Oh, the horror remake: a boon
Don’t let anyone tell you originality is the key to success. Consider one of the most successful genres – the horror movie remake. Here’s a look at the five most successful of the genre (first figure is domestic gross; second figure is opening-weekend gross, all in millions, except as noted):
1
The Ring
$129.1
$15, 2002
2
The Grudge
$110.4
$39.1, 2004
3
The Haunting
$91.4
$33.4, 1999
4
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
$80.6
$28.1, 2003
5
The Ring Two
$76.2
$35.1, 2005
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Here are last week’s gross revenues in millions of dollars at North American theaters for the top 10 films, followed by total amount grossed and number of weeks in release in parentheses.
1
Doom
$15.5 (one week)
2
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
$9.2 (one week)
3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
$8.6
$43.9 (three weeks)
4
The Fog
$6.7
$20.9 (two weeks)
5
North Country
$6.4 (one week)
6
Elizabethtown
$5.6
$18.8 (two weeks)
7
Flightplan
$4.7
$77.3 (five weeks)
8
In Her Shoes
$3.9
$26.2 (three weeks)
9
A History of Violence
$2.7
$26.3 (five weeks)
10
Two for the Money
$2.4
$20.7 (three weeks)
Some of this week’s new movie and TV releases on DVD:
Bewitched
The Charles Dickens Collection
Darling Lili Director’s Cut
Detective Story
The Escape Artist
The Flesh Eaters
5×2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
House of Wax
Gus Van Sant’s Last Days
Jerry Lewis – “The Legendary Jerry” Collection
Ken Burns’ American Lives
Le Samourai
Melinda and Melinda
My Friend Irma
My Friend Irma Goes West
Point of Order
Rize
Save the Tiger
Spider Forest
The Strange Love of Martha
Ivers
Windhorse
The Wizard of Oz (3-disc Collector’s Edition)
Here are this week’s top videos in rentals and sales:
RENTALS
1. The Amityville Horror
2. The Interpreter
3. The Longest Yard
4. Robots
5. Crash
SALES
1. Cinderella: Special Edition
2. Robots (full screen)
3. Family Guy: Stewie Griffin …
4. Robots (widescreen)
5. The Interpreter (widescreen)
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