Red Carpet Film Ratings For 08/25/2009

Ratings for Movies Debuting in Theaters This Week: For the week of August 25, 2009

Big Fan

Rating: R

Rating Reason: Language and some sexuality.
The Final Destination
Rating: R
Rating Reason: Strong violent/gruesome accidents, language and a scene of sexuality.

Halloween II
Rating: R
Rating Reason: Strong brutal bloody violence throughout, terror, disturbing graphic images, language, and some crude sexual content and nudity.

The September Issue
Rating: PG-13
Rating Reason: Brief strong language.

Taking Woodstock
Rating: R
Rating Reason: Graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use and language.

RATINGS GUIDE:
G: GENERAL AUDIENCES (All Ages Admitted)
P: GPARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED (Some Material May Not Be Suitable for Children)
PG-13: PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED (Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13)
R: RESTRICTED (Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian)

NC-17: NO ONE 17 AND UNDER ADMITTED

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Hollywood Top 10 Hits for Aug 28, 2009

1. 'The Final Destination' - $23.8 million2. 'Halloween 2' - $21.1 million
3. 'Inglourious Basterds' - $18.6 million

4. 'District 9' - $10.6 million

5. 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' - $7.2 million

6. 'The Time Traveler's Wife' - $6.0 million

7. 'Julie & Julia' - $5.7 million

8. 'Shorts' - $3.4 million

9. 'G-Force' - $2.8 million

10.'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' - $2.5 million

Note: This weekend, the latest entries in two horror franchises face-off. 'The Final Destination' strikes approximately 3,400 screens at 3,121 sites (including 1,678 3D sites), while 'Halloween 2' hits around 3,700 screens at 3,025 sites. Also opening nationwide is 'Taking Woodstock' at 1,393 sites...

Box Office Salutes “Inglourious Basterds”

Quentin Tarantino's World War II actioner "Inglourious Basterds," a pivotal Weinstein Co. release starring Brad Pitt, debuted gloriously during the weekend with an estimated $37.6 million in chart-topping boxoffice.

"Basterds" is touted by some as a make-or-break film for the recently struggling indie, even though Universal is distributing the film internationally and will share evenly in any worldwide profit. Sony's sci-fi thriller "District 9" finished second after falling just 49% in its sophomore session to $18.9 million and a 10-day cume of $73.5 million.

The weekend's other three wide openers bowed softly. Robert Rodriguez's PG-rated family fantasy "Shorts" from Warner Bros. rung up $6.6 million for sixth place; Fox Searchlight's comedy "Post Grad" registered $2.8 million in 10th, and Disney's sports documentary "X Games 3D: The Movie" -- slotted for one week only in 1,399 extra-dimensional venues -- fetched just $800,000.

Among other second-frame holdovers, Warners' literary adaptation "The Time Traveler's Wife" fell a modest 46% to $10 million in fourth place for a $37.4 million cume, while further down the rankings Paramount Vantage's comedy "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard" slid 53% to $2.7 million and a $11.2 million cume.

Disney's "Ponyo" dipped 32% to $2.4 million with an $8.1 million cume, and Summit Entertainment's youth musical "Bandslam" dropped 60% to $890,000 and a $4.5 million cume.

The weekend top 10 films collected $108 million, or 31% more than the top performers over the same frame last year, according to Nielsen EDI. That marked a third straight year-over-year weekend uptick.

In a limited bow, Paramount Vantage unspooled comedy "The Mark Pease Experience," starring Ben Stiller and Jason Schwartzman, in 10 theaters and grossed $3,000, or just $300 per venue.
Freestyle Releasing opened the comedy "My One and Only," starring Renee Zellweger and Kevin Bacon, with two playdates in New York and two in L.A. and grossed $60,708. -- a promising $15,177 per engagement.

IFC Films debuted the crime thriller "Five Minutes of Heaven," starring Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt, in a single New York location and fetched a sturdy $5,200.

Elsewhere in the specialty market, Samuel Goldwyn/IDP's Paul Giamatti starrer "Cold Souls" added 32 theaters for a total 53 and grossed $133,295, or a so-so $2,515 per venue, as cume climbed to $340,068.

Focus Features' Korean vampire pic "Thirst" added three playdates for a total 17 and grossed $31,400, or a thin $1,047 per engagement, with a $1.8 million cume.

(Courtesy:Hollywood Reporter)

Overseas Box Office: Aug 14–16, 2009

Top 10 Weekend Collections G.I. Joe
Weekend Gross: $21,082,042
Gross-to-Date: $77,632,989
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Weekend Gross: $13,855,506
Gross-to-Date: $553,537,276

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Weekend Gross: $10,059,863
Gross-to-Date: $573,393,779

Public Enemies
Weekend Gross: $8,019,780 -
Gross-to-Date: $75,699,840

District 9
Weekend Gross: $7,521,284 -
Gross-to-Date: $7,521,284

Up
Weekend Gross: $7,315,424 -
Gross-to-Date: $111,117,097

The Hangover
Weekend Gross: $7,296,638 -
Gross-to-Date: $134,635,772

G-Force
Weekend Gross: $6,104,762 -
Gross-to-Date: $38,315,888

Gukga daepyo
Weekend Gross: $5,326,880 -
Gross-to-Date: $22,772,123

The Proposal
Weekend Gross: $5,059,662

Hollywood Top 10 Hits for Aug 21-23, 2009

1. 'Inglourious Basterds' - $26.0 million
2. 'District 9' - $20.5 million
3. 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' - $11.6 million

4. 'The Time Traveler's Wife' - $10.5 million

5. 'Shorts' - $10.1 million

6. 'Julie & Julia' - $7.6 million

7. 'Post Grad' - $5.8 million

8. 'G-Force' - $4.5 million

9. 'The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard' - $2.8 million

10. 'X Games 3D The Movie' - $2.4 million

Note: This weekend, 'Inglourious Basterds' invades approximately 4,400 screens at 3,165 sites, while 'Shorts' lands at 3,105 sites, 'Post Grad' arrives at 1,958 and 'X Games 3D The Movie' hits 1,399 sites, each of which almost entirely single-screen engagements. Meanwhile, 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' retains the highest theater count (3,953)...