Hollywood Weekend Box Office Report 24-01-2005

I wish I could say I’m surprised at the Box Office take of Are We There Yet?, but I’m not. It’s one of the few movies out there aimed at a specific demographic which hasn’t had a film for a while. While it still looks like a rip off of several different movies, you have to give the studio credit for positioning the movie when it has. As the saying goes, timing is everything.

Next week doesn’t seem to offer much to unseat the Ice Cube vehicle (pun intended) either - a couple of horror movies in the dumping grounds of January will most likely take White Noise off the top ten, but might not even do enough to unseat Are We There Yet?. Next week’s real battle will be whether Ice Cube’s comedy can keep Sammy J’s Coach Carter down, a film it didn’t beat by much this weekend.

1. Are We There Yet?* - USD 18.5 Million
2. Coach Carter - USD 11 Million (USD 43.2 M)
3. Meet the Fockers - USD 10.2 Million (USD 247M)
4. In Good Company - USD 8.5 Million (USD 27M)
5. Racing Stripes - USD 7 Million (USD 27 M)
6. Assault on Precinct 13* - USD 7 Million (USD 8.5 M)
7. White Noise - USD 5 Million (USD 49.4 M)
8. The Phantom of the Opera - USD 5 Million (USD 33.5 M)
9. The Aviator - USD 4.8 Million (USD 58 M)
10. Elektra - USD 3.8 Million (USD 20 M)