Well them Fockers did it again. Like I said last week it would be more of the same, but there was a few shifts in the top ten that might are extremely interesting. Howard Hughes has begun the slow phase out of Fat Albert, which is justly so. Bill Murray’s latest attempt to tempt golden fate has dropped off the radar. Despite critical acclaim and a wide release just last week, Steve Zissou has drowned. Broadway’s latest Hollywood endeavor inched its way up a notch. The most shocking was the thought to be down and out National Treasure. Last week’s avalanche buried the Treasure just outside the list, but now with the New Year upon us a massive public movement resurrected the Nicolas Cage flick from the ashes.
Next week there will be some Oscar bait opening a little wider, still limited, but they’ll reach more theatres. Probably not enough to make a dent though. The first released movie of 2005 will get a crack at the list. The Michael Keaton led White Noise won’t deafen the competition, but it could take a bit of a dent. Hell, even I’m going to go out of sheer curiosity. It’s Michael Keaton, how can you not? That’s about it here. Happy New Year blah blah blah enough yappin’...here’s this week’s Top Ten...
1. Meet the Fockers - $46.8 Million ($163.4M)
2. Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events - $14.7 Million ($94.8M)
3. The Aviator - $11.2 Million ($31.1M)
4. Fat Albert - $10.7 Million ($33.9M)
5. Ocean’s Twelve - $9.2 Million ($106.9M)
6. National Treasure - $7 Million ($154.8M)
7. Spanglish - $6.3 Million ($31M)
8. The Polar Express - $5.7 Million ($155.2M)
9. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera - $4.8 Million ($16.3M)
10. Darkness - $4.5 Million ($16.5M)
