It was a small battle, but in the end, the horror genre film '30 Days of Night' beat out Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? for box office supremacy. '30 Days' grossed about $16 million while Perry's film grabbed about $12.1 million dollars, only falling 43% from its previous week. It took second place honors. That's great news for Perry and Lionsgate. It states that more folks are turning out than expected after the good word of mouth and that it may end grossing somewhere over $70 million in the long run, which would be a new high for all parties involved.
What's sad about this past weekend is that Halle Berry's latest film, 'Things I Lost in the Fire' grossed a dismal $1.6 million to land in 15th place. Although it only played in 1142 theaters, it still should have performed better. Some folks thought she gave a better performance here than she gave in 'Monster's Ball', but not a lot of support was shown at the box office. Meanwhile, continuing to have legs in 'The Game Plan' with The Rock. It just shows that when you have one 'Black' film and one 'kid' film out in theaters, you are going to grab its fans and stay in the game and not worry about competition.
There are a slew of films opening up each week and some films are not holding up to their potential. Films like 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age' with Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen, 'Rendition' with Reese Witherspoon, 'The Comebacks' with Carl Weathers, 'The Heartbreak Kid' with Ben Stiller, have all failed to grab an audiennce, and we still have lots of fims left in October that haven't opened yet.
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By: Kai on 10/22/2007 8:27AM
I think that Tyler Perry is a talented man and he was in the top spot the first week he came out, so who cares that he came in second this weekend. I am still going to support his movies and/or plays.
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By: SHEILA on 10/22/2007 9:28AM
SO WHAT IF HE CAME IN #2 SPOT I NOT MAD,NETHIER ARE TYLER WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO LEARN IT NOT ABOUT WHO ARE BETTER TYLER WILL ALWAYS SHINE THE MAN ARE A CHILD OF GOD TYLER I AM PROUD OF YOU KEEP THE FAITH MUCH LOVE SHEILA
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By: Eddie on 10/23/2007 6:37AM
70 MILLION WORKS FOR ME. YOU GO TYLER. GET ANOTHER 70 MILLION AND LET THEM FOLKS WORRY ABOUT WHO IS IN FIRST PLACE.
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By: Loretha on 10/23/2007 9:41AM
Tyler Perry in my opinion has joined the big league of leading movie producers, the Stephen Kings,Aaron Spellings of movie making.I only hope Hollywood acknowledge this fact by not discriminating when it comes time to distribute the Oscars,Golden Globe,etc.I like Halle Berry but the critical mistake made by movie promoters was opening their new movies to compete with a talented man whos been long underestimated.Tyler DELIVERS and just in case AMERICA did not know,then let this be a lesson.Black Americans DO appreciate quality,no nonsense movies that delivers positive messages.As long as Tyler Perry keeps making good quality movies black americans will continue to FULLY SUPPORT them.Hollywood ignored us and Tyler Perry gave it to us.Ever since the movie BOYS N THE HOOD,and movies of the like came out,we have been shoved violent inner city movies as though this entertaining to the average black.Movies like that are sad and needs to be addressed but not as a form of entertainment or glorification,maybe as documentarys to find solutions to the violence plaguing minority communities.Loved WDIGM,thanks T.P. keep up the great work,from loretha & arness of STL married 9-8-2007...
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By: TINY on 10/23/2007 11:37AM
Congradulations Tyler Perry. You have showed the Hollywood producers that we like quality movies that don't just portray us as pimps, whores, dope dealers, and crack addicts.
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By: MJ on 10/23/2007 11:50AM
"Things I Lost in the Fire"...wow I forgot this movie was in theatres, even though the trailer was constantly shown. Halle needs to be careful about the roles she takes...oscar or not box office success is important. She's way too talented to become another Cuba Gooding...not that he's not talented, but he had better roles prior to the oscar.
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By: JC on 10/23/2007 12:49PM
Tyler Perry is one of the most talented producers of our time. It's good to see him get the recognition that he deserves. I'm sure that the money helps too!
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By: Belinda on 10/23/2007 3:27PM
It's great to be able to watch a movie about regular people exploring an issue that doesn't have anything to do with drugs, prostitution, violence and out of wedlock mothers.
I stopped seeing violence for the sake of violence type movies long ago. I hate black sploitation movies. Tyler Perry's movies always hit home with me. Lets clean up our minds by ignoring violent stupid movies that make blacks look like thieves, murderers, pimps and drug dealers. If we boycott those types of movies, they will stop pushing them on us.
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By: PL on 10/23/2007 4:27PM
October is HORROR MONTH..it was time for tyler perrys movie to move over and hail to 30 DAYS OF NIGHT..i love Vampires and Blood..GOOD MOVIE!
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By: Sugababy on 10/23/2007 6:43PM
What's the big deal? Tyler's movie came in second but that's better than it not being in the top 5 movie spots on the list. People need to recognize the man has talents and has paid his dues to be in the big leagues with the other big directors. Don't hate on his achievements because at one point in time Speilberg and others weren't being noticed in the beginning of their careers. Let's just sit back and enjoy movies and stop making every little thing a competition.
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