That's a strong start, helped in particular by $3.8 million on 123 IMAX screens, and gives Fox a nice lead-in to the holidays, with no competitive film coming out until Christmas Day. The Day the Earth Stood Still topped the weekend chart with $31 million, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. However, both My Name Is Bruce and Wendy and Lucy came relatively close with averages of $9,119 and $9,109 respectively. The final $10,000 film was Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, which opened with $10,985. There were only two holdovers in the $10,000 club with Frost/Nixon earning an average of $16,061 and Slumdog Millionaire earning $12,873. The Reader opened with an average of $21,006 in 8 theaters, which most weeks would be enough to score top spot however, given the competition, without continued success during Awards Season, it could struggle to expand. Che - The Argentine was close behind with $30,535 in two theaters. Likewise, Doubts debut of just over $500,000 in 15 theaters gave it an average $33,815 making expansion almost assured. Wide expansion seems inevitable at this point. Gran Torino opened on top of the Per Theater Chart with an outstanding average of $45,287 in six theaters. Still not so slow that I didn't have to split this week's column into two parts, with the second part found here. On the other hand, no other release on this week's list came close to be a contender for that title, and overall it was a rather slow week.

And while the Blu-ray arrived late, the Two-Disc DVD of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is worthy of the DVD Pick of the Week. The last of the Best Picture Oscar Nominees hits the home market this week. See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.Дecember 10th, 2008 (Limited) by Oscilloscope Pictures All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,701-8,800)ДЄll Time International Box Office (Rank 11,001-11,100)ДЄll Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 13,001-13,100)ДЄll Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800)ДЄll Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 3,101-3,200)ДЄll Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400)ДЄll Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 3,401-3,500)

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