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Weekend Box Office: Nov 2-Nov 4

#1 Wreck-It Ralph from Buena Vista opened at #1 with a gross of $49 million in 3,752 theaters.  Budget was $165 million.

#2 Flight from Paramount opened at #2 with a gross of $24.9 million in 1,884 theaters.  Budget was $31 million.

#3 Argo from Warner Bros. fell from #1 to #3 with a gross of $10.2 million (-15.5%) in 2,774 theaters (-81).  Total gross to date is $75.9 million.  Budget was $44.5 million.

#4 The Man with the Iron Fists from Universal opened at #4 with a gross of $7.9 million in 1,868 theaters.  Budget was $15 million.

#5 Taken 2 from 20th Century Fox rose from #6 to #5 with a gross of $5.9 million (-23.3%) in 2,639 theaters (-356).  Total gross to date is $125.6 million.  Budget was $45 million.

#6 Cloud Atlas from Warner Bros. fell from #2 to #6 with a gross of $5.4 million (-44%) in 2,013 theaters (+5).  Total gross to date is $18.4 million.  Budget was unknown.

#7 Hotel Transylvania from Sony/Columbia fell from #3 to #7 with a gross of $4.4 million (-53.3%) in 2,922 theaters (-354).  Total gross to date is $137.5 million.  Budget was $85 million.

#8 Paranormal Activity 4 from Paramount fell from #4 to #8 with a gross of $4.3 million (-50%) in 3,006 theaters (-406).  Total gross to date is $49.5 million.  Budget was $5 million.

#9 Here Comes the Boom from Sony/Columbia fell from #7 to #9 with a gross of $3.5 million (-32.3%) in 2,314 theaters (-177).  Total gross to date is $35.5 million.  Budget was unknown.

#10 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D from Open Road Films fell from #5 to #10 with a gross of $3.3 million (-59.1%) in 2,933 theaters.  Total gross to date is $13.9 million.  Budget was $20 million.

#11 Pitch Perfect from Universal held at #11 with a gross of $3.1 million (-22.4%) in 1,502 theaters (-497).  Budget was $17 million.

#12 Sinister from Summit Entertainment fell from #9 to #12 with a gross of $2.7 million (-45.3%) in 1,882 theaters (-465).  Total gross to date is $44.3 million.  Budget was $3 million.

 

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $124.6 million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo

 

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Back Seat Producers Season 07 Shows

BSP Episode 248: The Ides of March

Release date

  • 10/7/2011

Columbia Pictures

Directed by

  • George Clooney

Produced by

  • George Clooney
  • Grant Heslov
  • Brian Oliver
  • Leonardo DiCaprio

Screenplay by

  • George Clooney
  • Grant Heslov
  • Beau Willimon

Based on “Farragut North” by Beau Willimon

Cast

Ryan Gosling

  • Stephen Meyers

George Clooney

  • Mike Morris

Philip Seymour Hoffman

  • Paul Zara

Paul Giamatti

  • Tom Duffy

*NOTE* Back Seat Producers will be on a bi-weekly schedule through the end of the year 

 

  • Back Seat Producers or Fanboy Smackdown?
  • A discussion about politics or will they speak of their collective love for Clooney & Gosling?
  • Ryan Gosling… a tool or a TOOL?
  • Political, but not obnoxiously so.
  • Hmmm… does atheism matter when it comes to politics?
  • Is Marisa Tomei a vampire?
  • The acting was all top shelf.
  • What about morality?  Good thing or bad thing?
  • Evan Rachel Wood… oh what a tangled web she weaves.
  • *Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler*
  • In politics, if it’s a possibility, it’s real.
  • There is a difference between what happens and what is perceived to have happened.
  • A lesson on the appearance of impropriety… take heed!
  • An autobiographical cathartic experience through film.
  • The logic of cheating.
  • You can’t con an innocent man.
  • Of course the President nominee would check his cell phone during a press conference… don’t all Presidents do that?
  • More cynical movie than All The President’s Men… and that’s a good thing.
  • This is about campaigns, not government.
  • Yes, Tony… living in a battleground state (Florida) does suck!
  • All political banter seen on Facebook must be true!

Your Producers for this episode were:

  • Tony
  • Deuce

This episode was recorded: 11/1/2012