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Weekend Box Office: Aug 23-Aug 25

#1 Lee Daniels’ The Butler from Weinstein Company held at #1 with a gross of $16.5 million (-33%) in 3,110 theaters (+177).  Total gross to date is $51.8 million.  Budget was $30 million.

#2 We’re The Millers from Warner Bros. held at #2 with a gross of $13 million (-27.4%) in 3,445 theaters (+120).  Total gross to date is $91.3 million.  Budget was $37 million.

#3 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones from Sony/ScreenGems opened at #3 with a gross of $9.3 million in 3,118 theaters.  Total gross to date is $14.1 million.  Budget was $60 million.

#4 The World’s End from Focus Features opened at #4 with a gross of $8.8 million in 1,551 theaters.  Budget was $20 million.

#5 Planes from Buena Vista fell from #4 to #5 with a gross of $8.6 million (-36%) in 3,378 theaters (-338).  Total gross to date is $59.6 million.  Budget was $50 million.

#6 You’re Next from Lionsgate opened at #6 with a gross of $7 million in 2,437 theaters.  Budget was unknown.

#7 Elysium from TriStar fell from #3 to #7 with a gross of $6.9 million (-49.4%) in 2,913 theaters (-371).  Total gross to date is $68.9 million.  Budget was $115 million.

#8 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters from 20th Century Fox fell from #6 to #8 with a gross of $5.3 million (-39.7%) in 2,730 theaters (-350).  Total gross to date is $48.4 million.  Budget was $90 million.

#9 Kick-Ass 2 from Universal fell from #5 to #9 with a gross of $4.4 million (-67.2%) in 2,945 theaters (+5).  Total gross to date is $22.5 million.  Budget was $28 million.

#10 Blue Jasmine from 20th Century Fox rose from #14 to #10 with a gross of $4 million (+73.4%) in 1,283 theaters (+1,054).  Total gross to date is $14.5 million.  Budget was unknown.

#11 2 Guns from Universal fell from #8 to #11 with a gross of $3.4 million (-42.1%) in 1,841 theaters (-630).  Total gross to date is $65.4 million.  Budget was $61 million.

#12 Jobs from Open Road Films fell from #7 to #12 with a gross of $2.9 million (-57.3%) in 2,381 theaters.  Total gross to date is $12 million.  Budget was $12 million.

 

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $90 million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo

 

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Back Seat Quickies Shows

Back Seat Quickies #98: The Bechdel Test

In the seat:

  • Scott

Recorded: 26/08/13

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Back Seat Producers Season 08 Shows

BSP Episode 284: God Bless America

Release date – 6/22/1988

Buena Vista Pictures

 

Written and directed by

  • Bobcat Goldthwait

Produced by

  • Jeff Culotta

 

Cast

  • Joel Murray – Frank Murdoch
  • Tara Lynn Barr – Roxanne “Roxy” Harmon

 

  • Tales of sausages and Gencon.
  • Fantasy Football.
  • Comparing finger tingles.
  • Little Miss Entrepreneur.
  • More Gencon.
  • Sausagefest!
  • Thank you, Canadians.
  • Hated it. Loved it.
  • Natural Born Killers-light.
  • Mental high five!
  • This movie is a Revenge Fantasy.
  • Sausage is the Avenging Spirit.
  • George Carlin.
  • Was he a hypocrite?
  • “Why do I have these headaches?”  “How should I f***ing know?”
  • Reminded of Red State… but better than Red State.
  • Memories of Shakes the Clown.
  • Time to pull it out!

 

Sausagefest 4 is almost here!  Time to dig in to your pockets and donate and save breasts.  Once again, we’re raising money for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  Check out our website for perk levels and information about how to donate:

Sausagefeststl.com

 

Your Producers for this episode were:

  • Tony
  • Darrell
  • David

This episode was recorded:  8/21/13