol :lol:
Congrats Angie!!!! The sexiest woman alive!!!
In honor of Angelina Jolie’s second turn as a super sexy assassin in Wanted, here are 10 gals you may or may not want to meet in a dark alley…
(Dating Scale: 1 = Marriage Material / 10 = Run for your Life)
2. Angelina Jolie as Jane Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Weapon of Choice: Guns…and lots of them
Why She Rocks: From a Glock 19 to an MP5A2, this sexy assassin came stylin’ with a gun for every occasion (roughly 30 different types were used throughout the film). And when she wasn’t breaking bones, she was breaking hearts in an elegant black dress that was just…to die for.
Dating Difficulty (9): She’s married…to another assassin. We’d advise you to stay far away.
nice try, but it’s nothing you can do to bring us fans down, although you gave it a hella of a try. but the girl is too bad, brad knew what he was doing, regardless of the haters and he was right. brangelinas for ever. now go back to your loser idol jen, ha ha ha.
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 5:18 pm
I can read it fine. How’d you get the quote in the box like that?
LMAO@ people who are trying to downplay Angie’s role in the success of WANTED. Even the critics know it is HER.
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June 29, 2008
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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.
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Lmfao, some people will argue with GOD himself if he took Angie’s side or say something nice abour her.
Fu*cking Losers.
Hate is ugly, B!tches.
Clini—they all know it was ANGIE that made the movie a smash BO hit…JM and Universal also know it…..soooo the poor pathetic things are going to squirm and lie until the really BIG smack in their faces arrives in a few weeks …… :lol:
My son anticipated this movie because of 1) it’s a comic book based & 2) Angelina. He watched it and liked it a lot, telling me that Jolie is beautiful in the film.
I did not like Atonement so I will not go to a genre of movie I don’t like because of him. That means with his status, the number of people he could draw into the theaters is not big. Credit is deservedly due to Jolie. Did warm up to MMS because of Jolie more than Pitt.
I llike Clint Eastwood and am interested in the story of Changeling, and like to see the rave about Jolie’s acting so I’ll see it.
to just saying,
Brad is where you can’t see because it is none of your damn business.
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