The independent sci-fi action drama District 9 upset bigger studio films by coming in atop the Aug. 14 weekend box office, taking in an estimated $37 million, the Associated Press reported~
The movie—which cost only $30 million to make—features an unknown cast headed by the brilliant Sharlto Copley and marks the feature-film directorial debut of South African-born director Neill Blomkamp, who developed the film from his own short movie. Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson produced the film with Blomkamp after their previous collaboration, a movie based on the Halo game series, fell apart~
Here's how the rest of the weekend stacked up, the AP reported:
The previous weekend's No. 1 movie, Paramount's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, slipped to second place with $22.5 million, raising its 10-day total to $98.8 million~
Another sci-fi tale, the Warner Bros. romance The Time Traveler's Wife starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, opened a solid No. 3 with $19.2 million. ...
District 9 and Time Traveler's Wife led a wave of five new wide releases for mid-August, when Hollywood's summer output normally is petering out. The rush continues next weekend with another surge of new releases, led by Quentin Tarantino's World War II saga Inglourious Basterds~
via : ap
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