Lakeview wins weak weekend
VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: New releases open to mixed results
By Pamela McClintock of Variety -- Video Business, 9/22/2008
SEPT. 22 | VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: Sony Screen Gems’ Samuel L. Jackson thriller Lakeview Terrace easily debuted at No. 1 over the weekend, while Focus Features’ Burn After Reading continued to fan the flames in its soph sesh.
Directed by Neil LaBute, Lakeview Terrace performed strongly in grossing an estimated $15.6 million from 2,464 runs. The Coen brothers’ Burn After Reading came in second, declining a slim 41% to an estimated $11.3 million from 2,657 for a cume of $36.4 million in its first 10 days.
It was a very soft sesh at the box office otherwise.
Lionsgate’s Dane Cook-Kate Hudson R-rated comedy My Best Friend’s Girl fell well short of expectations in grossing an estimated $8.3 million from 2,604 to come in third. Unlike Cook’s pics, most of Hudson’s comedies have been rated PG-13.
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