Weekend Boxoffice Chart

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The new Harry Potter film remained the top choice for North American moviegoers during the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday weekend, while the family comedy Yours, Mine & Ours was the best performer among the five newcomers, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

Here is the Weekend Boxoffice Chart for the weekend of November 25th to November 27th.


Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $54.9/$201.0
Walk the Line $19.7/$54.7
Yours, Mine and Ours $17.4/$24.5
Chicken Little $12.4/$118.2
Rent $10.7/$18.0
Just Friends $9.2/$13.6
Pride and Prejudice $7.0/$15.9
Derailed $4.7/$29.4
In the Mix $4.4/$6.1
The Ice Harvest $3.7/$5.0
Zathura $3.7/$26.0
Jarhead $2.8/$59.4

[Dirty Harry]

200 million :s.

[Rakael]

Goblet of Fire was good, but just didn't have the same feel as the other films. I'm also a bit upset at both the books and the movies for their (like everything else in todays world) inevitable descent into darker themes and atmospheres. Is it too much to ask for just a simple, childishly delightful story? Why does everything these days have to be dark and brooding? That is what I loved so much about the first Harry Potter movie: it was just good, light and childish fun with more than enough to keep adults entertained.

[Major Scud]

the first book had some dark themes too, and part 4 is by far my favorite book/movie in the series.

[Citizen Philip]

I saw Walk the Line with Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. They both do all the singing, no dubbing. Very cool.

Interesting movie too.

[txa1265]

the first book had some dark themes too, and part 4 is by far my favorite book/movie in the series.

I loved the movie of Goblet of FIre, but found the book to be the worst - poorly edited, meandering, unfocused and misdirected until near the end. There is a reason for 'red pens'.

Mike

[Dabombpizza]

I can't wait to see In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Seige Tale on that list.

[Serapth]

I loved the movie of Goblet of FIre, but found the book to be the worst - poorly edited, meandering, unfocused and misdirected until near the end. There is a reason for 'red pens'.

Mike

I find that with all the books. I never read the first one ( movie had already come out ), then I read 2 and 3 and was impressed. In 4 I noticed the editing had gone way down hill ( down with SPEW! ). Order of the Phoenix got even worse in that regard ( I really hated Sirrius in that book, and he was one of my favorite characters. Plus peoples personalities just seemed to invert for that one. ) Then Half Blood Prince... I dont know, it has its redeeming moments, yet at the same time it could have used a good edit here and there, and again some characters acted way out of character and finally, without spoilers, the "twist" at the end was about as gay as it gets. If they dont redeam that in the last book, im going to be very disappointing.

I would say on the whole, the quality has slipped gradually from book to book. That said, on the whole they are all great and I will probrably buy 7 the second it is released.

Also, I have to say, Half Blood prince will probrably make the best movie in the series. It would be the easiest and best to adapt to the screen of all 6 sofar.

[Rafer]

I'm also a bit upset at both the books and the movies for their (like everything else in todays world) inevitable descent into darker themes and atmospheres.

Yeah, I wonder if the series will turn out like Evangelion, which was a fun and light-hearted giant robot show at the beginning then getting really violent and perverted near the end.

[Serapth]

I can't wait to see In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Seige Tale on that list.

42. In the Name of the King $0.2/$1.4

[Oblivion]

Also, I have to say, Half Blood prince will probrably make the best movie in the series. It would be the easiest and best to adapt to the screen of all 6 sofar.

I agree, except the ending, nothing worth mentioning happens in the book. boring stuff.

[DeadPixel]

42. In the Name of the King $0.2/$1.4

Is this one of "The Movies" projects distributed to a local theater near you?

[KarmaGhost]

I didn't really enjoy Goblet when I saw it this weekend. I don't like the way that Michael Gambon portrayed Dumbledore in this movie. I have always seen him as this tall, powerful wizard with a calm, collected disposition. When he burst into the room and shook Harry, yelling and asking him how he got his name in the Goblet, it didn't seem in character at all.

Also, in terms of the film itself, there were instances that I thought simple camera tricks could have been used to make, for instance, Voldemort seem taller, as well as Dumbledore. These are larger than life characters, and they just didn't seem so standing next to the Death Eaters and Hogwart's staff members, respectively. In Nip Tuck, for example, Dylan Walsh is made to look slightly taller than he is using different camera angles.

It wasn't an awful movie, though.

[Ernst_Jager]

The Harry Potter movie series isn't very good in my opinion. Each movie is just a regurgitated copy of each other. I don't think you could make a more cliché filled predictable series if you tried. I haven't read the books, but if they are anything like the movies, that is probably a good thing. If they had to pick a series of ‘children’s’ books (actually I know probably 10x more adults that read Harry Potter than actual children) they should have picked the Xanth novels. Now those had some interesting characters in them.

[Tinderbox]

Is this one of "The Movies" projects distributed to a local theater near you?

Nah, It's one of those Uwe Boll specials.

[Morrolan]

I saw Goblet of Fire yesterday (for free :) Very fun flick. As someone who hasn't seen any of the other Potter films (though I have read the first book,) I was not lost at all, and was impressed by the level of acting they got out of younguns like that.

[Selar]

When he burst into the room and shook Harry, yelling and asking him how he got his name in the Goblet, it didn't seem in character at all.

That scene really stuck out in my mind too. It seemed totally different from the Dumbledore in the books.

Overall, I think any problem I had with the movie stems from trying to cram a book that size into 2.5 hours. The whole thing felt kind of rushed. I still liked the movie, but the book was better.

[KarmaGhost]

The whole thing felt kind of rushed. I still liked the movie, but the book was better.Agreed, agreed, and agreed.

[Bone]

Goblet of Fire was excellent. Fiennes' Voldemort was a truly disturbing creature, and yet you still saw the human inside, still making mistakes, still bitter towards his own followers. His reptilian nose was a nice touch.

I liked Hermione's hormonal tirades- I found them realistic when thinking back on girls I knew at that age.

Mad Eye Moody wasn't quite what I expected, but worked very well. His eye performed just at it should (rolling inside his head to see behind him was used to good effect).

Ron and Harry were great as always. I liked how they played on Harry's dumbstruck look (that was a little over-used in the previous films) and had him break the silence with "I love magic!". You get the feeling he'll never get over the wonders he was introduced to. I've always appreciated that he's one of the most powerful wizards yet he still knows very little of the magic world, having discovered it so late in life.

I thought Myrtle was a real perv... that bath scene was hilarious, she just about gave him a lapdance! Sirius in the fireplace... great CGI, and I always love Oldman. Snape- fine job as always. Can't wait for Half-Blood Prince when he gets more than a few minutes of screen time. Cedric and Krum were note perfect, exactly as I had imagined. Cho Chang... I didn't expect the Asian girl to have an Irish accent, I'm still puzzled about that.

As for the complaints about Dumbledore- I prefer him having an edge. I think the books walk a finer balance between Dumbledore the bumbler and Dumbledore the badass wizard (similar to Gandalf the Gray/White). I find Gambon's Dumbledore to be the perfect mix in that regard. He was PISSED that Harry might have submitted himself to the tournament, and for a moment might have thought Harry was getting full of himself (the whole school has thought that very thing, after all). But after asking Harry to his face, he accepted his answer as the truth.

Overall, a fine job of condensing one of the longer books into a tight storyline and fun movie. I didn't feel like anything important was missing at all.

[Drinking_Buddy]

Friends: So did you see the Harry Potter movie?

Me: No, I watch the Johnny Cash movie instead.

It feels good that I can say that.

[Abash Alarmist]

I would of preferred if Dumbledore was more of a all powerful leader. In the books, he is made in such a way that even his gaze made you respect him. In the movie, he loses his cool and becomes highly emotional. That is not Dumbledore. Dumbledore should be more elegant in his manner, not showing his faults, being serene and still being able to think things through without having to show his emotions.

[Pumped'Up]

This roster of films sucks ass. Nothing good coming up other than King Kong.

yep, can't wait for King Kong.

[Nesta]

Almost a week after watching Walk The Line, I'm still listening to the three Cash CD's I picked up the day after seeing it. I've heard his stuff before and liked it, but it's completely different after getting to know what his life was like. I think I'm going to see it again this weekend, it's that awesome.

[net7runner]

nit-picky time!

There is a reason for 'red pens'.
Actually, editors always use blue pens, probably to soften the blow.

Cho Chang... I didn't expect the Asian girl to have an Irish accent, I'm still puzzled about that.
Actually, she has a Scottish accent, no an Irish one (although considering she gets about 2 lines, it's hard to tell). For some reason, a Scottish Cho makes a whole lot more sense to me than an Irish one...can't explain why...

Mmmm...OCD...

[KarmaGhost]

For some reason, a Scottish Cho makes a whole lot more sense to me than an Irish one...can't explain why...

Mmmm...OCD...Doesn't really matter what accent she has; if she's not a native Asian, she's probably going to have an accent that's associated with where she grew up. My Taiwanese friend has an American accent. No big surprise.

[Bone]

Yea, I realize that, it's just not something that was ever mentioned in the book and I guess I assumed an Asian accent or none at all. No big deal.