“Watchmen” Tops Weekend Box Office $55.7 Million
Watchmen captivated audiences this weekend. The comic book thriller–starring Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, and Patrick Wilson–conquered the weekend box office, earning $55.7 million in its first three days in theaters, according to early studio estimates.
The two hour, 41 minute film opened on 3,611 screens, the most ever for an R-rated movie. Even with consumers paying more for a ticket at the cinema than they did two years ago, Watchmen failed to top 2007’s 300, which earned $70 million during its opening weekend — a record for March openings.
The movie is set in 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of everyday society.
Tyler Perry’s ‘Madea Goes to Jail, which topped the box office two weekends in a row, dropped to No. 2, making $8.8 million, bringing total earning to $76.5 million.
The action/thriller Taken, starring Liam Neeson as a former CIA agent ($7.5 million), Academy Award-winner Slumdog Millionaire ($6.9 million), and Kevin James’ Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($4.2 million) rounded out the Top 5.
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On March 9th 2009, Lake wrote:
Too bad this “classic” comic hasn’t really been the Batman level seller DC and Warners put so much money into it becoming, obviously. The comic generally was and still is ignored and panned as being the low level crud that it is. Not sure if the movie improves upon this, as I haven’t seen it. I hope Time-Warners gets some of its money back, given how much they’ve sunk into this meaningless stinker. With all the amazing comic titles DC has, they could at least try adapting their good ones. From Wonder Woman to Hourman, and Black Canary to Hawkman. They’ve got a real comic library worth exploring.