Eagle Eye flies high at box office

VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: Conspiracy thriller swoops in for $29.2 million

By Pamela McClintock of Variety -- Video Business, 9/29/2008

SEPT. 29 | VARIETY BOX-OFFICE REPORT: DreamWorks/Paramount’s thriller Eagle Eye thrilled with a debut of $29.2 million from 3,510 theaters, reviving the fall box office and scoring the best opening since the heat of summer and the fourth best bow ever for September.

The casualty of the weekend was Spike Lee’s WWII film Miracle at St. Anna, which opened to a disappointing $3.5 million from 1,185 to come in at No. 9, according to Rentrak.

Overall, the frame was up 6% in grosses over the same weekend a year ago. The box office was generally robust despite Friday night’s presidential debate, which did take attention away from films favored by adults, evidenced by big Friday-Saturday gains.

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