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‘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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Errr….piper with a low–time to agree to disagree :lol: It was ANGELINA that made this a box office hit…period…Poor James better count his fcuking lucky stars…. Also, we need to agree to disagree re the Brad hater you were defending yesterday….You and I always got along but if you are going to defend a known Brad hater…. well I’ll speak up b/c he is NO diff. then tres jolie IMO :-)
# 158 fyi2 @ 06/29/2008 at 6:05 pm
‘Wanted’ is tops overseas
Universal thriller nabs $33 million in 22 territories
By Frank Segers
June 29, 2008, 05:26 PM ET
“Wanted”
Universal International’s “Wanted” proved to be the international circuit’s most desired title during the weekend, grabbing the No. 1 boxoffice spot with an action packed $33 million from 1,922 screens in 22 territories.
Disney/Pixar’s “WALL-E,” the No. 1 title domestically, set a promising opening pace in a limited, six-market overseas bow, grossing an estimated $3.1 million from 400 screens in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador and Trinidad.
Finishing in the No. 2 weekend spot was DreamWorks Animation/Paramount’s “King Fu Panda,” which had powerhouse bows in six territories and landed with $21.5 million overall from 3,401 sites in 24 markets. Its international gross total stands at $98.5 million, while the worldwide tally is $277.8 million.
As the European soccer championships wound to a conclusion Sunday, third-place finisher “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” introduced itself to continental Europe, scoring strongly in the U.K. and France for an overall weekend estimate of $20.1 million from 4,200 screens in 34 markets. Its overseas the cume is $161.8 million; with $298.8 million globally.
Coming in at No. 4 was Marvel/Universal’s “The Incredible Hulk,” which dropped nearly 50% from the previous weekend to an estimated $12.1 million from 4,243 situations in 54 markets, for an international cume of $85.5 million. Worldwide, its total gross is $201 million.
Fifth on the weekend was Warner Bros. International’s “Get Smart” starring Steve Carell, which played its second weekend overseas on 2,386 screens in 21 markets for an estimated $11.8 million. Strong openings in Australia ($3.8 million from 322 sites) and Mexico ($3 million from 700 screens) sparked overall action, bringing the spy spoof’s overseas cume to $20.1 million. Globally, its cume is $97.4 million.
Last weekend’s No. 1 title, Paramount’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” finished out of the top five this round but remained strong in its second weekend in Japan ($5.2 million from 327 spots for a market cume of $24 million). Overall, “Crystal Skull” pulled in $11.4 million from 4,721 spots in 62 markets for an overseas cume of $413 million.
Based on a comic series by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones, “Wanted” starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, had a smashing Russian opening, grossing $11 million from 612 sites for a rousing per-screen average of $18,000. Generally, it finished at No. 1 in almost all territories that it played.
The director of the action title — about a put-upon office nerd’s conversion into a world-class assassin — is Kazakhstan-born Timur Bekmambetov, whose past two fantasy thriller titles (”2004’s “Night Watch” and 2006’s “Day Watch”) were substantial hits in Russia. “Wanted’s” early worldwide gross tally is $84.1 million.
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ANGIE HAD #1 AND #2 WORLDWIDE!!!!!
I’M DANCING WITH JOY FOR HER!!!
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Me too :) and this is Awesome. Angie is definitely the best and top female movie star out there, there is no one like her. She is in a league of her own.
Well Done Angie. Congrats to Angie, James, Morgan, Common, the director, Timur and everybody who are involved in the making of Wanted. Awesome job
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:22 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:17 pm
Jill @ 06/29/2008 at 5:53 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 5:18 pm
I can read it fine. How’d you get the quote in the box like that?
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Wall-E still kicked it’s ass, so whatever. And by all its glory I’m sure mean flat and bony.
JILL 151
I totally agree with you about the kids being with parents /guardians made the figures for WALL E.
Jolie movies in top 5…WOW !!!
A great actress can do action thrillers and tear jerker movies with ease. THat ’s our JOLIE girl…
omg #1 & #2 in the world, and #2 & #4 in the US, and “The world was shocked…” the haters are screaming at the ocean LOL
Trolls just can not stay away from our Angie. Note they were the first ones on her thread. There dear X has a thread. Why aren’t they there? Think they don’t believe the hype either? God bless Brad and Angie and their family.
I paid $9 to see Wanted best $9 i ever spent.The movie was fast action kept you well entertained,But we had crowd of college kids ,kept hollering for Angie and clapping.But i loved the movie.
I saw the movie last night and it was awesome!!!!
I loved the unexpected ending and the bits of humor in the movie. I am definitely adding this movie to our DVD collection when it comes out!!!
BBL
BAMPZS+2 fans remember I warned you. i said if Wanted and KFP were both in the top 5 the trolls would lose their sh*t big time. The overseas number are coming in and Wanted and KFP are doing great. This is going to get ugly. Trolls will be splattered around like bugs on a windshield.
Should we feel sorry and pray for them or do a happy dance? Stupid question. I’ve put on my music. I know Angie’s manger has called her with all of the good news. Heck with all the baby kicking etc, they might come early. Peace
not a fan @ 06/29/2008 at 3:47 pm . . .
>>So sick of this haggard looking, tattooed, ugly-faced chick. All she can do is action flicks, cause she just can’t act.>>
Well, why in the f*ck are you here? Doesn’t make any sense to waste time going to a pro-Jolie-Pitt site if you hate her/them so much. Stay away and do us all a favor. No one here wants to read YOUR two cents.
BTW, I can’t wait to see it. I’ll steal away some time on Tuesday to take in a matinee or something. The trailers look HOT !!!
Congratulations to Miz Angelina Jolie!
The very pregnant star had a HUGE opening this weekend - and it wasn’t the twins trying to pop out.
Angie’s film, Wanted, did huge business at the box office in America.
The movie made $51.1 million and….
- Wanted was the biggest opening of a live action film in Jolie’s career
- It turned out to be the best June opening ever for an R-rated movie, beating Knocked Up’s $30.6M, and the 6th highest R-rated opening of all time
- The studio expected only a $35+M opening, so the film did much better than anticipated
- Angie proved she is a big draw: Cinemascore said the main reasons given for choosing to see Wanted were the action (67%) and Jolie (61%).
We weren’t able to see it this weekend, but we definitely wanna check out the pic this week.
It’s been getting great reviews!
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:30 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:22 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:17 pm
Jill @ 06/29/2008 at 5:53 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 5:18 pm
I can read it fine. How’d you get the quote in the box like that?
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**** it doesn’t shows… let me try again
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Jill sorry, but it doesn’t shows. Let me try in another way
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#179 jealous hag you need to go to X’s new thread.You orange leathery Tick blood sucker.
Orange Clockwork @ 06/29/2008 at 6:33 pm
Noo OC, soo wrong OC, Wall-E was to make at least $70 mil$$, it missed forecasts.
Wanted was to make $35-40mil$$ or so, it EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS!!!
In addition, more icing on the cake, Wanted was #1 overseas with $33 mil$$ and KFP was #2.
Beowulf was also #1.
Angie’s last 3 movies have all been hits!!!!
Give it up for the master, OC, just give it up!! Really it won’t hurt too much.
i loved this movie it was so good plus james mcavoy is hot!
# 173 piper, with a low, I can agree with that. That is why they need to make a prequel. I think her back story would be interesting. I am trying to convince my girlfriend to go see it with me today. I need to talk about somethings and we can’t, aren’t doing here. Plus I saw it on a small screen yesterday and want to see it on a larger screen. Peace
Just saying #161… I had forgotten about Michelle Phieffer.
YOU HAVE TO GO SEE THIS MOVIE!! SICKEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!!! Best action film that I’ve seen in a long time, and I go to the movies every week. From the beginning til end I was on the edge of my seat and I was in awe. James is as good as it gets. You want action,thrill, suspense, comedy then GO SEE IT.
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:46 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:30 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:22 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:17 pm
Jill @ 06/29/2008 at 5:53 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 5:18 pm
I can read it fine. How’d you get the quote in the box like that?
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without the *
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**** it doesn’t shows… let me try again
without the spaces between them
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Jill sorry, but it doesn’t shows. Let me try in another way
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Remember ‘Wanted” was shown to 800 theaters less than Wall-E, so based on that Wanted really did good than Wall-E. Now, I am waiting for the dvd to come out & I will buy 1 for myself & one for my daughter. The movie really is awesome, Angie is so beautiful in the movie & her stunts are amazing. Very proud of Angie. Thanks for all the fans who supported her by watching “Wanted”.
Vicki Happy birthday!!!
……………. this movie rocked !!
Tara @ 06/29/2008 at 3:33 pm The movie was not good at all and this is definently not an Angelina movie
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How do you know? you are an idiot you don’t even know how to spell.
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:57 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:46 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:30 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:22 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 6:17 pm
Jill @ 06/29/2008 at 5:53 pm
juju @ 06/29/2008 at 5:18 pm
I can read it fine. How’d you get the quote in the box like that?
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without the *
____________________
**** it doesn’t shows… let me try again
without the spaces between them
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Jill sorry, but it doesn’t shows. Let me try in another way
Write blockquote between and after p between than the txt and after that p between and finish withblockquote between
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Why don’t the signs appear? After between should appear the signs and .
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They didn’t show up again? ****!
the signs are greater than (>) and less than (<)
My last try:
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****! Sorry Jill, but some stuff doesn’t shows up on the blog.
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#198 Oh Yeah,Liar Liar pants on Fire.
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