October 22, 2012 – Back Seat Producers

Weekend Box Office: Oct 19-Oct 21

#1 Paranormal Activity 4 from Paramount opened at #1 with a gross of $29 million in 3,412 theaters. Budget was $5 million.

#2 Argo from Warner Bros. held at #2 with a gross of $16.4 million (-15.5%) in 3,247 theaters (+15). Total gross to date is $43 million. Budget was $44.5 million.

#3 Taken 2 from 20^th Century Fox fell from #1 to #3 with a gross of $13.3 million (-39.4%) in 3,489 theaters (-217). Total gross to date is $105.8 million. Budget was $45 million.

#4 Hotel Transylvania from Sony/Columbia held at #4 with a gross of $13 million (-24.6%) in 3,014 theaters (-361). Total gross to date is $118.5 million. Budget was $85 million.

#5 Alex Cross from Summit Entertainment opened at #5 with a gross of $11.4 million in 2,539 theaters. Budget was $35 million.

#6 Sinister from Summit Entertainment fell from #3 to #6 with a gross of $8.8 million (-51%) in 2,542 (+15) theaters. Total gross to date is $31.7 million. Budget was $3 million.

#7 Here Comes the Boom from Sony/Columbia fell from #5 to #7 with a gross of $8.4 million (-28.9%) in 3,014 theaters. Total gross to date is $23.1 million. Budget was unknown.

#8 Pitch Perfect from Universal fell from #6 to #8 with a gross of $6.8 million (-27.1%) in 2,660 theaters (-127). Total gross to date is $45.5 million. Budget was $17 million.

#9 Frankenweenie from Buena Vista fell from #7 to #9 with a gross of $4.3 million (-38.6%) in 2,362 theaters (-643). Total gross to date is $28.2 million. Budget was $39 million.

#10 Looper from TriStar fell from #8 to #10 with a gross of $4.2 million (-32.2%) in 2,223 theaters (-382). Total gross to date is $57.8 million. Budget was $30 million.

#11 Seven Psychopaths from CBS Films fell from #9 to #11 with a gross of $3.3 million (-21.6) in 1,480 theaters. Total gross to date is $9.1 million. Budget was $15 million.

#12 The Perks of Being a Wallflower from Summit Entertainment fell from #11 to #12 with a gross of $2.2 million (+0.1%) in 745 theaters (+19). Total gross to date is $9.1 million. Budget was unknown.

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $121 million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo

BSP Episode 246: Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Release date: 1/22/2010

Magnolia Pictures

Directed and Written by

Eli Craig

Produced by

Morgan Jurgenson
Albert Klychak
Rosanne Miliken
Deepak Nayar

Cast

Tyler Labine

Dale

Alan Tudyk

Tucker

Katrina Bowden

Allison

The show begins with a poignant, heartfelt speech by Deuce.

The hosts review:

The hosts all enjoyed the movie. None had any expectations but they were all satisfied. David said that what worked was that the audience had to believe the play between Tucker and Dale and the believability as to why the kids seemed to be killing themselves. The ridiculousness of it works. One of David’s favorite parts was that, whenever Tucker was injured, he treated each horrific wound by pouring beer on it. They also agreed that the chemistry between Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk was really good.

They discussed how this movie turns the commentary on horror movies and how hillbillies would usually be the bad guys. They also touch on how, in almost every horror movie, the young people will almost always jump to conclusions, thus setting themselves up to be killed. The conversation touches on “reasonable” ways to save oneself from the horrors of being killed while on a camping trip.

There was also a touch of sadness at the fact that there was no camping-sex, as tends to be the norm for these movies, as well.

Talk then turns to wet t-shirt contests… and David’s participation in said contest, and SausageFest antics of past years.

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Summing this all up, David ranked the movie (out of five fat hillbillies) with four fat hillbillies and one skinny hillbilly.